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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:00 PM Original message |
Watching PBS' "The War" has really confirmed some suspicions I've had about that era |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not sure about the men, but with the women, I think a lot of has to |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's a good description |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I have pictures of my mom from that era. She was in her |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Perfect description. n/t |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 05:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. those hairdos were not fun. my mom said her hair was the bane of |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Women just couldn't cut their hair short and let it hang, apparently. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. My mom has a picture of herself from when she was about 6, with |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. yes |
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kitty44 (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
7. I agree with you |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
8. Are you talking about my momma? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
10. You would not believe the physical pain involved for women |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 04:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Hell, I remember garter belts from the sixties, when I was a kid!! |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. I disagree |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
13. it was OK to be stylish for men back then, and yes far fewer fat people |
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CGowen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
15. I just recently watched "Radio Bikini" where they had hundreds of soldiers and a handful of women on |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. I'd be first in line if the fashion of the 40's returned |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
17. Here's my grandfather in his Coast Guard uniform from World War II: |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
18. i started watching ww2 docs before there was a history channel. |
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Highway61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
19. What I got from that series |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
20. Yes, no celebration of obesity and people dressed like humans when they left the house. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. In a supposedly image-obsessed society |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Darn right. Hell, they hardly even dress up for weddings, funerals, and jobs. |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
21. You didn't have a hair stylist or go to the salon. You went to the beauty shop. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. The map is not the territory |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. well there was a war going on... |
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