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Whatever happened to appearances and when did it happen?
Self | July 24, 2014 | Billhilly

Posted on 07/25/2014 11:06:44 AM PDT by billhilly

Appearances matter. All of our lives we were told that by our mothers, school teachers, employers and etiquette books.


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To: GeronL

Yep, I don’t ever remember seeing Ricky not wearing a sharp-looking suit on I Love Lucy.


21 posted on 07/25/2014 11:25:47 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Resolute Conservative
I rant to my wife unit all the time that one day the next bra strap I see, person wearing pajamas at the store, fat ass wearing body glove work out pants, or underwear sticking out will send me over the edge.

The cargo shorts don't bother me, but I detest all those other "styles".

22 posted on 07/25/2014 11:25:49 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: billhilly

“Little drops of water;
Little grains of sand;
Make the mighty ocean,
And the pleasant land.”

There is a Divinely designed order to the rolls of women and men. It protects women, men, children, marriage families, society. It gives great dignity and purpose to men and women. Anything, anything seemingly “right,” or convenient, and apparently insignificant at the time, that affects that order has consequences.
Remember when girls wore dresses to school, and people dressed with dignity for church, and women relied on their husbands to vote wisely, and provide for them because their work at home was honorable.....


23 posted on 07/25/2014 11:25:52 AM PDT by WestwardHo
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To: Resolute Conservative
I am so tired of cargo shorts I could just ...

Aw... nothing wrong with cargo shorts; I like the pockets.

What's just wrong is wearing a size that reaches the knees.

24 posted on 07/25/2014 11:26:23 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: Morgana

25 posted on 07/25/2014 11:26:53 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: billhilly

It matters to me. Every day I am disgusted and offended by the way some people dress out in public. Even employers let employees get away with bad and tasteless attire. I tend not to go back to a business who has slobs representing them. I don’t care if you are over weight, you can still dress appropriately. And I am sickened by all the bare dirty feet in grocery stores and restaurants!!!!!!!


26 posted on 07/25/2014 11:29:02 AM PDT by Pilated
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To: GeronL

Now now she THINKS she’s sexy. That’s all that matters right?.../s

We need to kill PC and bring back the truth. Forget about how people feel when its obvious they’re incredibly stupid. Some people need to hear the truth. It tuns them into a better person.


28 posted on 07/25/2014 11:29:41 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Still Thinking

great idea


29 posted on 07/25/2014 11:29:46 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Resolute Conservative
I am so tired of cargo shorts I could just...

Cargo shorts? You take umbrage at cargo shorts?

30 posted on 07/25/2014 11:29:54 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: grobdriver

While functional I am tired of seeing them every where. Church, high end restaurants, I even had an idiot wear them to a job interview.


31 posted on 07/25/2014 11:30:15 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Drango

See my 31.


32 posted on 07/25/2014 11:30:54 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: dfwgator; Morgana

Unfortunately they’ve done more than just smoke pot and smell bad.

They destroyed civilization.


33 posted on 07/25/2014 11:31:50 AM PDT by ifinnegan
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To: billhilly
I hear 'ya.
Grocery store and banks - wearing pajamas and slippers.
Worse, air travel used to be one of the few places where people still gave a darn about how they look - not anymore - Walmart-wear has come to the last bastion of decorum.
34 posted on 07/25/2014 11:32:08 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Resolute Conservative

You’re not alone.

I always figure that a person’s appearance, to some extent reflects the inside of his/her head.

Also, no self-respecting individual goes around looking like a refugee, if they don’t have to.


35 posted on 07/25/2014 11:32:19 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: txrefugee
Was recently at my physician’s office. An obese young woman came in wearing short shorts, a halter top and the obligatory flip flops. Surely she knew it was not a good look for her, but she didn’t care. That is the reason for the trashy appearance of those who cause us to avert our eyes in public places.

You just described a young mother I recently saw in a waiting room, only in addition to a similar manner of dress, she was slurping some kind of slushy thing.

The two kids in tow were around ages 5 and 7. Each had a bag of chips, wandering around the room, munching away and leaving crumb trails (never mind all the "No Food or Drink" signs).

The kids were still normal weight, but with the have-no-respect-for-yourself-or-others, pay-no-attention-to-rules-and-decorum, snack-no-matter-where-you-are learned lifestyle, that'll change in short order. Ugh.

36 posted on 07/25/2014 11:33:34 AM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: jsanders2001; dfwgator

Politically incorrect now

37 posted on 07/25/2014 11:34:01 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Ezekiel
(never mind all the "No Food or Drink" signs).

Were they in cursive??

38 posted on 07/25/2014 11:35:00 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Dr. Thorne

When did we go from the Toga to the three piece suit? It must have happened in my lifetime, because I can remember owning and wearing three piece suits.


39 posted on 07/25/2014 11:35:44 AM PDT by billhilly (Its OK, the left hated Bush.)
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To: GeronL

What’s with the mannequin at the head of the table?


40 posted on 07/25/2014 11:36:32 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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