February 12 2020, 13:37

Two observations from the ground 🙂 About sleep and sports:

1. The first thing we encountered is that in the USA, for some reason, they do not sell a set of sheet+duvet cover+pillowcases.

Here a duvet cover (duvet cover) is usually sold separately, or with two pillowcases (Duvet set). A fitted sheet is purchased separately. There is also a Sheet set, where only sheets and two pillowcases are included.

Here, beds are typically made with two sheets, and they cover themselves with a duvet or comforter, with a duvet cover on top. There’s a difference between a duvet and a comforter, which can be quite confusing. Generally, a comforter is a soft decorative blanket, under which they often use a sheet (rather than a duvet cover, as we do). This roughly corresponds to our flannel or thin wool blanket without a duvet cover. It does not go into a duvet cover because it serves a decorative purpose. Additionally, there’s a mattress pad – an item that sits between the mattress and the sheet. The aforementioned fitted sheet is sewn like a box, covering the mattress, it is smoothly stretched over the top, adjusted vertically along the sides of the mattress and tucked under, where it is held by an elastic band gathered at the edge.

2. In the USA, in many states, including our Virginia, the game of “dodgeball” is banned. More accurately, they do not know what our version of dodgeball is, but the closest equivalent – dodgeball – is banned in schools. It is said to foster aggression and associated feelings. Yet, for adults, there are dodgeball competitions (for example, between Canada and the USA

).