I didn't know anything about this until I read the Sunday papers,  but apparently M&S had  banned their staff from using a tape measure for measuring ladies for a new bra sizes more accurately.   
So from then on,  staff  could only help women with  'measurements taken by eye.'     (I don't see how that can work).
Being measured had never bothered me in the past,  but it seems now its all about  'Trans Rights!'   

The M&S ban is supposed to have come about because in August last year a mother had complained about a Trans woman member of staff  had offered to help the ladies 14 yr old daughter in the lingerie section of a store, where they were hoping to have a bra fitting.

Then on 'X'  author J.K. Rowling (of Harry Potter fame)  is supposed to have kicked up and said it was wrong that the shop had  'prioritised the wishes of men'  despite the earlier Court ruling on gender which means changing rooms must be segregated on the basis of biological sex.   As a result of this,  trans women should not  enter female spaces.
Rowling wrote -  "It's time for women to vote with their wallets.  If stores like M&S continue to flout the Supreme Court ruling on women only spaces, prioritising the wishes of men who want to undress near - or help fit bras on - teenage girls,  a boycott seems appropriate."

It seems that after all the 'to do',  M&S then banned the tape measuring part of bra fittings.

Now though,  according to the newspaper,  M&S has reversed the ban again,  and if customers want to be measured,  they can be.

What a carry on ey.   
I would preferred to be measured as all styles are slightly different fits,  so rather than have to try on half a dozen bras to get the size right,  accurate measurements can speed this up no end.

BUT,  and I'm sorry to say this,  but I would not want to be assisted by a trans woman in that department,  I just wouldn't feel comfortable discussing bras and knickers with them, and it would put me right off being assisted by someone with  stubble and lipstick!     Wouldn't it  you?  Or am I being unfair?

How do others feel about this type of thing?
Would you prefer women only in the ladies underwear department,  or don't you mind?
And how would you feel if,  like the first lady in this tale, a trans woman wanted to help your young granddaughter with her first bra? 

I read a report on a medical forum that said that at our age late 70s+ that we should rediscover ourselves ( whatever that means) and take up the hobbies we had as 16/17 year olds. So if anyone needs me I will be drunk in a field somewhere 

Elbit systems for those who doing know is the company whose works was raided and vandalised  by Palestine Action  during which a police officer ( a woman )  was hit with a sledge hammer .

The Irish way of doing things .
A plane quite literally blinded by hate .

Ireland spent €53 million on a new government jet, then rejected Elbit's Israeli-made state of the art . FalconEye navigational system. Now, in heavy fog, the jet cannot land and must divert because it can't see where it's going .

Something that Ireland is doing in more ways than one

I  have been thinking -   do you think it might work if we all did a Rain Dance together?   

Messed it up today.  

Quote from: muddy on August 04, 2026, 05:38:37 PMGovernments are certainly good at wasting money ( as long as it's someone else's.)

August 04, 2026, 05:41:43 PM
Early release will include the POSs that murdered PC Harper dragging him behind a car .
They should have had much more severe sentences not early release .


https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/03/rapists-child-abusers-and-groomers-will-not-leave-prison-early-says-pm

That is beyond disgraceful.
I feel so sorry for the family he left behind.

One again,  politicians need real life experience of having their spouse dragged behind a car before they will ever understand the feelings of P.C. Harper's family.

Governments are certainly good at wasting money ( as long as it's someone else's.)

August 04, 2026, 05:41:43 PM
Early release will include the POSs that murdered PC Harper dragging him behind a car .
They should have had much more severe sentences not early release .


https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/03/rapists-child-abusers-and-groomers-will-not-leave-prison-early-says-pm

Scrapped by Labour

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/bibby-stockholm-barge-migrant-accommodation-labour-b1172372.html

He was a journalist mainly .
Yes 66 does seem young ( especially from where I am standing )