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cross-eyed Iowa primitive replenishing wardrobe
« on: August 07, 2010, 07:54:53 PM »
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Hawkeye-X  (1000+ posts)        Fri Aug-06-10 10:01 PM
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Is Goodwill a good place to go to look for '70s themed clothes?

Cuz in our cruise, there will be a '70s themed party.

Hmmmm.

Sounds as if the in-laws are sending their daughter and son-in-law on a cruise.

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tigereye  (1000+ posts)        Fri Aug-06-10 10:04 PM
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1. yeah, although I think you might see more from the 80s there these days.. 

A lot of that 70s stuff seems to be scooped up by those who haven't seen it endlessly recycled for 40 years..

or a vintage shop...

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femmocrat  (1000+ posts)        Fri Aug-06-10 10:11 PM
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2. Did you try eBay?

There is vintage clothing on there sometimes.

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Hawkeye-X  (1000+ posts)        Fri Aug-06-10 10:16 PM
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3. Not enough turnaround time

We only have 8 days left before our cruise.

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Sanity Claws  (1000+ posts)        Fri Aug-06-10 10:46 PM
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5. Sure

What kind of 70s themed clothes are you looking for? Did you watch some 1970s movies and tv shows to remember that era of polyester clothes and big hair?

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Hawkeye-X  (1000+ posts)        Fri Aug-06-10 11:53 PM
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7. Well, we are trying to find some tie-dyes with peace shirt

I know they are from the '60s but still...

But any ideas would be welcome. I was born in 1976, so I don't remember much about that era.

Earliest memory was of an Atari console.

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elleng  (1000+ posts)        Sat Aug-07-10 02:53 AM
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11. Sure, all kinds of Ts around; depending on where you are, other 2d hand shops too.

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Sanity Claws  (1000+ posts)        Sat Aug-07-10 08:16 AM
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12. 70s party may be disco

I lived through the 70s and associate it with disco.

Two things you may want to watch to get ideas:

- Saturday Night Fever (movie with John Travolta)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show. It was really popular in the 1970s and Mary and Rhoda wore a lot of adult trends.

Tie dyed shirts really are 1960s. I suppose you could go as the hippie who defied time. Or maybe was too wasted to notice the calendar change.

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Curmudgeoness  (768 posts)      Fri Aug-06-10 11:14 PM
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6. My closet is the place to go. Yikes, I just can't give up my hippie clothes. But really, even Goodwill here doesn't have clothes that are that outdated (or retro). I have only seen good selections in used clothes stores that specialize in the genre---and they are only in big cities. At least that has been my experiences.

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Hawkeye-X  (1000+ posts)        Fri Aug-06-10 11:53 PM
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8. I know there are couple of stores on Broadway but we'll check Goodwill to see if there's anything, but if not, then we'll go up to central Denver and find something.

Maybe there's a clothing store for big men in downtown Denver.
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Re: cross-eyed Iowa primitive replenishing wardrobe
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2010, 08:15:53 PM »
Lessee .... wife wants to sue for an injury in an accident but doesn't want to cancel a cruise?  Seems about right.

Oh, isn't hubby on some kind of disability? 

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« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2010, 08:19:25 PM »
Wait a minute--who can afford to take a cruise in this horrible O-conomy?

I know I can't.  I wonder if the DUmmies know that most cruise lines now have a fuel surcharge of $7-10 per passenger per day if the price of crude is above a certain point? 
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Re: cross-eyed Iowa primitive replenishing wardrobe
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2010, 09:03:50 PM »
Lessee .... wife wants to sue for an injury in an accident but doesn't want to cancel a cruise?  Seems about right.

Oh, isn't hubby on some kind of disability? 

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Yep on disability for being deaf to some degree but getting an income from his fathers businesses.

Now going on a cruise but trying to find clothes at Goodwill...Pam (greenbriar) would be proud.

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Re: cross-eyed Iowa primitive replenishing wardrobe
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2010, 09:13:58 PM »
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Is Goodwill a good place to go to look for '70s themed clothes?

Cuz in our cruise, there will be a '70s themed party.

