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Majik -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 8:28:49 AM)

Penny candy.
Coke in a bottle.
Super clackers.
Slinkies.
Mr. Potatohead.
Getting up at dawn to play outside...barefooted I might add, and then throwing a fit because mom or dad had to drag me in at dark.
Bikes with one gear.
Hanging laundry out on the clothesline because no one in town owned a dryer.
Sun tea.

I know I can think of a lot more but those are the first that came to my mind. A lot of very good memories of when I was a kid.=]



MissHarlet -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 8:40:12 AM)

How nice to have a Thread of great memories ... no flameing ... that brings smiles to so many faces ...but I havent seen ... cotton candy..... bubblegum blowing contests........spelling bees...... going trick or treating without our parents cause it was safe to do so......going christmas caroling ......slumber parties and birthday parties that were not productions that involved renting smething or paying for entertainment.....



SubbieOnWheels -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 8:40:43 AM)

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Mr. Potatohead.



The original - where you had to supply the potato.

Those wonderful VW Bug ads on TV
S & H Green Stamps - got 'em at every grocery store and gas station

A lot of what I remember from my childhood was new then, but has come back into fashion again, like Hula Hoops.



MissMorrigan -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 8:54:09 AM)

As a child it was typical (during holidays) to spend literally all day/evening outdoors with friends, even when I was as young as 8. I had no fear of people, I knew that I, and my friends, were safe.

I also remember being able to go to the corner shop and get my grandad's beer as it was still legal.

I haven't had a jamboree bag or a jubbly (did I spell that correctly) since I was 10.

What happened to the Pogo Stick?

And pea soup fog?



popeye1250 -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 9:20:28 AM)

I was born in 1950.
One of my earliest childhood memories is being in my bed one night and hearing "wooooo, woooooo" in the distance.
I got scared and went out into the kitchen and told my mother and she said that it was only a "choo choo train."
The train tracks going from Boston up to Lowell, Mass were about a half mile away and you could hear the steam locomotive at night in the distance, "woooooo, WOOO-OOOoooooooooo!"
Very haunting and very beautiful!
Too bad most people don't know that sound these days.
And of course we had metal ice cube trays and an ice box.
And."party lines" on the telephone so you could pick up the phone and hear other people talking.
And of course a milkman who recently died and I found out through his obituary was a highly decorated ww2 veteran.
He was a glider pilot with the 82nd Airbourne.



carlie310 -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 9:24:09 AM)

Gave one of my UMs a pogo stick for Christmas!  Of course, she wears a helmet.  (Not by law, but because she's likely to end up in the ER if not.)

The old VW, with the motor in the rear.  That floated. 

In high school, piling twice as many kids in the car as would be legal today. . .sitting on someone's lap, squashed against another, someone copping a feel. . .not being able to figure out who or even if it was intentional.



popeye1250 -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 9:31:34 AM)

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I remember when summer was in, going to the pool and hanging out from before noon, until it was dark, and no one worried, there were no cell phones to call, and your parents knew, sooner or later, you would get hungry or tired and come home. 
I remember old rotary phones, that the ear piece unscrewed and you could hide your money or whatever in there, from your parents, mostly, lol
I remember when the VCR came out, replacing the beta, and it was the coolest thing, with the long wire, running from the machine to the remote, but it was cool, cuz it was a remote, lol
I also remember the best music, The Police, The Who, Wham!, The Cars, and Depeche Mode, just to name a few!
I remember that Video Killed the Radio Star, was the first music video played when the music TV station debuted. 


