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Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, At about 400 W Center Street, on the Covey Center lawn on the south side of the street (by the sculpture that looks like a washboard), there is a collection of electrical equipment. This particular equipment, however, seems to have a tendency to make odd buzzing noises that remind me of a fax machine or modem, only much shorter in duration than an actual connection tone. Just...weird blipping noises that startled me as I walked past. What is that thing, and why does it make weird noises? - pippin galadriel moonchild
ADear pgm, I went and checked the location you described (Yellow helpfully found a Google Map view of it), and sure enough, I found the equipment you're talking about. I only had to wait a couple of minutes to hear the sounds you were talking about, which helped me pinpoint which of the electrical boxes was making the noise. It's a rectangular box about waist high, and maybe two feet wide by one foot deep with two short, stubby things sticking out of the top. Unfortunately, there weren't a lot of clues that would help me figure out what it is. I copied down some information from one of the small knobs sticking out the top, and confirmed that they are antennas. So it's receiving or broadcasting—but what is it? I ended up calling Provo City to find out. The very helpful man I spoke with said that (based on my description) it sounded like I was probably talking about a signal box, which would send them information on the switches there. As it turns out, there are multiple power feeds to the downtown area, so if there's a problem with one they can switch over to use a different feed. He wasn't sure why the signal box (if that's what it is) would be making audible sounds, but said he'd send someone out to check on it. He emphasized that it's safe, in any case. —Laser Jock Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, This is something that I have been wondering about for a while, but that I was just reminded about by Board Question #53803. So, here it is! What is the lowest frequency sound that air can carry a reasonable distance, say, a yard? Also, how is this frequency threshold affected by density of medium, and viscosity in liquids? Basically the idea is this. Sound is really just pressure waves caused by compression and rarefaction of air. But it seems like a sound with a large enough wavelength wouldn't be stable, as even in the creation of the sound wave the air wouldn't be pushed or pulled enough to create a real pressure wave, and after the waves creation, it would be much more prone to disruption by ambient air movement. For instance, a 1 Hz sound wave would be about 1080 feet long! (I think.) It just seems like such a huge sound wave would be easily disrupted by even a slight breeze! Or even ambient molecular vibration. And thinking about how fast the driver on a speaker would move to create such a wave makes it even more surreal. Say that you have a subwoofer with a 6" maximum throw (I wasn't able to find any information about typical throws, so this is just an estimate. Besides, I doubt anything will be outside of this order of magnitude.) In order to create a 1 Hz sound wave, the driver would only be moving (again, not entirely sure about this) about 12" a second. That's about 0.7 mph. It doesn't seem like it is possible to create a sound wave with something moving so slow! It just doesn't seem like it exerts enough force on the air to cause any significant compression. (Of course, this wouldn't be an issue with an extremely long throw servo subwoofer, but it does still seem like the wave would be very easily disrupted.) Actually, now that I think about it, it seems like this might just be an issue of power. For instance, you could say that storm systems, with high and low pressure areas are "sound" with a period of days. So I guess that I have one more question to tack on. Where exactly does high and low pressure variations stop being sound? Anyway, is it possible? Is there a lower bound? Thanks! - Fredjikrang
ADear Fredjikrang, In answer to your first question, there are natural sources of infrasound with frequencies even lower than 1 Hz. Microbaroms, for instance, have frequencies of around 0.2 Hz, which corresponds to a length of about 1.7 kilometers! Even more interesting, Wikipedia's article on them states that "Due to low atmospheric absorption at these low frequencies, microbaroms can propagate thousands of kilometers in the atmosphere, and can be readily detected by widely separated instruments on the Earth's surface." (And they have [PDF] sources [PDF].) So frequencies in this range actually have lower absorption than do higher frequencies. Is there a lower bound to what we can call sound? (Here I'm using "sound" to include infrasound, audible sound, ultrasound, and so on—any compression wave. Additionally, there's no particular reason to limit yourself to transmission through air: sound can be transmitted through other materials as well [e.g., the earth].) I think the only cutoff is an arbitrary one. However, if you want a number, Wikipedia gives 0.001 Hz as the lower end of infrasound. —Laser Jock Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I am looking for a program that will convert my copy-protected, iTunes purchased video files to a non-copy-protected file type that I can place on my non-apple (Sansa) video mp3 player. Price is an object, as well as quality. I've tried Googling, but the best I've found is the Daniusoft Media Converter, whose full version is a bit pricey. Can you help? Thanks a ton! - Narraca
