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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:05 PM Original message |
Generation Y women losing 'female' skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. I predict this will not end well SS. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. If only we still had the duzy's.... :) (nt) |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
304. You owe me half a bottle of $2 buck chuck |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, maybe "roasts" are on the way out now that more of us |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. THrow meat in crockpot... toss in onions, pepper, veggies... |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. I can hear my daughter now... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. see, learning to cook a roast wasnt so easy for me. had to experiment and research on net |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. I mastered the crock pot when I was living alone as a single person... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. see, i was you. hubby taught me. i am good now. took a decade, but now |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
103. Browning certainly makes the diference... but even those |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
169. haha did you marry peg bundy? |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #169 |
245. That made me LOL... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Once upon a time, perhaps... Now there are tons of Youtube videos... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. kids, hubby that works and we all want diversity in meals. so i love the internet |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
78. Ya can't say enough about good sharp knives. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. for years i wouldnt do the cutting and leave to hubby. was afraid of knives, being cut |
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TheOther95Percent (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #83 |
93. Right tool for the job. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. that is what hubby would tell me. i fell on a steak knife when little |
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TheOther95Percent (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #97 |
156. I also love my mandolin |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #46 |
92. Oh goodness yes. High-quality, sharp knives are a revelation. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. exactly. i was amazed the difference. nt |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #92 |
186. If you have a Wii, The Food Network put out a cooking technique game. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. I love to cook. There aren't many things more satisfying than hearing my company or family |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. wow, yum, that sounds good. nt |
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TheOther95Percent (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
87. Cook with Glock |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
113. I don't juggle as well as I used to... I like to cook when I don't |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
130. Its important because it is a very nurturing thing to do, and brings us together. |
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barbiegeek (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #130 |
281. It saves money to know how to "really" cook the old fashion way |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
172. I love to cook too but I'm absolutely terrible at it |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
187. You love to cook? Where have you been all my life? |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 12:43 AM Response to Reply #187 |
257. I've been right here doll... SoCal |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #257 |
272. Hmmm, that sounded suspiciously like a yes.......... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
303. Same here, and my husband loves to cook. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Well, for her, there is always... |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. 'how long should I leave the crock pot in it' |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
248. Yes, but isn't the default setting for everything in the over 350? |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
204. thank you - even when I was active duty - I (a female) sent my uniforms out! |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
282. who's a vegie. n/t. |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
317. Why iron when you can steam clothes? |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh boy, here we go! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. damn guys, so afraid? not a big deal. and true enough. males dont know how to change oil or mow |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. I (female) had to show my male neighbors how to test a battery, |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 01:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
261. Embarrassing to my gender. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. I guess that makes those of us with skills that much more unique and badassed. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. absolutely. we are making sure our sons learn these skills. just. saves. money. nt |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
105. Awesome. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #105 |
109. lol |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
44. My wife doesn't let me cook after changing the oil or mowing the lawn. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. my father never did the stuff. one of the things that attracted me to hubby, was fix it |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #50 |
259. I had my 7 year old nephew help me put brakes on a car. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 12:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
258. Amen, too many people doling out activities to others. We're supposed to be a country of individuals |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. Need to remind my wife tonight |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. lol. but be sure to teach son how to fix a leaking faucet. nt |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Don't have a son |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. bah haha. ah well. teach daughter then, and the hubby can cook. nt |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. so what implements are used to darn socks? |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Don't you just point your finger at the sock |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. lol. really it is tough. you need... thread. needle. lol. not that i have EVER |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
84. It's actually pretty easy, but you do need a darning egg |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. lol. see you enlightened me. who knew. nt |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #84 |
202. Doesn't it also help to have a curved needle? Or is that mysterious curved needle |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
110. nope. |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #110 |
131. I have a darning egg. |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
203. Oh, THAT'S my problem.... |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 05:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
265. A rounded wooden thingie that you insert into the sock. It |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
197. if there will BE a tomorrow for you. nt |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Lamingtons are good |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
55. What are they? |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thank DOG! It's about time. |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
118. I always allowed both my son and daughter to experiment in the kitchen |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Baking "lamingtons..." |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. Number 1: The Lamington |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. let 'em get hungry. They'll learn if they don't burn down the house |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
95. When I was a young teen I baked cakes & bread from scratch |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. people in general are losing essential life skills. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. If people are losing them... How essential are they? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. they're essential if things go south |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
72. Everybody should learn to plant a garden |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #72 |
194. I disagree. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #194 |
