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In article <p7yyS.183141$r0Ye.90365@fx13.ams1>, not@home.com says...
> 
> On 09/10/2026 23:37, Snidely wrote:
> > Just this Friday, Sam Plusnet explained that ...
> >> On 09/10/2026 19:54, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> >>> Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 12:57:05 +0200, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
> >>>> Lodder) wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> You seen to think that the corset was a female garment.
> >>>>> As a matter of historical fact men wore corsets too.
> >>>>> Just to present a manly posture, or to keep in the belly,
> >>>>> or worse, the embonpoint. Or for appearing more dandyish.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The fashion for corsets for both males and females mostly ended
> >>>>> around the beginning of the 20th century,
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> As recently as yesterday -- TV ads show something remarkably
> >>>> similar to corsets, in shape and apparent function.  They are
> >>>> elasticised, and advertised for relief of lower-back pain.
> >>>
> >>> Or called a back brace, and advertised for weightlifters, body builders,
> >>> and like fools.
> >>>
> >>>> Maybe they are not as tight?  Maybe they distribute pressure
> >>>> differently?
> >>>
> >>> Supposedly they help with distributing pressures over the spine.
> >>> (not the purpose of the original corsets)
> >>>
> >>> Looking at the covers of the Flashman novels for painted evidence
> >>> it seems quite likely that he wore one.
> >>> Of course the documented text of his adventure will never admit this.
> >>> Corsets in there are exclusively for ladies to be gotten out off,
> >>
> >> George MacDonald Fraser put a lot of work into getting the historical 
> >> details right - but I don't know if, whoever did the dust jacket 
> >> artwork, was as painstaking.
> > 
> > Give those commas back to Janet!
> 
> It was much more fun with them in place.

   Your commas are not where I would have placed them, but it's 
gratifying to know that anybody still cares about comma conservation. 

   Janet

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floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-07 20:09 -0700
  Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-08 09:10 +0200
    Re: floarboard Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2026-10-08 09:37 +0100
      Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-08 11:33 +0200
        Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 03:06 -0700
        Re: floarboard Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-10-08 22:39 +1100
          Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-08 13:52 +0200
        Re: floarboard Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net> - 2026-10-08 13:55 -0400
          Re: floarboard Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-10-09 11:17 +1100
            Re: floarboard "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-10-09 19:15 +0100
          Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 19:43 -0700
            Re: floarboard Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-09 11:23 +0800
              Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 21:49 -0700
                Re: floarboard Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-09 15:48 +0800
              Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-09 12:57 +0200
                Re: floarboard Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-09 21:14 +0800
                Re: floarboard Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-10-10 10:07 +1100
                Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-10 22:30 +0100
                Re: floarboard Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-11 05:41 +0800
                Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-11 12:35 +0200
                Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-11 19:53 +0100
                Re: floarboard "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-10-11 20:09 +0100
                Re: floarboard Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2026-10-12 08:57 +1300
                Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-12 20:43 +0200
                Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-13 02:27 +0100
                Re: floarboard Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-10-12 23:50 -0400
                Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-13 13:55 +0200
                Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-13 13:55 +0200
                Re: floarboard richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-10-13 16:02 +0000
                Re: floarboard Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-10-13 18:19 +0200
                Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-13 22:57 +0200
                Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-14 02:12 +0100
                Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-14 15:32 +0200
                Re: floarboard athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-10-14 17:32 +0000
                Re: floarboard Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-10-15 06:58 +0200
                Re: floarboard athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-10-14 17:35 +0000
                Re: floarboard "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-10-14 19:52 +0100
                Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-15 00:13 +0100
                Re: floarboard athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-10-09 13:30 +0000
                Re: floarboard Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2026-10-09 11:51 -0400
                Re: floarboard John Dunlop <dunlop.john@ymail.com> - 2026-10-09 17:08 +0100
                Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-09 20:54 +0200
                Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-09 23:05 +0100
                Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-09 15:37 -0700
                Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-10 22:29 +0100
                Re: floarboard Janet <nobody@home.com> - 2026-10-11 13:13 +0100
                Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-10 21:21 +0200
            Re: floarboard "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-10-09 19:18 +0100
          Re: floarboard athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-10-09 07:25 +0000
    Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 03:02 -0700
  Re: floarboard Phil <phil@anonymous.invalid> - 2026-10-08 09:32 +0100
    Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-08 11:36 +0200
      Re: floarboard Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-10-08 22:43 +1100
  Re: floarboard richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-10-08 09:35 +0000
    Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-08 11:50 +0200
      Re: floarboard richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-10-08 10:22 +0000
  Re: floarboard HVS <office@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> - 2026-10-08 15:06 +0100
    Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-09 08:24 +0200
      Re: floarboard HVS <office@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> - 2026-10-09 15:17 +0100
  Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 21:48 -0700
  Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-09 20:54 +0200
  Re: floarboard guido wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> - 2026-10-14 16:28 +0200
    Re: floarboard Madhu <enometh@meer.net> - 2026-10-16 17:25 +0530
      Re: floarboard wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> - 2026-10-17 11:34 +0200
  [Late arrival] Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-15 09:26 +0200
    Re: [Late arrival] Re: floarboard Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-10-16 04:32 +0200

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