ADear Fair User, There is a free program called Requiem, distributed through file-sharing sites which will let you circumvent the DRM. If you can find it, that's your best bet. All other programs are just screen-recording software packages. Requiem doesn't yet work with iTunes 9. The moral of the story is never buy video from iTunes. You can always find DVDs cheaper, and conversion is much simpler. Love, Waldorf and Sauron ADear Narraca, I have and have used Requiem to convert The Heartless Siren's DRMed music files to regular files to work with Linux. However, it required a fair bit of know-how and finagling on my part to make it do what I wanted. So, best of luck to you if you go that route. I hope more people run into this type of problem so that they complain enough to end all attempts at DRM forever. We've finally won the DRM war for music, yet these same companies hold onto DRM for video like it will somehow have a different outcome. -Curious Physics Minor Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I've heard that there is an official BYU policy regarding how long students have to wait for a professor who is late to class. Is this true? And if so, what is the policy? Sncerely, Hate To Wait
ADear Hate To Wait, You probably heard some variety of this little urban legend gem. ~Hermia ADear Hater, According to the archives, there is no such rule. And to say again what Optimus Prime said here, you're in college. You can come and go as you please. -Claudio Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Referencing the answer from Laser Jock here: http://theboard.byu.edu/index.... Why do you guys think that men are more likely to be victims of violent crime outside the home, especially on foot? Is it just males are more likely to be on the streets and women at home because of our husbands work and wives stay at home culture? Mod Revivalist
ADear Mod Revivalist, More women are attacked in private places or in cars. If the attacker is stronger or bigger than the woman he is attacking (which I would think is likely the case), then I imagine it would be in the attacker's best interest to keep the woman from attracting attention by screaming or calling for help, and it would be in his interest to keep her isolated and unable to escape. Also, I think that more men are attacked on foot and in public because women, in general, take more effort to avoid places, times and situations where they might become the victims of violent crime. I also don't think it's unreasonable to think that males are more likely to say to themselves, "I've got this. Who's going to try to mess with me?" and duck down that alleyway, or go running alone at night, or try to bluff or stare down that group of unsavory characters just ahead on the corner. I know I've thought that way. If anyone else thinks differently, I would have no problem with that. I just think that these are the most likely reasons. - Rating Pending (who thinks that there's a special hell for men who do horrible things to women. He also encourages you ladies to not go running alone at night, even here in Provo. And he doesn't particularly care if that is a sexist way of thinking.) ADear MR~ I think RP basically covered it. You should also note that men are far more likely to join gangs, and gang members are exponentially more likely to become victims of violent crime. In addition, males are, for biological reasons, more physically aggressive than females, and although the gap in statistics is closing, men are more likely to start fights with each other than women. In a fight, there is always at least one victim of violent crime. ~Hobbes Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, OK, back for more homemaking help... I never learned how to cook. Well, that's not true. I can follow a recipe well, and although I'm not a gourmet chef I have a handle on all the basic techniques. Growing up my parents never cooked (maybe once a month)--we usually ate out or ate frozen meals or anything else that could go in the microwave. When my mom cooked it was a really big deal that took up most of the day, and a major deviation from the daily routine. So I'm determined not to repeat this in my own house, but what I never learned how to do is manage the fact that my household contains three (soon to be four) people who all need to eat at several points during the day, and