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TeeYiYi

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17. That awkward moment...

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 07:35 PM

Jan 2015

...when you realize that you didn't actually write the post, it only seems like you could have.

When I was a kid my dad hated to turn on the heat. He couldn't sleep if the heat was on, as if he heard the gas meter ticking in his head, tick, tick, tick, a millimeter closer each tick on the way to foreclosure, bankruptcy, homelessness, and failure as artist, father, and human being.

Fear for s/he who dares to touch the thermostat in my father's house.

Meanwhile, my dad is now the self-appointed arbiter of water. Though mostly deaf, he has an uncanny ability to hear water running. Woe be it to the guest who dares to wash or flush in my father's home after midnight...

TYY

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10 years ago: DU was talking about bread bags before it was cool... [View all] ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 OP

My mom made me wear them. geardaddy Jan 2015 #1

Moms are mean. I remember, by the time I got done stuffing my be-bagged shoe ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #22

Until yesterday, I'd never heard of them used for that purpose, despite using them as a kid arcane1 Jan 2015 #2

They weren't used as shoes. They were used between my shoe and my boot. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #3

we did this irisblue Jan 2015 #9

One time, my brother's boot got stick in a mix of mud and snow. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #11

Kind of like these? progressoid Jan 2015 #12

Yes! I always got the hand-me-downs too. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #13

That was what we did also. Boots have improved a lot since the 50s eridani Jan 2015 #16

We used to wear bread bags or panty hose... NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #4

I remember my brother doing that. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #23

This was done when I was a child. mstinamotorcity2 Jan 2015 #5

Hehehe. I had white ones, but then, when I grew out of them, I had ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #24

And we would remind one another to buy bread on the way home. OMG, Zuni!! I miss that crackhead! PeaceNikki Jan 2015 #6

It brought back a lot of fun memories. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #25

ooo, found it!! PeaceNikki Jan 2015 #35

Awwww, and Rabrrrrrr!! Wow, so many names from the past!! PeaceNikki Jan 2015 #7

That's priceless and all those old friends. n/t TexasProgresive Jan 2015 #8

I miss so many of them. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #26

Joni? Is that you? aikoaiko Jan 2015 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #27

I just realized you aren't talking about another DUer. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #36

I lived in coastal southern California. We had to wear halibut on our feet whenever it rained... hunter Jan 2015 #14

That awkward moment... TeeYiYi Jan 2015 #17

Yep. The thermostat in my childhood home was a sacred object. hunter Jan 2015 #18

You should write a book... Kalidurga Jan 2015 #33

Agreed on everything you said. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #28

And if you sprinkle a little cayenne in the bags central scrutinizer Jan 2015 #15

I did not know this! ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #29

My mother never made me do that bigwillq Jan 2015 #19

Lol... TeeYiYi Jan 2015 #20

HA! bigwillq Jan 2015 #21

You had a nicer mother than I did. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #30

Now post Joni Renew Deal Jan 2015 #31

Hey! I'm in that thread. Damn! I've been here for more than 10 years! Iris Jan 2015 #32

when i realize i've been here for 14years it kinda gives me the creeps... where did the time go? dionysus Jan 2015 #34

lol! I know. I remember when I first got here. Iris Jan 2015 #37

That is so totally cool! Thanks for resurrecting that thread! scarletwoman Jan 2015 #38