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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 11:38 am
<---RN laughing at Cnd, who is wearing white and being talked about behind her back at work.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 11:42 am
RN hey, huk! i have 25 employees, so i am always being talked about behind my back. LOL
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 12:04 pm
RN taking a break from ironing dress shirts. Blah. Can't wait until Memorial day - no dress shirts unless hubby has a hearing. Hope summer lasts forever and Labor Day never comes as that's when back to shirt and tie everyday. I miss KY where the boss didn't enforce the rules and shirt and ties were only for hearing days or if the big wigs were around.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 12:15 pm
RN: You can wear white after December 31, because technically, Jan 1 is before Labor Day. It's from Labor day through Dec. 31 that you shouldn't, although I have no idea where that fashion faux pas came from. Does anyone know?
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 12:22 pm
RN, in Texas, white can be worn year-round. The Easter/Labor Day rule only applies to cowboy hats. Straw hats come out on Easter (although as cold as it was this year, it was about 50/50 at church) and felt hats come out on Labor Day, although that can be extended until the weather starts getting cooler.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 12:22 pm
RN: I've heard it originally was a "class" thing, which made me wear white more in the winter. Here's an article that covers some ideas: http://ask.yahoo.com/20020913.html
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 12:26 pm
RN, Serate, you and I think alike. My mom always told me not to try and be like everyone else. She says there were times when she thought I took it just a little too much to heart.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 12:33 pm
RN see! i told you it was Easter. LOL
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 12:40 pm
RN NT I think our mom's were alike too!
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 12:51 pm
RN from Yahoo: Originally, the rule was more along the lines of "Only wear white shoes between Memorial Day and Labor Day." Furthermore, it mainly applied to white pumps or dress shoes. White tennis shoes and off-white boots seem exempt, as are any shoes worn by a winter bride. "Winter white" clothing (e.g., cream-colored wool) is acceptable between Labor Day and Memorial Day too. It also appears that that easter rule applied in the south: Several sites quoted a charming refrain about G.R.I.T.S. -- girls raised in the South. This bit of folklore states, "Southern girls know bad manners when they see them," and a clear sign of bad manners is wearing white shoes before Easter or after Labor Day. Because fashions in the American South can be a little more formal than elsewhere, perhaps the no-white-shoes rule came from south of the Mason-Dixon Line? Even Star Jones (an otherwise fashion-forward Southern lady) admits that white shoes "are for Easter Sunday and not the dead of winter." http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20020913.html I see it was already posted, oops
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 12:57 pm
RN: I guess the G.R.I.T.S. would say I have bad manners because I wear what I want, when I want, for whatever reason I want. My policy has always been "If you don't like what you see DON'T LOOK!"
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:02 pm
RN serate, i'm with you. i wear what i want when i want, except at work where i will get fired, and don't subscribe to any fashion police or tradition.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:06 pm
RN when I worked I dressed within the boundaries of the work place, but I still did my own thing.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:12 pm
RN: I wear what I want, when I want, too. No jeans are allowed except on Fridays...I understand that to mean no jeans with holes in them except on Fridays. Monday -Thursday you can wear jeans....any color but blue. But you can wear blue jeans if you dress them up with boots or pumps, or you can wear them with tennies or flip flops if you wear a company shirt with them. I just gotta be me!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:58 pm
Right now ... we have the same jeans rule. Any color but blue. lol! We can also wear tennies as long as they don't look like you've been gardening in them. I love the flexibility of being able to dress up or dress down. But never, ever panty hose! LOL!!!
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 2:06 pm
Right now it's all in the interpretation!!!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 2:24 pm
Maybe it has something to do with the weather, muddiness, and getting your white shoes dirty in the winter and autumn months....
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 2:38 pm
RN what the heck is up with the stupid blue jean rule, lol? That was our dress code at work too, you could wear any color jeans you wanted to except for blue. Later the dress code changed somewhat to allow for shorts also, but again if they were jean shorts, any color except for blue. ETA: Could also wear tank tops, but if you went in to the kitchen or dining room for anything you had to throw on an overshirt first.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 2:46 pm
RN WG...that's why I just make the rules as I go along! ETA and if it's raining...all rules go out the window!
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Racinrach
Member
11-16-2006
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 3:03 pm
RN: we re-booked our vegas trip due to them wanting to charge us more then what they said on the price listed. so 5 nights in vegas with three people is $1,028! that included to and from the airport. I can't wait until June!!!!!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 12:23 am
RN the wind is howling again. I had to go out about 11 and the sky was an eerie reddish tan color from all dirt and dust the winds kicking up. I am getting really tired of this.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 6:21 am
Right now, just wanted to share something I received in an email.

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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 7:54 am
Right now ... thank you for letting us know Hermi! 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 9:52 am
Right now, my sis just dropped off my youngest niece and she showed me something I thought was pretty cool. Last week they had to have their 15 year old dog put to sleep and both of them have been very upset about it. Today in the mail she got a card from the vets office, on one side they had printed the rainbow bridge poem and on the other they had done Athena's paw print. Sis was so touched about it. They have a picture of Athena hanging up and she's gonna take it down and reframe it so she can put the paw print and a copy of the poem with her picture.
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Racinrach
Member
11-16-2006
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 11:25 am
RN: I just watched United 93 and WOW it still kicks in that september 11th did happen and on the eve of the VT shooting and thinking about Oklahoma City and columbine shooting it just takes over how unsafe our world has become. 17 years ago I would walk 2 miles home with friends and not have a care or worry in the world.... Now we don't even let the kids leave the front yard without an adult. It is sickening.
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