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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 01:46 PM Original message |
Imagine you've been sent back to 1957. Eisenhower's in the White House, |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well-- |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, for me, this is an exercise in memory |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. The best thing that I remember was.... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. Young Du'ers, you can check in here too. I know you don't remember it, but you can |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I'm a whippersnapper |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. This: |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. best - no Walmart, Fox News, reality TV or Twitter |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. I would like the economy, and how Pleasantville-ish everyone was |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. I was around but I was to young to remember anything. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sophia Loren |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. Definitely, air conditioning! |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'd just enjoy the whole idea |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'd miss desegregation and casual sex. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
14. The evolution of rock n' roll, man. Imagine seeing Buddy Holly and such live? |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
15. In 57 I was five so I don't remember much but for girls it sucked |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Second that. I was 14 in 57. You nailed it. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Even though I grew up with great role models, it was still obviously difficult |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I recall no feelings of 'repression' as you describe; |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. The pressure was not from my parents - it was from the society |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I could identify with most of the things you said, except in my family it was expected that |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Guidance counseling was a joke |
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Stoic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
16. I'd go visit my one year old self. n/t |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
17. I'd like to tell him, "Keep an eye on that actor Reagan, because he's gonna make the Military |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. If only we knew |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. Ronald Reagan and the other corporate shills working |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. Best: Job/financial security |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. Best? I Love Lucy would still be first-run...worst? |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. Manual typewriters, innocence, Polaroid cameras, a decent wage, my parents in their youth. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I. Am. Older. Than. Call. Me. Wesley? |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Don't cry, CPD. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. In 1957, my marriage would not be legal in some states |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Yeah, it was not a good time for women and minorities |
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Doeed (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
28. Not a hard choice |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
29. Bide time until morning Nov 22, 1963 in Dallas. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Would having a generation blame JFK instead of LBJ for Vietnam do any good? |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'd miss my career |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Having to wear a girdle in a Southern summer, with no AC should qualify as |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
37. Afraid my mother is falling for me, and my Dad is a wimp, bullied by |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Dude, your mom was hot back in the day, though |
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