What do you do that your parents did, but thought you never would
Sep 18th 2018, 12:46 pm
#31
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Re: What do you do that your parents did, but thought you never would
Crystal Meth.
It’s moreish.
It’s moreish.
Sep 19th 2018, 9:34 pm
#32
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Re: What do you do that your parents did, but thought you never would
In general I don't think I do much that my parents did - but I find I do now have a pair of 'gardening trousers'. Not I hasten to add because I'm a 'gardener', but because having an old, falling apart pair of jeans that you can get a bit of extra wear out of beats cleaning a good pair if/when they get grass or mud on them. Old trousers/jeans rotate into the roll, prior to going in the bin when the arse actually is hanging out ...
Nov 10th 2018, 2:37 pm
#33
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Re: What do you do that your parents did, but thought you never would
I thought I would never do this, and always cringed when my mother (born 1912) did it. But just the other day I realised that in my dotage it had become a cringe-worthy habit of my own. Scraping the last of the butter/margarine off the "greaseproof" wrapper it's sold in! Please will somebody tell me I'm not alone?
My father had this strange habit of opening the car door window at least a crack to ensure the cabin doesn't get poisoned by carbon monoxide or somesuch. Now I do the same, all the time, and can't stop it.
Edited to add 99% of the things I do and the way I live is different from my parents'. For example, I'm a native NY'er and flung myself to live in the way out west and embrace a different lifestyle, whereas my father never traveled west of Pennsylvania during his life.
Last edited by manekeniko; Nov 10th 2018 at 2:44 pm. Reason: Slow witted here.
Nov 10th 2018, 3:22 pm
#34
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Re: What do you do that your parents did, but thought you never would
No, I don't think that was the reason. I do that so that the car doesn't get too hot, on a hot day!
Nov 10th 2018, 3:31 pm
#35
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Re: What do you do that your parents did, but thought you never would
Way back in the day a doctor told my mother it's dangerous to bathe or shower while sick, so she never let me get clean when I was sick.
Nov 10th 2018, 3:50 pm
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Re: What do you do that your parents did, but thought you never would
Among the things that I have always made a point of not doing that my mother did, is rubbing Vicks on my or my wife or child's chest when they had a cold. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, but I used to feel humiliated when I was the victim.
Nov 10th 2018, 4:58 pm
#37
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Re: What do you do that your parents did, but thought you never would
My mother,born in 1916, would not go to classical concerts. "Not for the likes of us," was her judgement. I go when I can. To things like this (not in Australia - but you can listen on the wireless device) https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/rzrbj5/by/date/2018
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Nov 10th 2018, 5:29 pm
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Re: What do you do that your parents did, but thought you never would
Thanks for a reminder of the days when a radio was called a wireless. As a kid in the Australian bush I used to listen to the live broadcasts of cricket test matches played in England as well as in Australia. I marvelled at the clarity of the sound. One could even hear the ball hitting the bat, for goodness sake! Many, many years later I read that the commentators used to tap a pencil on the desk they sat at, to make that authentic sound. Sigh...
Nov 11th 2018, 11:43 pm
#39
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Re: What do you do that your parents did, but thought you never would
When she came home I was asked why my hair looked so clean. I lied, telling her I used a powder shampoo and avoided the browbeating. Bad, bad me.