hopefully eat nutritious and tasty meals. I feel like I have no intuitive sense of what to buy, how much to buy, or how to do interesting things with food when not directed by a recipe. I'm very envious of anyone who can look in their freezer, see a cut of meat, and come up with something good to do with it--and on the more selfish side, I would really love to be the sort of mom whose kids grow up loving, boasting of, and being comforted by her cooking. I know trial and error is the best guide here, but in the meantime, do you know of any cooking books that are more about managing a family's food needs than collections of recipes? I have lots of collections of recipes, some of them pretty good, but they don't seem to be solving the basic problem. Barring that, do you have any tips? Thanks! - Friendly Non-Mormon
ADear Friendly, You know, some people tell me I'm a bit of an Alton Brown obsessive, and that may very well be the case. But if you want to learn about how to use ingredients to their full extent, I would really recommend picking up his book I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking. Though there are a lot of recipes, most of the book is dedicated to helping you understand how different kinds of food work with each other, how to use several different basic food preparation methods, and what you can do to experiment for yourself. It's not a recipe book, it's a mini-course on food preparation. If you want to bake, I'd recommend the sequel to it as well. Like you said, though, most of the solution is just practice, practice, practice. Learn what spices and herbs your family enjoys. Figure out how to balance a meal (for instance, a really good, dense batch of chicken and dumplings goes really well with a simple green salad to provide a cool, crisp counter to the hot, dense, soft textures of the main dish) and how to make sure you're getting enough fruits and vegetables on the table. Most of the experience I've had with that just lies in practicing it often, and, for heaven's sake, WRITING DOWN YOUR FINDINGS. You're becoming a scientist of sorts here, and no scientist would ever experiment without noting successes and failures. As you do that, you'll start to see threads of logic coming out at you as you realize how food works together. I'm excited for you! This is a great adventure! If you ever want to talk cooking, please shoot me an e-mail at claudio dot the dot crowing at gmail dot com. -Claudio ADear friendly, I have been racking my brain to try and think of any books that do what you are looking for, and haven't come up with anything that quite fits the bill. I will say that I have a cookbook called Healthy Foods: An Irreverent Guide to Understanding Nutrition and Feeding Your Family Well, by Leanne Ely. This is probably a good place for you to start, but it is by no means extensive. What I like about it is she covers some good things to stock in the pantry, gives ideas on what to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, and she gives tips on how to plan menus. Her basic approach to this whole book (which is a fairly short one, by the way) is to help those who are inexperienced with planning nutritious meals, and who are somewhat overwhelmed by all the health food hype out there. The majority of the book is definitely recipes, but some of them are really helpful ones where you use the leftovers of one day to create the next day's meal. Along the way, there are tips on how to get into a routine with feeding your family. Besides that cookbook, Ely has also written several others under the title Saving Dinner. She also has a website that is all about planning menus. My mom has the original Saving Dinner cookbook, and I once subscribed for her 2-person Menu-Mailer. They are essentially the same thing in different forms. Basically, she gives you a week's worth of dinners, a shopping list with all the ingredients, and then all the recipes. This would be so great for you! All of the recipes are pretty healthy (Ely is a Clinical Nutrition Counselor), and it's all figured out for you. The recipes all include vegetarian substitutions, as well as side dish recommendations. A lot of times one day's recipe will tell you a step you can do for the next day's dinner, to maximize your time. These aren't all the most fabulous recipes you'll ever have (though some of them have become my favorites), but my mom and I agree that they're definitely all edible, and any sacrifice in flavor is made up by not having to figure out menus all the time. So, I'd recommend you start there, with those cookbooks and the website. I am very blessed to have had a mother who is just the type you describe and aspire to be. Almost everything I know about cooking comes from her, including my sense of how to create meals with what I have, and how to pace my cooking. If you can find a mentor of some kind, that is what will help you the most. Find someone who exhibits the sort of skills you mentioned, and pick their brain. How do they go about planning