[sgmoore]

Was also very surprised at this. The only thing I can estimate now are how long shoes last (almost every day for three years), but when I was growing up (several decades ago) I would only have one school uniform which would be worn every school day for a few years. It would have been my older brother's before me and my younger brother's after me. The number of times shorts would be worn would be in the high hundreds. I kinda have similar expectations now - for example, I have a t-shirt that I have been wearing about 20 or 30 times a year for the last twenty years. I'm hoping for another 20 years wear!