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    Families of the Lounge

    ...ahhh. Babysitting a very young niece or nephew, the very best form of birth control.
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    Loungers' Pets

    We lost little Ellie in December. It was surprisingly hard on the three of us. This weekend we picked up a new puppy. So we're not sleeping, but we're happy.:)
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    Joseph Gordon-Levitt buys pristine 1940's Home

    You can't get anything vintage past this group. And BTW, things do wear out. Sooner or later you have to replace home items and I can only imagine trying to get 1940 styles in the late 50s or early 60s -- even if a person wanted them. New old stock maybe.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I'm not sure the young folks need that level of encouragement or opportunity anymore.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    ...I used to use a big ledger checkbook with three checks per page. I remember seeing my dad use them and it seemed like the right thing to do. There was also a check register right on the page where the you detached the check. Do they even sell those anymore?
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    ...not that I miss it, but I haven't balanced a checkbook in several years. The only reason I ever write a check is because my daughter is in high school and activities still ask for them.
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    Time is relative ...

    Too true. My dad was very close to his grandfather. His grandfather's dad was in the Civil War. WWII seems far away, but my middle aged high school teachers fought in it.
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    Show Us Your OVERCOATS

    ...and I'm a 44 XL.
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    You know you are getting old when:

    ...when you're in a staff meeting and a major asks why you callsign is "Thurston". You say "you know, Gilligan's Island" -- and he says what? Then you discover that only the retired consultants and the colonel know what Gilligan's Island is.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Oh, boy. Don't get me started on DST...
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    Show Us Your OVERCOATS

    The vintage doesn't matter. It's a good fit and hangs well.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Fury. My wife and I watched it after Gone Girl.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I've tried to switch. My 15 year old learning-to-drive-daughter keeps reminding me. As soon as I stop thinking about it, it's right back to 10 and 2.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Did it change to eight and four because of airbags?
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    Moments of Doubt...

    BK, as usual, hits it well. It either works for you or it doesn't. Working on a military base, I've never had anyone say anything unkind. Mostly people like it. I call it "it looks good on you syndrome." People like to see the nice clothes on someone else. They just don't want to go...
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    Moments of Doubt...

    Every now and then something happens to remind you that you can pay a penalty for being a nonconformist. It can be a spouse who is embarrassed by vintage styles, a boss who doesn't like the image it sends to clients, the gal it turns off, a yob who yells an insult, etc. People have been kind...
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    Could This Be the new Air Force Dress Uniform???

    According to the Air Force Times, these uniforms are for the AF Chief of Staff and the CMSAF only.
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    What gives you that vintage feeling?

    Going to work on bow tie Friday in my 1932 office building.
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    Bow Ties

    I wouldn't be holding my breath. It's getting so you have to go a while before you see a tie, much less a bow. I only see another bow around here about every other or third year. On the subject of the bow being irregular, showing a certain joie de vivre - or maybe lack of experience in...
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    High rise khakis

    Eddie Bauer makes long rise khakis if that is what you are talking about. They are not "dressy". I think you have to order them online.

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