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Across the Fence:  Baby Boomer Musings... Gen Xers, Milennials also!  |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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 Posted - Jul 07 2005 : 7:01:05 PM
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hmnmmmmmmmm I will have to get some of that Life Buoy!!! you know I think British Sterling was what Steve was wearing when we started dating...the one that I didn't like either.
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things! |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Jul 07 2005 : 9:51:39 PM
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Jenny -- you're just a crack up. Your hubby will wonder what got into you!! Maybe I should buy some Lifebuoy for mine! LOL!
Kay - Living in Beautiful Washington State
North Clark County Farmgirls and
Sisterhood of the Traveling Art |
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
2044 Posts
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Posted - Jul 08 2005 : 07:41:07 AM
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Dear Sleepless Reader, You are a girl after my own heart! I laughed out loud about your "exempt list"! Although I have never put it in those terms, Jackson would definitely be on it! We got to see him on that tour too and he played at the Theatre here that we just saw Michael Feldman at. It's small and intimate and we were in the second row! Be still my heart! What ever he's "got" he will still have "it" when he's 80! (well...maybe!) The others you mentioned have always been favorites too!
Meadowlark-- A day or two after you mentioned squirrel candy it was on food networks Unwrapped! And we were both right ! Some of the packaging says Squirrel brand Caramel nut candy and some of it says Squirrel Nut Zippers! The "nut" is peanuts, not sesame seeds though.
And the name really made no sense to me. They explained that "nut zipper" was a term used for homemade liquor/moonshine in New England and they just added the Squirrel because of the nuts. Made me wonder if they didn't start out making the candy w/ the hootch! The good news is they are still in production!
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Edited by - bramble on Jul 08 2005 07:59:00 AM |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Jul 08 2005 : 08:35:39 AM
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Bramble, Thanks for the info on my fav candy. I didn't think I had toatally lost it when I remembered the Nut Zipper part...But it figures I would love a candy named after "white lightnin'"...Maybe I had TOO many of those "zippers" as a kid and now I'm paying for it! I have always loved sesame seeds. I also loved Sesame Sticks. Little tiny sticks of sesame seeds and something else salty in flavor. YUM! Occasionally I still buy a bag of them.
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html |
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DeborahJean
Farmgirl in Training
36 Posts
Deborah
Spokane
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 10 2005 : 5:46:58 PM
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Being from Seattle, we just had to watch Here Come the Brides. And I definitely thought Bobby Sherman was dreamy!! Another fave was Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates in Rawhide. My kinda cowboy!
Deborah
Farmgirl wannabe |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2005 : 7:32:03 PM
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Ahhhh -- Rowdy Yates -- definitely another favorite!! My kinda cowboy too!! Well, a close second to George Strait! LOL!
Kay - Living in Beautiful Washington State
North Clark County Farmgirls and
Sisterhood of the Traveling Art |
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
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Posted - Jul 11 2005 : 1:38:21 PM
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Bramble, what do you know? (Not much,you?) Jackson and PBS! We meet the nicest people on this site!
Sharon |
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Fulminous
Farmgirl in Training
40 Posts
Deb
Maine
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Posted - Jul 11 2005 : 3:39:05 PM
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I just received this in an e-mail from a dear friend and I just had to share it with you all:
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the
1920's, 30's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while pregnant with us.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day and we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, video games , 99 channels on cable, video tapes, movies, surround sound, cell phones, personal computers, Internet or Internet chat rooms.....
We had FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays; we made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 80 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned
HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. !
And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2005 : 3:47:17 PM
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Jenny (Meadowlark) -- Vermont Country Store has Squirrel Nut Zippers. I got their new catalog today and when I saw that just had to tell you!
Kay - Living in Beautiful Washington State
North Clark County Farmgirls and
Sisterhood of the Traveling Art |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2005 : 3:49:46 PM
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Wow Deb, That is profound! thanks for posting that... Kay, thanks! I usually get a copy so I will be sure to look for them!
