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The Good Old Times
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That there lavender (pink?) Challenger with the 340 six-pack.
I have a funny story about this. One time when my girlfriends and I were at a concert, we came out to the lobby to have a smoke (cigarettes) and there were about a hundred people out there smoking joints, as well as two or three police officers. I asked one of them how come they didn't bust all these guys for smoking pot and he said, "See how many of them there are? And see how many of us there are?" Oh, yeah. Safety in numbers.
LOL! Archie and Edith.
I did this twice. Now, I look back and think how fortunate and how stupid. This is the good thing of having these cell phones nowadays. As there wasn't and isn't any pay phones on the highways.
When I was a kid, yes a thousand years ago, that's how we got around
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Usually two, three if you're dedicated...
Yes, I do. Thrrrreee!
Back in the early 70s, when I was in the 8th grade (how old is that?) I was babysitting a 3 year old boy and his infant sister every Saturday night for $1 an hour. I usually made $5 a week, and I WAS RICH!
Who played this game
I did, I did!
Who remembers when leather was big
I still have all my tools, and some pieces I made. My best one is a large leather notebook (3-ring binder type). I didn't do a lot of stamping, I carved everything. That was so much fun, and the stuff was so beautiful!
Do you believe this was even published
My how thinkin has changed
That HAS to be a joke. I can't believe that was a thing, even in the 50s.
In other news, did anyone else have trouble getting on here the last few days? I couldn't get VU to come up at all for the last three days, although I was gone today, so I didn't get a chance to check in until just now.
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Yup, today was the first day it's been up since Friday...
All of them are actually Women
Something was hogging resources on VU for 3 days according to Cloudfare. Likely AI bots scanning the forum threads fishing for information. This is the world we live in now. The machines are trying to take over.
We still get phone books out here. And if someone isn't listed, you just ask your neighbor for the phone number. Chances are they, or someone they know, has it.
I almost deleted this bookmark and gave up on VU. I have had nothing but trouble for almost a week, and I was wondering if it was worth it. Then I decided yes, it was.
I almost deleted this bookmark and gave up on VU. I have had nothing but trouble for almost a week, and I was wondering if it was worth it. Then I decided yes, it was.
I laughed, not at the sentiment of the statement about respect, but the fact that ANY grandma would have ever dressed like that. AI just cracks me up!
I have so many funny stories that these memes drag up from the dusty corners of my brain...
A couple years before my ex-husband and I got married (this was back in the early 80s), we decided to try one of those frost and tip kits on me. I put the cap on, he used the little hook thingie to pull out small strands of hair all over my head, then put the bleach stuff on. When he was finished, my hair was gorgeous! Lots of little "sun gold streaks" in the red.
So then later, when we were planning our wedding, he wanted to do it again, so I'd look pretty(er). LOL! So I said OK, let's do it. But you know how when you do something well the first time, and then you go to do it again you get a bit overconfident? Well, the second time, he pulled WAY too much hair through those holes, and when it was finished, I was mostly blonde. But what could I do except let it grow out? On our wedding day, my dad spent the whole day off by himself, acting strangely. I finally got a minute to go ask him what was wrong, and he looked me in the eye and said, "Oh. I was looking for a redhead. My daughter has red hair." Said with great sarcasm... Evidently, he didn't like the new blonde me. And that was it. That was the last time I let anybody do any kind of coloring on my hair. LOL!
A couple years before my ex-husband and I got married (this was back in the early 80s), we decided to try one of those frost and tip kits on me. I put the cap on, he used the little hook thingie to pull out small strands of hair all over my head, then put the bleach stuff on. When he was finished, my hair was gorgeous! Lots of little "sun gold streaks" in the red.
So then later, when we were planning our wedding, he wanted to do it again, so I'd look pretty(er). LOL! So I said OK, let's do it. But you know how when you do something well the first time, and then you go to do it again you get a bit overconfident? Well, the second time, he pulled WAY too much hair through those holes, and when it was finished, I was mostly blonde. But what could I do except let it grow out? On our wedding day, my dad spent the whole day off by himself, acting strangely. I finally got a minute to go ask him what was wrong, and he looked me in the eye and said, "Oh. I was looking for a redhead. My daughter has red hair." Said with great sarcasm... Evidently, he didn't like the new blonde me. And that was it. That was the last time I let anybody do any kind of coloring on my hair. LOL!
Back in the day, we had the phone mounted to the wall. Then, we had it on a table, then, we had the dial replaced with buttons. It was nice when the phones went cordless. Now, almost nobody has those. The one we had could go months without ringing, right up until the state let me know my registration tags for my truck were coming due. The, it started ringing several times a day. All robocalls. Yes. Texas sells your contact information. We had that number disconnected, and are donating the phones to Goodwill. I already use my cellphone for important calls anyways. The battery lasts longer that the tabletop ones did.