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  1. Viola

    Show us your vintage home!

    Okay, I admit I usually think pink only looks good in a very specific Miami-style pink stucco context, or on a Painted Lady, but that shade is so delicate it actually looks really good, especially in the snow pic.
  2. Viola

    **Meet my new Grandson"

    Aw he's lovely. Congrats!
  3. Viola

    **Meet my new Grandson"

    Aw he's lovely. Congrats!
  4. Viola

    Jewelry Wardrobe Essentials

    My grandmother, who was working class to lower middle class, wore earrings like these and other styles that did not dangle but weren't just pearls or "diamond" solitares. A lot of them were costume jewelry. Big, not dangly. Not quiet little styles, in my grandmother's case anyway.
  5. Viola

    The general decline in standards today

    Servicewomen are currently MPs and in the Seabees. I have never met a Seabee that would say they "don't fight" and throughout the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the military police of all branches have been used more in a combat arms role than their normal combat support. Of course if you are...
  7. Viola

    Jewelry Wardrobe Essentials

    Great list, ladies. It really does help me. For the watch people, how do you feel about leather bands vs. metal? Silver-tone vs. gold tone? Pearl/diamond accents? Inquiring minds want to know. I loved pins at my last job because I felt like they took so much attention OFF the plain button...
  8. Viola

    hair quandary poll

    Grant Fan, I hear you on the makeup. Some companies, even their "ivory" is rather dark on me. At least in winter. I'm torn on whether I should embrace the sun and try to "tan" down to a normal colour - or protect my skin since I burn so much. Looks like red is winning. I was going to go to...
  9. Viola

    The general decline in standards today

    I started listening to country when I was 12, which is about when I started having music preferences that did not align with my parents', who don't like it all. I like "sobbing country" though - Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams (not Jr.!). I am fond of Charlie Pride and Conway Twitty...
  10. Viola

    Show us your Guns!

    Oh, I'm safe... I'm just not very good. Not yet, anyway. Most of it is just lack of practice, not doing anything foolish. I still sayM9 Berettas are just flat uncomfortable, though.
  11. Viola

    *Updated* Grandpa Update!

    I love the name Elliot Clayton. Very classic sounding, not too trendy, yet not completely yeah-but-what obscure.
  13. Viola

    Show us your Guns!

    I don't have a strong sight preference. One of my friends was just mean and said "why pretend you use the sights at all, Mr. Magoo?" With friends like that... lol
  14. Viola

    Show us your Guns!

    I've held a .357 Vaquero and it was not uncomfortable. I have issues with short fingers and small hands (I wear child-sized gloves) - not particularly fragile or delicate, just short and it makes, for example, huge fat Glock grips really unpleasant. All of yours are beautiful. For size, the...
  15. Viola

    Show us your Guns!

    I am 98% sure I want a single action. I am rarely 100% decisive on anything, especially since I can't buy anything right this moment. :) I go back and for on the new Blackhawks, the Vaqueros, and even the single-10 which looks fun to shoot. Sometimes I ponder double-actions, though. (In the...
  16. Viola

    Show us your Guns!

    I'm daydreaming about a modern single-action revolver. Will not be buying imminently but hopefully soon-ish. I'm thinking Ruger? For quality of construction, at a reasonable price, I was told they were setting the bar - does anyone have any dire warnings I've been misled? I don't want to save...
  17. Viola

    The general decline in standards today

    Thank you for explaining that they were seen as different. I wondered, because of your previous post that the hippies were unknown. My parents actually speak really highly of how well they were treated in Maine. Oh, my folks were oddballs, and they think slightly pitied as goofy kids "from...
  19. Viola

    The general decline in standards today

    No, but he was certainly admired and emulated by the hippies. You don't think Dylan et. al. owed him anything? Seeger certainly embraced "those young, earnest kids" and they loved him back. I'm not saying there's no distinction but there's certain Golden Era ties for a lot of that stuff, as much...
  20. Viola

    The general decline in standards today

    What about all the people the hippies admired and emulated? Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, the Nearings, a lot of them were actually pretty Golden Age. I mean, unless the Great Depression doesn't count.
  21. Viola

    hair quandary poll

    Excellent, thanks. Okay. I was just checking because EVERYONE was saying deep/dark red and I wanted to make sure I had everyone on the right page. Garnier Nutrisse is really good. Hard to find most colours here (*sob*) but I used their auburn and their Pomegranate red had absolutely shocking...
  22. Viola

    The general decline in standards today

    My parents are sort of hippies. In the '70s my dad had long hair (always showered and always had a job, as he points out) and he and my mom upped and moved to Maine to do the back-to-the-land thing. They lived in a non-working RV converted from a schoolbus, with no running water, no electricity...
  23. Viola

    The Pencil Skirt

    C-dot is right about height. It was my personal bane because I swear "below the knee" off the rack generally means "well down the shins" and that is not good at all. 27" would make me sweat a bit - I have a rather absurd 28" inseam, though. For those who are not Hobbits, you have a lot more leeway.

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