their meals? How do they know what to make? Lastly, I really recommend watching some Food Network, if you can. You can learn a lot of really great tips this way, particularly since a lot of shows are geared towards creating healthy meals in short periods of time. You'll also start to pick up on themes and develop a sense of what goes together--which is invaluable when you're staring into the pantry. For example, you'll learn that almost anything Southwestern is going to probably include cumin and chili powder, and typically some beans, corn, and rice are going to show up somewhere. If you keep stuff like that on hand, you can quickly whip up a "Southwestern" meal by combining that with some sort of protein, like chicken or pork, and some method of preparation--like baking, sautéing, whatever. That is usually how I "create" in the kitchen--I have a basis of certain kinds of flavors or themes, I guess, and then I just add variations in. If you watch some cooking shows or look through some recipes, you'll find that is really what's going on. If you have any more questions, or just want to talk about it more, feel free to email me at miss(dot)scarlett(dot)theboard(at)gmail(dot)com. In case you couldn't tell, nutrition and cooking are things I am very passionate about, and love to talk about! -Miss Scarlett, in the kitchen Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Who had more fans: Backstreet Boys or Nsync? -Jenni Miller-Lite
ADear Jenni, I thought this would be a toughie, but I was wrong. See, the Backstreet Boys started out their career overseas, and then popularized the boy band movement of the late 90s, which inspired copycats *NSYNC to form. In other words, BSB had first-mover advantage. Backstreet Boys recorded three meaningful albums (Backstreet Boys, Millennium, and Black and Blue). By "meaningful," I mean these three struck when the iron was hot and boy bands were the Big Thing. They had several albums after these three, but those don't really count toward what we think of as BSB in their heyday. *NSYNC recorded three proper studio albums (*NSYNC, No Strings Attached, and Celebrity). They also recorded a Christmas album that sold pretty well. We'll disregard that, as well as their rather poorly-selling Greatest Hits. With their first three albums, the Backstreet Boys sold 92 million records worldwide. *NSYNC has sold only 51,500,000 (subtracting out 4 million from their Christmas album and 500,000 from their hits compilation). I'd say that the numbers are rather clear; the Backstreet Boys had nearly twice as many fans as *NSYNC. For bonus points, we can check out Facebook. Searching for BSB pages to become a fan of brings up 70 results. I don't feel like adding them all up, but the first 6 results have 386,409 fans. *NSYNC only pulls up 5 pages, only one of which is really relevant with a mighty 3,476 fans. So, even as their heyday has passed, and they're busy making jokes out of themselves with things like this, the Backstreet Boys are the Kings of the mighty Boy Band Empire. My personal assessment? Backstreet Boys were the late 90s kings of pop music, but *NSYNC had the better dance videos. Also, "It's Gonna Be Me" is still totally awesome...but then again, so is "I Want It That Way," which I once said was one of the five best pop songs of the last 50 years. -Claudio Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, How come California homes don't have basements? -Mr. Left
ADear Lefty, For the same reason there aren't many basement homes in Arizona, or other warm-climate areas. In colder areas, homebuilders must dig a deeper foundation, so as to lay the foundation below the frost line. When you are already digging deeper, going the whole hog and adding a basement is less of an issue and price difference. It also may be worth noting that building a home with a basement takes longer, which is an even bigger disadvantage in places like California (and Arizona) which frequently (although not currently) experience housing booms. ~Hermia ADear Mr. Left, California has a few unique qualities that don't make it basement friendly. Hermia points out that it's not absolutely necessary for the integrity of the home's foundation since there's no frost that would freeze and buckle a shallow foundation in a colder climate. Another problem that California has to deal with is the frequency of earthquakes. Even though underground structures do exist (like parking garages of high rise buildings), for them to be structurally up to code to withstand an earthquake is an expensive proposition. And since pretty much any home in California is going to be expensive anyway due to the cost of living, it's not really in builders' best interest to frequently make them. A third consideration, one that is shared by Texas and other southern states, is the type of soil the home is built on. The problem is clay. An article about basements published in a Dallas newspaper (which mentions points about clay that are repeated in many different forums about California soil as well), says this:
