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Post by toomuchreality on Jul 13, 2020 20:45:39 GMT -5
Exactly! Glad someone understands how long it takes me to do my laundry!
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Post by andi9899 on Jul 13, 2020 21:41:05 GMT -5
You can shorten the business days by just dressing from the put away basket! I had a friend who does that That's how I live my entire life. Not joking.
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Post by irishpad on Jul 13, 2020 23:54:25 GMT -5
You can shorten the business days by just dressing from the put away basket! I had a friend who does that Why take up space with a basket. I dress directly from the dryer. I would too, but the dryer is two floors below my bedroom
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 14, 2020 8:18:38 GMT -5
Why take up space with a basket. I dress directly from the dryer. I would too, but the dryer is two floors below my bedroom One of the huge pluses of living alone. I always take out and fold things like colored tees, shorts, towels and the like. But when it comes to underwear and white socks, I live out of the dryer. Plus! - when there is only a pair or two of underpants and tee-shirts left in the dryer, I know it's time to do the laundry (like today). A passive method of notification.
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Post by andi9899 on Jul 14, 2020 9:04:20 GMT -5
I would too, but the dryer is two floors below my bedroom One of the huge pluses of living alone. I always take out and fold things like colored tees, shorts, towels and the like. But when it comes to underwear and white socks, I live out of the dryer. Plus! - when there is only a pair or two of underpants and tee-shirts left in the dryer, I know it's time to do the laundry (like today). A passive method of notification. I have a socks and underwear basket where the clean stuff lives. It may get matched/folded a couple of times a year. Other than that, I just dig what I want out of there as needed. It sits next to the basket of folded clothes that I pull from during the week. I've always done this, it's just that before the virus, I was going to an office every day and there was some variation in what I would wear. I've been in PJs for months now. I wear shorts and tee shirts when I leave the house, but otherwise I'm in PJs.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Jul 14, 2020 15:48:52 GMT -5
One of the huge pluses of living alone. I always take out and fold things like colored tees, shorts, towels and the like. But when it comes to underwear and white socks, I live out of the dryer. Plus! - when there is only a pair or two of underpants and tee-shirts left in the dryer, I know it's time to do the laundry (like today). A passive method of notification. I have a socks and underwear basket where the clean stuff lives. It may get matched/folded a couple of times a year. Other than that, I just dig what I want out of there as needed. It sits next to the basket of folded clothes that I pull from during the week. I've always done this, it's just that before the virus, I was going to an office every day and there was some variation in what I would wear. I've been in PJs for months now. I wear shorts and tee shirts when I leave the house, but otherwise I'm in PJs. I do get things put away. My passive warning system is socks. I do wash twice a week because I detest letting clothes dry with sweat in them.
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Post by Iggy aka IG on Jul 14, 2020 15:49:05 GMT -5
Let's just say I've use the above referenced "F" word more than usual today....
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jul 14, 2020 19:26:59 GMT -5
Not a meme!! But what the heck My first thought was NSSherlock...
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jul 15, 2020 6:55:36 GMT -5
Won't help. You will either talk slower or speed up!!
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 15, 2020 10:47:36 GMT -5
Won't help. You will either talk slower or speed up!! The millenials weren't conceived at the millennium. They "came of age" during the millennium. I wonder if Gen Z (teens and 20's) will be assigned a moniker that relates to CV. The pandemic generation.... Gen X got gypped. No one cared enough to even name us, not even ourselves. My kids deserve better. The name Gen Z is even worse than Gen X. It is the end. Are we thinking that humanity is over? If not, what are we going to name their kids? Do we start over at A? Maybe we move to the Greek alphabet?
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jul 15, 2020 10:51:00 GMT -5
Won't help. You will either talk slower or speed up!! The millenials weren't conceived at the millennium. They "came of age" during the millennium. I wonder if Gen Z (teens and 20's) will be assigned a moniker that relates to CV. The pandemic generation.... Gen X got gypped. No one cared enough to even name us, not even ourselves. My kids deserve better. The name Gen Z is even worse than Gen X. It is the end. Are we thinking that humanity is over? If not, what are we going to name their kids? Do we start over at A? Maybe we move to the Greek alphabet? I’m clueless. I was called a war baby. How’s that for a legacy
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 15, 2020 13:26:02 GMT -5
The millenials weren't conceived at the millennium. They "came of age" during the millennium. I wonder if Gen Z (teens and 20's) will be assigned a moniker that relates to CV. The pandemic generation.... Gen X got gypped. No one cared enough to even name us, not even ourselves. My kids deserve better. The name Gen Z is even worse than Gen X. It is the end. Are we thinking that humanity is over? If not, what are we going to name their kids? Do we start over at A? Maybe we move to the Greek alphabet? I’m clueless. I was called a war baby. How’s that for a legacy Sad, but it does make sense that a generation is identified by a multi-national occurence. War, post war baby boom, the turn of the century, pandemic - all international phenomena. I guess Gen X didn't have an "event".
