"It's been a while since I bought ... but - well, no, not that long." He came out with his measurements, which he was pretty sure were correct - only a few years old, and he was old enough that things shouldn't change so very often. Ordering things sounded much better, as presumably one wouldn't have to deal with pushy shopkeepers or salespeople, two breeds he had always found a little embarrassing. "That should be about right. - I like black, incidentally," he added, wondering whether it was going to matter very much.