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The Good Old Times
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so... going to put a spin on this thread...
A YT video of what is basically a "folk" song (but the thing is... it's timeless and still relates to the modern times):
A YT video of what is basically a "folk" song (but the thing is... it's timeless and still relates to the modern times):
I still have one from my grandma, it's in good condition.Every household had one of these when I was a kid
Every household had one of these when I was a kid
My grandma had one. I wish I had it because it was a sturdy ladder, or a breakfast seat in the kitchen.
In fact a row of them as bar stools would be pretty cool nowadays, especially in different colors like that.
Sorry I haven't put much on here lately, my wife has been sick
You started a good thread Jimi. The participants keep it going so you don't have to fret about it every day.
I hope Jean is getting better.
Thank you my dear friend
she goes back and forth and will still have to go through surgery after they get the infection stopped
It was about that time, I was taking a computer programming class on an Apple McIntosh station using a floppy disc to store data... with the warning not to attempt to hack into the mainframe system, which took up another room.
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Who remembers Pixy Stixs?
I still like pixie stix, can't
have them anymore but I can remember just how good they were
I have one of these, in working condition.
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Reminded me of my Mimmy's kitchen. Only difference being it was about three times larger. All the family would sit for a meal around the table. Mimmy had been a cook / waitress at Woolworth's.Yup this is how the dinner table looked back in the day, kinda makes you feel comfy
My kitchen had those flooring tiles when we moved in.
It was way back when the company didn't care what the 'girls' made up as long as they took care of customers well. As a result, each different store had its own unique 'flavor'. Mainly it was 'Old World' home cooking short order, or MTO style.
This was carried over into her family home with PawPaw, except there was no short ordering, breakfast, lunch, supper. If you missed one, Mimmy might fix you a snack, but only if asked her politely and PawPaw agreed.
Of course, her idea of a snack was a full meal in and of itself. The regular meals often had three courses and kids waiting on permission to be excused from adults. If you ever left hungry, quite literally, it was your own doings.
Mimmy's family was a very old Dutch nobility. Never concerned us too much, save for once when I visited Disneyland. An agent came and sat by me at a Mickey Mouse Club taping. "You're Mimmy is related to the First Family," he told me. The Bush grandchildren had also come to the taping, we were later told.
Never delved into the genealogy, mom did though and assured us there were interconnections. She never revealed them because that was a private matter for Mimmy. Mimmy never spoke much of it other than a dismissive, "they had cousins, is all." No one pressed, as we saw it flustered her.
I miss breakfasts with her & PawPaw, while he and I rallied to work all day on the farm. By age 8 he had me running his "Ferggy" tractor to run fence line. He would always show me how he wanted something done, admonishing me that I could find a way that worked for myself, just have the results he asked to get. I was a very good mimic.
Swore he never had any trouble from me. At the same time, I lost count of the switches I fetched him. He appreciated some of my joking around, then some, well, he let me know it was time to work. He was of 'Old World' German stock.
I and him split dump truck load trucks of firewood with axes and mauls, spikes, wedges one day. Think it was three, although it was more likely two. I know the next day we were both sore, he brought liniment up, and we got 'dosed', ricked up the wood. "Work will take the pain out of you, boy," he said.
Looking back, can admire how damn correct he was in more ways than one. Yes, I miss those breakfasts in the quiet pre-dawn hours. Mimmy fussing I was up too early, him checking I had my pocket knife, a bandana. He let me drink coffee despite Mim's protests. "He's going to do a man's work, he can have a man's drink." Oh yeah, really do miss them and our time.
Well, you'd be hard pressed to convince me it isn't better now that all the pajamas aren't printed with pink poodles (women) or race cars (men), or whatever kitsch, so we can wear them for errands, and working at home. My pj's are carefully chosen so that when I leave the house I just have to put on a bra underneath, and when I get home, ditch the bra. Comfort prevails at the bank, post office, grocery store, etc. If a client knocks on the door I'm not wearing some tacky leopard print pajamas.
