[Magdalen] this morning at the Eucharist

[Jay Weigel]

Black Watch plaid, which became popular during my late high school years,
put paid to that notion.

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com
> wrote:

> 'Blue and green
> Should never be seen.'
>
> I eventually decided that they can be very nice together and adjusted
> accordingly.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
> On 11/20/2015 11:54 AM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
>
>> Sibyl:   I was told not to wear blue and green together
>>
>>
>> (assuming this was during your growing up years?)  Perhaps that is why in
>> the 70s that color combo became SO IN YOUR FACE in clothes and home dec
>> stuff... My mom was addicted!  My sister and I still talk about mom's
>> addiction to that color scheme... I mostly escaped it having left home in
>> '70 for college, but it lingered for decades...
>>
>> L
>>
>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>
>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
>> me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
>> by Richard Rohr
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Sibyl Smirl" <polycarpa3 at ckt.net>
>> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 8:56 AM
>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] this morning at the Eucharist
>>
>> And keeping those seams straight was a major big deal.  I don't know
>>> about the "certain reputation", but apparently if your seams weren't
>>> straight, you got a reputation as a slattern.
>>>    I was told not to wear blue and green together, but everyone else
>>> _did_, and I liked the combination, and print fabrics that used both. Years
>>> later, my own beloved aunt and I were in a cafeteria together, and she
>>> began to tap on my arm and subtly point and act as if she saw something
>>> scandalous.  I couldn't figure it out, and later in private when she
>>> wouldn't have to whisper, turned out she was trying to indicate a young
>>> woman wearing a green shirt with blue jeans (which I'd always figured was
>>> an exception anyway -- blue jeans went with practically anything above).
>>> My aunt's behavior implied that certain reputation, indicated by what the
>>> woman was wearing.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/20/15 8:00 AM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>>>
>>>> LOL, Esther!
>>>> I remember wanting to wear seamless stockings, but my mother said those
>>>> were for women of a certain reputation...
>>>> So was shaving your legs, until she found out that her beloved aunt
>>>> shaved hers! After that, it was OK.  I was in 10th grade.
>>>>
>>>> On November 20, 2015, at 8:11 AM, Esther Williamson <momohl1 at cox.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You and me both, Grace! And - I wore stockings with seams up the back.
>>>>
>>>> Esther
>>>>
>>>> On 11/19/2015 8:52 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well, I am old enough to have worn them, and I am glad those days are
>>>>> past...!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 19, 2015, at 7:41 PM, Roger Stokes <
>>>>>> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 19/11/2015 22:03, Jon Egger wrote:
>>>>>>> I was deaconing a service with an unnamed priest.  At the start of
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> Sursum Corda: "Lift up your hips..."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am old enough to recall the days when ladies wore roll-on girdles
>>>>>> which provided some support.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Roger
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sibyl Smirl
>>> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
>>> mailto:polycarpa3 at ckt.net
>>>
>>
>>
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