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html |
Edited by - MeadowLark on Jul 11 2005 3:51:41 PM |
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Whimsy_girl
True Blue Farmgirl
576 Posts
USA
576 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2005 : 12:09:51 AM
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I'm afraid I may be the baby in this group.. I was born in 1978. My graduating class was that of 1997. I was into the (fun not angry) "punk" music and "alternitive rock".. still am I guess.. it's just harder to find now.... I think I came between the gen ex and the milennials.. because the graduating class after mine was about when the music scene started getting significantly more disgusting  I tried to avoid the most common fashion indescretions of my little group.. including safty pins in everything.. ears.. noses... clothes... although I did join in on the whole makeup thing, with the lightest shade I could find of cover girl foundation to go with my naturally dark hair.. bright red lips and black mascara and eye liner... blush brush be damned.. it was pasty and pale for us!
I had a thing for Jonny Depp... I still think he's cool.. but I'm married with kids now so It's less of an obsessive thing and more of a general "grown up" like and respect for his talent and butt.. I also thought the world of Weird Al... he was my hero when I was a kid... not like a sexy hero or anything.. I just thought he was the most hilarious thing on the planet and wanted to be just like him for a while there.. I redid every song I could think of as a parody... I drove my parents crazy doing that.
you can be oh so smart, or you can be oh so positive. I wasted a lot of time being smart I prefer being positive. James Stewart in the movie HARVEY |
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Fulminous
Farmgirl in Training
40 Posts
Deb
Maine
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Posted - Jul 12 2005 : 05:08:39 AM
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| I'll admit, that I am likely the baby of the group, born Friday, June 13, 1980 (so maybe I'm cheating a bit by poking my head in here). Yes, I was born on a Friday 13th day! That makes them lucky for me, infact, I was born on the day Mount Saint Helens blew her top. |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2005 : 11:26:50 AM
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Hey Deb! No one is too young or old to join in! I'm sure you remember some things about the 80s and could tell us stuff about the 90s that we've forgotten! I live 50 miles from Mount Saint Helens. I can see it from my front porch.
Kay - Living in Beautiful Washington State
North Clark County Farmgirls and
Sisterhood of the Traveling Art |
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mollymae
True Blue Farmgirl
694 Posts
Molly
Visalia
California
USA
694 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2005 : 12:32:39 PM
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Jenny (Meadowlark), I found Squirrel Nut Zippers candy for sale on eBay, big tubs of them ...I thought of you!!
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. If I can ease one life the Aching or cool one pain, or help one fainting robin unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain" ~Emily Dickinson
**When life throws scraps your way ~ Make a Quilt!**
Sisterhood of the Traveling Art |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2005 : 6:31:10 PM
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Thanks Molly, Wow just what I need buckets of snz's!!!! At my age if I ate as many nut zippers as I did as a kid I'd have no teeth and be as big as a round bale of hay in my pasture. Dh could just roll me everywhere! A few just for "old times" sake won't hurt!
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html |
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mollymae
True Blue Farmgirl
694 Posts
Molly
Visalia
California
USA
694 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2005 : 7:11:41 PM
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Everything in moderation....
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. If I can ease one life the Aching or cool one pain, or help one fainting robin unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain" ~Emily Dickinson
**When life throws scraps your way ~ Make a Quilt!**
Sisterhood of the Traveling Art |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2005 : 1:15:26 PM
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This may be a stretch for some of you of baby boom age but here goes...In the late 50's and early 60's i recall something from my little girlhood called "My Mary Cosmetics". It was little cosmetics for girls back then. They came in pink boxes lined in blue and had a picture of a little fairy or something on them. There was cologne, powder, nail tint, bubble bath, combs and brushes. I was obsessed with "My Mary" stuff. Does anyone remember this? I have searched on google, ebay but no luck... Too bad, cause it was really cute stuff for its day.
