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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2005OT - Question for the Aussies
Ok, this is probably really silly, but I need to know the dimensions of a king size mattress in Australia. I always thought a king is a king and a queen is a queen, but it turns out that there's a US king which is different than a king here in Thailand. So I was wondering if an Australian king would be different again, or what. Anybody got any measurements, or websites that may tell me? -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Ok, this is probably really silly, but I need to know the dimensions > of a king size mattress in Australia. I always thought a king is a > king and a queen is a queen, but it turns out that there's a US king > which is different than a king here in Thailand. So I was wondering > if an Australian king would be different again, or what. > Anybody got any measurements, or websites that may tell me? Dunno Britta, but I'd probably ask here: http://www.bedshed.com.au/contact_us.cfm They're probably the biggest bed retailer in Purrth. I can tell you that a queen size is about big enough for a smallish woman and five cats, but you wouldn't want to cram too much more on there. >> Ok, this is probably really silly, but I need to know the dimensions >> of a king size mattress in Australia. I always thought a king is a [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > woman and five cats, but you wouldn't want to cram too much more on > there. Thanks, Helen. I wrote to them and they answered me this morning. Seems that the Aussie King is the same as the Thai one, not the US ones. This is very good news for us :-) -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album What may be adding to the confusion. There are two different Kings here in the states. King and California King (which is more common here) The California King is Narrower and longer than the standard King. Jo > Ok, this is probably really silly, but I need to know the dimensions > of a king size mattress in Australia. I always thought a king is a [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Check out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > What may be adding to the confusion. There are two different Kings > here in the states. King and California King (which is more common > here) The California King is Narrower and longer than the standard > King. > > Jo You're right, that did make things more confusing. Even more confusing is that both the US King sizes are different than the Asian King, which seems to be the same as the Australian King. Aaargh! But I think I got it now. -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album Dunno the dimensions, but I wouldn't recommend you get a King here unless you are quite well off. Why? Because the linen for a king bed is difficult to find. You can't just wan't into a department sore or supermarket to buy your sheets or doona, you have to go to a bedding specialist. Queen sized beds are pretty standard, and sheet and doona sets are available in the supermarket aisles, in Kmart as well as the specialist places. Yowie > Ok, this is probably really silly, but I need to know the dimensions > of a king size mattress in Australia. I always thought a king is a [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Check out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album We have a king sized bed and have found that it's not difficult to get linen for it. We go to Spotlight mostly, or Big W. Target has a range of stuff in king size as well. We have, however, chosen to use two queen-size doonas / duvets / quilts rather than a king-sized one. This is because it is easier to find cosy places for 3 cats and 2 people to sleep comfortably with 2 doonas rather than 1 (avoiding the gravity-well-kitty effect :^)) Tish > Dunno the dimensions, but I wouldn't recommend you get a King here unless > you are quite well off. Why? Because the linen for a king bed is difficult [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Check out pictures of Vino at: > > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album Drat and Blast! The whole lined thing was the only reason neither of us got a King inthe first place. Guess my lined knowledge is outta date then. Oh well, the next bed be a king, although I'm sure Shmogg will be sure that it *still* doesn't have enough room for him, his hoomin *and* that little black upstart! Yowie > We have a king sized bed and have found that it's not difficult to get > linen for it. We go to Spotlight mostly, or Big W. Target has a range [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > Check out pictures of Vino at: > > > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > We have a king sized bed and have found that it's not difficult to get linen > for it. We go to Spotlight mostly, or Big W. Target has a range of stuff in > king size as well. We have, however, chosen to use two queen-size doonas / > duvets / quilts rather than a king-sized one. This is because it is easier > to find cosy places for 3 cats and 2 people to sleep comfortably with 2 > doonas rather than 1 (avoiding the gravity-well-kitty effect :^)) That effect is the worst! I like sharing a comforter with DH, because I then get to mooch his body heat. But then Oscar crawls in between us on top of the covers, and suddenly my side is exposed =/  Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* > > We have a king sized bed and have found that it's not difficult to get linen > > for it. We go to Spotlight mostly, or Big W. Target has a range of stuff in [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > get to mooch his body heat. But then Oscar crawls in between us on top of the > covers, and suddenly my side is exposed =/ In winter, Joel is *wonderful* to snuggle next to, because he is an incredible heat source. In summer I dont' want him anywhere near me! That, along with my prediliction for "swimming" whilst I sleep, my ability to steal the blankets, his ability to steal pillows, our totally different idea of what "warm enough" means, our mutual buzz-saw snoring, our differetn sleep cycles (well, before Cary came along anyway) and the fact I like critters on my bed and he doesn't means that for the sake of a good night's sleep, we don't share the same bed or even the same bedroom. Shmogg, thankfully, is only a bed hog. He's not real interested in the doona or pillows. IBKFergus, however, still thinks that the bedmice shouldbe subdued byher mighty hunting skills. Which makes hot nights remarkably uncomfortable - I can either sleep under just a sleep and be cool, but be regularly attacked by sharp kitten claws and teeth, or I can be safe from the Mighty Huntress's death lunges, but die of heat exhaustion. Remind me again why I adopted her? Yowie > Shmogg, thankfully, is only a bed hog. He's not real interested in the doona > or pillows. IBKFergus, however, still thinks that the bedmice shouldbe [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Remind me again why I adopted her? Because you wuv her. :o) SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > Ok, this is probably really silly, but I need to know the dimensions > of a king size mattress in Australia. I always thought a king is a > king and a queen is a queen, but it turns out that there's a US king > which is different than a king here in Thailand. So I was wondering > if an Australian king would be different again, or what. > Anybody got any measurements, or websites that may tell me? King: 1835mm x 2030mm Queen: 1525mm x 2030mm Double: 1385mm x 1900mm King Sgle: 1055mm x 2030mm Single XL: 915mm x 2030mm Single: 915mm x 1900mm Yowie (from www.sealy.com.au) >> Ok, this is probably really silly, but I need to know the dimensions >> of a king size mattress in Australia. I always thought a king is a [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Yowie > (from www.sealy.com.au) Thanks, Yowie. This is what the Bedshed people wrote me also. Good to know because it's the same as the Thai king. We already have tons and tons of king sheets and stuff, so that's no problem. We're wanting to get a bed custom made here in Thailand but want to buy the mattress in Australia. That's why I was asking. No chance of us sleeping on a Queen ever again. No chance at all. The cat takes up too much room ;-) |
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