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  1. sheeplady

    Do women hate men's hats?

    I adore my husband in hats. This past year he was diagonosed with skin cancer and was told he is now in a "wear a hat forever" situation. While I'm not pleased he had cancer, I am pleased he now wears hats all the time. College aged students don't wear hats. Even in the cold. But then their...
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    Upcoming Wedding Attire Advice

    Personally, I would check with the bride (or your husband's son) before wearing a sunflower corsage, given they are the flower for the wedding. Some brides would find that sweet... others not. You may be included in getting a corsage for the wedding (sometimes step parents are, but it's...
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    Which Do You Use - Wrapping Paper or Gift Bags

    This is very sweet. We do a really constrained xmas for everyone compared to a lot of couples I know our age. For the kids there are three gifts under the tree for each: one from Santa (under $20, something like a bike helmet or a small toy), one from us (can be a larger gift, this year it's a...
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    The Birds & The Bees, how did you find out?

    No need to apologize, I consider the age thing a compliment. I always tell people this: if you think it might be abusive, and you call and tell the truth, it is not a false report. Everytime I have called CPS (I have called 3 times in about 16 years) I have always been reassured that they are...
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    The Birds & The Bees, how did you find out?

    This was the 90s, so... yeah, I don't care how glacial, it wasn't ok. We were a rural small school, but we weren't completely backwards. People just didn't want to be bothered. There is absolutely no reason to ever be hesitant to call CPS if you believe a child may be being abused. Even if you...
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    The Birds & The Bees, how did you find out?

    Teachers are mandated reporters. In the state I lived in at the time, an 18+ year old having sex with a child of age 11 would be legally considered a form of rape (specifically Statutory Rape). You need to be 17 to consent in NY, that is a far cry from 11. Also, given that you noted the lack of...
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    The Birds & The Bees, how did you find out?

    I had a decent sex education in 5th, 7th, and 9th grade. While it mostly focused on parts, STDs, birth control, and mechanics, it was pretty good, certainly better than most people my age. When I was in 8th grade (I think, I'm not sure anymore) a girl in the grade behind us got pregnant. She...
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    The Boys From Marketing Strike Back! Poetry Time

    My daughter, at age 5, is all around a good kid. She understands that some people in our country have very little. She cam be very generous-- she raised $38 for her kindergarten class' adopt a family for xmas from family. Last year she emptied out her piggy bank to give to the salvation army...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    As more people have moved to self-checkout, often the "human" lines are shorter. Went to Mcdonalds the other day and there were 4 people in line at the self-checkout and one who was finishing up with the cashier. I went to the cashier, and my family was eating before the third person at the...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    When I was pregnant with my son I was really tired and took a bath. I woke up when I slid down significantly... and got a bit of water in my mouth. My husband said I'd only been in the bath about 5 minutes. I now don't take baths when that tired.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    When I was a kid I had a beagle (large standard; but he wasn't very big). He had a bark on him that sounded like a large dog. Heck, if he got going, he sounded like 2 large dogs. People would come to the house and ask my mother, "is he the only dog you have?" "Yes, yes, come in." "I heard two...
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    Sears might be going belly up

    We received a toy catalog from Target. Sly, I thought. My daughter was set with what she wants for xmas (doll house and a multi-colored pen). My son, not really. He wanted a little toy tractor from Santa but hadn't picked his gift from "us." He picked something out of the catalog.
  15. sheeplady

    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    Teaching college students, 75% of them prefer paper textbooks heavily. They are willing to pay almost twice as much over an ebook. When I tell them about how some say "print is dead" half of them look at me like I've grown two heads. Television is far more dead to them than print... and they...
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    if a non white person tried to order a meal back in 1850 would they serve him?

    I read it as a first draft. My understanding is the editor sent it back to her without much editing... if any at all. Decades and decades ago. As someone who writes a bit for a living, I sympathize with having an unedited draft published. Editors catch so much and help fix so many holes... And...
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    if a non white person tried to order a meal back in 1850 would they serve him?

    Lee's editor suggested she write about the story within watchman about the court case- that this story within watchman (which became mockingbird) was more interesting. I can see how after the public loved Mockingbird she refused to release her "first" book- the sequel. She acutely understood...
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    if a non white person tried to order a meal back in 1850 would they serve him?

    I have a completely different reading of the two books. Scout is a child in "to kill a mockingbird." In her child's mind, she sees her father as a heroic non-racist. She bases her identity off of what she sees. She fills in the blanks about her father. She sees him in court fighting against...
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    if a non white person tried to order a meal back in 1850 would they serve him?

    Nostalgia washing of our society's cruel past does little service towards history. Racism isn't a political phenomenon, it's fact. You can love history. You can love its designs, its clothes and shoes, its lifestyles. You can do all that while recognizing segments of our society were treated...
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    if a non white person tried to order a meal back in 1850 would they serve him?

    My grandmother spent a good portion of her life trying to appear middle class and "American," not working class and the child of immigrants. She was terrified somebody would spot her or her kids. My mother and aunt were physically punished for speaking Polish. I once asked what a Polish word...
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    Doing My Mother a Favor with Clothing — But where to buy?

    That's a rather open request for ladies clothing. Does she have a certain style or decade in mind? If she is looking for a classic tweed women's look, I can recommend Orvis, which focuses on "outdoorsy-looking" and has some tweed clothing. I haven't shopped there in years, but, their pieces...
  23. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    TSA never seems to care about documentation. I've been poked in the port (chemo port when I still had it) and made to take off my sleeve (which is like a thin sock over my arm). I carried/ carry documentation. I bet that could be faked, but I am not the only woman who flies with a sleeve. Now...

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