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In reply to the discussion: I may be wrong but Kerry's wife is the most intelligent woman there [View all]fadedrose
(10,044 posts)10. No, it was Jackie. She wore this tiny veil as big as a handkerchief, and it was acceptable at
at church. I used to be Catholic...so I know.
She wore a little veil because they went boating all the time, and she'd slip one on to go to church...
Pants - same way. Jackie wore them. She did more to change the church than the pope when you stop and think of it.
And babushkas. Everybody had at least 5, washed, ironed and ready to go, and this was in the US, not Russia...
Isn't there anyone here who's at last 70 years old???
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I may be wrong but Kerry's wife is the most intelligent woman there [View all]
fadedrose
Jan 2013
OP
You lose a lot of body heat through your head. A hat makes you feel warmer. n/t
Fla Dem
Jan 2013
#37
Its incredible hideousness almost certainly increased its value exponentially.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jan 2013
#35
I'm sure she was completely mortified. I suspect the Queen has only the tiniest sense of humor,
kestrel91316
Jan 2013
#38
No, it was Jackie. She wore this tiny veil as big as a handkerchief, and it was acceptable at
fadedrose
Jan 2013
#10
Well, the OP refers to a political event. Plus, Jackie's lace mantilla was okay for church!
WinkyDink
Jan 2013
#20
Babushkas, yes I, and everyone female wore those in the 40's, early 50's, but we didn't know....
northoftheborder
Jan 2013
#28
Back in the early '60s, many women would wear a gauzy scarf or hood over their hair
amandabeech
Jan 2013
#31
THere are no American made Heinz beans in PA or MI. They left shortly after Sen. Heinz died.
fadedrose
Jan 2013
#44
It is Washington DC, so any inconvenience has at least 10x the value it might have elsewhere
1-Old-Man
Jan 2013
#40
I was raised Catholic and I recall going to my friend's Protestant church and we didn't have to
gateley
Jan 2013
#51
I think the ditching of the headgear was part of the Vatican II "revolution" --
gateley
Jan 2013
#53