Reapist posted:

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yes/no questions.

Was there a time you did not even have a TV in the house? No

Was there a time when the only TV you had was a black and white? No

Was there a time you only had one TV? Yes

Was there a time you only had one car? Yes

Was there a time you had to share a bedroom with a sibling? Yes

Did many meals consist of Spam? Ewwwww... No

Did you eat salmon cakes made from canned Pink Salmon? LOL No

Were there times you only had one pair of shoes? No, I'm a girl. I love shoes

Did you roam the neighborhood with your family lawn mower looking for lawns to mow for money? No , but i did my Grandma's Lawn and ours for free.

Did you survive all of your childhood and not once ever eat at a fast food joint? No

Would you see/hear commercials for fast food places and wonder what the food was like? No

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levgre posted:

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lots of these are culture/age dependent, not wealth dependent.

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Reapist posted:

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yes/no questions.

Was there a time you did not even have a TV in the house? no

Was there a time when the only TV you had was a black and white? yes before color tv was available

Was there a time you only had one TV? yes when tv's first came out

Was there a time you only had one car? no

Was there a time you had to share a bedroom with a sibling? no

Did many meals consist of Spam? have never had it

Did you eat salmon cakes made from canned Pink Salmon? no

Were there times you only had one pair of shoes? no

Did you roam the neighborhood with your family lawn mower looking for lawns to mow for money? no

Did you survive all of your childhood and not once ever eat at a fast food joint? once that I can remember

Would you see/hear commercials for fast food places and wonder what the food was like? not very big when I was a kid


I can answer 'yes' to all of these.

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Reapist posted:

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yes/no questions.

Was there a time you did not even have a TV in the house? NO

Was there a time when the only TV you had was a black and white? NO

Was there a time you only had one TV? YES

Was there a time you only had one car? YES

Was there a time you had to share a bedroom with a sibling? YES, but once I was 5 years old and on, no.

Did many meals consist of Spam? LOL yes, but not because of being poor, I'm from Hawaii.

Did you eat salmon cakes made from canned Pink Salmon? Never had Salmon until I was an older teen.

Were there times you only had one pair of shoes? NO

Did you roam the neighborhood with your family lawn mower looking for lawns to mow for money? NO Ours was enough to maintain.

Did you survive all of your childhood and not once ever eat at a fast food joint? NO

Would you see/hear commercials for fast food places and wonder what the food was like? NO


I can answer 'yes' to all of these.

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-Darkfire- posted:

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spam + vienna sausage + mac n cheese

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Acery posted:

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Mom was divorced when I was three but my father was a big part of my life too. He had to work two jobs so I had more toys at his house on the weekends.

I can remember a one bedroom apartment and my bed was in the den that was off the kitchen.

Lots of mac and cheese and pan fried hamburger meat with ketchup mixed in. I think that was the alternating dinner menu for a while.

My mom gave up a lot so I could have some things.

Making me think about this is making me get a lot of flashbacks all of a sudden. Stuff I have not thought about for twenty + years...Freaky.

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