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  1. Viola

    Recreation with a Weak Partner

    How does a true beginner begin politely? I don't mean an advanced beginner or someone who's just not very broad in terms of moves known but a rank newbie who has never been to a swing dance function? I don't want to be a jerk. I thought it was sort of the thing where if you came polite and...
  2. Viola

    Do you go Commando?

    I am usually commando in pants. In skirts below the knee as well, though sometimes with tights or pantyhose. In skirts above the knee I typically wear panties or hose or both. I usually wear a bra to go outside as I am fairly chesty. I only ever wore panties to bed when I was in the military...
  3. Viola

    Potrzebie

    "Ferschlugginer" or "fershlugginer," is a Yiddish word meaning "danged" or similar. "That ferschlugginer cat is eating all the balloon streamers again even though they make him sick!" etc.
  4. Viola

    Funeral Attire...

    I was taught that for not-direct-family to wear a somber or soft grayish colour but NOT black? [huh] The thought was to look dressed and nice and respectful but not like the widow or something. To avoid being theatrical.
  5. Viola

    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    If you want it darker, try coffee. Same concept, slightly stronger/blacker. My grandmother used to coffee-dye things. But your way looks good.
  7. Viola

    bumpits

    Bought 'em this morning before work, thanks, good looking out! I got the light brown. Even the medium looks pretty tall on me. I wore it with a headband and got kind of a nice sixties effect. The girls at work thought it was pretty funny. The guys made no comment except one Baby Boomer did...
  8. Viola

    bumpits

    If I can find them for ten dollars or less I'll try them but I'm not doing the twenty dollar TV price because I've never worn a pomp or beehive and it may well look totally crappy on me.
  9. Viola

    Dream Your Vintage House

    This is aaaaamazing! I adore it! Oooh, the pic is great. Have any more in this style? Sign me up for one too. With stone tile or terrazzo floors, and those little arched wall niches as a place to put vintage pottery or Deco vases. I'll pass on the staircase, though, so I'll live in a Spanish...
  10. Viola

    Boy recalls past life as a fighter pilot

    Well, belief in Hell only really showed up in the New Testament. And some Jews believe in reincarnation. So depending on version of the bible and what you consider a broad interpretation, it's definitely possible.
  11. Viola

    Unseen In The Worse Places [Blackjacks & Saps]

    I might make a pair of weighted gloves at some point. I can't use brass knuckles, my hands are too small and it'd just hurt. My younger sister hit me with our dad's sap once when we were kids. I was pretty mad at the time.
  13. Viola

    Black Suit

    Tone-on-tone black stripe? That's not the Voice of Authority or something, its a suggestion for what I'd call it. That covers a lot of ground in patterns, though, and range of shades.
  14. Viola

    Love Letters

    When I was in the service I was the envy of all the women in my division because of the regularity of letters and packages and pictures I was getting from my guy. And the letters were S.W.A.L.K. - sealed with a loving kiss. I still have every single letter he sent me.
  15. Viola

    Beloved Comic Books--The Uncanny X-Men

    Heh, you got me, I was born in '84. I'm getting interested in going back to the old/retro stuff, though. With fedoras. The Spirit, the original Sandman with the gasmask, stuff like that. I can't get into Claremont, though. I've tried.
  16. Viola

    Were men allowed to faint in the Golden Era?

    My reading of '40s pulps assures me that men: Pass out. Black out. Have the world spin and fall into darkness. Slump unconscious. Get knocked out. Drop like a felled ox. See stars. Strength finally gives out. Bleed out. But the hero of the story does not faint particularly often...
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    Beloved Comic Books--The Uncanny X-Men

    I was always more of a fan of the Punisher. :p The clerks still act like seeing girls is some sort of shocking phenomena. Honestly the '90s Batman cartoons probably got me started. And the Justice League cartoon wasn't too shabby either. And I'm a big Garth Ennis fan, though he writes...
  19. Viola

    Congratulations...

    True that about the class issue, I think. When I was a kid Nintendos and Segas and Gameboys were definitely around, but I certainly wasn't going to be getting one. We played outside and down by the train tracks (sorry Mom, I know I told you I never ever played on the tracks) and in the creek...
  20. Viola

    Nutty Neighbors

    I don't really see the horror of what they were doing but I guess I'm glad it didn't come to violence, on either side.
  21. Viola

    Gardens vegetable, flower or other?

    Apricots grow in NY? I thought they needed it warmer? I'm future-gardening, i.e. planning for what I'm doing once I move next year. Still chugging away with some vegetables in containers, but not buying too much new stuff I can't take with me. Moving to a much hotter climate. From zone 6b...
  22. Viola

    Your occupation and how you dress

    I'm a receptionist and I wear sort of vintage-style pieces though I own very little actual vintage wear - I'm still working on that. Pencil skirts, high-waisted slacks, button-down blouses, and little jackets or vests or cardigans. I dress a little more traditionally/formally than the rest...
  23. Viola

    Congratulations...

    My grandparents had takeaway, pizza, and diners growing up? In the '40s? Grandma DID have to go to work to help ends meet? Shops were open past six and on the weekends? So much of this list is about being rural, not about being the past. Kids still break bones and fall out of trees and...

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