Besides dumping water into a basement, the high water retention of clay can cause another problem: when clay gets wet, houses can sink into it. When it dries again, the force can literally break apart the concrete foundation of a home. The supporting walls of a basement in clay soil would have to be tremendously thick and would probably need to be reinforced and maintained pretty constantly throughout the life of the home. If you're interested in more reading, when you only type "no basements" into Google, the first three suggested searches are "no basements in California," "no basements in Texas," and "no basements in the South." - Rating Pending (whose in-laws live in Dallas and have a home that is actually built straight onto a leveled off rise of bedrock. And yet they have never used this as an analogy in a church talk . . .) Back to top QMy Dearest 100 Hour Board, I have undertaken a project in which I am remixing Jay-Z’s song, D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune), to feature auto-tuned vocals. I am actually working hard on this and am fairly pleased with the results so far. It still needs some fine tuning, and a title. What should I call it? Should I toss it on the YouTube machine and hope to get some revenue sharing? -The Right Reverend Rusky Roo
ADear Rev, I find that song hilarious because it's right up against "Run This Town," which features Rihanna auto-tuned out the wazoo. Pull a lyric from the song itself and call it "The Great Depression." That sounds catchy, ironic, and self-referential. -Cognoscente Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I watched an NFL game tonight, my first in a long time. How long have NFL players been sporting the color pink (I assume in support of breast cancer research)? - College sports fan
ADear College, They have actually only been wearing pink for a short time. According to this site:
Apparently, the wearing of the color pink was only allowed for week four of the NFL season. From now on, players will be required to return to what they normally wear. Real men wear pink, ⋯Anomalous ADear College Another note about this effort by the NFL:
-Humble Master ADear All, HA! Hockey has been fighting cancer since 1998. So much for the Johnny-come-latelies in the NFL. Not only are hockey players tougher, but apparently they are kinder than those schmoes who play football. Here in our home valley, UVU's hockey team has been wearing pink jerseys for a few years in support of Hockey Fights Cancer month. Dr. Smeed (If Harvey Unga is reading this, I'm sure you're not a schmoe. Please don't beat me up!) Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, On this website ( http://ask.yahoo.com/20030124....), I saw that NFL cheerleaders make a very small salary for what they do. Why are they not paid much more? - Thanks
ADear Thanks (for asking), It seems strange that those women have to cheer their pretty heads off, and are expected to keep the crowd happy in all types of weather and game conditions, yet on average are paid fifty dollars a game. Regarding their cheerleaders, the Dallas Cowboy's policy is as follows:
Things are not so bad for the cheerleaders, though, and they know what they are getting into beforehand. When women apply to be cheerleaders the application makes it clear that each one is expected to have either a full-time job or some other source of steady income. If they do not, then that is a personal issue. Another reason it is ok for cheerleaders not to receive a larger salary is that cheerleaders are in high demand for modeling jobs, charity events, and other publicity stunts. Although they may not get a lot of pay from the cheerleading itself, these are definite fringe benefits. (All of this information was found on Yahoo! Answers, where apparently you can also find out the Pope's salary, and that of other public figures.) I suppose that did not really answer your original question, which was why NFL cheerleaders are not paid much more. It stands to reason that with so many hours of rehearsal and performance they ought to receive more compensation. But, since cheerleading is not their main source of income, it does not need to be as high. Some people view cheerleading as good exposure for the cheerleaders, which has the possibility of being more valuable than monetary gain. I think so many people want to be cheerleaders, for the status and the ability to say "I was a (famous football team) cheerleader!", that the football teams do not need to offer a huge salary. -Mico ADear Thanks, Why aren't they paid much more? Obviously because they can find plenty of women who will cheer for the salary that the NFL offers. If these women didn't think it was worthwhile, then they wouldn't take the job, and the NFL would be forced to offer them more money. -Sky Bones Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Do any of you have amusing stories about how your friends discovered your secret Board identity? - Your Mom...get it???
