The Korean videos gave me much the same glorious feeling that these two boys dancing Lindy together did, which was "here are people who are really enjoying what they are doing!" and the urge to run out and find my own happy activity.
Ian @ #73
There's a video tutorial on how to use a bedsheet as a baby sling and a thread (with photos!) about using bedsheets as carriers on The Babywearer.
Hope that helps!
Regarding babes-in-arms, anything and everything you ever wanted to know about baby carrying devices can probably be found (or found as a link from) thebabywearer.com. You can find information on nearly every kind of baby carrying device, how to make them, where to buy them, how to wear them comfortably and safely and a responsive message forum.
One of the most popular types of carriers, the wrap sling, is nothing more than a length of sturdily woven fabric that you wind about yourself to provide a safe comfy place for baby to sit or recline. The high end german woven wraps like Didymos or Storchenweige are expensive, but if I could only grab one bit of baby kit for an evacuation, I'd grab my 5.2 meter Storch. The Storchenweige site actually has pictures of one of their slings used to tow a car out of icy slush. With it I can carry my baby on my back, my front or my hip, it fits both me and my husband, it's infinitely adjustable, and folds down much smaller than a stroller can. It can also do double duty as a changing pad, swaddle blanket, toddler tether, extra warm layer, sunshade, etc...
In an emergency, though, you can fashion a one-shouldered baby sling from a folded bedsheet. It doesn't have quite the same level of comfort, but it's much, much more comfortable than having your arms drop off from carrying your baby, and makes it possible to travel with relative ease and comfort through terrain a stroller finds difficult.
My sympathies to Caroline at #25. Personally, I'm not sure how being all "grown up" precludes enjoying a good meal with friends, but chacun à son goût, as they say in France. (Each to his own taste.)
Bras. A very tiny, but well endowed friend of my put up an excellent resource for bras here:
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~cat/bra.html
I tend to mail order my bras from Bravissimo in England. They've also got amazing sports bras that support my 38 F balcony section even while hop-skip-jumping around. Okay, the shipping is hideous, but the customer service is well worth it for me. I haven't found any store comparable in the U.S.
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