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  1. Paisley

    Calling all Rustics!

    I do the best I can without being a slave to it. Most vintage clothes don't fit me, so I wear new vintage-inspired or classic clothes. A pincurl set won't dry in eight hours on my head in the winter, so I use a curling iron instead. I won't go out in wash-and-wear hair.
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    Merry Christmas from Miss & Mr Melly!

    Cute. And more ingratiating than those Christmas family newsletters that say, "Jim got a promotion...Madison skipped a grade...Kenny got a fellowship...we bought a yacht...I'm writing this from Hawaii..." :rolleyes:
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    Night clubs

    Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl.... (Where's the music smiley?)
  4. Paisley

    Fashion fads we love to hate

    If someone has a ranch or grew up on one, I'll buy that. But a dentist from New Jersey who feels he is really a cowboy at heart is kind of a stretch.
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    Fashion fads we love to hate

    But I NEEEED to look like a goucho!
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    Fashion fads we love to hate

    Agreed. I believe in clothes suiting the wearer's lifestyle and the occasion. Do your shoes need to slide easily into a stirrup? Is your shirt likely to get caught in barbed wire? Are you out in the blinding western sunlight all day? No? Probably, you don't need to dress like a cowboy.
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    Favorite Christmas movies

    A Claymation Christmas Here's one of my favorites, and I've only seen it once, almost 20 years ago. The only reason I watched it was because I was too tired to change the channel. But it turned out to be priceless. A Claymation Christmas
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    Charleston set to hiphop, great

    Great dancing. But I'm just not a hip hop fan.
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    BBC: Ban The Bulldog or No Crufts on TV!

    Darwinian Breeding I don't know much about dog breeding, only that the animal shelters are full of dogs that needs homes. Some of them are smart and vigorous enough to have lived on the street. The dog I adopted had some problems, but the time, money and effort it took to fix them has been...
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    I'm a traitor...!

    Part of the point of clothing is to protect us from the elements. Keep in mind that the fabric of winter clothes used to be thicker. I have some Land's End clothing; in fact, I wore one of their parkas today, and probably will on most days until March or April. I never thought of their coats...
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    Low Income and Staying Healthy?

    True, but I don't see where anybody made that claim in this thread. According to a director I know at a blood center, people are entering their 50s and 60s much healthier than they used to. Perhaps this is a question of how to stay trim and well groomed. One way is to move to or work...
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    Low Income and Staying Healthy?

    Check out this link on improving your looks for free: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=27745
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    Low Income and Staying Healthy?

    Many of them in old photographs have a pleasant expression that isn't quite as common today.
  16. Paisley

    Favorite Christmas movies

    I have the soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas also. My favorite song on it is called (I think) "Skating."
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    Favorite Christmas movies

    I have no sentimentality about childhood, and didn't find this movie at all sentimental. To me, it showed, in a funny way, all the frustrations and the thousand little hells of being a child. Yet Ralphie was a pretty good kid through it all, and that made him a sympathetic character.
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    Vintage Christmas?

    Scaling Back It used to be the custom that only children received Christmas gifts. My parents and I are reviving that one. None of us has minor children, so we aren't bothering with gifts for each other. As for their great-grandchildren, they never call and never say thank you for presents...
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    Why is the Bum Look Popular? (formally the unemployed look)

    I'm curious: do your friends and acquaintances tend to have a much different style from you? Some people who know both me and my best friend find it odd that we're friends since we seem so different. In many ways, we are. But we have the same favorite clothing store and almost all my jewelry...
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    Why is the Bum Look Popular? (formally the unemployed look)

    I never said that wearing certain clothing was a moral failing. I said, or tried to, that people used to try to cover their faults. Now it's fashionable to put faults, physical and otherwise, on display in various ways.
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    Why is the Bum Look Popular? (formally the unemployed look)

    I think he said the clothes proclaim the man.
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    Why is the Bum Look Popular? (formally the unemployed look)

    "Even those who want to dig deeper have to start with the surface." You can't avoid making an impression with your clothes. Appearance is a major clue most of use to size people up. It's not always accurate, but that doesn't mean we should quit using it. In days of old, books were bound to...

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