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UndersizedSandwich t1_iy63m5h wrote

I would have never guessed there were 70 year old women on Reddit.

Nice pic.

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[deleted] t1_iy6tzlp wrote

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newMike3400 t1_iy7lm0z wrote

Yet that makes him a year older than Bill Gates who has used a computer.

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dod2190 t1_iy9g7ub wrote

My mom was born in 1933 and in the late '90s and early 2000s I was trying to convince her to get an emergency, pay-as-you-go cell phone to keep in the car, in case she broke down somewhere. By that point coin-operated pay phones had become really hard to find so she might not even have been able to call AAA to get a tow truck.

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awhq t1_iy8q8ta wrote

There are several of us on here.

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Pabst_Malone t1_iy7csej wrote

Dude I know. It’s weird like seeing “Back in 1982, when I was 27.....”

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alpinepancake11 t1_iy63szz wrote

What a beautiful photo of the two of you. I hope you both are doing well and Happy Holidays! :).

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not_a_droid t1_iy6ew99 wrote

in a weird way the hairstyle makes you look older. Or is that the bank teller?

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paisley-apparition t1_iy8zlp4 wrote

Left is the banker in a very 60s style. The style looks dated to us now, but at the time that still would've been a cute look for a young woman! Probably just a bit conservative for the bank job.

On the right is the student, already almost dressed like it's the 70s. 1970s throwback fashion has been popular for the past couple years, so the outfit still looks young and modern to us. She got lucky with the fashion cycle coming back around!

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shimi_shima t1_iy651o0 wrote

It must be so cool to be Sigourney Weaver’s sister eh, haha.

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callmedylanelliot t1_iy7kkbs wrote

I'm college age and would totally wear your college outfit today. It's very fun and sharp but in a relaxed, not distracting way. Plus I love those big 60s collars lol

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Lhamo55 t1_iy8orun wrote

Loved that collar back then, still do now so much I still enjoy incorporating it in my sweater designs.

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treefrogsGA OP t1_iy94cnd wrote

My sister is now 79 and I'm 71 - both hale and hearty! And good friends, even though she continued on a more conservative path while I went far left. (She's a Democrat in Texas, so I give her credit for that!). My siblings and I all FaceTime once a week - we're all pretty computer/social media savvy. Had my kids at 36 and 38, so they keep me young! Thanks for all the kind a friendly posts.

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31_hierophanto t1_iyays0f wrote

Does the "GA" in your username denote that you're from Georgia?

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Mister_JimBusiness t1_iy6c0bk wrote

Those are very different styles! I thought that was your mom until I read the caption lol

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born_on_mars_1957 t1_iy6efet wrote

The only thing I see similar is you’re both enjoying a nice cold beverage!

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Equivalent_Metal_534 t1_iy6faa3 wrote

For 1968, that’s not very drastic, but you both look clean-cut and self-respecting (do people even use that term anymore?)

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Ancalimei t1_iy6exef wrote

You must be my mothers age. She graduated High school in 66. This has her vibes all over it and made me smile.

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evlhornet t1_iy7cy62 wrote

How is your dear sis?

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attackshak t1_iy80o0s wrote

Love everything about this picture! Hope you both are doing well.

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csk1325 t1_iy8w4a5 wrote

Both needing a jack and coke at the end of the day

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OliverGus t1_iy6krzt wrote

I was a freshman in high school then and looked like you and my much older sister looked like yours.

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World-Tight t1_iy8tubd wrote

I can see which of you is eight years older, but I can't see how one outfit or the other is more suitable for a female bank employee.

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dod2190 t1_iy9gp31 wrote

Dress codes used to be a lot stricter, and trousers weren't considered appropriate professional attire for women until about the 1970s. For that matter I can remember some workplaces requiring hose and heels for women into the 1990s.

Coat and tie would have been required for men, or maybe just an ironed shirt and tie for a male bank teller.

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Lhamo55 t1_iybe2qh wrote

When I joined the WAC in 1974, my recruiter gave me a booklet for female recruits with a list of clothing to bring and what clothing was acceptable for traveling to Ft McClellan for basic training by plane, bus or train.

As new representatives of the Women's Army Corps, we were expected to wear appropriate attire for public travel: a tastefully fitted pantsuit was acceptable, but more preferable were knee length skirts or dresses with pantyhose matching our skin tone, appropriate foundation garments (defined as "underpants, bra, slip and optional girdle"), absolutely no blue jeans, mini skirts, slacks, low cut tops showing cleavage, bare legs, sneakers or sandals. Purses with shoulder straps were encouraged as more practical than handbags for traveling (thank goodness).

To be fair, in those days people dressed up to travel, lol, we dressed carefully to go shopping downtown. And ironing our jeans to go dancing at the club was a thing. When starching and ironing our uniforms, we'd do our jeans too. When I got out ten years later, I promised myself I wouldn't buy a stitch of clothing that required ironing.

Throughout the 80s and 90's I relied on a work wardrobe of knit tops, dark wool gabardine skirts, and on black tights and flats instead of constantly worrying about running pantyhos. My poor feet were too shot by ten years of daily 2 mile runs in combat boots and unsuccessful surgeries for wearing heels.

Occasionally comments were made about my not wearing heels or hose at the white shoe law firm where I worked, but they weren't dress code violations and since I wasn't an attorney I had a bit more freedom anyway.

This Ted talk has concluded.🙄

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BirthdayAgent t1_iyalz08 wrote

I would have guessed grandmother and granddaughter

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Notch99 t1_iy6mywc wrote

Apparently not all young people were “dirty hippies” back then, refreshing.

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