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15. She wore a platinum and diamond dinner ring.

Reply to debm55 (Reply #14)

Mon Aug 28, 2023, 03:25 PM

Aug 2023

That sucker hurt when it hit you.

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When you were a teen (or now) did you clean a room by shoving the mess in a closet or under the bed? [View all] debm55 Aug 2023 OP

My kid does. RandySF Aug 2023 #1

HAHAHHAHA debm55 Aug 2023 #2

Oh hell no. My mom wouldn't have put up with that. underpants Aug 2023 #3

Funny, look under the bed too. debm55 Aug 2023 #5

... and under the bed. FalloutShelter Aug 2023 #4

Fallout, we use the same place. debm55 Aug 2023 #7

Not when I was a teen subject to parental inspection. 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2023 #6

You are so funny. debm55 Aug 2023 #9

No way. MontanaMama Aug 2023 #8

Did you check under the bed and in the closet??? debm55 Aug 2023 #11

Yes...the child's closet is a disaster. MontanaMama Aug 2023 #17

You are funny. What are you going to do when he comes back and can't find his stuff? debm55 Aug 2023 #18

It never worked then - I was always busted - but I do it now Ocelot II Aug 2023 #10

I know, Even now I have tons of shoes and slippers under the bed. debm55 Aug 2023 #12

No. My mother had been a Sargent in the WACS. rsdsharp Aug 2023 #13

So you really cleaned your room? That's good. debm55 Aug 2023 #14

She wore a platinum and diamond dinner ring. rsdsharp Aug 2023 #15

Oh, sorry. debm55 Aug 2023 #16

I shared a room with my sister AnnaLee Aug 2023 #19

Very good debm55 Aug 2023 #23

No, but for a while there I thought I was a genius. grumpyduck Aug 2023 #20

grumpy, at least you had a system debm55 Aug 2023 #24

Yeah, there's that. grumpyduck Aug 2023 #28

Oh, gawd, no! Scottie Mom Aug 2023 #21

I.m sort of like that too. Don't think it's werd at all debm55 Aug 2023 #26

Glad to hear that... Scottie Mom Aug 2023 #27

I would have if I could have. 3catwoman3 Aug 2023 #22

In that respect I'm like that. I will run down to the garbage can an throw it away debm55 Aug 2023 #25

All the beds in my house have "hospital corners." Scottie Mom Aug 2023 #29

None of mine do. While staying on a small German hotel... 3catwoman3 Aug 2023 #36

Well, here is the difference and why i always make a bed with hospital corners. Scottie Mom Aug 2023 #37

I need to have loose top sheet. If we are at a Hotel, I will pull them out, My feet feel better, debm55 Aug 2023 #41

We're in the process of selling our mobile home. Mr.Bill Aug 2023 #30

WOW, Mr.Bill you timed it! debm55 Aug 2023 #32

Yes. lastlib Aug 2023 #31

That's funny, lastlib debm55 Aug 2023 #33

I did as a child Tree Lady Aug 2023 #34

Grandma, what's cleaning??? debm55 Aug 2023 #35

OMG...I remember my mother and my grandmother taking a knife and wrapping a rag around the point... Scottie Mom Aug 2023 #38

I never got away with that... GP6971 Aug 2023 #39

so sorry debm55 Aug 2023 #40

When I was a kid, but my mom was no fool ailsagirl Aug 2023 #42

Sorry, ailsagirl. debm55 Aug 2023 #43

That's OK ailsagirl Aug 2023 #44

Reminds me of Mark Twain's quote ailsagirl Aug 2023 #45

Excellent debm55 Aug 2023 #46

Not me. Emile Aug 2023 #47

Emile, I did do it right--I stuck it under the bed. You would would not believe the socks without debm55 Aug 2023 #48

Not really, my fathers words still ring in my ears. Prairie_Seagull Aug 2023 #49

Hahaha debm55 Aug 2023 #51

Yeah. Elessar Zappa Aug 2023 #50

Or maybe not debm55 Aug 2023 #52

"Clean a room?" I am not familiar with this expression. :) n/t malthaussen Aug 2023 #53

hahaha debm55 Aug 2023 #54

One house we lived in had a couple of spare bedrooms... malthaussen Aug 2023 #55

hahahahaha. That is funny. debm55 Aug 2023 #58

In the 60's ballardgirl Aug 2023 #56

No, people didn't have as much "stuff", like shoes, games. etc. Put we did have chip bags, pop debm55 Aug 2023 #57

I grew up in small homes sharing rooms with multiple siblings. hunter Aug 2023 #59

Very true debm55 Aug 2023 #60

I should have read your post first... Phentex Aug 2023 #63

I cleaned up my room by cleaning up my room. Aristus Aug 2023 #61

Aristus, don't let her read this. debm55 Aug 2023 #64

I slept on top of the bedspread. No one cared what the room looked like. Phentex Aug 2023 #62

That's funny. debm55 Aug 2023 #65