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    Old 11-10-2009, 04:31 PM
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    well i'll have to tell this on myself. when i was 16 and in high school, we were a very poor family and didn't have much. i owned 2 pairs of socks, i washed them by hand every other night and hung them somewhere to dry - only one time in the winter they didn't get dry, so i put them on a cookie sheet and popped them into the oven, but alas, i forgot about them and u guessed it, they burnt to a crisp. so of course i had to go without socks till i made enough money baby sitting to buy me some more. This was back during World War II and everybody was poor.
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    Old 11-10-2009, 07:24 PM
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    Is this picture on your site of Rita Hayworth. She was sew beautiful. So was my mother. Cover your carpet up with a throw rug. :)
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    Old 11-11-2009, 09:59 PM
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    Heck,that's nothing new I did that about 40 years ago. Wall to wall, very expensive I might add. Just where you walk into the kitchen from the dinning room. I wasn't bright enough to do it in an inconspictious spot. We always kept a throw rug over it but when we sold the house I had to own up to it to the new buyers. I was embarrassed all over again.
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    Old 11-18-2009, 03:24 PM
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    we were ironing on the bed and set the mattress on fire, had to pour water on it to put it out, then iron it dry to sleep that night.
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    Old 11-18-2009, 04:11 PM
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    Originally Posted by auntiehenno
    Is this picture on your site of Rita Hayworth. She was sew beautiful. So was my mother. Cover your carpet up with a throw rug. :)
    Yes it's her I believe.. She was so pretty.. I love that hairstyle.. They just don't wear it like that anymore... It was the throw rug I burnt...lol
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