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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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 Posted - 08/31/2010 : 12:48:45
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I'm hoping some of you will like this idea - I think it could be fun/interesting.
I was wondering how people used to spend their time before stuff like Twitter, Facebook, etc. So, leaving out family gatherings, anything classed as a duty, and work ... how did folk fill their leisure time, say 100 years ago.
I'll start off with:
Singing songs around the parlor piano.
Anyone else wanna play?
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MguyX 
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 08/31/2010 : 17:51:30
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| Still sharecropping and getting exploited by the man. |
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Larry 
"Larry's time / sat merrily"
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Posted - 08/31/2010 : 18:26:40
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Whittling.
Relaxing in the rocking chair on the front porch. |
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TitanPa
"Here four more"
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Posted - 08/31/2010 : 18:40:37
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| Many many moons ago they would sit around a campfire and chat and maybe even dance. |
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 08/31/2010 : 19:10:45
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| Music in the park. Most decent size parks had band shells. |
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Larry
"Larry's time / sat merrily"
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Posted - 08/31/2010 : 20:00:41
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Playing checkers. |
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TitanPa
"Here four more"
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Posted - 08/31/2010 : 20:32:39
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| Making Moonshine |
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Falken 
"Intestinal Fourtitude."
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Posted - 08/31/2010 : 21:40:54
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| Observing Halley's Comet. |
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Beanmimo 
"August review site"
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Posted - 08/31/2010 : 22:06:05
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Getting stuck into a good book like Howard's End and long walks. |
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TitanPa
"Here four more"
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Posted - 08/31/2010 : 23:08:56
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| Sex |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 09/01/2010 : 16:16:01
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| Writing romance novels, and putting on plays! |
Edited by - ChocolateLady on 09/01/2010 16:16:21 |
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clay
"Viewer discretion is revised."
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Posted - 09/01/2010 : 19:57:47
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| A young couple chatting on the porch swing. |
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Rovark
"Luck-pushing, rule-bending, chance-taking reviewer"
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Posted - 09/01/2010 : 20:26:39
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Men - Pub
Women - Gossiping while doing more chores
Children under 12/14 years old - playing games of imagination with basic wood/ fabric/ tin toys
Children over 12/14 (or younger if working class) - You're not children! you're just small grown-ups!! |
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thefoxboy
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 09/01/2010 : 23:34:33
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My mum turned 80 yesterday, so not quite 100. She was working by the age of 4.
I remember one day my dad said to my mum, "you never write any letters to my family back home in Sicily". My mum's reply was, "why don't you write, at least you went to school for a year". 
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100 years ago
