Cultures & Groups - 23 December 2007

Do you listen to young people's music to notice that a lot of it is remakes of our music from the 50s & 60s. Two particular ones that I can't convince my grand of is ; Mr Lonely and the Lion sleeps at night.

2007-12-23 05:42:04 · 10 answers · asked by stormy 4 in Senior Citizens

2007-12-23 05:37:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Big band sounds and country music went through constant evolution during the 30s and 40s, along with the fads of jazz, boogie-woogie, etc, then faded.

The just-pre-rock'n-roll bop sound only lasted 6-7 years with old Hank Williams- Hank Snow - Hank Thompson style country music.

Then Rock and Roll [original] came and faded with the English group. Continued the evolve, fade, evolve, fade cycle alongside various other music genre.

But Rap has remained essentially unchanged since it began in the 1980s. Kids are listening to the same music genre their parents listened to when they were the same age, and liking it as though it was something they invented.

Seems to me that says something meaningful about something, but I haven't a clue what it might be.

Any ideas?

2007-12-23 05:31:50 · 14 answers · asked by Jack P 7 in Senior Citizens

2007-12-23 05:20:59 · 12 answers · asked by mountaindew25 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-12-23 05:16:47 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

OLD" IS WHEN. Your sweetie says, "Let's go upstairs and make love," and you answer, "Pick one; I can't do both!"


"OLD " IS WHEN... Your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes and you're barefoot


"OLD" IS WHEN. A sexy babe catches your fancy and your pacemaker opens the garage door


"OLD" IS WHEN. Going braless pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.


"OLD" IS WHEN. You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.

"OLD" IS WHEN. You are cautioned to slow down by the doctor instead of by the police


"OLD" IS WHEN."Getting a little action" means you don't need to take any fiber today


"OLD" IS WHEN. "Getting lucky" means you find your car in the parking lot.


"OLD" IS WHEN. An "all nighter" means not getting up to use the bathroom.

2007-12-23 05:15:35 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

A bit presumptuous, condescending and patronizing?

It's almost become a cliche. I always have to suppress a smile when as I recognize the attitude represented there, that we've become stupider than we were when we were the age of the person using the phrase.

2007-12-23 05:10:35 · 12 answers · asked by Jack P 7 in Senior Citizens

My mother, who is not ill but cannot live without me helping her out financially lives with me. I think it is time for her to live in a community with other seniors so that she will have a social life and I need my space. My other siblings don't help me here and I was considering that it'd be best to have her in a senior community.

It seems the websites for these places don't list exact costs for this. We're in NY, so if anyone has any idea how much it costs monthly for a senior who is not ill to live in one of these places, please advise.

I have ordered brochures but thought some of you might have some answers for me today.

2007-12-23 04:47:21 · 6 answers · asked by Crystal S 4 in Senior Citizens

I mean there's the acne issue, then there is the body shape issue (I know, circle/oval is a shape too). Guys needa be buff and gals needa be slim.

Besides being born perfect (with porcelain skin and amazing body), how do you stay gorgeous all the time? Lol... I'm 17 y/o btw.

2007-12-23 04:47:05 · 14 answers · asked by numero uno 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

these girls at my school make fun if me becuase I can't say all the words they can in english because I am really from polland and they make fun of my friends for haging out with me and now all the kids a school think I weird or don't talk to me plz give me advice to get them to like me again

2007-12-23 04:42:18 · 18 answers · asked by SummerMommy 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Is there something you want to say to someone living or dead, just something that's been heavy on your heart?

Sometimes we need a place to say something in our heart without needing a reply, right?( Just the counselor surfacing in me again, though Roseann RoseannaDanna tries to stifle her a lot.:)lol

I post this in a kind spirit so please, please respond tactfully. Even if what you have to say is venting in can still be done tactfully.
I chose to post this in the Senior section because they are family to my heart.

2007-12-23 04:37:13 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

I want star trek memoribelia and books.

