Paul Stenquist wrote: > On Nov 26, 2004, at 1:26 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > >> > > > > Well, THAT is a relief! I was going to say it didn't look quite real, > > but > > thought it was. > > There are people like that out there, alas. > > > You're right, there are some people, who actually dress like that and > just kind of live in the past.
ah - it isn't the dress as much as the vacuous expressions - but now that you have explained it, those expressions might have been a kind of self-conciousness. I wasn't making a comment on goodness or badness... and am certainly the last one to criticize anyone for being "different", Paul, so I hope you don't misunderstand. That being said, read what I wrote to Keith... :) Nothing about "beliefs" here, either. But I will proudly bear the banner of being a minority in just about any circle of beliefs, if it came to that. Anyway, now I know why I sold those two Hawaiian shirts on ebay :) Which I think goes back to the 40's, actually. ann > You'll find them at the Dream Cruise > along with ordinary folk who are just play acting. I think a lot of > people with a retro lifestyle are attracted to the car culture, because > it's all wound up in that kind of thing. I've met quite a few people > over the years who are stuck in the fifties. And guess what? They may > look funny and hold certain beliefs that are different than most of us. > But a lot of them are really good people. In fact there's probably > about the same percentage of good people among stuck in the fifties, > high school dropout, blue-collar folk as there are among well > educated, east coast liberals. Nothing to be afraid of in either crowd.
