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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

The same here.  Well, my dad called them military corners.  DH just stuffs 
his corners but I was too well trained.  The corners must be precise <g>

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>
> My RN mom didn't care which side up the sheets went on the bed, BUT
> back in the old days before the decadence of fitted sheets, she taught
> us to make hospital corners that stayed in place until the sheets were
> changed, even if that was more than a week. I can do a good corner. In
> fact, I have field tested corners that lasted a month (look, if you
> shower regularly you don't have to be changing the sheets needlessly).
>
> My spouse was one of those loose corner guys. I really, really tried
> to not let it bother me -- and of course my side was tucked up
> properly.  :)