216. It's not a survival thing in my view. |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #194 |
240. Are dirty hands beneath you? |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 05:58 AM Response to Reply #240 |
266. Candidly... |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #266 |
276. Heard of gloves? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #266 |
277. husband has masters in statistics, engineering degree. has garden, fixer upper, "chef" |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #30 |
300. being able to cook for one's self, seems pretty essential |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
159. Exactly... |
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TheOther95Percent (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. What is a lamington? And why would I want to bake one? |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Lamington |
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TheOther95Percent (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
82. It's a cake? Isn't that what bakeries are for? |
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Betsy Ross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. Proud to be passing on my skills to generation Y. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. my lawyer sister in law took up knitting. last i saw her, she was doing clothes. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. Well this baby boomer must have been ahead of the times, because |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. I dare say the Aussies are the most misogynistic of western |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
116. Arkansas with a beach |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. Adult education. people... |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. Good Idea |
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Caretha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
239. Let me know |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. I will say one thing... |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
119. To be fair... |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #119 |
251. Get a better tire shop! |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 08:34 AM Response to Reply #119 |
269. Loosen the lug nuts before jacking the car |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #269 |
295. Duh. |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 08:33 AM Response to Reply #295 |
297. That's what the breaker bar is for! |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #269 |
299. Well, Chief, I used to work in that good tire shop. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
125. I have a collection of "how to " books from 1879 to 1920's. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #125 |
200. Sounds like a pretty cool collection. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #200 |
217. Best of all, they are free to dowload! |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #217 |
237. That's great!!! |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
243. Where does one take the old oil to be properly disposed of? |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #243 |
250. most Auto Parts stores like Kragen, AutoZone, etc... nt |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
308. I agree |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
316. I'll change a tire myself because I'd rather get moving again quickly... |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. hmmm...what about women having to assume more tasks |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. I think both young men & women are losing traditional skills |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. funny... lol. ah ha. right. nt |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. what's your problem this time? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. "Because some might be broken." "Oh, they wouldn't sell broken eggs" :facepalm:... snark? |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #56 |
165. ah ha. right |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #165 |
188. ah ha... to eggs wont be sold broken. right... to eggs wont be sold broken |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
68. I think I'm the only person I've ever seen do that at my store, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. lol. i dont count but i move each egg, two at a time. too often i had them stuck |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #70 |
98. That's all I'm trying to do too - just give them a little nudge |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. that is so funny. nt |
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Celtic Raven (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #70 |
132. Simple trick for that |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #70 |
231. That's what I do -- just like my mama showed me. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #68 |
167. yup, I count to myself too |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
108. that reminds me of a Carl's Jr./Hardee's commercial |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
142. I think that just has to do with that "young guy" being an idiot. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #142 |
168. more likely that young people today aren't being taught to care for themselves |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 01:08 AM Response to Reply #142 |
262. I think it is an example of someone expecting a business to hold their hand. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
192. Serves the guy right if he had to make an omelette when he got home due to the broken eggs. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 01:09 AM Response to Reply #192 |
263. I buy a flat of eggs and just give it a cursory glance. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #263 |
273. Good to know. |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
35. I am 30 |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. what the heck is a 'lamington'? |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. Apparently, it's sponge cake squares ... |
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denese (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. It's worse than that |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
49. Roast + Crockpot. Dinner is done. n/t |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
53. I'm a house husband... |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
54. What's the problem. Just speak to the replicator and tell it what you want. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #54 |
246. I've been re-watching DS9 recently and now I crave Raktajino in the morning |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
59. the times they are a-changin' |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
60. My girlfriend can't cook for shit, but that's fine because I can. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. can't even drive a fucking stick shift! .... ba hahahah. funny nt |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. The first time I tried it was such a complete disaster |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. i bought a used with stick. asked father if he would teach me. he took me out for ten minutes and |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #64 |
136. I learned to drive on one, in a cemetary (figured I could not hurt anyone there) |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
62. THey haven't lost the skill, they just don't want to do it. Gen Y know s how to use google a recipe. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. Exactly. I learned a killer aloo gobi recipe from YouTube last month. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. i will do that on the recipes. look at a number of different recipes and see what i want to add |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. You Tube |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 09:31 PM Response to Reply #69 |
294. I've used You Tube for recipies, hairstyles for my kid, and how to pierce the ears of |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #62 |
201. Yep! We have places to go, things to do!... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
63. I'm 50 years old and I've never been able to iron a shirt properly. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. I don't own an iron either. |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. Irons.. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #73 |
89. Irons... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #65 |
218. Does it well enough for me, anyway. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #65 |
225. That's the trick. nt |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #63 |
224. My Mom tried to teach me to iron,she was a pro at it. I never got |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
67. More importantly, young women are losing "female" empathy and nurturing. |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #67 |
