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  1. MsChantillyLace

    would you live back in time?

    I wanted to take auto mechanics and was told to take an English course instead. Counselors as my high school had full control over scheduling, so there wasn't a way around it. This was in 2001. So much for progress, eh? I think I'd have an issue working back in the 40s, specifically...
  2. MsChantillyLace

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    My district still implements cursive education. And letters and post cards are still be sent. I don't think it is about to fall off the face of the earth, but it is concerning. This is a bit off topic for the over all thread, but I thought you all might be interested in the following...
  3. MsChantillyLace

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    A random thing that is probably seldom used and I know of no place that retails them besides antiques stores: a bed warmer. It looks like two frying pans hinged together that one would put hot coals in and run up and down the sheets to warm them up. I remember also having a hot water...
  4. MsChantillyLace

    would you live back in time?

    I could do it. I might even prefer it, less a few contempory notions and things that I might miss. But given that I can't, it's not really an essential issue for me. I do enjoy the concept of visiting the past. If I could choose, I might say 1945 or there abouts. The same as I am...
  5. MsChantillyLace

    Baby Names? Vintage?

    Names in my family's past include: Mae, Shirly, Paul, Emma, Lila, Warner, Rose, Audrey, Charles, Thomas, Allan, Lloyd, Martha, Marie, Stephanie, Loraine, Maria Antoinetta, Robert, and Henry. I also have a great great grandfather known as Grandpa Shorty. I'll have to tack down names here...
  7. MsChantillyLace

    How do you do it?

    Initially, I retreived things from my Grandma Mary's attic. Garage and estate sales have also been a great resource; it's especially helpful if you know where a larger than average population of elders reside. My grandma's neighborhood is an excellent place to look. Thrift stores...
  8. MsChantillyLace

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    They stopped producing Oldsmobiles in 2004. :)
  9. MsChantillyLace

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    It's also available in specific parts of Massachuessets as well as one station in downtown Roccity, however it has largely been replaces by self-service only stations. I'm aware that there are still CDs available for purchase, but the way in which people are utilizing music has shifted towards...
  10. MsChantillyLace

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    -Phone booths and pay phones. -Civility in entertainment (read: language) -Full service fuel stations: free air, someone to wash your window & pump the gas. Also, leaded gas (for the better). -Vinyl records, 8-tracks, cassets and CDs have been replaced by mp3 and similar formats...
  11. MsChantillyLace

    Hair rats

    At some of the beauty supply stores, they have mesh rollers meant to be used as rats. The benefit to this item is that it's quite easy to pin through. However, much like the foam rollers, they don't "smush" down quite so well. The other option, should you be pressed for time (and it takes...
  13. MsChantillyLace

    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    What a delight to meet you all! My name is Lacey and I'm quite exited that I have found the Lounge, though I admittedly wear a fedora on quite rare occasions. My passions in the past harkens to the 40s, primarily, though I do find the 20s, 30s, 50s, and 60s, quite interesting as well...

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