I'm so old I Remember when:

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We mispronounce it on purpose sometimes. My Nana took some time to catch on to the joke.

I mispronounce some of these foods on purpose as well. It amuses me when people try to correct me and I say, "that's what I said," and repeat my (mis)pronunciation.

 

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So if most of us on this thread are older I have to ask: Would you really want to go back and relive your younger years?

Yes

 

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No. I'm very happy where I'm at. I'll be 43 on Feb 5, been married to the love of my life for almost 16 years. My son is a very intelligent 13 year old who is excelling in school. I had an awesome childhood but I wouldn't want to relive it

Hmm. You got married at 27 whereas I became a widow on my 27th. Everyone's on a different path.

 

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I know, but out of the years I have lived, I would not want to relive them. I am sorry if I wasn’t supposed to answer that particular question…

I looked in both the Constitution and the by-laws of this site. I didn't find where you cannot answer or give your opinion.

 

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Anyone still doing this?

Sheets and pillowcase Yes!
Bath towels Nope .

 

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Sounds like a Dad joke.

Or as we used to call them, corny. My favorite kind of joke.

 

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(I loved having pet rats). Isn't that weird?

That's one word for it.

I'd love to be back on a coast at least for a little while. I think I need it to heal from all these years in the desert! It's really done a number on my lungs and my eyes.

I get this totally. I grew up in beautiful green upstate NY with all sorts of rivers and lakes and hills and valleys and rain and snow and sunshine, each in their turn. Where I live now is brown and flat and we reach triple digits temps every summer. A fine layer of dust settles on everything in the house from the heat pump pulling it in. My lungs and eyes are so SO happy when we get a rain. My whole being right down to my soul gets invigorated like I just had big dose of B12.

 

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They fine you for watering on certain days in summer. When grass has to be watered daily otherwise it dies.

Why do you need grass then? Maybe look into xeriscaping.

 

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I can remember when Salisbury steaks first showed up as Frozen dinners.

When we first moved to this state I bought us a small house on 5 acres. The kids were elementary school age and once a month we'd drive 20 miles into town to pay the utilities and do a bit of shopping and other errands. The grocery was out last stop before heading home. There were times when we'd spent so long in town, I allowed the kids to each pick themselves a TV dinner as I knew by the time we got to the house and unloaded everything then did the evening chores there wouldn't be time to prepare a decent meal. We called those occasions "junk food night". The kids actually sorta liked it because they each got to pick out their own favourite.

 

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