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Topic: Depression era cheerups
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lechien
Knowflake Posts: 1767
From: in a giant room with 2 little furry friends
Registered: May 2009
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posted December 14, 2011 11:19 AM
  
i was a bit depressed that our pasta costs almost twice as much (my staple food!), coffee price has almost busted the roof and i have been drinking instant for months now, and butter is also twice as much as a few years ago. a big inflation is in store. but i thought of this. during the depression era, entertainers played happy songs of optimism to keep the population's hopes up. this is my favourite song from 1930. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL0Qt7IF8Q4 and here's a charming 96-year old grandma's YouTube channel where she reenacts the 30s kitchen. she's great, and her stories are not depressing at all. http://www.youtube.com/user/DepressionCooking with the holidays and the new year coming up, i thought we can enter 2012 with a renewed hope and good feeling, because collective optimism = good direction.  if you have something uplifting that can help blow away the grim mood in the world, please share!  IP: Logged |
teasel
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posted December 14, 2011 09:06 PM
bumping for later.  IP: Logged |
Coffee
Knowflake Posts: 2129
From: Leeds
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 14, 2011 10:28 PM
I'm glad I'm worth a lot as I just don't feel so secure with such a low price on my head.  IP: Logged |
anongrl10
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From: won't_disclose
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted December 15, 2011 02:35 PM
I'm afraid what people need in order to get cheered up again is new governments, not just a song. There's so much selfishness right now. Some people make money at the expense of other people's wages and pensions. My Jup in Libra wants justice. Erm, sorry, not exactly the cheer-up material you asked for! LOL IP: Logged |
lechien
Knowflake Posts: 1767
From: in a giant room with 2 little furry friends
Registered: May 2009
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posted December 15, 2011 05:15 PM
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Originally posted by anongrl10:
I'm afraid what people need in order to get cheered up again is new governments, not just a song. There's so much selfishness right now. Some people make money at the expense of other people's wages and pensions. My Jup in Libra wants justice. Erm, sorry, not exactly the cheer-up material you asked for! LOL
 oh you party pooper! well, i meant this as something we do for ourselves. on a private level. i'm a wanderer perpetually moving around (though it's time to settle in one continent at least!), i am at the threshold of government rules. my woe is inter-governmental laws. me personally cannot wait for the world to become border-less to cheer up. some people have always gained at the expense of other people. it didn't happen just now, but has always been there, always reinventing itself as times change. but we cannot let it ruin our day and live in misery, while we work on making changes. cheering up doesn't mean staying oblivious to bothersome things in the world. i can bake 5 delicious baguettes out of 45-cent bag of plain flour, which enriches my life rather than lamenting at the 50 cents package of spaghetti on the supermarket shelf. that's kind of what this thread is meant to be. IP: Logged |
anongrl10
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From: won't_disclose
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted December 16, 2011 04:16 AM
I know I know... just had no place where to put my whining, I guess, and found an opp when I saw this string. 
I don't like to argue about politics because I don't believe in politics. So going to post on the GU forum wouldn't help me. LOL
You are absolutely right that we need to focus on the small things to get in a better emotional state... God knows, that's my only respite these days. When my heart is grateful, I know I'm in the right (happiness) path. Anything can help; friends, a song, a joke, a touch, a sunset, a baby, a dog, a cat, I love life (Sag Sun here lol). I just have to keep hoping for the best!
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Venus
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Registered: Mar 2011
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posted December 16, 2011 04:24 AM
the problem of inflation spreads across the globe.. the only cheerup i have is the hefty Christmas Bonus coming my way .. bottom line, should i save most of it for my trip to Greece in summer or should i do the hasty thing and blow it on a new i-phone.. hmmmm i must consult my saturn. ------------------
"I dwell in the midst of a perfect race, I the most imperfect.." Khalil Jubran IP: Logged |
anongrl10
Knowflake Posts: 2526
From: won't_disclose
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted December 16, 2011 10:47 AM
Venus, whatever you do, make sure Merc is not on his shadow period when you buy that iPhone... IP: Logged |
lechien
Knowflake Posts: 1767
From: in a giant room with 2 little furry friends
Registered: May 2009
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posted December 16, 2011 01:08 PM
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Originally posted by anongrl10:
I know I know... just had no place where to put my whining, I guess, and found an opp when I saw this string.
i totally feel with you with the justice bit though. i got my NN in Libra!
and Venus, how about Greece right now?
