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Wow...you all told me, didn't you? OK...OK...I'm ...

2006-03-02T21:53:00.000-05:00

Wow...you all told me, didn't you? OK...OK...I'm wrong! Apparently, I'm the only person on the planet that puts all the sheets face up. {sigh} can't be right ALL the time. Thank you all for putting me in my place.

;-)

Hey Bunky,It is all to do with the training.As Kri...

2006-03-02T13:13:00.000-05:00

Hey Bunky,
It is all to do with the training.
As Kristen said she learned from her mother, who learned from her mother, etc, on back.
My mother put me in a sleeping bag because she was tired of picking the sheets up off the floor every morning. I don't know how to make the bed correctly. Mrs. M is happy if my side of the bed still has the matress pad on it in the morning. Honestly if I don't come in some day you may want to check and see if she smothered me in my sleep.
Your Snoring Ex Room Mate.

And they even do it that way (pretty flowery side ...

2006-03-02T10:23:00.000-05:00

And they even do it that way (pretty flowery side up!) in Europe too!!!! So I'm sorry to say you're fighting a worldwide trend, Jeff!!!!
You keep your head waaaay up Girfriend, you've got that science down pat and noone should make you second-guess your craft when it comes to bedmaking and sheet-folding.
;o)
Helen

Sorry Jeff, but all my life I have been making the...

2006-03-02T09:18:00.000-05:00

Sorry Jeff, but all my life I have been making the bed the same way as Katharine. A little tip I learned from my mother, who learned it from hers, who learned it from hers. And if you go to any B&B, you'll notice the sheets are done the same way, so that the pattern is showing when it's folded over the blanket nice & neat!
Face it, you've lost this one!
Kristen

Hey! You're supposed to be on my side. Not fair ...

2006-02-27T19:52:00.000-05:00

Hey! You're supposed to be on my side. Not fair that you were in basic training when I was...THEY wouldn't have known about the white sheets! :-P

Well...I guess someone else has seen sheets put on that way. I can't always be right.

From what I remember about Air Force basic trainin...

2006-02-27T00:10:00.000-05:00

From what I remember about Air Force basic training, all of the sheets were WHITE. The only thing that mattered was getting the bed made tight enough to make Gomer Pyle happy so he wouldn' flip your mattress and make you do it again during inspections. Anyway, all civilized people know that with printed sheets the right sides ALWAYS are put on facing one another. Otherwise it doesn't look pretty when you fold back the bedding by the pillows. Sheesh. Another rule of civility... one person cooks and the other does the dishes. Katharine, I think you should go gourmet on Jeff's butt and leave a HUGE mess. Heh, heh, heh.

Well, you may be right about the one-way transfers...

2006-02-26T23:09:00.000-05:00

Well, you may be right about the one-way transfers--I wouldn't know. But in her defense, she became one of that select minority who actually balanced her checkbook against her bank statement. (She learned in a cruel school of surprise overdrafts...) I hope she has not been seduced from this particular path of virtue.

"Baked goods and lasagne." Aren't you forgetting her mastery of the fifth food group, fudge?

Do I understand you rightly? There are people who don't arrange sheets to display patterns? (BTW, I think the Army is a red herring--unless you're going to convince me that Army issue sheets have charming floral patterns.