Posted on 10/13/2017 2:48:24 PM PDT by V K Lee
Discusses courtesy in connection with invitations, telephone conversations, introduction and entertaining guests.
How quaint. Hard to believe how far we have slid.
Looking at old World Series pictures - even in San Francisco in 1962 Giants v Yankees all the men had suits and ties on.
How I hate the modern world.
...and the ladies wore nice dresses and weren’t slovenly or cheap looking.
.....and Then what happened?
Why did people in 1948 have to told how to answer the phone?
My first visit to SF back in the 60s (I’m from the L.A. area) I was surprised by how much better dressed they were in “The City” than L.A. Except for the bums and hippies of course.
LOL!
I can agree with the sentiment, with so much of civility seemingly circling the drain. However, I’m glad we broke the chains of our Plastic Stepford Overlord teachings. Insofar, in good conscience, I can’t concur with the conformity of a rooster sweater reaching an acceptable norm under any circumstances.
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