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  1. DecoDame

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^ Amen.
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    You know you are getting old when:

    Heh. I do remember unfurling a roll of caps on the concrete steps and popping them with my Dad's hammer. It was very satisfying. But I wasn't part of a gang. ;) I do love the smell of the caps' powder though. I actually have 3 different toys from the local toy store (yes, we have a dedicated...
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    Shocking Stories About Your Golden Era Relatives

    THREE? That's a precocious Evil Genius level of premeditated mischief, Lizzie. Holy Cow. At four, I just poured the bleach on the floor and slapped it to make funny noises.
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    Shocking Stories About Your Golden Era Relatives

    ^^^ +1 Yes, it’s that compulsive need where the goal post of “perfection” is and always will be out of reach and they no longer look like a “better” version of themselves, they don’t even look like themselves at all, which saddens me. I feel at that point, that no competent, ethical surgeon...
  5. DecoDame

    Agent Carter

    I agree. Sometimes it's enough to just be fun, you know? That's not a bad thing. But I still think (as a lot of comics do) they still manage to sneak in topics of depth, like: personal integrity, responsibility, loyalty, service etc and Hayley brings serious acting chops and elevates many a...
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    Shocking Stories About Your Golden Era Relatives

    This Or This, basically. I know which I'll choose. I'm not setting up Ms. Novak or anyone else for abuse or mocking, and trust no one else here will either. Whatever forces in our culture and our own minds that makes we women think it's preferable to look unrecognizable rather than just be...
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    Agent Carter

    Oh, right! Forgot about that. I had seen promos so I knew he was behind that paper (downside to looking at PR). But great that they worked his cameo into this series too.
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    What's in your lunch box?

    Several years ago I got what I believe is a 40s black, dome topped lunch box. I'm on the run during the day, and realized I needed to take snacks with me to keep the ol' blood sugar stable. I balked at using a vintage thermos though. Since I was a kid, I've been uncomfortable at not being able...
  10. DecoDame

    Why was "903" funny? At least for a while, in December 1946.

    +1 :nod:
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    Agent Carter

    Forgot when ep 4 broadcast - skipping a week threw me off schedule, in my mind. Realized last night and caught up. The ep started top heavy with exposition, but made up for it in the end. Peggy and Stark's confrontation was great; Hayley was very effective in that, with all the subtext of it...
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    Shocking Stories About Your Golden Era Relatives

    Sad, indeed, how common a problem this was and still is, and how many of us have personal stories.
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    Shocking Stories About Your Golden Era Relatives

    Go, Supes.
  15. DecoDame

    Show us your vintage home!

    Sounds like you're going to be the model of how to go about this, FF. :thumb:
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    Shocking Stories About Your Golden Era Relatives

    How may we hasten your dictatorship, Lizzie? At the risk of opening a can o' worms, that surprises me. My impression has been that husbands could get away with quite a lot with their wives back in the day, as far as the law was concerned, largely with impunity. Including marital rape. A quick...
  17. DecoDame

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Ah, uniforms. One of my top 10 modern regrets. (I think losing proper mass transit, including trains, might be #1) I've been noticing our local on-foot postal carriers have been slowly losing any semblance of a uniform over the last few years. They're wearing their own clothes more and more...
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    Show us your vintage home!

    Great details, Fading Fast. And I've always loved built-in drawers in a closet. I look forward to seeing your progress. Do you have period friendly furnishing to fill it with? ;)
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    Shocking Stories About Your Golden Era Relatives

    I strongly suspect that was the case here...
  21. DecoDame

    Show us your vintage home!

    Love this photo, and the story, of your Maw, Big Man. Reminds me of my own "Mam-ma" in Ky. Canning her beans was serious business, too. And always in a print house dress, with an apron. She didn't make it as long as your Maw, but I hope to have half as much grit as her as I get older...
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    Shocking Stories About Your Golden Era Relatives

    Since "the ladies" are involved in most of these stories, I think we can take it. lol I surprise myself that I’m going to contribute my own tale here, because the one thing my Mom drilled into my head (more by example than lecture) is to keep your family business in the family, and not share...
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    Golden Era Women's Names

    Sorry to hear of your insomnia, Lizzie. Been there. Is counting Era names as effective as counting sheep? The difference in names by decades was interesting: quite the leap from "Cleora" and "Esper" to "Tammy" and "Lisa". My grandmother's names were Geneva (you knew another one!) and Grace, my...

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