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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:36 PM Original message |
How big was your house growing up? |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. sort of |
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Karenca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. I grew up in very cramped quarters |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. It builds character |
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Karenca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Depends on the situation----- |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. When Dad was in Vietnam, |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
63. I grew up in a two story, 3 bedroom, coal heated 1920s house in |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. I know what you mean, Evoman |
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pooja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. its nice to have space, but really if you do have siblings, having |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. 4 Bedrooms 2 Baths. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. I have lived in a log cabin and I have lived in 7,000 sq ft. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. 13,000 acres. Tom, you almost had your own township. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. Nothing will ever replace the kitchen table. |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 09:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
76. Absolutely.... |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 06:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
57. it makes a difference only |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 09:59 PM Response to Reply #57 |
78. And now I live in a cottage on a bluff. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. My father owned 1/2 of a duplex. |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. I grew up in the same house you did |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. I grew up in a 1 br 1 bath, lr & kitchen two family OLD house. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. A bunch of different places... |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. 2 Bed 1 Bath CBS construction, about 1100 square feet. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's the need for more crap |
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Deb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. 2 parents, 8 kids in a 3 bedroom, 1 bath house |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. We had dirt floors (no kidding) |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. My family lived in a one room log cabin with dirt floor when I was |
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MoseyWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
47. Congratulations |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 08:34 PM Response to Reply #47 |
68. RE: Big screen TV |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. Well, I am an only child and 3 bedrooms and four full baths and a |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. AF Base housing till I was 17 years old |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
20. 2 parents, 2 kids, 1 Great Dane in a 2/1 |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. Decent middle class, 3 bed 2 bath, 2500 sq feet |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. a two BR apartment |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. This is kind of embarassing |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Well don't be embarrassed! |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
69. I was embarrassed and cringing till you showed up... |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
80. I now live in the big old Victorian house that I grew up in |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. 3 Bdrm, 1 bath -- an old, old farmhouse |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. WW11 bungalow |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
77. I miss being able to fill my car with the change I found on the floor... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. Three bedrooms, |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. 10,000 Square Feet |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. I grew up in a two bedroom house. Shared a bedroom with my |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. We had a house of similar size. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Frozen pants --- definitely the best reason for owning a dryer. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. Under 1200 SF, one bath, and as many as 9 people living in it. |
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ncrainbowgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
33. grew up in a 2 br apartment. |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. Daughter, hubby and granddaughter |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
36. Post-WW2 1.5 story frame 'Bungalow' - 900 sq' - 2 bed, 1bath, no garage |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
37. various: Trailer, small house, car, a garage. |
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moc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
38. 2400 sf, 4br/2ba, 7 kids. My husband grew up in a 1200sf rowhouse |
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grilled onions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. Two bedroom;one bath(eventually) |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
41. The first house I remember |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
42. 1950-era ranch, 3 BR, 1 BA, 1000 sq ft |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Same with me |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. I live in that now. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
44. 3 bedrooms, one bath |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
45. 5BR, 4 1/2 bath, 3 car garage + carport, 3 stories, about 8,000 SF. |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
48. We lived in a 2 room schoolhouse from the 1850s |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
49. Track House circa 1958 |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
51. 3 bedroom 1 bath |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
52. Me, my 3 siblings, |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
53. Well lets see. There were six of us total. A very small tract house |
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Suziq (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
54. I Grew Up In Brooklyn . . . . |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
55. 850 SF concrete block house in FL. 3 br, 1 bath. |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
56. About 1200 sq. ft.; 3 tiny bedrooms and one bath... |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
58. small house and even a smaller outhouse. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
59. A long series of 1 and 2 br apts. in run-down neighborhoods. |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
60. Base housing, trailers, bunked with a grandparent... a little everything. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
61. 4 bedroom, 2-1/2 baths |
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union_maid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
62. We lived in three places |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
64. 700 square feet heated only by a wood stove |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
65. it was as big as benburch's house |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 08:18 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. I miss him too... |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 08:28 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 11:41 PM Response to Reply #65 |
81. what happened to benburch? |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
70. maybe 1000 sq ft |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
71. I Say God Bless Your Sister. If She Can Afford It, She Can Buy However |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
72. There were about four homes that I grew up in. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
73. Three bedrooms, one bath, 1200 sq ft |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
74. Ours was pretty sizeable |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
75. I grew up in a small house... |
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yorkiemommie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
79. 3 bd 1 ba |
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