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  1. ThesFlishThngs

    what did people snack on back in the old days?

    I picture a jar of peanuts in the shell kept close at hand.
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    Don't bother covering when sneezing

    I hope everyone can find some magic and cheer at Christmas time. Sadly, the bugaboos don't take time off, and misfortunes will continue to occur, despite the heartwarming films on tv and the jolly music on the radio. This time of year doesn't give me the blues, though I know it does affect...
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    You Big Softy! - Your Favourite Soft Drinks

    Oh, and I used to enjoy a shandy when I could get one made properly.
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    You Big Softy! - Your Favourite Soft Drinks

    I don't drink fizzy drinks on a regular basis, but on the rare occasion I can get my hands on a zippy, spicy ginger beer, I take great delight in it. The same for real sarsaparilla, and the dandelion & burdock that was available when I lived in Britain.
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    Who was the ODDest person you ever knew?...

    Lizzie, you slay me. lol lol lol
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    Who was the ODDest person you ever knew?...

    During my vagabond stage, desperate for a job and a place to stay, I answered a 'girl Friday' notice in a shop window, only to end up living in the upstairs of a rambling, wallpapered-with-newspapers, crumbly old barn on Steam Farm Lane, in the remaining wilds near Heathrow airport. I and a...
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    Paper Dolls

    I have vague but fond memories of paper dolls cut out of magazines when I was small, late 60s, early 70s. They were kept in a cigar box or two, if I remember correctly, and gave me hours of imaginative fun. Though they're long gone by now, I have a few books of faerie paper dolls now, as...
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    Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

    Let me second bunny chan's advice; it's one thing when strangers express their random opinions, but when someone who's supposed to be a friend repeatedly offers hurtful words, you should most definitely point it out. Who would purposefully hurt someone they care about? I'd never dream of...
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    Vintage Desecration - Things Altered/Repurposed, and a Vintage Treasure Lost Forever.

    Ow, my eyes!!!
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    Thoughts on these shoes?

    They're a lot more clunky than sleek and dapper. If I had to dress my man in something like that, I'd most certainly opt for the ones in Geesie's link.
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    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    A collision of worlds: first free boxed merlot at the coffee house, where I had my art for their annual trinkets and baubles show, free food & drinks. After that, we ventured to the posh, top-of-the-city Petroleum Club party for med school grads, where I ordered a gin martini (trying to keep up...
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    Class rings, onetime popular mementos, losing popularity

    This is timely, as I've just been helping my daughter put together an idea for her ring. In recent years she's enjoyed wearing mine, but I finally took it back, afraid she might lose it. My ring wasn't anything high-dollar; though my folks were willing to pay for it, being budget-minded, I...
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    How Are You Shopping for Christmas This Year (and What are you Buying?)

    The in-laws are here for a couple weeks (from Ireland), to attend the mister's med school graduation next week. Mum-in-law has apparently wrapped the secret gifts she brought, and stashed them in our attic. I hope to send back a few gift items for my special UK pals, to have her post to them...
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    Looking to move

    Oh, sorry. I missed the part about no humidity. Pity....
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    Looking to move

    I can offer that despite all the 'naughty' lists the state of OK seems to make, OKC and Tulsa tend to be on the positive side of 'great places to begin your life', and you may well find mid-century homes in a favorable price range.
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    Dating a Pendleton, etc.

    I thought I'd seen a link here to different eras of Pendleton labels, but couldn't find it through search. I have a Pendleton shirt and a Johnson Woolen Mills jacket, both without the woolmark logo, and am wondering when that logo came into common use?
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    Welsh forum Members?

    Go figure. Was it the Leader, or that Cynon Valley paper, Paddy? And what years did you live there?
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    Welsh forum Members?

    My fellow hails from Aberdare. His sister & nephews are still there, and an uncle lives in Newport, but the others have scattered. I guess that's what comes from growing up expecting to go down the mines, just as the mines close, leaving a particular generation grasping for an identity.
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    Welsh forum Members?

    Possibly not exactly what you're looking for, the best I can offer - my husband is Welsh, and actually joined the forum a few years ago, when I did, but can't remember his username now. He visits vicariously through me. And he doesn't live in Wales anymore.....
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    Irish Loungers?

    They've arrived now, last night in fact, having brought newspapers, magazines, a small Christmas pudding (with packet of sauce to add), a bottle of Paddy whiskey and one of Pernod Fils. Who knows what else might emerge from their bags over the next days...........

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