What do you want?

2007-12-23 04:35:07 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I created an imaginary transgender-friendly country where everyone can choose to live as a man or as a woman simply by presenting as their gender of choice--regardless of how masculine or feminine they look. So even someone who looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger can live as a woman if he is so inclined.

http://www.geocities.com/girlinside123/daruny/

Any person can live as their gender of choice without physically transitioning. The catch is 1) changing one's body through hormones and/or surgery is frowned upon, and 2) male and female are the only genders recognized, so you must pick one.

If there were such a country in the real world, would you choose to live there instead of transitioning in your own country? If you have already transitioned, would you have preferred to live there instead of transitioning in your own country?

2007-12-23 04:30:39 · 11 answers · asked by GirlInside 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Dear Santa:

I rarely ask for much. This year is no exception. I don't need diamond earrings, handy slicer-dicers or comfy slippers. I only want one little thing, and I want it deeply.

I want to slap Martha Stewart.

Now, hear me out, Santa. I won't scar her or draw blood or anything. Just one good smack, right across her smug little cheek. I get all cozy inside just thinking about it. Don't grant this wish just for me, do it for thousands of women across the country. Through sheer vicarious satisfaction, you'll be giving a gift to us all. Those of us leading average, garden variety lives aren't concerned with gracious living.

We feel pretty good about ourselves if our paper plates match when we stack them on the counter, buffet-style for dinner. We're tired of Martha showing us how to make centerpieces from hollyhock dipped in 18-carat gold. We're plumb out of liquid gold. Unless it's of the furniture polish variety. We can't whip up Martha's creamy holiday sauce, spiced with turmeric. Most of us can't even say turmeric, let alone figure out what to do with it.

OK, Santa, maybe you think I'm being a little harsh. But I'll bet with all the holiday rush you didn't catch that interview with Martha in last week's USA Weekend. I'm surprised there was enough room on the page for her ego.

We discovered that not only does Martha avoid take-out pizza (she's only ordered it once), she refuses to eat it cold (No cold pizza? Is Martha Stewart living?) When it was pointed out that she could microwave it, she replied, "I don't have a microwave."

The reporter, Jeffrey Zaslow, noted that she said this "in a tone that suggests you shouldn't either."

Well, lah-dee-dah. Imagine that, Santa!

That lovely microwave you brought me years ago, in which I've learned to make complicated dishes like popcorn and hot chocolate, has been declared undesirable by Queen Martha. What next? The coffee maker?

In the article, we learned that Martha has 40 sets of dishes adorning an entire wall in her home. Forty sets. Can you spell "overkill"? And neatly put away, no less. If my dishes make it to the dishwasher that qualifies as "put away" in my house!

Martha tells us she's already making homemade holiday gifts for friends. "Last year, I made amazing silk-lined scarves for everyone," she boasts. Not just scarves mind you. Amazing scarves. Martha's obviously not shy about giving herself a little pat on the back. In fact, she does so with such frequency that one has to wonder if her back is black and blue.

She goes on to tell us that "homemaking is glamour for the 90s," and says her most glamorous friends are "interested in stain removal, how to iron a monogram, and how to fold a towel." I have one piece of advice, Martha: "Get new friends."

Glamorous friends fly to Paris on a whim. They drift past the Greek Islands on yachts, sipping champagne from crystal goblets. They step out for the evening in shimmering satin gowns, whisked away by tuxedoed chauffeurs. They do not spend their days pondering the finer art of toilet bowl sanitation. Zaslow notes that Martha was named one of America's 25 most influential people by Time magazine (nosing out Mother Theresa, Madeline Allbright and Maya Angelou, no doubt).

The proof of Martha's influence: after she bought white-fleshed peaches in the supermarket, Martha says, "People saw me buy them. In an instant, they were all gone." I hope Martha never decides to jump off a bridge.

A guest in Martha's home told Zaslow how Martha gets up early to rollerblade with her dogs to pick fresh wild blackberries for breakfast.

