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What were the fashions when you were a teenager?
Trendy fashions.Every decade has them.Here we are asking the question – what were the fashions when you were a teenager?Lets see what Pam and Ellen remember. There were some distinct fashion when I was a teenager – lets see if you can remember these: Lets start with shoes – we had lots of platforms and clogs. And lets not forget what was possibly my favorite purchase of all time – my elastic pleather GOGO boots. Oh how I loved those things. Maxi skirts later graduated to mini skirts but I had a few maxis that I loved. As a matter of fact, one of my favorites was one that I…
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What decade of life have you most enjoyed?
Decades of a century.Decades of a personal life.We are talking about decades this week and more specifically, which decade of life have you most enjoyed?Let’s see what Pam and Ellen have picked. Funny thing is that as I reflect back on the different decades of my personal life, I am also thinking about how the decade of that particular century influenced my life too. There are lots of words rambling about in my noggin regarding each set of years but rather than get philosophical on this question, I will save all those thoughts for a different post. Instead, I will focus on the century decade of the 1980’s which aligned…
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Can you think of a time when you had more responsibility than you could handle?
Responsibilities. We all have them in varying degrees and they change as we age. The question we are posing today is about feeling overwhelmed in those responsibilities. Have you ever felt that way? Ellen and Pam have – scroll down to see when. There was a time in my professional career when I was promoted from programmer to Programming Manager. Three programmers and an assistant now reported to me and while I felt 100% capable of handling this new position and all that it entailed, there were certain things that it added to my life. Extra hours each week were devoted to the managerial/admin duties that came with having people…
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Assuming you’ve seen a lot of changes over the years – what is one thing you wish had not?
Even if you have only been alive for 20 years, you’ve seen a lot of changes in your lifetime. Here we are asking – is there something you wish had not? Pam and Ellen have something to say below: If you know my technological background, it won’t surprise you when I pick something in that field as a change that I wish had not happened. Just a little over 30 years ago: We would go to the library to look something up we wanted to know about or take a book that we wanted to read out on loan. We would pull out a phone book to look up a…