I have no argument with the central concept of this piece, which is overall extremely well written, and I found the examples from the past fascinating.

*puts paperclip in pocket*

Ha, I wondered the exact same thing.

You know, if Scarlet had been sent out by her boss to buy a present for his wife/girlfriend/mistress, she would still have been officially "on the clock" and nobody would say a word.  But because she went out shopping for a present for one of the other girls, she's cheating the company, getting paid for time not…

Project J.

My grandmothers were named Bessie and Oda, and came a generation before your Wilma.

A girl in high school introduced herself to me, and I swore she said her name was Edna, which I thought was pretty strange, but maybe not too bad, okay, it's really old-fashioned but sort of nice… I'd misheard her, of course.  Her name was Linda.

I never knew that was him in Detective Story, which I've watched a dozen times!  If anyone watches that clip and wonders why Kirk Douglas is so ready to face off with an armed and desperate man, just watch Part 8.

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And I recall things were different back in the earlier days of birth control pills, where the dosages were much higher than today's pills.  Getting pregnant while on the pill was a very unhealthy thing, and I'm not surprised that a miscarriage would result.  Nature's answer to a problematic fetus.

It's illegal, it's against her upbringing and faith, and she couldn't even mention the word abortion.  Megan was feeling guilty just for considering having one.  And Sylvia reacted the way she did because she would never consider having one.

I read it as being the "should we have kids?" discussion, yeah.  I believe in an earlier episode, Megan said Don said he already had enough kids, but he's offering to reevaluate that decision, apparently.

Why do you think Megan had an abortion?  She said that she was thinking about one and hating herself for thinking it, and now she feels guilty because the miscarriage meant she didn't have to make that decision and she's relieved.  I don't know why she'd lie as opposed to just keeping her mouth shut altogether.

STYLE IS IMPORTANT

Ty, we hardly knew ye.  Except from the joke that went: If Shirley Temple Black married Tyrone Power, she'd be Shirley Temple Black Power.

Me too!

It's kind of astonishing to think that the actor who was the biggest box office draw in the world in 1939 is still with us.  I'm sure whoever was in second place is loooong gone.

Hail Freedonia!

LOL!

I just watched it over this weekend.  I could only take it in small doses, but it was an interesting time capsule.  Plus…Victor Mature!