What's attractive to one may not be to another

@JudyEv (325345)
Rockingham, Australia
April 30, 2021 6:49am CST
In the days before TV, the radio was a big deal. On Saturday mornings in Western Australia, there was a radio programme to do with renovations and do-it-yourself information. Suggestions for colour schemes were also a big part of the programme and I remember that a new shade, Burmese Gold, was being recommended left, right and centre as a feature colour. I painted our bunk beds in Burmese Gold but my pleasure was totally spoilt when Vince said the colour looked more like baby-poop yellow. As a matter of interest, my mother bought us the bunks when our two sons were ready for full-size beds. They could be set up as bunks or single beds. And just a week ago, we took them to the op shop as part of our decluttering. What good service they gave us. I don’t have a photo of the beds but here is one of the two boys in a paddock of dandelions.
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@YrNemo (20261)
30 Apr 21
Two kids in a gold field full of gold (funny about Vince's comment of your beautiful Burmese Gold colour).
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@vandana7 (98731)
• India
1 May 21
@JudyEv You should have retained some baby poop for comparison.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
It sort of spoiled the colour for me as he was pretty right!
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@YrNemo (20261)
30 Apr 21
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
30 Apr 21
Sorry but I have to agree on Vince on this one
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@vandana7 (98731)
• India
2 May 21
I thought folks from Philippines were the most friendly...wonder how Burmese will feel about what you wrote rakski..evil grin.
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
1 May 21
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
Yes, I can see the connection.
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@cherigucchi (14879)
• Philippines
30 Apr 21
Just like what other people say, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
Yes, it's a very true saying too. A similar one is 'Only a mother could love it.'
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@cherigucchi (14879)
• Philippines
1 May 21
@JudyEv That is right.
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@Juliaacv (48255)
• Canada
30 Apr 21
Your boys look so adorably cute here. I love the setting that you took this picture, much better then taking a photo of them in their bunk beds.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
And now I'll never get one of the bunks - but that's okay. It would only ever be interesting to myLotters.
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
30 Apr 21
Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. And you are right that people have different taste. Your boys look so blissful there in the picture. Nostalgic memories
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
We had a lovely day that day. It was a good year for dandelions! lol
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
1 May 21
@JudyEv Their faces are exuberant. Shows the fun you all had
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@vandana7 (98731)
• India
2 May 21
You mean to say all those who appreciated that color had a different set of chip linked to their eyes?
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
30 Apr 21
It is like youtube of old times. I listen to radio with I was young for dramas and soap operas while doing laundry. Old days has its own charms.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
My mother would listen to radio serials while she did the washing too. One I remember was 'Doctor Paul'.
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
1 May 21
@JudyEv Ha ha you also have a favorite over. Here it is Tia Delly.
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@rebelann (111077)
• El Paso, Texas
30 Apr 21
Wow, they look so happy among all those dandelions ..... did you know they are edible?
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@rebelann (111077)
• El Paso, Texas
1 May 21
Hmmm, now I'm curious if the dandelions in my yard are anything like the ones in our northern states.
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@Fleura (29097)
• United Kingdom
1 May 21
@rebelann The dandelions in the picture are quite different to the European variety. That's an incredible density of flowers! We don't usually see anything like that. Only one time when a field was harvested and then left because it was soon to be used for building.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
I think these are a bit different from your (and England's) dandelions. They should be more correctly called Cape weed. Stock do eat them but they're not particularly nourishing.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
30 Apr 21
That's quite true. What looks nice to me may not look good to someone else. I remember my first wife wanting everything painted "Country Blue". I like blue, but not that color of blue. Even she got tired of it pretty quick! (The last time my mom painted her bedroom, it was a purple so dark you had to hold some other color up beside it to see the purple in it. It was hideous!) Are you sure you didn't kidnap those two little boys? They look really scared for some reason.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
30 Apr 21
@JudyEv I asked her if she was sure she wanted all of them painted that dark at the time. She told me to mind my own business.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
You can have too much of a good thing. I wouldn't like a room that had four very dark walls.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
@DaddyEvil There isn't much you can do after that, is there?
