[MOTraditionalCathAnne]

I agree too.Take any attractive 17yr old teenager and go back 150yrs and make her live in the mountains of Colorado. Come back 17yrs and see what she she what she looks like.

I bet if you would take that lady clean her up,fix her hair and give her some nice clothes she would be beautiful.

[Aedammair]

Thanks for the reply.

There are many women I work with that are "beautiful by the bottle". Do away with their make-up, dye-job and blow dryer, and what remains are plain women (disturbingly so, after first impressions have been formed with the make-up on), without the piercing eyes of this woman, and the strength of character developed by trying times and real deprivation.

P.S. Really like your screen name!