Originally Posted By Lady Starlight No, not THAT Time Warp. The Rocky Horror Picture Show "Time Warp" is fun to do though. I was just wondering what everyones favorite time era was and why they like it. Would you want to go back in time and live in that era? Do you like the way they dressed,or the music, etc... What makes you like that point in time? I myself like 1900-1940. I liked the way they dressed and the things they used daily(dishes, bowls,linnens etc.) I also liked the way the countryside looked. Open spaces ,farmhouses, railroad tracks and trains everywhere and rickety old speakeasy/juke houses with food & moonshine flowing and music playin. (Think Fried Green Tomatoes) Oh how I wish I lived in an old 1900's Farm house in the middle of the countryside. Thats the life for me. How about you?
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x Thanks...now I Have the song in my head!!!!!!!! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdu7xoHU9DA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...7xoHU9DA</a>
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Yea, cleaning the outhouses must have been just buckets of fun. I'll take now. It has it's problems but the plumbing is indoors.
Originally Posted By Ursula I'll take 1949-1962-ish, please. I really like mid-century modern living. Our place is done up best I can, and I am always after some of their handbags. I guess I like it when ladies dressed nice, men barbequed in ties, and someone always had a tiki drink ready in their backyard. Here is a sample of our dishes: <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Franciscan-Starburst-Bread-Plate_W0QQitemZ220220732325QQihZ012QQcategoryZ448QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/Franciscan...ViewItem</a> We'd also love to buy an Eichler home, too.
Originally Posted By Lil Mermaid I doubt anyone who is not white will want to go back to a different time period however if we are talking about fashion...give me 1940-1950's please! I love to swing dance.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ ^^ Speaking from experience? I know a number of "non-whites" who had fabulous childhoods - from the early 1900's onward. Not saying it was all good, but it wasn't so good for my husband's relatives when they immigrated here, either. The 1940's? You'd like to re-live WWII? The Great Depression? Hmmm.... I'd love to have grown up in the 50's like my parents.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Color has nothing whatsoever to do with this thread. Please lets leave anything negative about any of the eras out of this topic. Thank's.
Originally Posted By ReadingMom Dang it. I thought you were talking about Rocky Horror. I've seen that movie at least 100 times and the stage play when it came to San Francisco. I even taught my Girl Scouts to do the time warp. We never showed them the movie but the music and dance was fun to do.
Originally Posted By Lil Mermaid I was just mentioning that there are certain aspects of each period where it was not all great. It wasn't meant to be negative, just an observation. As for what I said about the 1940's, I specifically that I loved the fashion. The 1950's I enjoyed the dancing. I would not want to live through WWII.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I enjoyed the '80s, OK they were tacky but we honestly didn't know it at the time.
Originally Posted By Lil Mermaid Autopia Deb...I'd go back for the cartoons. Saturday morning meant something in the 1980's. Haha...
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan The Hollywood version of the 1930's for me. (The real life version had the Great Depression to deal with, no thank you). But the Hollywood version of the 1930's was the greatest -- men wore fedoras and suits all the time, and if anyone got wise, all you had to do was make a move like you were reachin' into your overcoat for a heater, and that made 'em button up, see? And all the women were worldly-wise, fast talking and smart, quick with a snappy comeback, and how! I'd leave in a cheap hotel, the kind with the buzzing, flashing neon sign, overlooking the Big City. I'd have to start smoking, because smoking was required by law, I believe. I'd have a bottle of gin in my desk drawer and take a shot for breakfast every morning to get me through the day. Just like now.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>We'd also love to buy an Eichler home, too.<< My grandparents had an Eichler-style home when I was growing up (I don't think it was an actual Eichler home, but it was definitely the same style -- flat top, exposed beams, lots of windows, lots of that great mid-century outside-in look. When we went to the 50's Prime Time Cafe a couple weeks ago, it was such deja vu walking in there. The whole feel of the place felt like my grandparent's house, from the art on the walls to the exact same cookie jar they had. Loved it!
Originally Posted By friendofdd As a youth, I lived on a farm in conditions that were more 19th than 20th century. We had electricity, but no indoor plumbing. That meant taking a walk down the path to the outhouse and carrying water pumped from the well in buckets. We even had a cooling box rather than an icebox. And we cooked and heated with wood. I loved that time of my life, but would not go back. Romantically, I would like to be an 18th century English nobleman, with grand estates, and court one of Jane Austen's heroines. But practically, I like right now just fine.
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter What a fun topic! I'd love to live in the 1940's to experience that era of fashion and music.
Originally Posted By jdub Definitely the 2000s & beyond--there was NO good food when I was a kid, & now it surrounds me!
Originally Posted By JazzCat I love the Victorian Era. The music, architecture and the clothes were stunning! Would I want to live during that time? Only if I were a wealthy woman who could afford indoor plumbing and a maid!
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I would love to relive walking into the Monorail Cafe and waiting for my table!
Originally Posted By Ursula At the Prime Time Cafe, we play a game. It's called "Got it, want it." We look for things we own or want!
