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  1. Paisley

    Buttons on the other side?

    Possibly, the photo is reversed (think mirror image).
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    new consumer habits.

    I bought an MP3 player last month and right out of the box, it didn't work. The replacement didn't work either. Then I thought, 15 years ago a Walkman was about $20. I decided I didn't need a $100 MP3 player--I plug in an old pair of headphones into my computer at work and bring CDs to listen...
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    Help me accessorize this Outfit!

    I was thinking silver as well. Deep blue would be more wearable for other occasions, IMO.
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    Hey!... Are you popular?

    A lot of the things the movie covered should be crashingly obvious: don't wait until the last minute, look your best, offer to be helpful, include others in the conversation, make plans, be on time, etc. Sadly, so many of these things are now ignored that it's hard to socialize. As for the...
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    Need ideas for hidden switches.

    Are you going to be able to reach that equipment across your desk? Or does your desk fold up with another switch?
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    Vintage Streetstyle Thread

    No, she's given up on trying to find well-fitting pants. :p
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    50's and earlier landscaping

    My parents live in a house built in 1959. Most of the houses around them have those big, shrubby junipers next to the house and the rest is lawn.
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    50's and earlier landscaping

    No pictures, but I think the 50s were the start of the chemical age of gardening. Long before that, plants that needed a lot of coddling didn't survive in typical landscapes. I think it was during the 50s that a lot of tender, finicky roses came along (and they're still coming) that gave the...
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    Movie Maidens website

    Quote from the site: We are so sick of seeing history's most beautiful female actors portrayed as old women. How many times have you seen Joan Crawford as a 50 year old with enormous eyebrows and clown-like lipstick, Bette Davis as a shaky old woman with a cigarette, Elizabeth Taylor at 220...
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    Anyone play Bridge?

    My best friend plays whist. You have to have good strategy and a good memory to play bridge (you have to mentally keep track of what cards have been played). If you can do that and learn a good system, you'll be set.
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    Anyone play Bridge?

    Really? You don't look 60. :)
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    Anyone play Bridge?

    I used to, but there was hardly anyone my age there. I liked the game but didn't have much to talk about with people old enough to be my parents.
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    Why do I hate the 1960s so much?

    [Quote: Originally Posted by reetpleat I think the drugs are much worse. Crack, and meth are more addictive, I think. More than LSD and Heroin? My sister went missing around 1980. She was taking meth--I'm certain of it. Within about a year, she went from looking like a princess to an...
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    Why do I hate the 1960s so much?

    It's like that song they play at Disneyland The Beatles have been played very much, very often on radio stations here. There has been the Beatles for Breakfast, the Fab Four at Four, Beatles for Brunch, Beatles in your cocktail (OK, I made up the last one). Ubiquitous is right. To my mind, they...
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    Is Paris Hilton the modern day flapper?

    I have a few admirers who would disagree with this. ;) I call this shape the gymnast shape: lean, athletic and not very prone to sagging. :)
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    Is Paris Hilton the modern day flapper?

    Another theory of the etymology of "flapper": the arm movements of the Charleston. If you put your hands loosely in front of your shoulders and then make your elbows go up and down, you look like you are flapping.
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    Is Paris Hilton the modern day flapper?

    lol
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    When to Wear a Beaded Cap

    I wish I had a digital camera! I'll wear it to work sometime soon and ask somebody to take a picture of it. :)
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    Vintage Laundry

    I've used Fels Naptha as a stain treater; it works better on my towels, and not as well on other stains. I never noticed a buildup on the towels. Biz doesn't seem to do much for me; I don't even think it dissolves in cold, hard water. I love Mrs. Stewart's Bluing--it does help get whites...
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    Revolution? Hording? Madness?

    There's a store near my house with painted signs on the windows reading "Don't be afraid!...not panic through crisis" or something like that. Sorry, I've never been in the place. There's also a fairly mainstream religious group that has a practice of having a year's supply of food on...

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