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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I use tote for happily or easily carried, lug for what I don't want to carry now. As in - to my then 9 year old "Please open the door as I'm toting the babies." vs being 39 weeks pregnant with twins in August "Aren't I done lugging them around quite yet?" Cultural difference is pop. To...
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    What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

    I like those, but people go nutty with them. I only buy what I actually need and can't find reasonably priced locally. My bra size is all but impossible to find in the US, and $40 on a site vs $90 online or nothing local - I'm buying the $40 bra. Now, if someone brings out a true 30 bra band...
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    What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

    Being one of only two ladies at home (Beiny's my girl support, plus she's awesome with the boys in supervision.), Legos will probably never die, along with Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs and various little cars. So, I use my "Mom is an evil dictator" powers, and if those toys aren't picked up by...
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    Everyday Women of the Golden Era

    On the flip - a young woman lives across the street. She has multiple piercings, hair the colors of crayons, wears jeans daily with a t shirt, yet I have no problem calling her a lady. She's sweet natured, independent, works 60 hours a week, goes to college, is raising her teenaged siblings...
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    How does a girl keep warm?

    I don't own a winter coat actually. I've never found one that fits without looking silly. Plus, I'm frequently nursing or pregnant, so fitted coats don't work. I have Gramma's cape. Wool and angora, she spun the yarn, then knitted and felted it into fabric. Warmest outerwear I've found...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Gramma said don't have personal relations with crazy men, you'll only be driven crazy. When I came home for winter break from my sophomore year of college, Gramma got to see my 9 ear piercings and all I heard was about how I had relations with one of them high falutin' crazy boys.
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    The loss of occasion

    From my religious standpoint and family traditions - Weddings and funerals are fairly quiet and small. One dresses nicely, but reserved. Weddings have the benefit of more time, but are very simple and plain. If one is invited and shows up in jeans, that's not liked, but it's not bad...
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    Forward facing pleats (any company making them??)

    My husband has several pairs of pants, and never had a problem with fit or appearance. However, part is that my mother is a seamstress, so she taught me how to take extremely good measurements. Which helps a LOT in getting pants to hang right, no matter who makes them. Which is why current...
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    What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

    Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!! Even 1/2" doesn't bother me, I don't think. It's the ones that are curling around, easily 2" past the finger. Granted, I don't have any really, so I guess I'm lost on how you'd get used to them.
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    What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

    In defense of the big box chains (CVS, Walmart, Target, etc...) The local, family owned pharmacy has not had my business for 10 years, after they refused to fill a prescription for a cough syrup because "The only reason you young kids get that is make drugs from it, you don't need it." No, I...
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    What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

    My boys usually feel cruddy the next day, but they can't start at oh 10 am when they could see the pediatrician. Must be after midnight, all the better if there's some drinking celebration that night. The nail divas - sure, they do nothing productive, but erm, how do they manage basic hygiene...
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    What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

    Any store between 11 pm and 6 am is packed with (store of choice) creatures. But mine is a CVS run because my boys follow the nearly universal child law that they are normal, rowdy kids during daylight hours, but are running 103* fevers and can't swallow from the strep infection at midnight, so...
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    What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

    Writing on the seat of pants. Pants worn with the crotch around ones knees. The lack of underwear with a skirt above the knees. Add in the total inability to get in or out of a car gracefully and sit with your legs closed. Reality television in general. The airing of social dirty...
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    Excessive posting? ... Interesting.....

    Dang. Divide by 2 means I had my first kid at 6 (if his age isn't divided) or 11 (if his age is divided). No thanks, 3 weeks out of college was young enough. I'm 32. Guess I need to go chase kids off my lawn.
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    Skills For "Living The Era"

    Eh, more like current parenting standards. I get that I'm very spoiled in being able to stay home. But, the answer to kids isn't "Here's a new game/toy/whatever, now don't bother me." You just get children who have no coping skills and aren't past the toddler age dictator attempts. Whoever...
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