ItalianM, you like The Cars eh?
One of my best friends growing up in Woburn, Mass was Dave Robinson who went on to become the drummer for The Cars.
His mother was from England and anytime a British Warship pulled into Boston she'd have a bunch of the Sailors over to the house for a party.



parttimehotty -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 9:33:27 AM)

Candy necklace that made your neck sticky! (minds out of the gutter, please ;)

The corner store that was safe to ride your bike to when Mom was out of milk or you just wanted some candy cigarettes?
i remember having to walk to the bus stop to go to school and seeing a line of cars about 2-3 blocks long during the gas shortage!
True Story magazines.
Comic books.
Bay City Rollers-"Gonna keep on dancing to the Rock & Roll on Saturday Night, Saturday Night"
Afternoon Delight--Starland Vocal Band
That 1st teenage kiss
High School Prom
Homecoming
Disco ball set up in the basement that you converted to "your room"
Lava lamp
Eight Track
Moody Blues
Chico & the Man
Family Affair
Mouseketeers
Led Zepplin--Stairway to Heaven
Aerosmith--Dream On
Writing on each other's jeans.
Stonewashed jeans
Highway to Heaven show



Every Thanksgiving "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" would come on.



MissMorrigan -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 9:55:48 AM)

Skinny Jeans - When I could fit into them!



PanthersMom -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 9:55:54 AM)

lol, i'm having a 70's moment here, i forgot about the bay city rollers, good lord i'll have that song in my head all day.  i remember bawling my lil teenage eyes out when i'd heard freddie prinze committed suicide.  bohemian rhapsody, that's another oldie i think i'd rather have (that or aerosmith) rolling thru my head today.  the gas crisis, another ancient memory.  nixon, ack!  spiro agnew?  remember him?  think i'll sit down and go thru some old pictures today, visit my dearly departed and some old memories of some good old days.  "those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end......"

PM



parttimehotty -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 10:13:24 AM)

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ORIGINAL: PanthersMom

lol, i'm having a 70's moment here, i forgot about the bay city rollers, good lord i'll have that song in my head all day.  i remember bawling my lil teenage eyes out when i'd heard freddie prinze committed suicide.  bohemian rhapsody, that's another oldie i think i'd rather have (that or aerosmith) rolling thru my head today.  the gas crisis, another ancient memory.  nixon, ack!  spiro agnew?  remember him?  think i'll sit down and go thru some old pictures today, visit my dearly departed and some old memories of some good old days.  "those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end......"

PM


i cried too!  i lay in my uncle's basement for hours listening to "Nights in White Satin" by the Moody Blues when Freddie Prinze killed himself!  Sorry about putting the BC Rollers "Sat Night" in your head.  i just knew someone would post that accusation! Hopefully the "Nights in White Satin" replaced it?  But just in case......................

Keep on dancin to the Rock and Roll,
On Saturday Night, Saturday Night.
Dancin to the Rhythm with a Heart and Soul,
On Saturday Night, Saturday Night.

I-I-I-I just can't wait,
I-I-I-I gotta date.

At the good ol' Rock and Roll,
folk show, I've gotta go!
Saturday Night, Saturday Night
Gonna rock it up, hold it up,
do it all, have a ball
Saturday Night, Saturday Night.

S-S-S-Saturday Night(x3)

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night! (x4)

Gonna dance with my baby till the night is through,
On Saturday Night, Saturday Night.
Tell her all the little things I'm gonna do,
On Saturday Night, Saturday Night.

I-I-I-I'm love her so,
I-I-I-I'm gonna let her know.

At the good ol' Rock and Roll,
hope show, I've gotta go!
Saturday Night, Saturday Night
Gonna rock it up, hold it up,
do it all, have a ball
Saturday Night, Saturday Night.

Yes, i do remember Spiro Agnew. i cried like a baby when Nixon resigned! lol, didn't know why, just the fact that he was crying made me cry!

