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  1. Paisley

    Unpopular movie opinions...

    Mad Hot Ballroom was good, but it wasn't typical: it was a documentary about kids in New York City public schools learning to dance for a competition. I liked Swing Kids, too, and I really expected it to be awful. I don't like most Golden Era dance movies. I'd rather do my income taxes than...
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    Unpopular movie opinions...

    That's how I feel about a lot of movies that gratuitously use special effects. When you're good, you don't need a gimmick.
  3. Paisley

    are your kids bigger than you?

    Your son's best friend should stop hovering and resume standing and walking. He's apt to bump into door frames and ceiling fans. (I couldn't resist. :) )
  4. Paisley

    Unpopular movie opinions...

    I thought Saving Private Ryan was pretty much a blood & guts fest.
  5. Paisley

    Unpopular movie opinions...

    I got sooooo sick of "My Heart Will Go On" when Titanic came out. It must have been on the radio every morning for years.
  7. Paisley

    Unpopular movie opinions...

    The charms of An Affair to Remember aren't apparent to me. Most romantic movies don't make sense, but this one is in a class by itself. As for The Three Stooges or The Blues Brothers--put me in the I-just-don't-get-it camp.
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    do you have many friends?

    Great thread! I think of a friend as someone you could call at 2 a.m. and not be hated for it. (I'm not hiding a body for anybody.) Aristotle said that a friend is just another self--as opposed useful friends and pleasant friends. To answer the question, I have one good friend I've...
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    are your kids bigger than you?

    In the late 1800s, the tallest people in the world were equestrian Indians of the Great Plains. Their average height: 5'-8." http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/tallind.htm Re: food, antibiotics are fed to livestock to make them grow bigger. A lot of the food an animal consumes is ingested by...
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    Long sleeved 50s dresses...

    Wear long gloves?
  11. Paisley

    Asbestos Tiles / Products

    In a first edition of one of Julia Child's cookbooks in the early 60s, she recommended baking French bread on asbestos tile. Shortly afterward, the news broke that asbestos was hazardous, and she scrambled to find a good substitute tile available in the U.S. She said readers never mentioned...
  13. Paisley

    Home is where the Kitchen is

    On the Mary Tyler Moore Show, Mary had a small apartment with the kitchen just off the living room, and a counter separating them. There was a piece of decorative glass over the counter that she could pull down to hide the kitchen.
  14. Paisley

    Shoes for work

    Clarks is hard to beat for comfort and quality at a reasonable price. Here's a nice mary jane on sale: http://www.amazon.com/Clarks-Rhea-Black-mary-janes/dp/B002TIM9OQ I have this pair and they're super comfortable...
  15. Paisley

    Finances in the Golden Era and today

    It would cost me thousands of dollars to get my house up to code: Moving the garage farther from the alley, moving the circuit box outdoors, putting in a fan for the stove, putting in GFIs...that's just the stuff I know about. Considering that I've lived in my house for 14 years without...
  16. Paisley

    Classic round Ray Bans are back

    I'll take your word for it. I don't see a nickel's worth of difference, though.
  17. Paisley

    Classic round Ray Bans are back

    Johnny Depp has been wearing those for some time now: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-491224/Designer-frames-celebrities-specs-make-wearing-glasses-cool-school.html
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    Wearing a tie in a company that does NOT embrace ties?

    JLStorm, I'm glad to hear you work in such a positive environment. I'm sure we all brought a lot of our own experiences to our responses. I've been in so many flaky, shaky job situations that I think a person ought to play every card to stay employed. I've been at my current job at a very stable...
  20. Paisley

    Have any other men noticed this?

    You beat me to it. Some women take a tape measure with them when they shop for clothes. You can use incorrect sizing to your advantage when you shop sales. I've found that a lot of clearance clothing is mis-sized.
  21. Paisley

    dear new neighbor

    If you like this thread, you'll love the Nutty Neighbor thread. http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=16354&highlight=nutty
  22. Paisley

    This generation of kids...

    The idea that you can't make a decent living without a degree is a bunch of baloney. I think only three of our admin staff here at the office have a four-year degree: the IT guy, the managing partner's assistant and I. None of us had any formal training in what we do for a living. I don't think...
  23. Paisley

    Wearing a tie in a company that does NOT embrace ties?

    Agreed. There's a time to resist, and a time to go with the flow. Every workplace has unwritten, unspoken rules, and for the most part, unless some great injustice is going on, it's a pot that's best left unstirred.

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