ADear.....Mom? Nah, it couldn't be you. You wouldn't be up this late at night, or at least not on the computer. As coincidence has it, I just got "made" for one of the first times tonight. A very observant reader in my FHE group heard me say (in a getting-to-know-you game) that my entire apartment had just gotten over swine flu and that I lived with my brother, a fact which I had written in a question just a couple of weeks ago. She quickly made the connection and confronted me about it tonight. Big ups to you, J, since I'm sure you're reading this! A couple weeks ago, I walked into my apartment to find my friend on my computer. He saw my e-mail address, knew that I had always liked the Board, and quickly figured that out. So, those don't sound very entertaining. Wow. My bad. -Commander Keen ADear Your Mom...get it???, This is the opposite scenario of what you're talking about, but if life's a little boring and you want to spice up your friendships, get hired to write for a website, publish what is quite possibly way too much personal dirty laundry, frequently encourage people to email you, and every so often attempt to forge friendships with the people who contact you. Let me tell you, there is nothing like becoming friends or even really close friends with people who know a lot of your baggage first and know the everyday you later. - The Black Sheep ADear Your Once upon a time, very soon after I began writing for the Board, I was watching LOST with a group of friends in a state far distant from BYU. At some point I made a reference to an obscure fact I'd learned writing an answer for the Board. Someone asked how I knew that, and I said I wrote for a question and answer board. Anyway, that night, I found this question in the Board's inbox. It was most surprising, as I had no idea Little Wonder knew what the 100 Hour Board was. -Humble Master ADear mom, We discovered within a matter of weeks that both my visiting teacher and our home teacher are Board readers. Our home teacher approached Sauron and said, "I know a secret about you guys!" But there really aren't that many babies with hearing aids around, so if there are any other readers in our ward, I'm sure they know who we are, too. Hi, guys! Love, Waldorf and Sauron ADear Mom, I'm not sure how amusing this is since it reveals my lack of craftiness, but I'll tell you anyway. At the department that I worked at for two years in the HBLL, there are (or at least were) a lot of Board readers because somehow links to the Board appeared on all of the computers one day. I would log on every so often while at work, and when I was alone sometimes I'd answer a question or two. I guess I was so engrossed in answering a particular question one day that I didn't even notice one of my co-workers come in and walk right behind me. She had only been reading the Board a couple months and she very excitedly asked me, "Oh my gosh, are you asking the 100 Hour Board a question? What are you asking?" I may be a lot of things, but I'm certainly not a liar. So as nonchalantly as possible, I replied, "No, I'm answering one." The look on her face was pretty much priceless, and it didn't take long for most of our other co-workers to hear the exciting news. So, if any of my former co-workers still read the Board, I just want them to know that they rock and I miss you guys. -Sky Bones Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, What do people have against prunes? They're like moist, tasty little candies. - bubbles
ADear bubbles, Moist, tasty little candies? Prunes have always conjured up thoughts of old, wrinkly people in my mind, instead of some sought-after delicacy. Your description was simply intriguing, so I had to test it out for myself and see if it was true. My mission to devour prunes began after my New Testament class. I texted an anonymous friend, Biscuitdoughhandsman, to get a ride to the nearest grocery store: Smith's. We raced through traffic, desperate to find the snack that could potentially bring completion to my life. Upon entering the store, I soon realized something very, very crucial. "Uh...so, I don't know where to find prunes. What ARE prunes, anyway?" Biscuitdoughhandsman shrugged and said, "I dunno, but I'm definitely not asking anyone that." Ah, man! We started by looking in the...produce section...yeah, I know, stop laughing. There were no prunes there. Eventually, we asked a merciful worker who kindly directed us to a canned/dried goods aisle (aha! So it is a type of was-once-produce!). And there they sat, in a little yellow bag, nestled happily in between the raisins and craisins: the prunes I had so dutifully sought after. Score. I made my purchase and went about the rest of my day, wondering what that inspiring moment of consumption would be like. When the time finally came, I ripped open the bag, sniffed the contents suspiciously, and popped one in my mouth. And, well, it tasted like a giant, squishy, raisin, really. I would have to agree with you on the term "moist," for sure. Personally, if I'm ever craving candy, I think I'll stick with, you know, Ghirardelli chocolate or something. I'm glad you like prunes so much. Someone's got to, hey? Thanks for broadening my horizons, Marzipan ADear bubbles I present one of the most common uses of prunes:
