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  1. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My mother's house had been officer's housing on a nearby base (they always thought), was moved and added to, and then, when a major highway was built, moved again. It was 500 square feet and while it had two bedrooms, one of the bedrooms was so small it didn't count as a bedroom when she sold it...
  2. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My mother bought a house in 1968. Took her three tries to find a bank that would loan to a woman. She made $50 a week at the time. (About $2,500 a year.) Her house was $8,000. (Average house prices were about 30k). She paid her 20 year mortgage off in 8 years. She sold it in 2008 for $85k. If...
  3. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    We have a free car ride service in our town (within town limits for town residents). We are a population of 6,000. You need to schedule the day ahead and then wait until a town employee has the time, but it is great service. When we were under a hurricane watch (one of those places where if...
  4. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    We are going back there to trade in our current when the time comes. 423 miles away (according to Google). Hopefully they won't remember us. Or more accurately our last car.
  5. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My last car rusted out. Most notably, the fuel tank assembly rotted out. It was leaking fuel. We saved up enough to replace it and do some other work (the heater only worked on the high setting, AC was shot, one setting on the wipers worked, rotors needed replacement ... needed new tires,)...
  7. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Growing up, the largest families I knew (contemporary to me as a kid in the 80s and 90s) had 6 kids. I grew up in upstate NY. Sometimes you'd see slightly larger in blended families, but that was pretty much it. In the area I live, there are many Mennonite families, and these families tend to...
  8. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I don't know... for all the women who have a "dream" of marrying into royalty, I for one would run like mad in the opposite direction. It's like being a celebrity only with incredibly high standards for your behavior. Sure, you have lots of cash and luxury but every little piece of your life is...
  9. sheeplady

    Penny Loafers

    Would a wide size (W) work? Most higher end womens shoes will come in narrow, medium, and wide widths, although it can be spotty. (Only whole sizes are wide, for instance, or this model was wide sized but not this other one.) The other thought is most women's dress shoes are sized to wear with...
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    Penny Loafers

    In my mind, penny loafers are unisex. Today, in fact, I think I see more men wear them than women, but women have more choices in dress footwear to begin with. Since I see mostly business casually dressed men at work, loafers seem to be the most common choice in footwear. In fact, I've often...
  11. sheeplady

    Name one really wonderful thing you will for yourself in 2019

    Thank you! Our lives are about to get more busy! Among the exciting things I found in the photographs is a picture of my great-grandparents on my maternal grandfather's side of my family. I did not know this image existed; and it is the first time I ever saw it in my grandparent's pictures. I...
  13. sheeplady

    Name one really wonderful thing you will for yourself in 2019

    So this is a neat idea for a thread, and when I saw it pop up, I thought long and hard about what I'd do for myself in 2019. I have two young kids (6 and 3) and another on the way. I work a job that has great work/life balance, but it is also the type of job in which I can always do more work...
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    The Fragmentation Of History

    As an American I admit that I have next to no understanding of royalty (as a concept). But, given your context and ours, I'd state having the queen on your banknotes is a far sight better for Britians than having Jackson on our twenties. Jackson being a genocidal maniac. And the twenty now...
  15. sheeplady

    The Fragmentation Of History

    I wonder if racism stings people this much when they get their wad of twenties from the ATM, or if they're just happy to have their cash no matter who's face is on it.
  16. sheeplady

    "Vintage" Illnesses aka "I'm Old Fashioned whines for a moment".

    I had a titer test for measles every pregnancy to be sure I was still immune. I asked for the first one in 2013 (I read it was recommended), now it's apparently standard practice in pregnant women. You can have immunity one year, and lose it the next, hence they test each time. I'd love to be...
  17. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    For most of my adult years I've worked as a "graduate assistant." One of the consequences was that I never paid into Social Security during those years. I tried; but graduate assistants were made exempt from Social Security taxes in the 1980s. (I went to HR and escalated it to see if my contract...
  19. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I pay about 15% of my paycheck, my employer pays an equivalent amount as well. I hold my own insurance through my employer, my husband has his own employer insurance that he covers the children under. His plan covers more items, but is more expensive in both cost and copays than mine. Having...
  20. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I have no problems paying more into the system than I get out. For healthcare, I'd prefer if I could do that, getting your money's worth out of the healthcare system is like winning the bad luck lottery. (I should know as a stage III cancer survivor.) But the truth is, the system is crooked. I...
  21. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    In the current for-profit system, there seems to be little concern for fraud. Oh, I am sure that if a member tried to defraud an insurance company, they'd get slammed. But providers get a pass and in some cases appear to be in kahoots. I've been the personal "victim" (not sure that is the...
  22. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    With two kids and 6 cats, I can promise you my shopping cart never holds a single item. One store I frequent has these really neat Tractor kids seats up by the handle, but the cart grocery area isn't as big. Sometimes we have to do two trips, (coming back for large items like the family-sized...
  23. sheeplady

    Do women hate men's hats?

    Just as a gentle and friendly reminder, gentlemen are here as guests of the ladies. Mind your manners and all will be well.

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