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 15, 2020 17:56:10 GMT -5
I'm not sure that shaped our lives like WWII
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2020 20:41:40 GMT -5
I'm not sure that shaped our lives like WWII Holy cow...Kent State, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, anti-war protests, the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago...and Cat Stevens' Peace Train...Watergate, Nixon's resignation, Spiro Agnew who admitted to tax evasion and who sneered at "effete snobs" and "nattering nabobs of negativism", Fr. Daniel Berrigan. I was in my mid-20s to late-30s and it shaped me probably as much as WWII. There was a whole lot going on then!
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 15, 2020 20:54:47 GMT -5
I'm not sure that shaped our lives like WWII Holy cow...Kent State, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, anti-war protests, the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago...and Cat Stevens' Peace Train...Watergate, Nixon's resignation, Spiro Agnew who admitted to tax evasion and who sneered at "effete snobs" and "nattering nabobs of negativism", Fr. Daniel Berrigan. I was in my mid-20s to late-30s and it shaped me probably as much as WWII. There was a whole lot going on then! Gen X started in 1965 so the oldest of them were 3 years old in 1968, 5 when The shootings at Kent State took place, 9 when Nixon resigned. Most were even younger or not even born.
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Post by Opti on Jul 15, 2020 21:32:47 GMT -5
I'm not sure that shaped our lives like WWII I agree. I think Vietnam shaped the lives of people military age, their parents etc. more than people who who were younger than 18 when it ended. Just like this pandemic. In some sense I think it will register most with those who were high school seniors because whether they go to college or go to work, both things will be much different than when they were juniors. Whereas if the worst passes in a year or two, kids that were five in 2020, may not feel it shaped them all that much.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 15, 2020 22:43:04 GMT -5
The millenials weren't conceived at the millennium. They "came of age" during the millennium. I wonder if Gen Z (teens and 20's) will be assigned a moniker that relates to CV. The pandemic generation.... Gen X got gypped. No one cared enough to even name us, not even ourselves. My kids deserve better. The name Gen Z is even worse than Gen X. It is the end. Are we thinking that humanity is over? If not, what are we going to name their kids? Do we start over at A? Maybe we move to the Greek alphabet? I’m clueless. I was called a war baby. How’s that for a legacy Punic War?
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 15, 2020 22:47:42 GMT -5
I'm not sure that shaped our lives like WWII I agree. I think Vietnam shaped the lives of people military age, their parents etc. more than people who who were younger than 18 when it ended. Just like this pandemic. In some sense I think it will register most with those who were high school seniors because whether they go to college or go to work, both things will be much different than when they were juniors. Whereas if the worst passes in a year or two, kids that were five in 2020, may not feel it shaped them all that much. I was thirteen when the Kent State students were shot by Ohio National Guard troops. That evening I met my father when he got home and attempted to discuss it with him as he changed out of his Idaho Air National Guard uniform. He gave me the conservative party line although I could tell he wasn't really buying it himself. I started questioning a lot of things that day.
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 15, 2020 22:54:16 GMT -5
I'm not sure that shaped our lives like WWII I agree. I think Vietnam shaped the lives of people military age, their parents etc. more than people who who were younger than 18 when it ended. Just like this pandemic. In some sense I think it will register most with those who were high school seniors because whether they go to college or go to work, both things will be much different than when they were juniors. Whereas if the worst passes in a year or two, kids that were five in 2020, may not feel it shaped them all that much. Gen X was shaped by Band-aid. Gen-big-concert
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Post by steff on Jul 15, 2020 22:57:50 GMT -5
I'm a Gen X'er (born in 1968) We came of age during the 80's. Excess, yuppies, cocaine, don't need nothing but a good time, I'll sleep when I'm dead, neon fashion, big hair, big earrings, big shoulder pads, the brat pack, John Hughes (our stories would never be told without his influence), babies having babies, everyone gets a trophy, the video game generation, latch key kids (it's why we're doing quite well in lockdown), the floor is lava playing, MTV generation.
