Just Musing

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On my tod (no change there then) and looking at AB tonight it occurs to me that Mrs Pankhurst would be rightly proud of us females. Not just emancipated but pensioner power too thanks to t'internet. My dear Mother would spend her evenings dutifully sewing, mending or knitting, just as her mother had done. But now we have pensioners coming up with all sorts of threads. Makes you think, eh?

[ladyalex]

Thank you , Mamya, ever reliable.
Night night :-))

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Daisy - wat a lovely post that is x My Mother worked in a munitions factory too. I never did learn to sew and only ever knitted the one jumper - just to prove I could. She was so clever and could make up her own dress and knitwear patterns in her head. No need to write them down. Amazing skills. I still have some of the jumpers/cardigans she madfde for me - worried to wear them out as they are such beautiful works of art. I also have a tiny apron she made for me when I was about 3 years old. She embroidered it with a beautiful baby elephant carrying a basket of flowers in its trunk. A few years ago I gave it to Big Sis who carefullu cut out the embroidered 'nellie' and mounted it on card and framed it for me. It is hanging in my bedroom and I treasure it. I couldn't believe my eyes the day I discovered it some 50+ years after she had made it for me.

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I will not hold my breath but live in hope, ladya lol. Sweet dreams and ttfn xx

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Cheers, pinki - it is all the contributors who make a good thread, imo. It doesn't tsake much effort to start off a thread, I just do so in the hope that people will enjoy it for what they can put into it and take out of it. I like nice threads ☺

[DaisyNonna]

What a lovely keepsake ttfn.
I still have a dress!

[DaisyNonna]

Totsiens, Slaap lekke.

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Well, it is time for me to say a goodnight to all who have been contributing on this thread, which, I think, proves (to my satisfaction at least) that t'internet is a good thing and can be a most sociable occasion. It has evoked some happy memories mainly and there has been not a single discordant post, so I thank you all for that.
I wish you all the sweetest of dreams, God bless and ttfn ♥

[Lore]

What a great thread!

You know, it worries me that the females on my mother's side have and still are considering themselves 'old' as soon as they reach 60. I'm not saying that they're wrong to say they feel 'old' but its their whole state of mind and attitudes to life that worry me most.

My mum, there is no way on this earth you would get on here - computers... new fangled ideas! Even the tv remote has become a bit of an impossible task. She's ok with a mobile phone but she can manage the bare minimum (without internet access) My mum's only 62.

Her sisters have similar attitudes and to be honest, I was brought up with the same mindset. Obviously, something changed in me and I can't think of anything worse than getting to 60 and basically writing myself off. Let's face it, its only 22 years away. Eek!

So why is it that they've taken a back seat? When there are so many excellent AB members here who are just amazing, funny, inspirational, incredibly interesting and to be quite frank, very naughty too :p

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Hi Lore - sorry was just getting ready for bedtime. As we often read on here - age is just a number! I felt absolutely no different on my 60th birthday from the day before. I find it is usually other people's perception rather than my own. After all, I was still the same lovable person despite the momentous milestone ;o) The proof of the pudding... Lore! So long as we continue as normal one day from the next all will be well. I suppose it was a different thing for earlier generations and they were probably more geared into retiring at certain ages. Whereas these days we seem to have more options open to us. Some are able to retire early and others can work beyond retirement age - such as I opted for. When it comes to the crunch I reckon if you can keep doing something you should. One has to have self esteem. Why should anyone cease to live a useful life for the sake of a single date on the calendar? Certainly with all the progress in our lives brought to us by technology and labour-saving devices we have a lot more to live for and time and the where with all to give to others. Nighty night xx