Middle Aged Memories
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empty the eggs through a pin hole, then dunk them in dye,trace a pattern in wax using a toothpick, dunk in another color, add to the wax pattern, etc, I remember making some pretty odd looking Easter eggs that way until I figured out that the color under the wax would show after the egg was dunked in another color. .. .
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Meece - I had always assumed that the flowers were out of the sort of tissue paper you can buy at craft stores but, since I was only 4 at the time, they very well could have been kleenex. I remember being in absolute awe of all of them !
NativeMainer - The wax on eggs made me think of doing batik as an art project, painting cloth with wax and then dipping them
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We also made big ones out of wrapping paper type tisse. We used to have variagated tissue paper, and I haven't seen that in years.
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I made a giant flower-power hippie flower out of tissue paper. I know I made a set of tissue paper pom-poms once too. Really big ones that made that shaky paper sound that I just loved. (Before you get the wrong image, this was a little league team and our cheer uniforms were scratchy wool pants and sweaters.)
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I was never a cheerleader, but I remember going through a phase where I took about twenty kleenex tissues, cut them in narrow strips and then used cellophane tape to bind them together and make pom poms. None of that cool swishy noise, but I had fun.
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Meece when I was reading your post and got to the twenty kleenex tissues, I thought you were going to say you stuffed your bra with them. Did anyone used to do that? I remember I was so small busted in Jr. High that I didn't need a bra, but I wanted one sooo bad. My cool grandmother took me bra shopping because my mother said I didn't need one and she got me one of those little cotton jobs that wasn't like a "real bra". But Jaja took me to Montgomery Wards and we found one with stitching on the cups that was the real thing.....I was a 32 AAA.....MonkeyWards was the only place in town we could find one that small.
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If I had stuffed my bra it would have been too obvious. I too, was flat chested. Mom got my ugly bra at JC Penney. It resembled a bra more than the vest type, but the straps felt like cardboard and the "ends" of the straps were loose so as you pulled them to get them the right length, there was this long strip which liked to peek out of my tops. I was so happy when I had enough breasts to warrant a 32A real bra.
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SV, I too loved Rowdy Yates....also Clint McCullough on Wagon Train....something about those wagon train scouts appealed to me. Speaking of scouts, you got kicked out of Girl Scouts!! what did you do....pocket the cookie money? My grandparents used to take us down to the trainstation in the evening and we would watch the train come in and take off (I think there was only one that came thru our town....the Powhatan Arrow) and the conductor would toss candy to the kids.
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Embarassing commercials...
Kotex. A Cardboard box with the word Kotex on it, the disposal bags sticking out and a woman's hand flips through them. Now we have blue liquid being poured into the actual pad or a tampon in a clear beaker. Can you say TMI?
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Dad used to pack us into the station wagon and take us to get soft-serve icecream. then we'd head to the car lot to look at new trucks. (Always look, never buy) then to the airport to watch the parachuters come down, or over to the park to watch them pack their parachute packs.
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After a week of middle-aged amnesia, I see people are having memories again. Hooray!
I didn't really need a bra til about 8th grade, but I got a trainer bra the year before that. How embarassing to have my real bra-wearing friends see it. It obviously was not a real bra. I think I tried the "kleenex trick" about once, and it slipped out! That summer, mercifully, I had a bikini top that had a ruffle on the front that gave a bit of the illusion of having breasts. I especially remember how creative the junior high school boys were at describing a flat chested girl. It really made me hurt in a self-conscious way.
Don't worry, I'm not going to end with that. A couple years later (after my breasts eventually showed up) those same young men wanted to date me. It's called having the last laugh.
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I actually talked the the cub scout leader (mom of a friend of mine) into letting me join cub scouts...they did MUCH cooler stuff ! Buster Brown and his little dog Tag. And then as I got older, clomping around in clogs.
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I was the youngest of 4 kids, so one night when my parents had friends over my sisters decided to dress me up. They put one of my moms bras on me and one of her button up sweaters, backwards. They stuffed the bra with several pairs of socks. They then sent me out into the living room to ask my mom to button me up. Needless to say, I was in trouble and so were my sisters.
Remember wearing a white blouse so your bra showed through?
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It sounds as if we have several of us who were deficient in bra fillers as young women. Is there a connection between that and BC???