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html |
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
Posted - Jul 16 2005 : 08:19:21 AM
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Deb, I graduated high school right around the time you were born! lol! I was totally into the good part of the punk scene and alternative music. I love listening to the radio when they 80's stuff going on.
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
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CityCat
True Blue Farmgirl
198 Posts
Catherine
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
198 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2005 : 5:30:53 PM
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Whimsy_girl: I liked Johnny Depp too. 21 Jump Street! But I had a bad crush on River Phoenix. LOVED the movie Running on Empty... sigh. Hey, does anyone remember the show Young Riders?
Music-wise, I remember doing the NKOTB thing. We decorated t-shirts with puff-paint and markers and went to a bunch of concerts. I'm rather embarrassed by that now. In high school it was the Madchester Scene that I got sucked into: Morrissey, Happy Mondays, the Charlatans, Inspiral Carpets, the Stone Roses. And I was sorta pseudo-goth: Cure, Depeche Mode, the Smiths.
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CelticCoyote
True Blue Farmgirl
111 Posts
Heather
Illinois
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2005 : 7:59:52 PM
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Ooooh, Cat, I remember Young Riders!  I had the most beautiful red mare at the time, too, and I would daydream for HOURS about taking her back in time.  She & I would ride forever...
I'm right there with you on the music thing, too...all except for New Kids. The only good thing that ever came out of that group was Donnie Wahlberg's acting career. (I LOVED Band of Brothers, and he was absolutely incredible in it! Not to mention all his other roles.) I *hated* New Kids, and all the other bubblegum pop like that, but really really loved Depeche Mode & the Cure. I've recently rediscovered the Smiths, and have been listening to them a lot lately. I'm also really really fond of Sting, U2, and Peter Gabriel. |
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CityCat
True Blue Farmgirl
198 Posts
Catherine
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
198 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2005 : 9:54:03 PM
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The New Kids thing happened because my younger sister and two of my cousins were really into them. I was the oldest, and had to go with them to concerts to babysit. NKOTB were "okay" when they first came out, but not my favourite. As the time went on, and they didn't die, I still got dragged to concert after concert... I will never live it down....
Ah yes, the Smiths. Girlfriend in a Coma has always been a favourite of mine. My favourite Depeche Mode album is a toughy... I guess I'd have to go with Ultra. I used to listen to Sting, U2 and Peter Gabriel. Love the song In Your Eyes. Albums currently in heavy rotation in my CD player include Sarah Harmer, Jason Plumb, Broken Social Scene, A Northern Chorus, and the Rheostatics. Right now it's all-Canadian.
I actually found videotapes of Young Rider episodes I had stashed away. I don't know if I should re-watch them or not. You know... I don't want to change the things I remember about the show....
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Whimsy_girl
True Blue Farmgirl
576 Posts
USA
576 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2005 : 11:51:52 PM
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Oh no CityCat not the new kids!! I am proud to say that even though I was the right age, I passed that one right on by.. I was too into Weird Al back then to dig on the new kids that much
But.. Depeche Mode and the Cure.. you are totally talking my language.. I can't believe that forgot about that..That was my suicidal teenager music  I saw both of them live and I still have the black t-shirts to prove it We gothed out so much when we went to see them too.. the cure outfit was all black.. fishnets and minidress.... huge black boots and even a black feather boa... man I was nuts back then!!! Depehe Mode was a little more tame as it was at the Gorge in the grass... just black torn up pants and a DM t-shirt.
"I do not know where my holiness goes I just know that I like what is starting to show.... sometimes" DM, "Clean"
you can be oh so smart, or you can be oh so positive. I wasted a lot of time being smart I prefer being positive. |
Edited by - Whimsy_girl on Aug 19 2005 11:56:14 PM |
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Across the Fence: Baby Boomer Musings... Gen Xers, Milennials also! |
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Baby Boomer Musings... Gen Xers, Milennials also!