144. not all women are nurturers or have empathy |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #144 |
146. true and not true. Women *shouldn't* have a lock on them, but of course that is how it has been. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #146 |
148. both my borthers had women that were not nurturers. |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #146 |
152. actually, just looking at the boob tube |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #152 |
158. I really don't think we disagree... I think we are just looking at different aspects. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #67 |
232. Especially when men wage wars. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
71. Hmmm... this morning, I made homemade blueberry pancakes, |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. I know it's totally weird, but I love caulking tubs. |
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DoBotherMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #71 |
134. Tub interior, right? |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #71 |
162. One of the biggest mistakes in my life... |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
75. we had cooking and sewing classes when in school |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #75 |
154. mandatory sewing and cooking classes for girls in California in the 1970s |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #154 |
161. me too! |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #161 |
163. I just got a new sewing machine! I love making household items like curtains |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #163 |
171. They are easy to make |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #171 |
178. nice! HGTV design shows demonstrate how bedsheets and any |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #163 |
233. See, to me this sounds like the 5th circle of Hell. :-) |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #233 |
290. awwwww. Nope, not hell. Great feeling of accomplishment to make something with your hands |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #154 |
208. Sewing: the only thing I learned in junior high school. n/t |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #154 |
280. Home economics-which included cooking and sewing-was required for both genders |
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Bettie (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
76. My boys are being taught the skills necessary to live |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. The only gender-specific job in our house seems to be the trash. |
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Bettie (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #80 |
292. It is gender specific under the "I don't wanna" clause |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
81. I'm 31 and grow a garden, sew (quilts, pillows, clothes), crochet, |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #81 |
181. About scrapbooking - the industrial corporation has taken something that |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #181 |
235. Photos in that kind of a scrap book just do not have the same impact |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #81 |
278. I don't "watch" tv, I listen to it at night while knitting or whatever. |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
85. My Dad, born 1919, did all the cooking |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #85 |
115. my grandfather did the GOOD cooking -- holidays, etc |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #115 |
151. my father was the head chef in the Marine Corps during WWII |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #151 |
160. I wish I had Pop's apple pie recipe |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #160 |
175. I never saw my Dad with a measuring spoon - never! |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
86. My wife knows her place in my kitchen: Out of my damn way. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. ha ha ha. hubby would give me a glass of wine and tell me to sit and entertain. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
91. Actually, men should know how to do those |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #91 |
128. Much of the stuff we talk about is interconnected. |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
96. I asked my |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
99. I don't have the life skills my dad does ... but then he doesn't have the life skills I do, either |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
101. In other words, nobody knows how to do anything anymore. |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
102. Australia. Why am I not surprised? |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
104. My now 29 yr old granddaughter's first Christmas after marriage |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #104 |
209. She made her cook the entire meal...then made her leave? |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #209 |
219. The younger one loves to cook |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
106. ironing? really? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #106 |
112. my dad owned dry cleaners. i know how to iron. hubby a snob and wants knit shirts ironed. |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
107. I have a 5 yr old granddaughter who I am trying to let help me cook so she can learn to cook. I |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
111. This does not surprise me at all... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #111 |
117. Six months for bedding?! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. every four days.... lol |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #120 |
123. I'm suddenly very nervous. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. cause they are little |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #126 |
205. I was taught the same way my mother was: |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #111 |
145. YUCK, I change my bedding every other week! |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #145 |
170. No kidding. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #111 |
283. A 32 year old guy who worked for me said that he didn't think you were supposed |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
114. I can do it all |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
121. I made sure both my kids ( 1 male 1 female) knew how to |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #121 |
124. Velveeta lasagna? |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #124 |
184. LOL, that's pretty much our sentiments too! |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #121 |
166. Yep. Both of my teenagers (son and daughter) are expected to cook dinner once a week. |
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ClaireF (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
122. I don't think of it |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #122 |
137. Welcome to DU! And I can see your point of view here - folks don't need to know as much |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
127. Well |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
129. "Browning," as you call it is called, "SEARING." N/T |
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Oilwellian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
133. Both of my sons cook dinner every night for their families |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
135. While at the same time, men are discovering the joiys of these endeavours. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
138. And let's not forget cleaning in that list |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. Young people are fucking dirty. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #140 |
153. Not all of them.... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
139. Somebody tell this moron why more of us guys are not learning these skills? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #139 |
141. Especially with all the Food Network/Cooking Channel stuff! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #141 |
149. And it's not even that hard, either. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
143. Pah. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
147. Self sufficiency should be the goal for every adult |
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Caretha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #147 |
244. This is from memory |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
150. Generation Y? Gen X and even a lot of Boomers didn't have it |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
155. I haven't had a chicken fricassee in 20 years. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
157. Are they not teaching that stuff in school these days? |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #157 |
173. I cannot answer your question |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #173 |
