2009-04-16

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2009-04-16 09:22 am
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Channelling my silly 90's internet self

Here's our virtual teaparty. Because I think some of you need one. (So far, day is good, but who knows what administration will bring.)

*pulls Acme expandable walnut dining table from hip pocket of Acme jeans*
And the chairs. And the table linen table cloth, with Irish lace crochet at edging and corners.
*seat seat seat. drapespread drapespread drapespread*
Yes, there are cushions on the seats. Cranberry colored.

What have we got for tea and nosh?
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2009-04-16 02:24 pm
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BBC series

Singled Out

A short (4 episodes, 15 minutes apiece) about the Spinster Generation that followed WWII. All have been interesting, but chapter 3 has been especially amusing. How the working girl lived, after the boys came back, where she lived, "The Bachelor Girl's Guide to Everything" (and what a girl should have in her pantry), the stigma of teachers and Miss Jean Brodie--and "Universal Aunts".

Narrated by Miriam Morgoyles, who has a rather Miss Jean Brodie accent herself. The commentary in the series is lovely, often taken from diaries and letters.