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  1. sheeplady

    The 80s, myth and reality?

    Year's ago my husband and I re-watched the 1980 debate. Reagan referred to himself as an "Eisenhower" Republican. I turned to my husband and said, "yeah, the Eisenhower who built the interstate system and warmed us of the military-industrial complex?"
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    The 80s, myth and reality?

    My father had a Buick in the 1980s with a knock in the front door/drivers side which started whenever he hit about 45 mph on the highway. Mulitple shop visits, nothing wrong with it. A car backed into his parked car, and he had his driver-side door hammered out... someone had tied a pop can to a...
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    Dem bones, dem bones, dem...........

    Brest wishes for a speedy recovery!
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    You Realise Christmas Is Approaching When …

    Many things. When the town lights the Christmas tree and the decorative lanterns on the poles.
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    The 80s, myth and reality?

    Related- My parents fretting about if we could eat at a place because we were wearing jeans... And didn't have reservations.
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    The 80s, myth and reality?

    As a young kid who watched the news every night, I can remember the violence in the UK and Ireland in the 1980s. I honestly thought as a young child I would never travel to either, as the random violence seemed constant. This made me sad, as I had always wanted to travel to Ireland, even as a...
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    The 80s, myth and reality?

    The AIDS epidemic. People being allowed to die in the streets by paramedics if they were known/suspected of being gay. Nurses drawing straws to take care of patients dying of AIDS. News reports talking about the "Gay Disease." Red ribbons, which my 20-something students don't even know what...
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    Shades of Austin Powers (USN Growler Pilot)

    As a parent of young children, I'm not offended. If my 4 and 2 year old saw it, they would think it's silly (4 year old girl) and hilarious (2 year old boy). If they could figure out what it is. Actually they'd probably know because I couldn't stop laughing and spilled the beans. But then my...
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    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    The strongest piece of advice I have ever seen is "never be a stay-at-home mom (or dad) if you're not married." It leaves the partner who stays at home at significant risk should the working partner leave. I do think marriage should come before children for those intending on partnering with...
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    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    That's ok... I didn't take offense! I do realize that legal ages differ elsewhere. I hope that my husband and I can look back on 50 years! Congrats! I knew one woman (girl, really) who married at 16 due to pregnancy when I was young. Her and his family paid for a grand wedding for her on...
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    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    In the US, you need permission to marry in most states of at least one parent if you are under the age of 18. (Children as young as 14 can legally be married in some states.) Those who are less than 18 years of age are considered minors in the US, and do not have the legal rights of adults. I...
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    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    My grandmother and grandfather married at 16 and 21. They were both incredibly broken people, who raised broken children. While I don't think that them waiting 2 years to get married would have fixed issues (my own parents had been in their 30s), what I saw growing up in my family made me...
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    You Know You're in Canada When...

    There's a college campus on lake Ontario in NY state where in a particularly bad snowstorm it is rumored they used to "rope" the buildings. The rumor is they did this when the campus started and buildings were more spread out and paths were less formalized. Having been there, and been close...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Having had cancer, I was able to weed out a lot of my friends from my "friends." I'll say for the better, but, that year was tough. Man. What has been amusing is that one woman, who referred to me as her "second daughter" was absolutely non-supportive of me. She'd call me up every 3 months or...
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    If your home burns, what would you grab quickly to salvage??

    We had a cat die of renal failure. He just went to sleep over 3 days. The vet said it makes the cat euphoric. It was a peaceful death.
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    The Gender Thread, vive la difference!

    I, without my glasses on, have the vision level of someone who is legally blind (generously). I can still be corrected 20/20, but with my glasses off I experience what it is like. When I get up in the middle of the night, I do not put my glasses on. The rule in our house is that nothing is...
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    The Gender Thread, vive la difference!

    Sitcoms and romantic comedies aren't good models for society. There's a reason they're fiction.
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    The Gender Thread, vive la difference!

    I'd say that a lot of men who come from single parent (which is typically only a mother) beat men that come from aloof father homes in the maturity department. Simply because they likely had to pitch in to help their family survive. The most immature young men I've met come from families where...
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    Vermont Country Store; Hard-to-find-items

    I also enjoy looking at Lehmans: https://www.lehmans.com
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    Free Range Parenting?

    Some immigrant families want to be American at all costs. My maternal grandparents grew up speaking Polish and only learned English in school. (They were fluent in English despite neither one ever finishing 8th grade. They were both born in the US.) They spoke Polish between themselves in the...

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