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The Great Size Divide: Why XXL and 2XL Are Not the Same

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It’s a tale as old as time, or at least as old as ready-to-wear clothing: you grab what you think is your size, only to find it either swimming on you or restricting your every move. This confusion is amplified when we delve into the seemingly interchangeable world of XXL and 2XL. Many shoppers, and even some retailers, use these terms synonymously, but a closer look reveals a subtle yet significant difference that can make or break your wardrobe choices. The core of the discrepancy lies in the sizing conventions adopted by different manufacturers and for different types of clothing. Generally, XXL is an extension of standard alpha sizing (S, M, L, XL), while 2XL often signifies a true "plus" or "big and tall" size. "I used to just assume they were the same," admits Sarah Jenkins, a 34-year-old marketing professional. "I'd order an XXL t-shirt online, and sometimes it would fit perfectly, and other times it would be ridiculously small, like a r...
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Happy New Year

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Well, I won't be adding anything to the blog until the new year, so... I've been a fan of Garfield for years, so I hope that the guys who provide Yahoo with the daily comic don't mind if I use this one..
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So, what did you get then?

So, to start off a new post-Christmas entry into the almighty annuls of my blog (which had a surprisingly less amount of entries that I thought it did when I transferred them), I'd like to say that after using WordPress for Mental Gamers Wii and Xbox 360 sites (of which have been removed due to a possible move to Joomla), I decided to use it for my blog. The thing on the left is a 1GB MP3 player that isn't too bad, the only thing I'm not too keen on is that it doesn't actually play MP4 files, which is a bit silly since it's supposed to be an MP3/MP4 player. It plays AMV files which, to be honest, is a crap format due to it plays almost like a fast slide-show. The thing on the right there is something I picked up in a supermarket, said to the missus they were pretty cool and she ended up buying them. I wouldn't complain, but the fact they weren't something I really wanted and that they only cost £1.99 means that she was desperate for presents to get me. They...
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I'm still alive

For the sake of anyone that actually reads this, I'm still alive, but my old PC isn't. Well, it is .. kind of. Power goes through, but it just doesn't kick in and boot up, so as a drastic measure that I didn't really want to take being so close to Xmas, I had to go and buy a new one. One bonus to doing that is that I only have to get another 512MB of RAM and the basic graphics card that I planned on getting by building up a spec online and I'll have that same spec, albeit, around £100 less than I would have paid if I had built one up online. Anyhoo, got back online, then an update to the Mental Gamers server was made and everything php-based went tits up, this meant I couldn't get back to work doing stuff as the whole site is php. The only 'site' that worked was my main site due to it being HTML, but even this blog is php, so it all had to be re-uploaded. EVERY php file (to do with main sites) has been replaced and with any luck, things won't fuck up...
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