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  1. vallettavalentine

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    One I just remembered is "good egg." I used that over the New Years' weekend and a friend of mine remarked that she hasn't heard the saying in a long while.
  2. vallettavalentine

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    They forget that Jesus was one of us. That's the most striking thing I noticed about that particular mindset. You can't logically honour your religious leader without showing respect for his heritage.
  3. vallettavalentine

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Certainly!! It's a nice gesture. Our non-Jewish friends do that all the time, nothing at all unacceptable.
  4. vallettavalentine

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    For me, as a Jew, it becomes a time when some are just outright hostile to my husband and I because we say "Happy Holidays." A lack of respect and a lack of inclusion can be extremely depressing during this time of year. Some people have made us feel as though we're not quite fully American for...
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    Chronic Illness

    Severe depression (for which I was recently hospitalised,) PTSD due to my own father trying to kill my mother and I, and Asperger syndrome on top of pain from injuries due to a car accident nearly three years ago. My husband has a genetic disorder, BPES, that affects his face and eyes. He bears...
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    What do you use to shave?

    My husband and I get our razors on barter from a friend's mom who works for Schick. I can my sauce or help her out with some of their garden projects, wine making etc (they are old school from Portugal) and we get loads of the things in return.
  8. vallettavalentine

    What's for Dinner?

    What's the recipe you use for your corndog batter? I want to make a few
  9. vallettavalentine

    What's for Dinner?

    Homemade bangers that I let settle overnight (I spent a few hours during yesterday's snow stuffing bangers and red hots) and mash.
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    The 80s, myth and reality?

    That's where I grew up! I'm from Oak Ridge, but we moved to Morgan County in 1989 (I was born in 1982.) WSJK-TV, or more likely WKOP-TV, six of one just a different channel, was the only thing my mother would allow on TV up until I was 8 or 9, barring a few Saturday morning cartoons. I remember...
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    What's for Dinner?

    Red beans and rice with linguica and red pepper!
  13. vallettavalentine

    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    We can be like that--I used to ask other children in school why they couldn't spell words properly, and I couldn't figure out for the life of me why they were offended when I asked them. I wanted to know why. I only found out a few months ago that other people can't see words in their head as...
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    What coffee or tea did you drink today?

    This morning was the usual instant stuff from Aldi, but yesterday my parents came over, so I brewed Tribal Grounds. It's an enterprise owned by members of my own tribe (I'm enrolled Eastern Band Cherokee) and they make some excellent coffee. I brewed the lighter blend, Sunalei--the name means...
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    Suit jacket, fashion suicide?

    I buy separates all the time, and I just make sure the particular shade of whichever colour matches by taking the item to be matched along with me. If you don't like to be too matchy, just look to the Ivy League styles--blue blazers and light khakis are a big example.
  16. vallettavalentine

    A generation with its hand out...

    That makes sense. It's more of "When Necessity Goes Wrong," I guess. Thanks for the feedback!
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    A generation with its hand out...

    I'm much the same way, but being on the autism spectrum, it's hard for me to understand addiction. I get it from a neurological perspective, but I just can't comprehend a substance ruling my life because for me, it's not possible. It angers people when I ask how they can allow that to happen...
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    A generation with its hand out...

    You should be more concerned with the fact modern society actually requires a concept such as "Giving Tuesday" to make people aware of the fact that others may not have what they do--that the average American has to be jarred out of their selfish mentality to actually stop and consider others...
  20. vallettavalentine

    Canning

    I can pretty much anything I grow. Tomatoes are diced & then canned, as is the sauce I make from them. I'll take a couple of rotisserie chicken carcasses and make broth, which I also can. Soups, stews, you name it--they can all be done successfully.
  21. vallettavalentine

    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    I won't use Apple anything because of the fact Apple products don't "play well with others." When I worked in broadcasting, it was common to see PCs because if one failed, there were a couple of backups available immediately, just plug and play. I use a 7 year old Dell laptop my husband had...
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    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    I have one contribution, and I tried to see if anyone else had this one to make, but.... SPAM. It's been elevated to an art in Hawai'i and Guam since it was introduced in WW2.
  23. vallettavalentine

    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    I have autism as well (Asperger.) Dealing with people like us can be difficult, to say the least. Sometimes you have to do what is best for you, to keep your own sanity and health intact. You did what you could, and sometimes it's just time to move on. I hope things get easier for you...

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