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  1. Bluebird Marsha

    Space: end of an era?

    Short term radiation isn't a major problem, although the Apollo program got lucky that no major flares happened while we had "boots on the moon" as it were. But long term, both for the moon and Mars, astronauts will require some kind of shielded habitat. I've read that inside Martian caves, or...
  2. Bluebird Marsha

    Space: end of an era?

    For awhile, I'd thought that a return to the moon was a case of "been there, done that". But the more I read of the challenges/dangers of a manned Mars expedition, the more it appears to my layman's eyes to be a necessity. I will miss the shuttle, but it has exceeded its manufacturer's warranty...
  3. Bluebird Marsha

    Favourite Scents

    I almost went into fits when they moved Chanel 22 into the Les Exclusifs line. Oh my dear dog! $210! Okay, it was a very big bottle (6.8 oz.), but still- $210! Even my perfume adoring heart quailed at that. I still planned to get it, but I was thinking on waiting till bonuses came in. And then...
  4. Bluebird Marsha

    Vintage Date???

    Sometimes I go and re-read The Diamond Age. I find it oddly comforting.
  5. Bluebird Marsha

    Vintage Date???

    I'm an optimist :). I picture their grandchildren as the mid-21st century version of the Victorians, wearing high collars and gloves. And hacking into the network to delete any sartorial or video evidence that their forebearers were morally and intellectually stunted.
  7. Bluebird Marsha

    Your mid-life crisis

    I remember that my grandparents loathed a certain phrase (similar to "blow someone off") that by the time I was using it, meant that something was unpleasant or unfortunate. It took years for me to realize that it meant something different (and obscene) when they were younger. No wonder they got...
  8. Bluebird Marsha

    Vintage Date???

    Oompa loompa extras for a re-re make of Willy Wonka? Look on the bright side. Think of how much their grandchildren are going to laugh at those pictures!
  9. Bluebird Marsha

    Pale or Tan?

    I generally avoid tanning, certainly doing it on purpose! Even as young teenager I preferred being "Victorian" in appearance, much to my mom's distress. But during the past two stressful weeks I was in Florida, I spent as much time at Honeymoon Island as I could manage- up to my shoulders in the...
  10. Bluebird Marsha

    Favourite Scents

    My perfume collection has swarmed out of the bathroom and has occupied my dresser top. Some classics- Shalimar, L'Heure Bleu, Youth Dew and Chanel 5, 19, and 22. The new gals include Lolita Lempke, Hermes 24 Faubourg, Alien, Belle en Rykiel, D.S. & Durga's Pettigrain Sur Fleur. And Harajuku...
  11. Bluebird Marsha

    Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

    I adore those hats! I'm such a barbarian, I'd wear them with a pair of black jeans and a cute top. I don't have much in the way of vintage clothes (yet), so I decided that hats go with anything. I haven't tried this theory with shorts, but I figure when I have the clothes it's no big jump to...
  13. Bluebird Marsha

    Your mid-life crisis

    Since I'm determined to reach 100. I have technically not hit my mid-life crisis. It's more like an epiphany. Aside from recent family crisis, I'm in a good place. A job I like, with good prospects that pays well. The time to enjoy my stuff and to contemplate "next moves", because life is short...
  14. Bluebird Marsha

    Partial punchline of a lost joke

    Begging the bartender's indulgence, I'd like to state that I don't want to revive the joke, but to thank everyone for it. I told my step-dad this joke, and not only had he not heard it, but he thought it was hilarious. Which is more than can be said of most jokes I've told him. Last week he was...
  15. Bluebird Marsha

    Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

    My grandmother definitely knew he was, as she would said "light in his loafers". From what I can recollect from my kid years, she and my grandfather knew it, but didn't really care that much. They just enjoyed the sheer exuberance of it all. Maybe, she wanted his clothes and decor :)
  16. Bluebird Marsha

    The general decline in standards today

    Admittedly reading online is a problem. My eye sight has always been terrible. In the Middle Ages, I would have been shipped off to a convent. That being said, I love my Nook. It does need a light in dim light, but the "e-ink" is very readable. I don't think I want all of my books to be digital...
  17. Bluebird Marsha

    Medical Practicioners of Old

    My little sister and I got a bunch of our immunizations at Ft. Knox, where our step-dad was in the Army. My sister and I have never "gotten along", and I chose this occasion to get even. Since I got my shots first, I could tell her what was coming. I said they stuck the "very long needle" in at...
  19. Bluebird Marsha

    Time Warp Towns

    I know there's quite a few of these towns, especially in the South. I especially like them when they still function as a town center, and not as a chi-chi district. (Sorry Franklin, I still love you!) My home town of Versailles, KY is still nice.. And Murfreesboro, TN is pretty good.
  20. Bluebird Marsha

    The general decline in standards today

    I'm not sure that sales has ever been considered that ethical a profession. And I speak as the daughter of realtors (who some consider on par with the used car salesman). The elevation of advertising could be a symptom, but... consider the snake oil medicines of the 19th/early 20th century. Not...
  21. Bluebird Marsha

    Military Fakes- sometimes you just have to share the joke...

    The guys begging on the street corner, even the guys telling tall tales at the bar to impress the women and up the odds of getting lucky- them I understand. The risk is low, and the payoff is relatively high for the energy expended. But the "professional" phony makes no sense. They always...
  22. Bluebird Marsha

    Swank Advice-Silence is Golden by Koop Kooper

    I would have been tempted, (after erasing the pics), to make a sign for the kid to take a shot of. "Peeping Tom's are never invited over". And then I'd use Facebook to rat the parents out. The friend and her athletically gifted boyfriend? Maybe the 21st century isn't completely lacking- isn't...
  23. Bluebird Marsha

    1920s - fashion with fun, whimsy and chic

    Here I was, happily convinced that the 40's were the height of fashion. I stand corrected. And my bank account is going to suffer for this!

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