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Venus
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posted December 17, 2011 04:31 AM
@anongrl will do @leichen i wish! its too cold to enjoy the sea this time of year.. but come summer.. ooooh yea!! ma Saturn says to allocate the resources equally and/or according to opurtunity cost. >>my saturn is an economist IP: Logged |
starfox
Moderator Posts: 767
From: London England
Registered: Aug 2010
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posted December 17, 2011 06:09 PM
I recently got a job working with plants and trees and etc in a garden centre, after being unemployed for a Long time.!Its something I really like to do & with all the Earth in my chart it resonates with me.. Anyway, to get to my point.. We had to make up these stands for all the Christmas trees on sale to display and all the little birds like the wrens,robins and sparrows have moved in and I'm sure they are thinking "Wow! where did this forest suddenly appear from?" Also I have been secretly placing food for them under the tree displays, so that they won't go hungry during the cold weather. Its a small thing to care for nature, but its also one of the biggest things one can ever do. IP: Logged |
lechien
Knowflake Posts: 1767
From: in a giant room with 2 little furry friends
Registered: May 2009
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posted December 17, 2011 06:38 PM
quote:
Originally posted by starfox:
Anyway, to get to my point.. We had to make up these stands for all the Christmas trees on sale to display and all the little birds like the wrens,robins and sparrows have moved in and I'm sure they are thinking "Wow! where did this forest suddenly appear from?" Also I have been secretly placing food for them under the tree displays, so that they won't go hungry during the cold weather. Its a small thing to care for nature, but its also one of the biggest things one can ever do.
THAT is just sooooo sweet! silly cute birdies, and so lovely of you to think for them. however small or trivial they are, animals make me happy. IP: Logged |
anongrl10
Knowflake Posts: 2526
From: won't_disclose
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted December 18, 2011 04:14 AM
quote:
Originally posted by starfox:
I recently got a job working with plants and trees and etc in a garden centre, after being unemployed for a Long time.!Its something I really like to do & with all the Earth in my chart it resonates with me.. Anyway, to get to my point.. We had to make up these stands for all the Christmas trees on sale to display and all the little birds like the wrens,robins and sparrows have moved in and I'm sure they are thinking "Wow! where did this forest suddenly appear from?" Also I have been secretly placing food for them under the tree displays, so that they won't go hungry during the cold weather. Its a small thing to care for nature, but its also one of the biggest things one can ever do.
Oh Wow, that's fantastic!
That's a cool job and you clearly are made for it.  IP: Logged |
anongrl10
Knowflake Posts: 2526
From: won't_disclose
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted December 18, 2011 04:14 AM
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Originally posted by lechien:
THAT is just sooooo sweet! silly cute birdies, and so lovely of you to think for them. however small or trivial they are, animals make me happy.
Me too! You are a Saggie too, right?
We love animals in any shape and form. IP: Logged |
lechien
Knowflake Posts: 1767
From: in a giant room with 2 little furry friends
Registered: May 2009
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posted December 18, 2011 08:25 AM
yes, we love animals. i was just rescuing last night a 3mm worm found inside my kitchen cabinet (yuck). and it occured to me that most people would just squish it, no? i couldn't do that!IP: Logged |
jesstar
Knowflake Posts: 77
From: santa fe new mexico
Registered: Nov 2011
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posted December 18, 2011 10:34 AM
lol @ us sags re: any living things we throw our hearts open wide! ------------------
"We'll go because it's Thursday,"he said,"and we'll go to wish everybody a Very Happy Thursday.Come on,Piglet"
A. A. Milne IP: Logged |
saronna
Knowflake Posts: 381
From: Australia
Registered: Jan 2010
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posted December 20, 2011 08:41 AM
I heard from Linda Goodman that Capricorns have a plan since they were five years old with thier backpack on thier backs. And they have a smile and maybe a sense of humour like did they actually smile at you.IP: Logged |
saronna
Knowflake Posts: 381
From: Australia
Registered: Jan 2010
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posted December 20, 2011 08:44 AM
lechien you are an animal *smile*
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lechien
Knowflake Posts: 1767
From: in a giant room with 2 little furry friends
Registered: May 2009
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posted December 20, 2011 08:49 AM
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Originally posted by saronna:
lechien you are an animal *smile*
 i'm only half an animal, mind you! IP: Logged |
anongrl10
Knowflake Posts: 2526
From: won't_disclose
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted December 20, 2011 08:57 AM
An animal-loving animal! IP: Logged |
lechien
Knowflake Posts: 1767
From: in a giant room with 2 little furry friends
Registered: May 2009
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posted December 20, 2011 09:10 AM
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Originally posted by anongrl10:
An animal-loving animal!
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