I have always, since my breasts started, had FCBD. I was sure, as a junior high girl, that I had BC. I was under so much stress about it, but never told my mother. As I aged I got used to lumpy breasts and pt to the back of my mind that chance of BC.
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Do you remember going bra shopping and actually getting one on one help getting the right bra for your breast size? Well not anymore. I finally get to wear a bra after recon and can't find a place in town that has that kind of service.
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I don't remember getting that kind of help with bras, but I remember having a saleslady helping me and my Mom when I was clothes shopping for school as a youngster. One of the anchor stores at the mall was advertising sessions with a certified bra fitter a year or so ago--there was a big advertising splash about the one-on-one attention, how many women wear improperly fitted bras, etc. Didn't last long, though.
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My first bra was a 28AAA....never stuffed my bra, but I remember liking to wear my t-shirt over my bathing suit because the top had ruffles and with the t-shirt over it, I looked like I had boos. but heck, boobs are highly over rated!!!!
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There is a shop in town called "The Bra Shop" and supposedly you can get the one on one there. I also have heard the bras are expensive. When I gather up some funds, i think I will try there so i can get a wire free D-cup.
I had a lingerie party back in the early 80s, it was not naughty stuff, nice nightgowns and certified bra fitting, then they'd order them for you. I didn't do it, because I have always been self conscious about my breasts.
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I'm not sure if it was here that we were just talking about the cast of Bonaza, but saw where Pernell Roberts passed away Sunday. He was the last remaining cast member.
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I heard of his passing on the news last night. I use to love Bonanza.
The only time I've ever had a bra fitted was after my mastectomies. The first time I was a 36 DD so the weight of having only one was causing all kinds of back issues. After my second mastectomy I decided to go down to a C cup. I wore them for 5 months, then decided I enjoyed going flat, plus my back issues went away. I donated them to our local cancer resource center so someone who truly needed them could have them.
I went into our local lingerie store before Christmas to look for some cute camisoles. They wanted $40.00 for them plus another $20.00 if you wanted the matching panties. I am a true Walmart shopper, so, needless to say, I am driving 1 1/2 each way on Thursday to go shopping at Walmart!
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I agree about the cost thing. Kohls is my friend. It is difficult to find wire-free above a C-cup though.
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I HATE shopping for bras....have to get ones with at least a light layer of padding to match up my reconstructed side with my saggy baggy natural boob and then I hitch up the strap as far as I can on that side. At times I think I should have listened to the PS who suggested a lift on my natural breast, but at the time it just pissed me off cuz I was thinking, it's healthy!, why mess with it? The cost of underwear is outrageous....was at the outlet mall on Sunday and The Hanes outlet (supposedly, but I didn't think they had any bargains at all) had 3 for $15 underpants. I think that is outrageous.
Remember the phase where women were wearing guys boxers? I am afraid I have pretty much gotten to those pants we used to kid about and call old lady bloomers, white ones at that. They are what I like to wear under my uniform pants.
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Better to see the nice lines of bloomers, then to see the top of a thong creeping out of the back on someone's pants!
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I didn't read through all of the responses, but does anyone remember "Winky Dink and You?" You would put the clear plastic on the TV screen and then use a crayon to draw bridges, etc., to help Winky Dink when he needed it. I remember being SO EXCITED when my kit arrived in the mail. Fun memory! I am 61, so that was a very long time ago!
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Winky Dink and Me, Winky Dink and you! I had forgot that it was that show that you got to draw on the screen. I mentioned the screen thing several pages back, but I was thinking Sheriff John.
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I got it, I got it.......The Dick and Jane series in elementary school. Or is it grammar school?
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The early reader series I had was called My Little (Red, Blue, Green,Yellow) Story Book. The kids had different names, but I think one was Patsy. Does that sound familiar?0
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We had the series of Dot and Jim.
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In the lst grade I had Alice and Jerry. In the 2nd grade we moved and then I had Dick, Jane and Sally and Spot their dog and Puff the cat. Remember Weekly Readers....sort of a little newspaper. I used to get Humpty Dumpty magazine and then when I got a little older Jack & Jill and later Playmate.
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Remember Highlights? We always read them in the doctor's waiting room. We had Dick, Jane and Sally books.
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