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• United States
30 Apr 21
Cute picture of your boys surrounded by all those dandelions. I remember having bunk beds for my girls when they were young. They were the perfect solution for kids having to share a room.
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• United States
3 May 21
@JudyEv those bunk beds certainly came in handy for your boys. 50 years is a long time to have had them
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 May 21
@Marilynda1225 The springs eventually got a bit saggy so we made futon-type slatted bases for them.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
These split to become twin beds. They got a lot of use over nearly 50 years.
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@Fleura (29097)
• United Kingdom
30 Apr 21
Ha ha baby-poop yellow - I can just picture that! Those beds gave good service - hopefully they will continue to do so! Lovely photo too.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
When the springs sagged a lot we made futon-type slats for them. They were in use for nearly 50 years.
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@Shiva49 (26192)
• Singapore
1 May 21
They are so happy among the surroundings and look the same age. Items for babies always sell. I recall the old radio and first transistor one.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 May 21
My brother made a radio once. It would have been about 1952.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 May 21
@Shiva49 That's true. Sometimes you see a house with a great number of aerials on it. That is often an indication that the occupant is a ham radio enthusiast.
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@Shiva49 (26192)
• Singapore
1 May 21
@JudyEv Ham radio operators were a fad and maybe still does survive in pockets.
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@thelme55 (76477)
• Germany
30 Apr 21
Wow! This is a stunning photo of gold. I like it.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
The dandelions grow very thick here some years.
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@thelme55 (76477)
• Germany
1 May 21
@JudyEv I have not seen dandelion field like that.
@Rashnag (30598)
• Surat, India
1 May 21
Rightly said. Good picture. Thanks for sharing. Have a good day. Take care
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 May 21
Thanks for the good wishes. I hope you've had a good day too.
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@Rashnag (30598)
• Surat, India
1 May 21
@JudyEv your welcome dear
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@Nevena83 (65282)
• Serbia
30 Apr 21
Oh, beautiful photo.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
Thanks. The paddocks were full of dandelions that year.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 May 21
@Nevena83 They were probably about four and five or a bit older.
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@Nevena83 (65282)
• Serbia
1 May 21
@JudyEv How old were they here?
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@LadyDuck (457412)
• Switzerland
30 Apr 21
Vince was really not nice, not nice at all. Too much yellow in this photo, your children almost disappear.
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@LadyDuck (457412)
• Switzerland
1 May 21
@JudyEv They are also both blonde, they were cute children.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
They do almost disappear and then Damian has a yellow shirt as well which doesn't help.
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@1creekgirl (40411)
• United States
30 Apr 21
Wow, so many dandelions! Have you moved yet? I know it's been a lot of work.
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@1creekgirl (40411)
• United States
30 Apr 21
@JudyEv Well, this is a pretty major life style change for y'all. It takes a lot of time, but I bet it will be very nice when you get all settled.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
Another three weeks yet. It seems to have been going on for ever! lol
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@Dena91 (15843)
• United States
30 Apr 21
What a precious picture of your sons. It is funny how one see something, like color, one way and someone else completely different. Vince's description of the color brings it clearly to my mind
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
His comment rather spoiled my pleasure of the newly painted beds!!
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@Dena91 (15843)
• United States
30 Apr 21
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• Nairobi, Kenya
30 Apr 21
That field is so beautiful with lots of flowers
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
They were particularly thick that year.
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• Nairobi, Kenya
1 May 21
@JudyEv the thicker the better
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
30 Apr 21
What a cute photo. I see you also have the baby poop yellow in your world.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
Him saying that rather spoilt the colour for me!
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
30 Apr 21
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
30 Apr 21
Our daughter wanted bunk beds when we lived in Ohio. we got them for her. My sister when we moved back to Indiana gave us her daughter's old bunkbed. my daughter gave hers to the Twins. We took the bunk bed apart and they had twin beds. Love the saga!!!!
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 21
That's what these were. They came apart and the bed-ends which had been on the bottom beds both became the bed-heads.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
1 May 21
@JudyEv we loved those, the twins used them until we left Indiana (so around 11 years)!
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