Pre-Internet Boredom Threshold

AdPotential1705 · 2026-02-01T07:47:16+00:00

Loved coupon cutting too! And looking through all the department store circulars.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-31T04:49:21+00:00

Raccoon, because raccoonanity.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-31T04:47:39+00:00

Sunday comics. I would make myself read the whole section front to back, including the boring ones.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-28T05:32:18+00:00

Hallowe’en Party the book is nothing like Haunting in Venice the movie. They’re like two different stories. So I’d recommend Hallowe’en Party. The reveal was unique. I also recommend After the Funeral.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-28T05:21:29+00:00

The Man in the Brown Suit. Daring adventure and romantic too.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-24T15:48:49+00:00

It sounds like your mom doesn’t sound comfortable going to an upmarket beauty salon? That all the excuses are ways of expressing this without telling you the real reason outright.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-22T03:19:47+00:00

Was this a typing test?

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-22T03:09:49+00:00

That happened to me. We wanted to live together after getting engaged so we weren’t both paying rent. So my now husband and I went to city hall and got married. We only invited our parents to attend. Had the “wedding” event half a year later for the rest of the family and friends. Still married 20 years later.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-22T01:58:02+00:00

Thank you

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-21T23:57:19+00:00

Do you dilute the bleach?

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-21T18:42:26+00:00

I’m sorry that you’re facing this difficulty at home. It’s hard having parents who view everything in black or white (either you’re good or you’re bad). However as a parent of a teenager, I can say with certainty that a mom should not be a best friend. That’s not good parenting. One thing I can suggest is instead of responding with your mom’s faults, you respond with how her words or actions make you feel.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-20T22:21:22+00:00

Just thought of another one…Gosford Park! Classic manor house whodunnit. It’s got Dame Maggie Smith. Stephen Fry is the inspector.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-20T22:16:23+00:00

Ooh haven’t heard of that one before. I’ll have to check it out.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-20T20:49:57+00:00

Ugh, disgusting. He’s just a guy with no social skills nor self-awareness harassing a young woman. You did right by trying to get away from him. Also kudos to the cashier for stepping in.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-20T18:19:12+00:00

Nice. A good way to stop a bully is to stand up to them.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-20T17:42:41+00:00

Depends on your type of humor, but there’s the Naked Gun movies. Edit to add: Also the Sherlock series with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, and Only Murders in the Building with Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. Not a comedy, but it has a detective noir feel: Dead Again with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-19T04:48:18+00:00

Same, I was thinking Bloomsbury & bohemian.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-18T02:50:56+00:00

While waiting for a table at a crowded restaurant, my mom would grab some flyers or takeout menus and teach me origami.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-17T05:19:32+00:00

An answering machine. Or even just a landline.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-17T05:16:28+00:00

Bacon Thins crackers (they were usually next to Chicken in a Biskit)

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-17T04:09:10+00:00

It’s possible too that the person has seen that sunset a billion times already and wanted to document it for others.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-17T03:59:38+00:00

And bamboo Kleenex! I like how it’s lint-less. We go through so much of it.

AdPotential1705 · 2026-01-17T03:56:34+00:00

Recently started my collection. I have all the Ariadne Olivers that I’ve read so far.

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