Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I wear shabby older clothing to do housework and garden, I also never had to dress up for work, because I do direct care with persons who are developmentally disabled, and it does get messy, body fluids etc, but when I am off the property, or if I have folks coming over, I put on different things. I handle animals and chickens and goats, shovel manure, but if I need to go to just the post office, I put on a neater appearance. On the rare occasion I venture off to town, I try to look nice. In my lifestyle, going to the laundromat is a social occasion. I live in Vermont, as a rule, we are very casual here. Concerts etc, the men wear their best carharts and clean work boots. Church and weddings and funerals, the rare trip to Burlington for a show and dinner, and I mean rare, people dress up. My fathers take on men in shorts "they are not working hard enough". He wore slacks and a white collared shirt to work, he was a tech. Always dress up for church, but not in the Southern Standard, that just seems like too much maintenance. I suppose if my life had been different, had a husband who made a lot of money, my standards would have been different also, because I do admire beautiful clothing and fashion. But those were not the cards dealt me. What is most important is personal hygiene. Just like when we were kids, there were clothes to wear to school, and then you changed to play clothes once home. On the Sabbath, i always make a nice dinner, Sunday dinner, and I dress nice for that, change to sit down and enjoy, and I expect my son to put on something niice to come sit at Sunday dinner. We try to always have someone over for that.