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Does anyone still say "Put the big light on " ?

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11300) • United Kingdom 30 Oct

I do still say this although it confuses the younger generation.... We have wall lights , on the... Well, the wall ! Then we have a bigger light coming from the ceiling. So when we say Put the lights on ... We mean the wall...

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Old-fashioned sweets 1

Fleur @Fleura (34960) • United Kingdom 5 Dec 22

I just realised recently how many of my posts are about food! Followed by plants... or food and plants! Nevertheless here’s another food-related post. I was just telling the girls the other day that when I was growing up there...

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Look what we made!

Fleur @Fleura (34960) • United Kingdom 17 Oct 19

Ages ago Little One decided she wanted to make an old-fashioned quill pen. I can’t even remember now what sparked that idea! So some time not long afterwards I was cycling past an open space near the river where large numbers of...

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Old fashioned dating habits that should be made cool again.

Abby @a_jerobon (2317) • Eldoret, Kenya 19 Sep 19

Hello people. It has been days since I posted a discussion here. How is everyone doing? Today I came across a list of some awesome old fashioned habits that I wish would be brought back into the dating world. Today, dating seems...

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Wishing You An Old-Fashioned Christmas

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 11 Dec 18

I wish each and everyone of the people here on myLot a happy and healthy old-fashioned Christmas. What is my version of an old-fashioned Christmas? It's one where the holiday spirit sneaks up on you slowly as you ponder what you...

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Oh, Christmas Tree

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169450) • United States 14 Nov 18

In the back of my mind, I go back in time. I am a young girl again, visiting with my grandparents for Christmas. I can still see the tree, it was beautiful to me. It was a scrubby red cedar, cut from the pasture. Probably four...

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I Must Be An Old-Fashioned Girl At Heart

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 8 Nov 18

Looking through Pixabay for a particular image this morning I came across this one. As I sat and looked at it I realized that it's appeal for me is beyond what I expected. I have never really thought about it before but I am...

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research

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Political Ads

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 17 Apr 18

I have been hearing some political ads on tv recently that really make me wonder. There is a governoral election coming up. One keeps stating how proud he is that he faught to keep "traditional marriage" in. Another one says he...

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NOT GIVING IT UP.

Kandase @Kandae11 (57233) 3 Aug 17

Is there anything that was used decades ago for food preparation that you still make use of in 2017? I was a bit surprised one Sunday when I visited the friend of a friend who lived in a suburb of the city. In a covered area...

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Truth is becoming old fashioned

Kuttu @Kuttu_007 (1939) • India 1 Apr 17

Nowadays truth is becoming old fashioned...people hate the truth..they think lie is better than truth...but the truth is..truth alone triumphs..

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Frustrated When I Can't Find Something - Photographs

PaintsOnSlate @PainsOnSlate (21845) • Canada 1 Mar 17

I was looking for a photo we (my sister and I) took 30 years ago so I could post it here. It was a photo of my sister's children with my children in the woods while camping. If I ever find it (I know its here somewhere), I will...

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~Walking On Egg Shells~

Jennifer @LovingMyBabies (85923) • Valdosta, Georgia 4 Nov 16

It's not the easiest thing to walk on egg shells in your own home. I'm very laid back and I don't get mad over most things but trying to parent my kids in my home is something I have a hard time with. I don't want to be...

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Quaint Old Fashioned Thrift Shop

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 2 Jun 16

I found a quaint little thrift shop the other day in who knows what little town I happen to be in. I got lost, really lost. I was trying to go to Cedar Key here in Florida and somehow got off course. While wandering around the...

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You don't have to be square to Square Dance

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45490) • United States 31 May 16

I have to laugh at this, but in a kind and gentle way. When I was a kid my parents took square dance lessons, therefore, so did I at the local Y. I'll tell you, it's good exercise that's for sure. I guess it is fitting that I...

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guinness world record

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What Obsolete Food Item Do You Truly Miss?

Vincent Summers @KuznVinny (768) • United States 9 May 16

I'm afraid there are several food items I miss. If I had a year to think about it, I could probably name 20 or more. But on the spur of the moment, I can still think of a few. Can you? Will you tell us what they were? Sunshine...

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Do women Belong in the House?

Jose Juan @quantum2020 (12054) • Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico 8 May 16

In the old days, not too long ago, women were required to remain at the house, keeping it clean and attending the children, while the man was out of the house trying to bring the daily sustenance. This changed back in the sixties...

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Old and Cool

Amber @AmbiePam (120683) • United States 18 Apr 16

I think seeing how people used to do things. Hopefully, you are seeing one of the things on a wall at my grandmother's house, in her kitchen. She called it a "kraut cutter". That's what was used to cut the cabbage that would down...

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Favourite Roast Dinner

suzzy3 @suzzy3 (8341) 26 Mar 16

In the UK a certain pub chain has stopped cooking Sunday Roast Dinners. You can get these meals most days of the week for those who don't know. A roast dinner consists of Roast beef, lamb. chicken. turkey or roast meat of your...

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Why I Hate Electronic Cigarettes

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 10 Oct 15

Though I never smoked in my life, smoking in public places never bothered me before the ban on it in the UK. I actually miss the smoky atmosphere in some bars. What I do hate is the new electric cigarette craze which some former...

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Old Fashioned Manners Are Still Alive

Val @valmnz (17095) • New Zealand 14 Sep 15

I often park in an underground car park that has free parking for up to two hours. It's close to the library where I go two or three times a week to undertake research for my current writing project. It has occurred to me in...

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