This confirms what I've suspected about Martha all along: She's obviously got too much time on her hands. Teaching the dogs to rollerblade. What a show off.

If you think the dogs are spoiled, listen to how Martha treats her friends: She gave one friend all 272 books from the Knopf Everyman Library. It didn't cost much. Pocket change, really. Just $5,000. But what price friendship, right?

When asked if others should envy her, Martha replies, "Don't envy me. I'm doing this because I'm a natural teacher. You shouldn't envy teachers. You should listen to them." Zaslow must have slit a seam in Martha's ego at this point, because once the hot air came hissing out, it couldn't be held back. "Being an overachiever is nothing despicable. It is only admirable. Never lower your standards," says Martha.

And of her Web Page on the Internet, Martha declares herself an "important presence" as she graciously helps people organize their sad, tacky little lives. There you have it, Santa. If there was ever someone who deserved a good smack, it's Martha Stewart. But I bet I won't get my gift this year.

2007-12-23 04:19:37 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

I have read that there are massive pile ups due to the storms and at least 5 deaths. One pile up was reported to involve at least 50 . What a horrible thing for these people

2007-12-23 04:15:22 · 11 answers · asked by slk29406 6 in Senior Citizens

i've seen black folks who were in there mid 80s and they looked to be in their late 50s or early 60s. i've seen white folks who were in their mid 80s and they looked their age. i've noticed it with several ppl, whats the reason?

2007-12-23 04:14:57 · 17 answers · asked by Captain America 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-12-23 03:41:56 · 30 answers · asked by shohreh k 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

That is sooooo hot, how can you not want to watch even if you're gay you still have a penis right?

2007-12-23 03:36:53 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Did you have a bad experience(s) with the opposite sex that turned you?

2007-12-23 03:35:33 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Do you think that society shapes and molds us into the people that we are today? How about a flaming guy or a butch woman? Do you think that by there mannerisms society will make them out to be gay?

2007-12-23 03:29:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Most Asian parents (working class and upper class) work very hard to save their money to send their kids to good and expensive colleges.

I always want their children to get good grade and go to college to be doctors, engineers, business men.

I am Asian. When I was younger, I always heard--they are saving money for my brothers and I to do to school. We are working class. We are living in a small house. My parents have the same car for 10 years. However, my parents don't mind pay for us to go to college in America. I will have a Master Degree. My little brother will have an engineering degree.

I am just wondering what do you think? Please advice.

Sorry, English is my second language. Thank you

2007-12-23 03:20:12 · 49 answers · asked by Hope 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

If they find anything on your background checks, will the Masonic Lodge still let you join?? Or does it depend on what the guys decide themselves??

2007-12-23 03:08:44 · 5 answers · asked by MamaSmurf 7 in Senior Citizens

2007-12-23 03:04:16 · 33 answers · asked by Clueless 5 in Senior Citizens

China got deleted but #1 had a valid observation of Calif lifestyle and women.
I don't know if China#1 is male or female but for those that read the statement what did you think??

2007-12-23 03:02:17 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-12-23 02:34:05 · 15 answers · asked by MamaSmurf 7 in Senior Citizens

There are 10 kinds of people in this world. Those that can read binary, and those that don't.

2007-12-23 02:31:57 · 13 answers · asked by Tinman12 6 in Senior Citizens

2007-12-23 02:07:48 · 41 answers · asked by cymry3jones 7 in Senior Citizens

2007-12-23 02:00:15 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-12-23 01:42:29 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

It turns out that she is to. I never expected to get this far with these resuts, so now idk if i should tell her i like her or not. i tried to take the advice of a person who answered my question before, and get over her, but now i just like her even more. i have been more honest with her than anybody in my own family, and i can't go a fulL day without talking to her without getting depressed, nervous and irritable. WHAT DO I DO???

2007-12-23 01:07:25 · 6 answers · asked by lynette h 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender