In the old days...
people knew how to dress properly:
I'd never be as classy as them 
V2: a pictorial ode to obsolescence
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Mar 18, 2015
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#563
Mar 19, 2015
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#564
14 hours?
I only need 8 hours to clean my house 
In the past you had to share your milk with the cats:
and I'll give motherinlaw the chance to choose her new typewriter machine from the following two options:
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motherinlaw wrote:
Sorry. Didn't mean to make fun of farm life. I'm sure you and your boyhood friends developed into quite intelligent and sophisticated young men, probably exceptionally healthy and strong from all that donkey mounting.
Lol.
In jurior high I wore a watch band the size of a innertube, it resembled Wonder Women's wrist band.
Mar 26, 2015
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#570
winerkleiner wrote:
In jurior high I wore a watch band the size of a innertube, it resembled Wonder Women's wrist band.
Watchband as "wrist protector" -- wonderful! So that now, I'll bet, you still have the strong, supple, un-marred wrists of an average 12 year old! Well, you must have one good wrist, at least....
Mar 26, 2015
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#571
I just looked at your typewriter pix, Social. I would obviously prefer the second one, since it's somehow visually alarming, and thus a perfect symbol of the agony-inducing machines I experienced in the '60's. Even before I read the copy on it, I instantly thought "That's Got to be something Torquemada would have enjoyed using in his --- 'office.' " And the ad epitomizes "honesty in advertising" by including the word "pains" in the first line and ending with that threatening order: "You Will Use No Other!"
Btw, "thanks" for the upcoming nightmares I'll experience now, along with my daytime flashbacks. Why not just go ahead and make it into a horror series -- "1960's Legal Secretary: True Tales of Torment and Terror!"
Mar 26, 2015
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#572
P.S. And "thanks" for the housewife picture, too. Have I mentioned I was also a "14 hour day" housewife back then? You do not want to even Think about getting me started on that!
motherinlaw wrote:
winerkleiner wrote:
In jurior high I wore a watch band the size of a innertube, it resembled Wonder Women's wrist band.
Watchband as "wrist protector" -- wonderful! So that now, I'll bet, you still have the strong, supple, un-marred wrists of an average 12 year old! Well, you must have one good wrist, at least....
No protection there, the damn thing left a discoloring, was I suppose to take it off while showering?
Mar 26, 2015
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#574
Nah ... I'm sure you had the good sense to get a watch that was water-proofed and guaranteed to be able to handle up to 87 lbs. per square inch, so unless you were descending more than 200 feet below the surface of the water, the watch would have been fine. Wait. Was that your question?
Mar 26, 2015
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#575
Please, don't forget this:
Common Water Resistance Ratings
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Depth Rating |
Usages |
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10 Meters 33 Feet 1 ATM |
A watch with this resistance level is protected against accidental exposure to water; for example, splashes, perspiration or accidental immersion. It should not be exposed to any water pressure. |
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30 Meters 100 Feet 3 ATM |
This level will easily withstand splashes or brief immersion in water, or getting caught in the rain. However, it is not sufficiently resistant for swimming or bathing. |
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50 Meters 165 Feet 5 ATM |
A watch with this level of resistance is wearable around household sinks, while playing sports and while swimming in shallow water. Do not wear it while bathing, snorkeling or scuba diving. |
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100 Meters 330 Feet 10 ATM |
This level of water resistance will allow a watch to be worn around household sinks, while playing sports and while swimming, poolside diving or snorkeling. Do not wear it while scuba diving |
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150 Meters 500 Feet 15 ATM |
A watch with this resistance level is wearable around household sinks, while playing sports and while swimming or poolside diving. It is also suitable for snorkeling and scuba diving. |
SocialPanda wrote:
I need to get a shaving soap to get a great English complexion
This won't help with your English complexion but it's the best shaving cream in the world. :)
motherinlaw wrote:
Nah ... I'm sure you had the good sense to get a watch that was water-proofed and guaranteed to be able to handle up to 87 lbs. per square inch, so unless you were descending more than 200 feet below the surface of the water, the watch would have been fine. Wait. Was that your question?
Sadly I lost that watch delivering a newborn cafe...
A stalker's dream:
(In any case... I'll take their word about the "rugged construction" that telephone looks like a brick, I'm sure it could last for years!)