Too Small, Too Big, and Just Right

or...PE and Magnet Strip Girl Meet LaZBoy

So I take PE to the local furniture store to find the right size recliner for him. The store is in an old multi-level building downtown. Back in the day it was a hotel. The recliners are all in the basement, so PE has to walk the entire width of the store to get to the freight elevator, which turns out to be 4 years older than he is(1914). Had a big down button and a big up button and a big open/close door button, and the manual collapsible latticy door thingy on the inside. (I'm talking about the elevator, folks!)

PE tries on one chair, it's too small(the seat is not wide/deep enough), another chair that's too big, and one that is almost right. I(Magnet Strip Girl) decide for these prices(we're talking La-Z-Boy) we should think this over. As we are leaving the recliner room and walking across another showroom, I stop at a HUMONGOID easy chair. This thing measures 40" across the overly stuffed arms. But it is comfy, it does not rock, it is sturdy, the seat and arms are high enough that it is reasonably easy for PE to sit down in and get out of, AND....it turns out to be a La-Z-Boy recliner, floor sample, ON SALE!!!!!! They delivered it the same day for a small sum, and now I hafta use food to coax PE out of his bedroom. He has a heater, a bed, a tv, a digital picture frame, an atomic clock radio, his DVDs, and a very comfy chair. (The Professor is jealous, HE doesn't have an easy chair. He sits on the couch!)