177. I'm 26 |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #177 |
241. I gotta laugh... |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #157 |
179. I think Home Ec still exists in a few districts. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #157 |
191. home ec or shop wasnt offered to my boys in middle school here in texas. our district |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #191 |
242. Lots of boys didn't get Home Economics in school, yet... |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #191 |
271. Back when I was in 9th grade, they offered a class called Batchelor's Survival |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
164. I think cheap clothing from China and other places killed off sewing |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #164 |
174. I agree |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #174 |
182. throw away society. Socks can be had at the 99cent store now. Scarves too. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #164 |
183. not necessarily |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #183 |
185. My local JoAnn closed. A Michaels (craft store chain) has fabric now, but not big |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #183 |
227. More crafting than sewing is what I've seen. The women (and it's still mostly |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
176. As a male "gen Xer", I was lucky to have home ec for a couple of years in jr high |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
180. What the hell is a "lamington"? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #180 |
190. They sound delicious. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #190 |
193. Thank you. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
189. "can cook a roast" |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #189 |
223. Yeah, but who can't cook a roast? That's the dish my Mom always made on ironing day. |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
195. Maybe more people (not just women) would know how to sew |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
196. People still "iron?" Really? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #196 |
206. me too on the ironing -- I use Lamas Dry Cleaning. They pick up/ drop off at my place of work. |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
198. 2011 tip: the flat iron you use on your hair... |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
199. Cook a roast??? How about something healthy? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #199 |
221. What? Meat is unhealthy? |
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Dokkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
207. weird |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
210. I don't know anyone that sews, I'm the only one among my friends that owns a sewing machine |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #210 |
220. I learned to sew when I was little. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #220 |
226. I learned when I was little too |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #210 |
260. I can sew but I haven't had a reason to, maybe the person upthread talking about cheap clothes... |
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Red State Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #210 |
285. I'm glad I know how to sew |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #210 |
310. my mom has a machine, but she has a large empty house |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #310 |
313. I had a nice sewing machine (the one I still have) when I lived in a studio apartment. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
211. Try to find a woman who can whip up a good haggis! |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
212. Gender stereotypes should go the way of Old Yeller. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
213. How about men? I'd think that's a bigger "crisis" |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
214. I can hand sew, and do everything that women have traditionally |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
215. I can cook, iron and sew but who cares if a woman can't? |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
222. 24-year-old mother of two... "what do I do with these beans?" |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #222 |
228. Yeah, it says more about our ability to take care of ourselves |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
229. Back in the 1970s, I knew a graduate student (not from my department) who |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
230. People in advanced nations tend to learn what they want and think they need. if sewing is one, it |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
234. If it didn't take two incomes to live the way older generations lived on one, there'd be no issue. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #234 |
236. You do know that some women were not completely happy with |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #236 |
238. I would say the vast majority |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #238 |
247. In most of rural America, the girls have learned these survival skills... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #247 |
252. your mom is my kind of gal |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #234 |
256. Older generations had it pretty rough. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #234 |
274. Older generations lived a more modest lifestyle as well. |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
249. Everyone should learn how to cook |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #249 |
255. +1 |
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AmandaMae (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
253. So? Those aren't essential skills anymore. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
254. This female has been in her studio all day sawing, sanding and hammering. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
264. Well, it seems McCrindle is a moron who asks the wrong questions and doesn't get |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
267. Why would anyone bother to darn a sock |
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travelingtypist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
268. 'Female' tasks were never valued anyway. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
270. This article is about and from Australia ("baking lamingtons"), so maybe it doesn't travel well. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
275. How 'bout this: "Generation Y men losing 'male' skills such as cutting the grass, fixing things |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #275 |
284. That's true and well covered. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
279. I'm quite good at all of the traditional "female" drudgery and many "male" skills |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
286. no subject |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
287. Men and women are losing basic skills, period. I am gen x, have no idea how to sew. Love to cook. |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
288. Disgusting sexist article. Yes, let's assign a sex to cooking skills. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #288 |
291. Everyone eats and wears clothes. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #288 |
309. Yep, and remember, us guys are "chefs" while the ladies are "cooks". |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
289. The first of the Baby Boomers lost a lot of life skills |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
293. I'd call that cause for celebration. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
296. The current xkcd is apropos |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #296 |
318. +1 n/t |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
298. Men who can't cook are sad creatures indeed. |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
301. Not in this house |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
302. Each of our four children are GREAT cooks, and also can iron and sew. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #302 |
307. Specialization is for insects, not human beings |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #307 |
315. That is sweet! |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
305. I guess some dudes need to step up and learn then... |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
306. a lot of angry comments at young turks commentary about this story |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
311. Gen Y in general can't afford suburban life style of past |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
312. Let's see: |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
314. Modern materials usually don't need ironing |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
319. How cheap is dry cleaning? How often does anyone sew? |
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