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3 and 11 are my favorites, lol
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Cricket - that was great and oh so true.

And remember life before blow dryers? How every other woman had curlers in her hair routinely and in public?

And no matter the cold how all women over a certain age were expected to wear skirts, hose and heels most everywhere?

And way before pizza delivery we would use the little boxes of Chef Boy Ar Dee to make our own bad ones at home?

And how if we were lucky we got all three channels on the TV?

And how grandma how the "party line" on her phone?

And how we actually had to go into the bank to deposit our checks and get our money? And we had to write checks to pay our bills?

Speaking of which i have to stop now and go do just that.
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Body shaping "girdles" ... before spandex
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And how men could only see naked pics of women if they bought them from behind the counter, and women couldn't see naked men pics at all til 1972 - thank you Cosmo :)

And if you mised the national news at 6:30 you were SOL til the next day - thank you Walter Cronkite

And if you wanted ice cubes you had to fill (and crack open) those metal trays with the hinge and you better hope your hands weren't wet or they would stick to it?
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When I was little I loved to listen in on conversations on the party line! LOL
Garters to hold stockings up! Rip I remember my Mom squeezing herself into the girdle! I think that is when I learned every curse word on the book!

This is a good one! My Mom was still alive when this happened so it had to be maybe 12 years ago, but I needed some pads and my husband went out to het them for me. He came back with the ones you use with the belt! I had never seen a box of these since I was a teenager. We have an antique Hooks drug store here at the State Fair grounds! I called my Mom laughing and she said "Where did he get those at the Hooks Museum?" I swear he must have bought the very last box that was on the shelf just sitting there for years and years! Should have kept them and sold them to the Hooks Museum! I was desperate at the time and used some of them without the famous belt! LOL XXOO Kimmy
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OMG I forgot about the kotex belt! Horrors! I shall have nightmares.

And what about the big rubber douche/enema bags? Ewwwww . . .I shall be sick now.
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Oh I forgot about those douche bags! (doubled over laughing)!!! Every woman had one and they were so secretive about their bag! Hehehehe No wonder they were always getting yeast infections!!
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Was it Burt Reynolds that did the first male centerfold? Joe Namath in panty hose! LOL
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Those were so funny I just had to copy and paste and send to my kids. What a hoot. Kids really do have it easy today as we had it easy compared to our parent's day.
How about.."It's Shake and Bake and I helped." Speedy Alka-Seltzer..Brylcream..a little dab'll do ya....Dippy de doo (before we put in the curlers)...white lipstick or pale pink that looks white....Lee press on nails (making a comeback in another form) etc..... Good memories.
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When I was in H.S. straight hair was in and I had curly hair. I used to iron my hair to straighten it, and god forbid it rained.
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I remember hair ironing! Geez remember life without the hand held blow dryers! Everybody had to sit with the plastic cap on their head!

Husband came home from the dentist! He was supposed to have a root canal and dentist ended up pulling the tooth! Dentist said he couldn't find the canal! He is asleep on the couch and not going into work tonight! I don't understand how the dentist couldn't find the canal!
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Thanks guys for the trip down memory lane.
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omg, I remember having to iron my hair too.And my curlers were as big as orange juice cans! And two coats of Cover Girl make up with a blue eye shadow. Like Austin said...a nice trip down memory lane.
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OMG, you guys have me laughing my head off! Wow that is a trip down memory lane. Foil on the TV antenna, kids played in mud puddles and catching tad poles, and the bus was 35 cents to go downtown
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I had those curlers to Ann, man they were horrible to try to sleep in! remember bell bottoms? we used to cut open our levi's on the sides and sew flower power fabric between the slits to get the bells. oh and remmy frosted lipstick? oh and how we felt sophisticated if we plucked our eyebrows!! how about "going steady" or if someone "chooses you out" and everyone would yell "fight fight" that sucked, lol Here's another one....remmy "Hot Pants" I had a leather pair of Hot Pants that were dyed hot pink! woohoo! I was hot stuff. lmao!
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Yeah Kimmy, we didn't have these cool ceramic flat irons like they do today, we had to pull out the house iron and ironing board! I used to beg my step-dad to iron my hair straight and when he would say no I would start doing it myself and looked like a total idiot and it made him roar with laughter and finally help me do it. LOL
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okay now you got me going... what were some of our buzz words? groovy, man, psychedelic!
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Taking a break helping daughter study for a history exam! Ron (Mehran) still passed out on couch after tooth extraction! Dad will probably be up in another hour for the night!

Anyhoo.....I used to run around catching grasshoppers! Loved catching lightening bugs too! I don't see many grasshoppers these days! Where did they go? Used to see praying mantis all the time too! Haven't seen one in years either! Back to quizzing!
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Ok....Dad just fell in the kitchen! Ron is checking him out now! Hope nothing is broken! Heart is racing! I think he is ok! Wish us luck!
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You girls are hysterical. In 9th grade, I had Cher Hair, bangs and all. Nice and straight. All the popular girls had short curly hair and Iwanted to cut mine. Mother wouldn't let me. She said it was classic. She was tight. Jean Shrimpton was my idol, and Julie Christy. Loved those English girls and the boy bands. So groovy. Spent Sundays at Griffith Park wearing flowers in my hair, only getting a whiff of marijuana, never smoking it. Hiphugger jeans and lace up brown suede boots. Had one of the first shags in our town full of USC kids. Haha. The beginning of my rebellion against the uptight establishment. Whoo Hoo!!
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She was Right, maybe uptight, definitely outa sight.
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Remmy the Nancy Sinatra boots and "these boots are made for walking" da da na da na da, or something like that, haha I remember the Hiphugger jeans. i had my hair cut in a pageboy, then later a long shag and I admit it... I did smoke pot and did much worse. I was a bad girl! I knew how to rebel... REBEL REBEL makes me think of another song.
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Oh Crap Kimmy, Is he okay?
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Kimbo!!! Does Dad have a walker? I have a really neat purple one with hand brakes, Mother never used. He needs one, doncha think?
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Do you remember Puca beads? I think thats how you spell it. How about the long peasant dresses? 45 records?

Kimmie I hope your dad is ok
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I remember peasant dresses and tops, and 45's. My daughter has a picture of me at 15 in an embrace with her father when he was 18 and I was wearing a peasant blouse. I loved them. I remember making beaded bracelets and necklaces where we would make rows and rows of beads to make them really wide, are those the same ones?
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He is okay..whew...fully lit in there! He attempted to bend over and pick the dog's water dish up to refill it! He bends over constantly even though we tell him not to do it! Christina, I don't think he would use a walker. He is stubborn to the bone! Still thinks he can do anything he did before! We tell him every day that he needs to be careful! I know part of it is the Alz, but part is just him pushing his own limits and denial. Love you guys so much! Thanks for being there! He is in his bed now, but not for long! XXOO
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thanks for keeping us posted Kimmy, I'm sure glad he is okay. i hope it's not going to be another one of those nights for you!
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Ron is here. I almost feel relieved that he had to get his tooth pulled today and called off work! That is a terrible thing to say, but that is the way I feel! Hannah is here, but having Ron here makes me feel more secure! Love you guys!
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Cricket the puca beads were a type of shell I think. They started out being sort of a surfer thing and became a craze in the early 70's. Of course there was also all the macrame type jewelry too. Tye-dye shirts and what about the Moo moos? Boy are we telling our age :)
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