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  1. Paisley

    Manners - The NY Times gets it

    Do you live in Aspen or Vail or somesuch? Those are exceptionally expensive areas. Elsewhere, single women are, if I remember right, the fastest growing group of new homeowners. Long ago, people lived in much smaller houses with fewer amenities. A family of six might have lived in a two- or...
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    Manners - The NY Times gets it

    New York--if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere!
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    Holidays, Charity, and Vintage Gifts

    I wish my family had a custom of giving Christmas gifts to children only. We adults don't need a thing. I always end up loading up the trunk of my car and making a trip to Goodwill after Christmas.
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    The Spanish Civil War

    Judge Steps Down From the Chicago Tribune: In recent weeks, a judicial order had given them hope that Spain might unearth some of those dead and begin a belated reckoning with that bloody period in their history. National Court Judge Baltasar Garzon, famous for his international pursuit of...
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    Manners - The NY Times gets it

    I could go on and on about how hard it was for a lot of kids in the Golden Age. But I'll just say this: the most polite people I know have far more pressure in their lives--children, career, employees, business interests they own--than a typical teenager.
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    Manners - The NY Times gets it

    The Wall Street Journal has published articles over the past few years on whether it is even worthwhile to go to college. Their opinion of the BA is that it's a very expensive IQ test. A lot of employers require one, yet the area of study often doesn't have anything to do with the job.
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    Cross-traffic in vintage communities

    Yes, I do. I don't see people on the street wearing the stuff. Of course, I'm thinking of three or four stores in a city of two million people.
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    Cross-traffic in vintage communities

    Anyone who has a houseful (barnful, storage-unit-ful) of stuff owes it to their children or executor to at least have the stuff organized and neatly stored. It's no small task to dispose of even a small estate, especially when you are in mourning. I don't think estate sale companies will deal...
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    My Head Got Bigger? What the heck?

    I've had the same thing happen with shoes. Even a small weight loss or gain will make my shoes fit differently.
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    Attention Denverites

    :offtopic: People in the Front Range area may be interested in this thread in the Events section about a Christmas dance. I and possibly some other FLers will be there. http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?p=680979#post680979
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    Cross-traffic in vintage communities

    Kind of sounds like Ol' Hickory returned to life.
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    Cross-traffic in vintage communities

    My brother restored old tractors when he was alive. I'd like to see more of my swing dance teacher, but we keep such different schedules it's hard.
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    Vintage dating?

    Playing the Odds Men are usually in the minority at dances. If you go to...well...pretty much anything that isn't a bar or a sporting event, you'll probably be the only young, unattached guy there. I've seen Denver called "Menver" online, but no matter what I go to, it's always attended by...
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    Vintage dating?

    One of the guys eHarmony set me up with had pictures of himself in chain mail. And he said he couldn't live without AA. And he lived in Montana. Not quite what I had in mind. I would try going to swing or other vintage dances to find somebody.
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    Vintage 2-Player Card Games?

    Here is a site where you can roll dice online: http://www.roll-dice-online.com/
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    Media Request - Sunday Express retro Christmas

    Maria Anne, there was recently an unfortunate article and TV program that misrepresented some vintage ladies. For some reason, I cannot find the thread. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1042702/Time-Warp-Wives-Meet-women-really-live-past.html I imagine this may be why some of our...
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    Manners - The NY Times gets it

    I've noticed this in Denver, too: people will sometimes walk abreast and not fall back when I'm approaching them. Some of them just aren't looking where they are going. I come to a full stop or say excuse me.
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    Manners - The NY Times gets it

    There's nothing unmannerly about any of this. Contrary to popular belief, manners don't exist strictly to make other people feel comfortable. The best definition I've heard of etiquette is "the outward expression of inner character."
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    Old photograph found in Top Hat

    I don't speak German, but isn't "tag" their word for "day"? Maybe someone should PM Naama (who is Austrian) or Lillemor (Danish).
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    Old photograph found in Top Hat

    It doesn't look like a posed shot to me. The boy has a load on his pitchfork and the girl's scarf and skirt are in motion, not hanging limp. *** Is anything written on the back of the photo?

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