They've often been used more for medicinal purposes than their flavor, and thus a certain stigma became attached to them. So much so, that they are now marketed by some companies as "dried plums" rather than prunes. -Humble Master ADear bubbles, Not only do prunes have the natural laxative dihydrophenylisatin, as Humble Master just mentioned, they also contain high amounts of sorbitol - a carbohydrate that our bodies don't digest well. A single prune can have up to 1 gram of sorbitol, and you can get diarrhea from eating as little as 10 grams of sorbitol. That means you are getting not just one, but two all-natural diarrhetics. Which, honestly, puts prunes up there as the fruit with the highest potential for practical jokes, but not necessarily as the most beloved fruit out there. - Rating Pending (who admits that they are tasty and delicious. But who thinks that he can get the trots just by looking at prunes.) Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Say that I'm getting married, but we are also nearly penniless, and I do not want to be a financial strain on my parents, so, I'm looking for an inexpensive (read:cheap) wedding dress....and I found some I like, in a price range that doesn't immediately make me swoon, but they are size six and I am a two/four (really I'm a three but sadly dress retailers neglect us threes and fives and so on and so forth...). Anyways, the question is, would it be ridiculously difficult to have a six altered into a three that I could wear? Or if I took it to a tailor, would they be like "you crazy, girl!" and slam the door in my face? -fast verlopt, im Dezember verheiratet..
ADear fast, Actually, you are probably a size two. Why? Because size 3 only exists in "juniors" sizing. This is why you will often see two sizes on a garment, paired thus: 0/1, 2/3, 4/5, etc. Even numbers are for women's clothing, and odds for juniors (although zero tends to be used in both fairly frequently. The things you can learn from Clinton and Stacy). So, you are only two sizes smaller than the size six dresses. It is certainly possible for many dresses to be successfully taken down two sizes; I don't think there would be any laughing-to-scorn or door-slamming on the part of seamstresses. However, the advisibility of resizing a gown depends largely on the specific style and shape of the dress. I would recommend taking pictures of the dresses you are considering (preferably good ones, and perhaps multiple shots of the same dress to get front, back, and side views) to a seamstress for a consultation before you invest in one of these dresses. ~Hermia ADear fast verlopt, Just to give you an idea of price, I wore a relatively simple wedding gown and I had it hemmed just a couple inches and had a three-point bustle put on it, and that cost me a hundred bucks. As Hermia said, I have no doubt at all that you'll be able to find a tailor that would alter a size 6 gown for you as long as you look specifically for a wedding dress seamstress. I've known people that have had crazier things done to their wedding dresses in order to make them "perfect." I'd recommend making some phone calls and asking for some estimates before you buy a larger dress, however, since it might be more cost-effective to just find a smaller one that you really like. And I know this is a little bit of a long shot, but I happen to have a size 6 wedding gown that I only wore once that I don't happen to have any sentimental attachment to since I didn't wear it for my actual sealing in the temple. Depending on logistics and such, I might be willing to sell it for a relatively cheap price. If you'd like to see some pictures you can e-mail me at: skybones(at)theboard(dot)byu(dot)edu. I hope it all works out for you! -Sky Bones Back to top CDear 100 Hour Board, In reference to Board Question #53871 about general conference talks. One of my professors used to be the managing editor for the Ensign and he talked to us a little about the difference between printed and spoken general conference. He said that the speakers turn in their talk a week before and the translators prepare a rough translation. After the talk has been given, an editor will listen to the audio with the paper copy in hand and go through marking any differences. The differences are sent to the speaker who compares them and for each noted change will either decide to go with it as it was originally written or to change it to match the audio. Each speaker is different. Our professor said that some of them frequently make drastic departures from their written copy (which always terrifies translators), while others will stick to it word for word. In the end, the speakers submit for the Ensign print the version which they best feel says what they wanted to say, even if it is different from the exact way they said it in conference. - Editors are notoriously undervalued...
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