To
finish up the social history embedded in that Word packing list file from which I’ve never
deleted anything (Packing Archeology, Dec 2012): We can cross off the sand
toys. Nobody in the family young enough for that any more. I should also
delete slips, though the word does bring
back memories. I remember standing there
and ironing rayon slips. At least there doesn’t seem any need to pack
petticoats. If I remember right they
didn’t last much beyond the ‘50s.
Today
the list contains items that weren’t even invented when it started. Don’t forget, it says, to take: cell phone, charger, and –
talk
about signs of the times –hearing aid batteries, meds, folding cane, handicap parking sticker.
Don't know if you're old enough to remember this, but -- Time Marches On.
Even at Edward's and my ages (he's 63.5, I'm 57), the byword in packing for vacations is this: "Clothes are easy. Pills are hard."
ReplyDeleteNo, no! The petticoat is not dead! I personally own and wear half a dozen of them (one at a time, of course). Or perhaps they are what you would call half-slips? They're very hard to come by, but a good one will last forever.
ReplyDeleteBefore I went to Canada, Mom sacrificed a couple of elderly nightgowns and made me a couple of warm flannel petticoats, which I later wore to shreds at the castle.