This is my favorite second hand Ralph Lauren nightshirt. I hunted like mad to get it in all the colors, so now I have one gray, one black and one navy. You have to be careful shopping Ebay and thrift shops because some of these were made of poly-cotton (very unusual for RL), others in 100 percent cotton, and I only want the pure cotton. They go with various plain pajama pants.
I'm sure I'm giving out TMI, but I spent so many years spending on street clothes for work, changing to comfy things when I got home, then changing into nightclothes at night, having three times the volume of laundry because of it, I'm convinced: Pajamas Forever!
Can agree with that sentiment. We have in county schools service people and professional people.
Service people like me just need to be sure our comfy clothes are clean and presentable. Professional people like teachers, aides and so on have to deck out in suits or "business casual".
At six foot tall and weighing three hundred pounds, it is difficult finding "big and tall" pants of a size fifty waist that fit and are comfortable. Prefer my sweatpants with draw strings, and triple to quad extra large t-shirts for "working" clothes.
Would love having bucks to buy some micro-fleece tactical double gusseted cargo pants, camouflage or plain OD green. Not bragging, but it is nice to have room in the loin area to move and breathe.
So yes, I can agree to wearing comfortable clothing. Might not quite be wholehearted into pajamas, then again the VC during 'Nam got by wearing them. Yep, go comfy power.
Im bettin there is some nice neiman marcus stuff floating around ebay riggt now, lol
(Or nordstrom, whatever store they were robbing in the news)
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Maybe, but the stuff I buy is vintage, the things I wanted but couldn't afford in the 90's and 00's even at discount places like Burlington Coat Factory and Ross. But second hand is not a compromise for me. I believe in it, buying things that the factories and labor have already produced, supporting small businesses online and in town (the thrift shops). There is so much junk already in this world. I love it. Jobs? The population is dying off. You walk into a store between 7 and 9pm and it's a ghost town. It's time to reduce store hours, turn off lights and a/c, give it a rest. In some countries, like Denmark, stores close at 6pm. Here, if people work until 5pm, 7 o'clock is plenty of time to stop for milk and eggs on the way home.
I guess that's starting to approach a rant, so I'll hush now.
That is an oldie, thank you for sharin my friendI miss my Erector set...
I built the Jim Beam engine, then converted it to power other stuff..lol...
Haha, it was just a joke. I wasnt talking second hand, in the past it would be stuff known as 'fallen of the back of a truck'
Personally im boxer briefs and a tshirt or sweatpants as needed. Clean sheet and a pillowcase for whatever im sleeping on.
Im easy
Yep. I remember eating fruit and veggies from the back yard, and washing it down with water from the hose. Of course, we had our own well back then, and didn't rely on any municipality to add poisons to the supply.
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And i still have some of those tapes.
I do too, they have become heirlooms for me
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<aol>Me too!</aol>
I was
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Who remembers AOL?
My little joke in my previous post was a reference to when AOL first allowed their users connection on the internet. AOL started out as a bulletin board system like CompuServe and in an effort to stay alive connected their users to the general internet. AOLer's would get into USENET and just chime in with "Me too". The <aol></aol> was a running joke for years in usenet.
Barely missed it.
I was
I am in the first 5 years of it, I must be old
I am in the first 5 years of it, I must be old
My mom was born in the second year of the baby boomer generation. I was born the second year of the Generation X generation. Not as old as some of y'all, but older than others.
Eh, i think that chart is a little thin, the 80's were the 'me' generation and i usually consider millenials to be born a little later in the 80's, like 85. And i also thought that ppl born in the 60's were a different generation than baby boomers
Thats just imho, not arguing, just i remember the yuppy generation as being distinct from baby boomers and gen x
Thats just imho, not arguing, just i remember the yuppy generation as being distinct from baby boomers and gen x