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Ah, apparently anti-Semitism isn't racist any more! Nice to know, BBC...

(gah, I love so much about the BBC, but stuff like this?)

(hmm! Can't find the original posting, but mysteriously, there's now a moderation message up.)

Today in Waitrose, I was at the till, adjusting Aliza in the wrap. The cashier said to me, "I don't know how you can carry her in that thing." I wanted to say, "Well, I don't know how you wear a sari" (she was Asian, almost certainly a Hindu given the area). I didn't, of course, but think about it--if a white woman came up to her while she was adjusting a sari and said "I don't know how you wear that", she probably wouldn't have been impressed. And they're quite similar--just long pieces of fabric (in fact a standard sari is 5.5 - 6m, so even longer than my wrap--and much wider of course. I've seen them put on and it isn't simple!)

I didn't say it of course; I just said it was easy once you knew how to do it. Rather like a sari in fact ;-)

(Just found out about these, I know they're the in thing in the US but not seen them here!)
http://www.robeez.com/department.aspx?deptid=224&PriceCat=3&Lang=EN-UK

Wonder if she'd get elasticated tops off her feet as quickly as she does socks... from what I've read Robeez are OK for pre-walkers (and even new walkers) as they're basically leather bootees (barefoot is best until they're really walking properly).

Neil says:
"Shoes. I'd be wary of introducing her to 'shoes' too early. I refer you to your sister for what might happen later in life."

To which I say:
Too late honey... she's been introduced to books. I refer you to me. :)

(All 3 of us have collecting obsessions. I do books, Jen does handbags, Carly does shoes.)

First he was booted off the train at Archway because of someone under a train at Finchley Central. He waited around for a bus (a few packed ones went by).

Half an hour later he calls again. A 134 (TCR - North Finchley) and a 263 (Archway - Barnet Hospital) have collided at Archway and created a godawful mess. The other bus going our way is the single-decker 143 (Archway - Brent Cross); he hasn't got a hope in hell of squeezing on one.

He's now walking up the A1.

I feel so bad that I can't go pick him up (no way in hell am I having my first solo trip in England down the A1 with the baby in tow)

(for the non-Londoners: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=n19+5rq&daddr=n3+1pd&sll=51.565437,-0.135101&sspn=0.010057,0.021157&ie=UTF8&z=13&om=1)

ETA: Progress! He's now on a 43 to Friern Barnet. From which he can get a 382 to the bottom of our road... goodness knows when he'll get back though :(