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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:48 PM Original message |
Life was good in the 50s despite frugality. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm old enough to remember this life |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Unless you were: |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. In other words, life was good back then... |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
117. Some things never change apparently eom |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Nurse or teacher? I remember my kindergarten teacher.... |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
52. Yes, life was good |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. s/n't// ; s/fall down/become radioactive dust/ |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. um.. translation? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. ... |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Gotcha |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #66 |
91. Not true, all that "civil defense" crap was 1950s. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. I was born in 1950 |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 06:32 PM Response to Reply #93 |
98. First successful atomic bomb was August 9, 1949-Plutonium. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 06:44 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. You need to clarify that. Those are dates for USSR. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #100 |
118. I meant August 29, 1949 |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 12:06 AM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Read exactly what you said. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 12:34 AM Response to Reply #120 |
121. Well the topic was atomic scares in the 1950s, I figured people would know |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:41 PM Response to Reply #63 |
90. Nah but they made it fun and cutesy with that "duck and cover" turtle. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #90 |
94. We used to all trek down to the school basement |
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erinlough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
65. I won't go back n/t |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 07:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
105. I wouldn't go back, either. |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
126. EMMETT TILL....n/t |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. It was a time in american history when your were almost guaranteed |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. The 1950s were a period of economic boom |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. the 90's were WAY better than now, the CEO's did get a 50% raise |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. No he's saying it correctly.... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Yes, you're right. It was 39%, not 35% today n/t |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. yup, i read too fast, sorry! |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I guess I'm the exception that proves the rule. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. You did remarkably well |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
67. I define rich as liquidity, at least in regards to $. |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. Looks exactly like mine 8^( |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
62. No, marketing in the recording industry. |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:46 PM Response to Reply #62 |
76. Wow, great story! |
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pisle (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
82. One major difference |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. I was born in 54 in Ohio - family of 8. I can well remember |
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patdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Yes..the liberals want to go back because of the strong unions..and |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. My dad designed his own house |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I'm designing/building my own house. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. IMHO it was good BECAUSE of frugality |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. People lived like the people around them |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. Great book. I am debt free now.... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Kudos to you! |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Thanks...it just took a plan and diligence anyone can do it. |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
53. congrats to you. I'm working on paying my mortgage off, too |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 08:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
114. Thats great - I know you can do it you put your mind to it. |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. This reminds me |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. Life was not so good for a southern black man who wanted to vote |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Or southern black woman either. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Exactly |
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erinlough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
69. Or a northern white woman who didn't |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:47 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. or Northern working class Catholic woman |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #69 |
88. Agreed, please see #11. I just wanted to add the other sex to this post. |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:45 PM Response to Reply #69 |
92. Or have your baby taken from you |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. I can comment on that too. |
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ovidsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. Close enough |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. I grew up as a white girl in east Texas. Not so good for females with |
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Medical Speaking (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. 50"s |
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jackster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. Trouble is |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. They want to bring back the 1850's |
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mestup (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Put the white male back "in charge." That's how the right sees it. |
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AValdoux (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
21. I wasn't alive in the fifties |
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MamaBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. We didn't think we needed as much ... |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. Funny how Repub. "free markets" and "family values" wrecked a way of life. |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
26. Selective nostalgia. |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
83. Not only conform, but pay a heavy price for things that aren't "taboo" |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 07:05 PM Response to Reply #83 |
106. Sad story... and very little support, I'm sure |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 08:28 PM Response to Reply #83 |
111. We had a divorced mom with two kids move in across the street |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. Oh yes, the Cleaver lifestyle. I remember it well. For other people. |
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Dees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. Screw iPod..you know what we had? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
35. It was like that for white people. |
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erinlough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
74. Powerful post, and my feelings exactly. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
37. The good wages were due in part to a artificially smaller labor market... |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. We were not a service economy then... |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Exactly.... |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
85. the ONLY manufacturing economy......... |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
43. Sounds good and alot simpler back them |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
70. Hey! My family has dinner together every night and I still hate |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
45. We were poor and didn't own a home, but |
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BeTheChange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
46. Ive been thinking about this alot lately.. |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
47. We have come a long way on civil liberties, tolerance |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. American whites nuclear families prospered at the expense of others |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. The credit card beast did not rear its ugly head until the 70's |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Good point. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. No, I don't think that is true. |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. I was a war baby and grew up totally in the 50s |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. I had a similar life |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Right. 11/22/63 was the end of it all. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:22 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Yep, you're right. And thank God for the Beatles. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. If they hadn't come along |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:31 AM Response to Reply #61 |
127. Yes, the Beatles were wonderful. They were the first caucasion group |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
51. A little good, a little bad |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
64. Yeah, unless you were gay. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Read this book: |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. But there weren't any gay people back then! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #64 |
79. Maybe folks are voting for Ike |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #64 |
80. Or female or black |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:27 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. I don't believe it was the golden age |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 06:06 PM Response to Reply #84 |
97. And that's all that matters. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 07:12 PM Response to Reply #97 |
107. I am assuming |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 08:02 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. I'm a bit shocked and hurt by your assumption... |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #84 |
102. That's a completely different thing |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 06:57 PM Response to Reply #102 |
104. I'd turn back time . |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #80 |
99. It was oh-so-lovely. |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
72. well, let's see |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
73. There were some rural areas in the 50's |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #73 |
86. Yes, we used |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
75. If you don't count racism/sexism/homophobia, etc., I agree |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
77. Unless you were married to a guy who beat the crap out of you, then |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
81. In the 1950's, there was low income housing in urban centers. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
87. I guess it isn't just wingnuts who pine for the 50's |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 06:02 PM Response to Reply #87 |
95. Well, first of all... some of us |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
89. My grandfather beat the crap out of his kids and cheated on his wife. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
96. The economy and tax structure was totally, completely different then. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
101. I like my air conditioning, sattelite internet, home computer, |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
103. The Way We Never Were |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 08:39 PM Response to Reply #103 |
112. That's a great book... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 08:42 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. A great book, I agree |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
108. I grew up in the '70's with a single mom, and we had a similar lifestyle |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
109. It was like every other era--good stuff and bad stuff |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
115. Oh, ya, the Glory Days! |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
116. unless you weren't white |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
119. Women were invisible:"Family of 5: Dad, Mom, 2 JrHi boys"-- where's Sis? |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
122. Well, unless you were black. Or thought to be a communist. - n/t |
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expatriate (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
123. May I point out that you were a KID then? |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 03:16 AM Response to Reply #123 |
124. I'm glad I am not a bitter person like you. |
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expatriate (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 07:56 AM Response to Reply #124 |
125. In no way was my reply meant to be hateful and hurtful |
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128. There never was, and likely will never be, a "Golden Age" |
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