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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:19 PM Original message |
Irish women hit back. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. In some way it is the puritan ethic |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Don't forget Calvin. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. As the son of an Irish Canadian woman I can tell you they often hit first! |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Ugly, isn't it? When a response to anything is violence? |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Apparently, you've never been hit. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I was talking about hitting first as a response to a non-hitting event. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Meh, it was the 80s, the last days of smacking your kids around |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Did it go on until the 80s? I didn't realize. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. I thought this was going to be a warning for would be domestic abusers |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Nawww, that's my other 92.7% of posts. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. sounds like an interesting read |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. It was. I knew someone would ask. I don't remember right this second. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. ok good, I'll bookmark this thread! n/t |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I don't usually kick up a thread after it's "died" so watch for a |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. I LOVE this! |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. You see, by the standards of the day of which I was reporting... |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
35. For the record... |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I have a Cocker-mix. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yup, my Irish granny was notorious for her use of a cast iron frying pan |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. My grandmother was the "lace curtain" Irish in my family. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. I knew one that 'shot'back. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Yep. I've heard those stories though I've not met those women... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Not a family legend. Just truth in family history. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I know. That's why I used the "scary" quotes. :D n/t |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. All immigrant groups came over and started newspapers |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. In the wave of immigration I read about, it was almost exclusively |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Read about the Philadelphia riots |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. What was the name of the book? |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Ack! I'm working on my memory. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. For the win. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Eh. There's a lot of "fun" in my dysfunctional. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. Irish women |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. That might explain why my foremother came to the west of what |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Let's talk on |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Perfect idea. n/t |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. I hear you. Was pretty upset by that myself tonight. To each his own. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Precisely. And thank you for hearing me. :) n/t |
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