Try this:



The Unknown Comedian made a pretty darn good go of it back in the 70's on The Gong Show. An added bonus is the bags over your heads will be more friendly to the environment.
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Re: cross-eyed Iowa primitive replenishing wardrobe
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2010, 09:15:24 PM »
I hope those hippies fall off the ship!! :-) :cheersmate:

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Re: cross-eyed Iowa primitive replenishing wardrobe
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2010, 09:41:23 PM »
I hope those hippies fall off the ship!! :-) :cheersmate:

Unwashed hippies falling off a ship would create an ecological disaster that would make the BP spill seem like NOTHING in comparison.
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Re: cross-eyed Iowa primitive replenishing wardrobe
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2010, 09:42:56 PM »
Unwashed hippies falling off a ship would create an ecological disaster that would make the BP spill seem like NOTHING in comparison.


Well, not to mention something else.

The cross-eyed Iowa primitive falling off a ship would be akin to a white whale falling off a ship.

Imagine the tsunami that would cause.
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Re: cross-eyed Iowa primitive replenishing wardrobe
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2010, 10:09:08 PM »
Unwashed hippies falling off a ship would create an ecological disaster that would make the BP spill seem like NOTHING in comparison.


Very true my man. Very true. :hi5:

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Re: cross-eyed Iowa primitive replenishing wardrobe
« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2010, 10:12:16 PM »
That disability pay must really be something:
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6. I was making a joke regarding the Prop 8 overturn, but guess I do need sun protection
   
I am indeed going on a 7 day cruise to the Mexican Riveria, with stops to Cabo, Matzlan, and Puerto Vallarta.

And yes, I cut my hair very very short before Las Vegas three weeks ago, and got sunburnt on my head and back of my neck area over the weekend at the Ren Faire - I'm now flaking away. A floppy hat is a must (or at least Woody Allen-style hat - don't know what it's called) and plenty of sunscreen.

When we return to Port of LA (in Long Beach) the following Sunday - we'll pretty much have all day. My wife is insisting we go to Disneyland for a short time - wonder how far it is from the LAX airport (since we are transferring back from the port to the airport and our flight is not until 8:30pm) if we wind up doing exactly that. Unless you have good ideas where we can get Mickey Mouse-related products (my 18 months old son is in love with Mickey since he was about 6 months - but we are leaving him with his grandparents during this trip)

Then, in another 3 weeks, I fly to the East for a family visit with my in-laws and leave my son there for a week while my parents (who has been taking care of Joey while my wife and I work) go to Israel for two weeks because my sister's having a baby early September. My inlaws will fly back to Denver with Joey and spend the rest of the Jewish holidays with us. (I'm not looking forward to THAT part - they are very religious and that means no TV during the holidays! :()

So yeah, we're having a pretty busy summer.
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Re: cross-eyed Iowa primitive replenishing wardrobe
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When we return to Port of LA (in Long Beach) the following Sunday - we'll pretty much have all day. My wife is insisting we go to Disneyland for a short time - wonder how far it is from the LAX airport (since we are transferring back from the port to the airport and our flight is not until 8:30pm) if we wind up doing exactly that. Unless you have good ideas where we can get Mickey Mouse-related products (my 18 months old son is in love with Mickey since he was about 6 months - but we are leaving him with his grandparents during this trip)
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Re: cross-eyed Iowa primitive replenishing wardrobe
« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2010, 10:29:15 PM »
There's a Disney store at the mall... screw driving to Florida or flying to California. 

I don't get the appeal of Disney.  Sure, the animation is (technically) impressive for the time, but the stories just come off as flat and boring like watching a black-and-white movie.
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Re: cross-eyed Iowa primitive replenishing wardrobe
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2010, 10:36:38 PM »
Should anyone tell her, that 70's was more "disco" than "hippie"?   :uhsure:
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« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2010, 11:41:55 PM »
That disability pay must really be something.

The cross-eyed Iowa primitive allegedly doesn't get social security disability, though; he's bitched before about not having enough "credits."  He thinks he should get them, because of a problem with hearing.

franksolich, who has no hearing at all, doesn't think the cross-eyed Iowa primitive deserves a damned dime; there's plenty of good honest labor out there, that hard-of-hearing people can do.

Despite that the cross-eyed Iowa primitive's wife works, probably the family of four (two adults, two children) gets some sort of welfare assistance too, especially since the cross-eyed Iowa primitive's own income is under the table, not reported (either to the welfare agencies or the Internal Revenue Service).