We were the throw it at the wall & see if it sticks experiment. Single mom's, kids who shouldn't be at home alone, at home alone. Again, it's why we're more content & willing to do lockdown. We know how to entertain ourselves, make snack & dinner choices from whatever can be found in the pantry or fridge on a random Tuesday before groceries have been bought for the week because it's rent week. We spent months of our lives obsessed with pong. Pong...blonk....blonk....blonk....blonk....mind numbing but we LOVED it. We went from pong to donkey kong, to being the first kids to kill goombas with Mario & Luigi.
Everything was excess. It was an AWESOME time to be a teenager!
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 15, 2020 23:04:22 GMT -5
I'm a Gen X'er (born in 1968) We came of age during the 80's. Excess, yuppies, cocaine, don't need nothing but a good time, I'll sleep when I'm dead, neon fashion, big hair, big earrings, big shoulder pads, the brat pack, John Hughes (our stories would never be told without his influence), babies having babies, everyone gets a trophy, the video game generation, latch key kids (it's why we're doing quite well in lockdown), the floor is lava playing, MTV generation.
We were the throw it at the wall & see if it sticks experiment. Single mom's, kids who shouldn't be at home alone, at home alone. Again, it's why we're more content & willing to do lockdown. We know how to entertain ourselves, make snack & dinner choices from whatever can be found in the pantry or fridge on a random Tuesday before groceries have been bought for the week because it's rent week. We spent months of our lives obsessed with pong. Pong...blonk....blonk....blonk....blonk....mind numbing but we LOVED it. We went from pong to donkey kong, to being the first kids to kill goombas with Mario & Luigi.
Everything was excess. It was an AWESOME time to be a teenager! Gen-Aqua-Net
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 15, 2020 23:05:28 GMT -5
I agree. I think Vietnam shaped the lives of people military age, their parents etc. more than people who who were younger than 18 when it ended. Just like this pandemic. In some sense I think it will register most with those who were high school seniors because whether they go to college or go to work, both things will be much different than when they were juniors. Whereas if the worst passes in a year or two, kids that were five in 2020, may not feel it shaped them all that much. I was thirteen when the Kent State students were shot by Ohio National Guard troops. That evening I met my father when he got home and attempted to discuss it with him as he changed out of his Idaho Air National Guard uniform. He gave me the conservative party line although I could tell he wasn't really buying it himself. I started questioning a lot of things that day. At the time of the Kent State shootings (and the lesser known Jackson (MS) State shootings eleven days later), I was going to school in Boston. My dorm was at the beginning of Commonwealth Avenue, across the street from the Boston Public Garden. When there were student protests against the war in Vietnam and the Ohio State shootings, we would go up to the roof of our dorm and watch the thousands and thousands of college students, school faculty, and others from around the metro Boston are merge together at Massachusetts Avenue and march down Commonweath Avenue, into the Boston Public Garden, and then onto the Boston Common where the protest speakers were waiting for everyone to arrive. Watching the massive crowds pass by was awesome.
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Post by irishpad on Jul 16, 2020 0:08:17 GMT -5
I’m clueless. I was called a war baby. How’s that for a legacy Punic War? My turn
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Post by Opti on Jul 16, 2020 6:29:11 GMT -5
I agree. I think Vietnam shaped the lives of people military age, their parents etc. more than people who who were younger than 18 when it ended. Just like this pandemic. In some sense I think it will register most with those who were high school seniors because whether they go to college or go to work, both things will be much different than when they were juniors. Whereas if the worst passes in a year or two, kids that were five in 2020, may not feel it shaped them all that much. I was thirteen when the Kent State students were shot by Ohio National Guard troops. That evening I met my father when he got home and attempted to discuss it with him as he changed out of his Idaho Air National Guard uniform. He gave me the conservative party line although I could tell he wasn't really buying it himself. I started questioning a lot of things that day. That's cool that your Dad was National Guard and he talked about it even it was the party line. I was in grade school then so my guess this wasn't discussed really in school or at home. For you and Tenn you experienced it as current events. I likely experienced it as history later in school.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jul 16, 2020 6:49:56 GMT -5
My turn I was just going to drag out my VooDoo dolls and start inflicting pain on Tennesseer . But I will add that I look really good for my age - I've held up well from being mummified
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