Chris’ Blog

A couple weeks ago Christine and I spent a day clothes shopping. We were supposed to be shopping for Christmas gifts, but it didn’t end up that way. Christine informed me that my clothes were no longer in style. I was, of course, surprised to hear that my clothes were ever in style. I wished someone would have told me when they were fashionable and I could have enjoyed them more. By the end of the day: new shoes, pants, and shirts. It was actually nice to get some new clothes, especially pants that are long enough, (most of the pants I bought in China are a little on the short side) but what a chore. You have to find the right size and right colour and then you find out that they have the colour you like, but not in the right size. And then you need a medium in this shirt, but a large in the other…fortunately the stores have to close eventually, so you can’t stay forever. It got me to thinking about how on Star Trek, when they would go to visit other planets with advanced civilizations they would all be wearing the same outfit. Think of the time and resources saved if everyone wore the same outfit, not to mention the economy of scale in the manufacturing. One factory could supply the entire world with clothes. Or maybe something like on the Enterprise: scientists wear blue; engineers red; operations tan; and artists wear miniskirts. Oh well. At least I only have to go clothes shopping once every two years.