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Old 09-13-2010, 03:04 AM
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Edie
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Good Grief! I remember sweaters (cardigans) worn backwards. Remember the drawer full of different collars? Argyle knee highs? I had Bucks (those were the Pat Boone white buck shoes), scarves around our necks that had to be tied just so in a square knot that we wore with the knot either at the front or off to the side. Pep Cereal, 7-Up candy bars. Yes, I feel sorry for the kids who missed that time in the 50's. So much innocence. Remember when we had to sneak "Peyton Place" into the house to read under the covers? It was such a "dirty" book. My golly, I hear ten times worse than that on an audio book. And now they say THAT word and I rememb er the first time I ever heard THAT word, I came home and asked my mother what it meant - she knew! But told me it was the worst word there was and I was never to say it to anyone at all ever, much less say it to myself. The wrath of the mother would be upon me had I ever said that word. At 72, I still do not say that word, but I sure have heard other oldsters belt THAT word out without batting an eyelash. It was such an innocent time. Edie
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