The cross-eyed Iowa primitive is the first one to "donate" to a "worthy" Democrat or Democrat cause, but please notice the quotation marks re: "donate."  The guy acts as if he's got money to throw around, but remember the First Rule of the Primitives: DUmmies lie; all the time, DUmmies lie.

The cross-eyed Iowa primitive at times has promoted "pyramid schemes" on Skins's island.

The cross-eyed Iowa primitive has admitted that all these trips to Las Vegas, this cruise, and somesuch, are financed by either the parents or the parents-in-law.

Anyway, the cross-eyed Iowa primitive, who moved from Des Moines to Denver a couple of years ago, first drew the attention of decent and civilized people in 2005, when he made constant threats to "take down" a certain web-site dedicated to open and honest fund-raising.

The cross-eyed Iowa primitive later threatened to do the same to our old home.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

The cross-eyed Iowa primitive, in his mid-30s, allegedly served time--an "ex-con"--and is a survivor of cancer.

The cross-eyed Iowa primitive alleges himself to be a "bad one," a really mean one, a guy one doesn't want to mess with.  A tough guy.  The cross-eyed Iowa primitive is as round as a beach ball, and rolls like one.

Probably his prison term was for a non-violent financial crime, such as forging checks.

The cross-eyed Iowa primitive is a snob; he was the one who arranged the primitive "get together" in Denver during the 2008 Democrat National Convention there, but omitted to invite the homeless bobbling primitive (who lives in Denver), who probably could've used a free lunch and a couple of free drinks.

And then when the cross-eyed Iowa primitive went to Las Vegas over Thanksgiving 2009--a trip financed by the parents, of course--he omitted to pay a courtesy call upon the gigantic primitive, who was having a lousy holiday, what with a flooded bathroom and waterlogged turkey and drunken roommate and all that.

So there one has it, there it is, the cross-eyed Iowa primitive.
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« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2010, 11:44:42 PM »
How do you work your entire life and not have enough "credits" for SSDI unless you were working under the table?
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« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2010, 11:49:26 PM »
The Unknown Comedian made a pretty darn good go of it back in the 70's on The Gong Show. An added bonus is the bags over your heads will be more friendly to the environment.

I saw a new 3-piece bathing suit for sale.  One piece for the top, one piece for the bottom, and another for your eyes.
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« Reply #16 on: August 07, 2010, 11:56:11 PM »
How do you work your entire life and not have enough "credits" for SSDI unless you were working under the table?

I dunno what the rules are; I've never been interested enough to check, as I don't think--obviously, I don't think--being hard of hearing is an excuse to get on the government dole.

At times, over the years, the cross-eyed Iowa primitive has mentioned failed attempts to get on the gravy train, and also boasted of his "high connections" within the Vocational Rehabilitation agencies.

The cross-eyed Iowa primitive's father works in the computer field, and apparently for years the cross-eyed Iowa primitive has "helped" in that business.

The cross-eyed Iowa primitive is always looking for the "fast bucks," the "lucky break."  He's one of these people who disdains honest work.....but then has to work twice as hard in dishonest labor, to get what one would in an honest job, such as on an assembly-line in a factory or something.

Hell, for all the time and trouble they put into it, and the risks they take, even bank robbers don't make minimum wage.
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Re: cross-eyed Iowa primitive replenishing wardrobe
« Reply #17 on: August 08, 2010, 08:10:17 AM »
Hey DUmmie, tear holes in your T-shirts, wear ragged jeans and go bare foot during the day for casual wear. Then at night you put on some god awful color polyester liesure suit with open shirt, gold chain and sandals for formal wear....how hard is that.
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Re: cross-eyed Iowa primitive replenishing wardrobe
« Reply #18 on: August 08, 2010, 08:54:46 AM »
Hey DUmmie, tear holes in your T-shirts, wear ragged jeans and go bare foot during the day for casual wear. Then at night you put on some god awful color polyester liesure suit with open shirt, gold chain and sandals for formal wear....how hard is that.

Or maybe something like this?

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« Reply #19 on: August 08, 2010, 08:58:45 AM »
Or maybe something like this?



hehe  Must be a Polar Bear.  You couldn't wear that thing on the beach in the summer.

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