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  1. Viola

    If Money Were No Object...?

    Steak. Nice rare steak. Almost went with beef tongue or corn beef but in the end steak won. Of course I've never had lobster and don't intend to, so that could affect my vote. :)
  2. Viola

    Thinking about a tattoo, but is it what good girls did in the 1940's?

    What is a good way to test whether one is allergic to the ink? That is what I am most worried about because I have sensitive skin. I have been pondering one or more a long time but I want the art not just to get marked up.
  3. Viola

    Your favorite toys as a kid?

    Skip-it! The one I coveted had an old-digital roll-over counter like an odometer that counted your jumps. I loved that danged thing soooo much but I didn't have my own. Fun for a half hour at a go, then it was chocolate milk time. I can still see the one I loved.
  4. Viola

    Saddle shoes

    Man, where I was I in '37? That was the height I was thinking of. I could find spectacularly high or even stiletto heeled saddles in Google - to be worn with teeny plaid skirts that stop an inch ABOVE total embarrassment, naturally - but the actual style you refer to sounds ever so much nicer...
  5. Viola

    Saddle shoes

    I find it very interesting to contemplate how long-running a look they were; I always (wrongly) pictured them only with poodle skirts and such in the '50s. I really like shirtdresses and cotton wrap dresses anyway, as well as white button down shirts with casual-ish skirts (khaki, etc) so it...
  7. Viola

    Today...back then.

    Que? What is a salad shooter? Why would you shoot a salad, it's meat that has to be shot...? Also 7-11 holds not a candle to Wawa, I offer jingoistically, although no one asked. lol
  8. Viola

    Saddle shoes

    What are you supposed to wear saddle shoes with? I like their look but aside from '50s dresses and circle skirts and bobby socks I'm having a hard time picturing outfits. Ladies, I'm going to need at least two or three outfit ideas to justify these shoes! Otherwise I'll just buy some Keds...
  9. Viola

    Today...back then.

    I'd take Splenda, diet soda and turkey ham. lol
  10. Viola

    Today...back then.

    ...We have painless dentistry? To be fair the dentist did apologize when the Novocaine didn't work - but he finished the wisdom teeth removal without finding something that did. :eek:
  11. Viola

    The value of Lady's friendship

    My sister is by far my best friend. Oh I don't mean we always agree and we always get along, but even when she's making me absolutely crazy I know she is loyal, loving, protective, kind, trustworthy, and bluntly honest. We have always been close. We are 2.5 years apart, but we were always...
  13. Viola

    Childless in the Golden Era

    The only childless woman I can think of at the moment in my extended family was not childless by choice, it was her husbands' choice. (and done in a way I thought was sad) She was a very nuturing, kind woman, and many people in the family felt bad for her. I remember her fondly, and I also felt...
  14. Viola

    Liberating Women's Bodies

    I find bras that fit more comfortable than not wearing a bra, most of the time. On a purely personal level, I would contemplate plastic surgery. My only caveats are potential for things to go awry, and money. Oh, and my guy HATES the idea. I don't know why. On the other hand I don't know that...
  15. Viola

    Liberating Women's Bodies

    In the '20s my great-grandmother was a very chesty woman (we all are in my family, pretty much to a woman across the whole extended family the range is from large to whoa boy) and she wore bandages to serve as a soft bra to keep from breaking the line of flapper dresses. "Strapping them down"...
  16. Viola

    How does a girl keep warm?

    I love tights with wool skirts in winter. I want to find cable stockings, though. As far as wool skirts go I am going to be looking for tweed and houndstooth, I think. Maybe not houndstooth, I haven't decided yet if I'm brave enough.
  17. Viola

    Defining ladies style and fashions your take.

    For me vintage was the result not the ideal, if that makes sense. I didn't set out to be into vintage. Originally I wanted to look: sexy, romantic, naughty sometimes but not trampy, not like I was trying to be trendy because I could not afford to look trendy and I would rather do something...
  19. Viola

    The Eaton Crop: I need advice!

    Pumori, I think you would look adorable with a slightly longer bob, and a nice straight not too wispy '20s bang (fringe) - a look I dearly love but have a face too round to support. Excuse me for using a historic-themed modern movie rather than actual historic examples, but Catherine Zeta...
  20. Viola

    My Mother Says...

    My mom doesn't care for vintage, particularly NOT anything post '40s - she will give earlier a stuff a pass as "truly antique" (she complimented a skirt I had as "almost Edwardian") but insists anything '50s-'60s is just "old and pretty repellant the first time..." or sometimes she's softened...
  21. Viola

    When did you first start wearing Make-up?

    My mother never wore any makeup at ALL so while I did start my then almost entirely pale-pink makeup routine at 12 (in a sort of semi-rebellious gesture, as rebellious as pale pink Wet N Wild lipstick with clear mascara ever gets) I never and I mean NEVER got shown how to apply eyeliner...
  22. Viola

    Vintage Exercise Techniques

    Must echo walking. I do about four miles a day during the week, then on the weekends usually have one longer walk one day (6, 10 miles) and take the other day off. It keeps my legs fairly toned and its pretty much all the exercise I do though I'm trying to add dancing and some upper-body...
  23. Viola

    Tomatoes were cheaper: a 1932 grocery bill

    I don't think I understand how you spend more than five, six dollars a day on food unless you're eating out a lot? Do I just have horribly low-brow tastes?

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