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Poll Results

Note: The polling software we use hands out some pretty wonky percentage results. But, hey, it's all for fun -- and we dare to be different! Who says we can't give 110%?

Summing up reentering the work force in four hilarious seconds! Love it!

Debi:

Remember having to explain the "birds and bees" to your kids? Was it as disastrous as this?

Debi: ROTF LMAO

Debbie: very cute!

Marylee: funny!

Elena: I loved it

Geri: Perfect example of TMI! HAHAHA



Think you've seen Charlie Brown Christmas? Think again. Linus and the gang ring in the Holidays with this AMAZING video! We're still cracking up over this wonderful gem! Doesn't it just make you happy?

Renita Love it!

Ed that was fun!

Terry YES! Fun, fun FUN! *Sharing!*

Vicki Wonderful!

Susan Made us smile!!! Very clever!!

Charlie
So good! I love the snoopy part!!!

A word of warning! When out shopping this season, beware of "women of a certain age"! Respect is deserved -- or watch out in the parking lot! Bwah-ha-ha-ha!

Phyllis
Oh, how many time times have we felt like this?

Renita I so want to do this all the time, I guess it is a good thing I still have a seventeen year old, he keeps the insurance rates up so I have to be a good driver.

Dawn This is why i like to hang out in the woods amd nature this time of year...Love the festive music playing in the background!!! lololol Too Funny!!!!!

Pam This is why I go our early in the morning and park far away from stores. I have worked hard for my serenity, I try not to give it away too easily!

Marylee funny.....makes me want to watch Fried Green Tomatoes with Cathy Bates again....love that grocery scene where she is waiting for a spot and some young girls snag her spot.... "I'm older and I got more insurance!" TOWANDA!!!!

Betty WOW, Marylee, that was one of my favorite scenes from the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes".. every now and then I rewatch it just to hear Cathy Bates.."I'm older and I got more insurance!" empowerment TOWANDA!

Lynda Boy can I relate!


All a guy needed was a hot car, right? Remember the muscle car? All that sexy metal? Was your first car cherry or a clunker?

Donna
66 Chevy Impala conv.......it was cherry. Still have it,needs restoration. Hopefully that will start next year.

Gilberto i had a clunker for first car,,,1976 Gremlin it was white

Lana 68 Mustang - - Black with black interior!! Totalled it within 1st year!!

Sandy Clunker - 1952 Buick Le Sabre - but it started in Wisconsin winters!

Donna the good old days when they made cars that didn't have computer chips and blue headlights that blind u

Susan A 1969 Austin America, a real POS

Rich Clunker, My first car was a hand me down VW square back. It would just stop running while driving on the beltway and I would have to glide to the shoulder and sit until it was damn good and ready to go again! sometimes that took hours. This was before cell phones so I could only sit and do nothing but stress and be pissed!

Mary Opel Gt convertible -pale yellow with white interior and top. I thought I was it. But really I was just spoiled.

Remember Creepy Crawlers? Making bugs out of 4000 degree molten plastic in red-hot cast iron molds? What could possibly go wrong? What toys did you survive w/o major injury?

Irene: The easy bake oven!

Terri: Pogo sticks!

Ed: i believe all these toys taught valuable skills. like balance and keeping your fingers and toes safe.LOL

Becky: I remember a toy that was two hard balls on either end of a string. We called 'em "Knockers" cuz we were always knocking our selves in the head! LOL

Vicky: I remember Lawn Darts - talk about a dangerous "toy". Although we didn't see it that way then.

Bob: Super Ball! The big one. We used to bounce them over three-story buildings. They tended to bounce right back at you sometimes too. (Think enclosed spaces and young men being hit in their manhood!)

Linda: How about getting a bobby pin and firing off play shots of powder for your toy cap gun. Shut up> (South Philly kids of the late 50's)

@wendywillis: see saw catapults!

What's the best thing to do with the kid's bedroom when she moves out?

75% Home office or hobby room

25% Austin Powers shagadelic love nest!

0% Personal gym, time to get back in shape!

0% Don't touch a thing, it's a shrine

What pet makes the best "replacement kid" for your empty nest?

50% None -- I'm not raising any more animals!

20% A Plant -- In case I miss the vegging out

20% Small Dog -- To dress up, snuggle and carry like a baby

10% Large Dog -- Eats like a teenaged boy

10% Cat -- Ignores me until she wants something

Refilling the empty nest. Under what circumstances could your adult kids move back in?

57% A financial meltdown, but no sitting around watching cartoons and eating all my food.

31% A health emergency, but I'd rather take care of them at their place.

21% They are welcome to come back... To take care of me once I've finished having all the fun I'm having now.

10% None... Nothing could make me give up this hard-earned freedom.

5% Any... I can hardly bear life without them.


My College-Aged Son Won't Friend Me on Facebook! Should I Be Upset?

41% No, he needs SOME privacy

38% No, but you should continue harassing him about it (for your own enjoyment)

20% Yes, it's okay to feel bad when your kids reject you

11% Yes, he's an ungrateful punk

David & Veronica, GypsyNester.com



 
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