tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post462020404578241215..comments2024-03-28T03:40:29.423-04:00Comments on Passage des Perles: FunnerDuchessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-56434354593942384982016-01-28T05:04:10.427-05:002016-01-28T05:04:10.427-05:00I was blessed to have dear friends, who are still ...I was blessed to have dear friends, who are still dear friends, and we were a tribe. We had so much fun in my teen years and they are some of my best memories. If you ever saw the movie "American Graffiti" that is EXACTLY what our teens were like. Our cars and our music were everything and we cruised as much as possible, illegal drag races in the empty parking lots of Cape Cod Beaches ( easily over a thousand kids and always broken up by the State Police), ice skating nearly every weekend on a glass lake near my home, "parking" at the airport surrounded by our friends in their cars "parking", hitch hiking to Boston for a little excitement, I could go on and on. It was the best, spent with abandon and treasured allies. Such great memories and thanks for bringing them up, Duchesse. Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03672695141031447916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-86505695907840741312016-01-26T22:37:43.912-05:002016-01-26T22:37:43.912-05:00I used to have different fun, depending on the gro...I used to have different fun, depending on the group I was with. If I was with my dad's family, fun was playing cards, trying to outsmart the cousins and impress my aunts and uncles. If I was with school friends, it was drinking, listening to live music and taking road trips to the coast in Texas. So, "not like Mom". At least we thought at the time. Now, I still have great fun playing cards with the step-kids and their cousins. Even more so when they win. The most fun was recently going to Athens, Greece and renting a car with my husband. We couldn't read the road signs and ended up driving down a pedestrian walkway (without hitting anyone or anything), but it felt so naughty and rebellious. We laughed liked we were school-kids, knowing we just got away with something we never would have tried in the U.S. Leslie Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08372692743147163062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-22107131068705094942016-01-26T17:23:33.788-05:002016-01-26T17:23:33.788-05:00Playing with my grandkids, planning and then runni...Playing with my grandkids, planning and then running a Dungeons and Dragons game for my friends (who vary in age from 25 to 60), going dancing at the gay strip club with some of my friends (nobody hits on me, I can dance as wild as I want), planning a knitting or sewing project, learning something new-these are my ideas of fun. Kai Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13319136737099550784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-16355235024080903822016-01-26T16:51:34.591-05:002016-01-26T16:51:34.591-05:00Looking at that photo of you is fun!! Oh, gosh, cy...Looking at that photo of you is fun!! Oh, gosh, cycling through Mexico City is current fun, along with eating new food, drinking tequila, singing, hanging out with young friends. I used to love physical thrills like downhill skiing but prudence has triumphed; I care about my limbs staying intact. Fun is also fantasizing - my imagination is more active now than it ever was n my teens!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829062955658284450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-21264842766377137282016-01-26T16:51:30.235-05:002016-01-26T16:51:30.235-05:00Looking at that photo of you is fun!! Oh, gosh, cy...Looking at that photo of you is fun!! Oh, gosh, cycling through Mexico City is current fun, along with eating new food, drinking tequila, singing, hanging out with young friends. I used to love physical thrills like downhill skiing but prudence has triumphed; I care about my limbs staying intact. Fun is also fantasizing - my imagination is more active now than it ever was n my teens!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829062955658284450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-61312272582982729712016-01-26T15:55:18.552-05:002016-01-26T15:55:18.552-05:00LauraH: Opps, "cocktail". And we had onl...LauraH: Opps, "cocktail". And we had only one.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-61027064473683453572016-01-26T15:53:29.882-05:002016-01-26T15:53:29.882-05:00Susan: Being amid natural beauty is fun, and also ...Susan: Being amid natural beauty is fun, and also restorative. Kind of hits all the notes.<br /><br />unefemme: I knew some Morris dancers back in those times so I know precisely what you got up to! Always figured it was fun because who would do it if not?<br /><br />Mme: I knew many of those nerdy girls and they had fun, too, and that you're having it now is wonderful. Fun comes in many flavours; the important thing is to have it, and not care if other people think it's fun or not.<br /><br />LauraH: Oh yes, a nursery is great fun! Which reminds me of a recent thrift store visit with a visiting friend. She found a mellow old leather satchel with a working brass lock and a black "patent leather' handbag (lined in fuchsia!) in perfect shape, and I found a big Fiesta serving bowl for $1.50. Then we went for a cocktial. All of it was great fun.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-87592602514182269742016-01-26T11:38:57.347-05:002016-01-26T11:38:57.347-05:00Fun wasn't a big part of my teenage years, I w...Fun wasn't a big part of my teenage years, I was fat, introverted and very insecure and out of it socially. My best fun was during my marriage, mid 30s to 40s. These days fun is a visit to the garden nursery, playing with my nephew, travelling.<br /><br />Love the 'do!LauraHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03402103522466794364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-67635071662982829602016-01-26T10:36:58.924-05:002016-01-26T10:36:58.924-05:00As a former "book nerd" girl, I have mor...As a former "book nerd" girl, I have more fun now than when I was younger. Travel or an interesting conversation are my "fun." As I have grown older, I have gained greater acceptance of my definitely Canadian (the British background of the 1950's sort) personality. My "funner" part probably comes from my soupçon of French and Irish blood!Madame Là-bashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16703782237948233124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-57900190361601548282016-01-26T08:33:32.864-05:002016-01-26T08:33:32.864-05:00I love travel and the anticipation, and now that&#...I love travel and the anticipation, and now that's my fun. But "most fun ever" would have the be the Morris (Dance) "Ales" (gatherings of Morris dancers) I attended in my early 30's. Singing silly and obscene songs on chartered busses, skits after dinner, lots and lots of beer and dancing all night (which helped mitigate the beer). Those and working Renaissance Faires have to be at the top of my list. I was a fearful and insecure teenager, and slightly depressed in college; my really fun times came later.Susan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005855250089328310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-36789776407685921912016-01-26T07:50:37.774-05:002016-01-26T07:50:37.774-05:00Great college photo!Great college photo!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12756033682201519150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-49514092773818207472016-01-26T07:50:17.103-05:002016-01-26T07:50:17.103-05:00I think the wildest thing we do for fun is take mo...I think the wildest thing we do for fun is take moonlight rides in a John Deere Gator through our pastures---oohing and aahing about the beauty of it all. This is a great post Duchesse. I'm forwarding it on to our daughter in law who is a neuroscientist researching impulsivity and addiction. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12756033682201519150noreply@blogger.com