Once upon a time, there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours,
Think of all the great things we would do

Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way



swtnsparkling -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 11:19:13 AM)

I remember the night the very first episode of Batman was coming on. My brothers sitting on the floor all excited to watch and I was sitting at the dining room table crying not allowed to watch because I had math home work to do. Tether ball!!  I was unbeatable Sitting on the floor for hours playing Jacks or Pick up sticks Sat. afternoon Monster theater. Cardboard Cutout Guitars Metal Lunch boxes White Go Go Boots Saying the Pledge of Allegiance Whole family taking a Sunday drive stopping to get ice cream Knots Berry Farm Major Mud Boomtown Disney Sunday night at the movies- Mom laying a blanket on the floor, making pop corn and giving us each a Hershey bar and a coke ( since we couldn't always afford to go to the movies) When little being able to stand in the front seat of the car- or curling up in the back window Lawrence Welk Show........Kitty West..........Charlie Chan.........Dark Shadows 



parttimehotty -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 11:42:15 AM)

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I remember the night the very first episode of Batman was coming on. My brothers sitting on the floor all excited to watch and I was sitting at the dining room table crying not allowed to watch because I had math home work to do. Tether ball!!  I was unbeatable Sitting on the floor for hours playing Jacks or Pick up sticks Sat. afternoon Monster theater. Cardboard Cutout Guitars Metal Lunch boxes White Go Go Boots Saying the Pledge of Allegiance Whole family taking a Sunday drive stopping to get ice cream Knots Berry Farm Major Mud Boomtown Disney Sunday night at the movies- Mom laying a blanket on the floor, making pop corn and giving us each a Hershey bar and a coke ( since we couldn't always afford to go to the movies) When little being able to stand in the front seat of the car- or curling up in the back window Lawrence Welk Show........Kitty West..........Charlie Chan.........Dark Shadows 


Paper dolls
Barbie's pink carry bag
batons
majorettes
parades
putting out the bases for recess
picking up the bases after recess
Maypole dance---Here we go round the Maypole, the Maypole, the Maypole.....
Selling peanuts as a Camp Fire Girl
Going to camp for a week/my mom forgot to pack my rain gear so when it rained the counselor cut out a hefty garbage bag for me to wear as a poncho & after that all my camp mates calling me the "Hefty Guy"
Sonny & Cher Show--"The Beat Goes On"
Cher Show-"Gypsy, Tramps & Thieves
Tony Orlando & Dawn--"Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'round the old oak tree, if you still want me". 
"Knock 3 times on the ceiling if you want me...twice on the pipes, if the answer is no"
Donny & Marie Show--"I'm a little bit country, I'm a little bit rock & roll. I'm a little bit of Memphis/Nashville w/a little bit on Motown in my soul. Don't know if it's good or bad, just know I love it so. I'm a little bit county, I'm a little bit rock & roll"
The Osmonds--"Down by the Lazy River, Yo-Yo, One bad apple.(i had posters of Donny all over my walls)!
The Partridge Family--"I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of? I'm afraid that I'm not sure of...........
Tiger Beat Magazine
Police Woman starring Angie Dickerson as Pepper Anderson ;)
Adam-12
Kiddy Land--my 1st roller coaster ride
Rainbow collared leg warmers
Gym suits that were one piece--solid color on the bottom, stripped top ;(

i remember not being picked to be a crossing guard by the principal because i happened to wear a pair of pants to school one particular day. i even remember the pants.......blk/white checks!  Arrrrrggggh, what was i thinking?!?!?!?

Roller Derby!  i used to pretend i was a roller derby QUEEN!!  We had a medium sized concrete area in our backyard and i would skate in position like the RD women, going round, round and around, elbowing fantom opposition.out of my way.

The introduction of KNEE HI"S!!  i wore them as socks w/a skirt one day ;( Again, arrrrrrghhghgh!!!!!
Knee hi socks in gym
Farrah Fawcett's flip. Every girl wanted to have that hairdo!



Argentopal -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 12:19:24 PM)

I recently found a real cardboard origonal ticket to "A Hard Day's Night"!!!!

Ladies did not leave the house for anything important without a hat and gloves.
You knew you were growing up when you were taken to a real Ladies Hat Store to select your first hat.
Stockings, not pantyhose.
The bus was a totally acceptable mode of transportation.
Hearing my mother tiptoe into my bedroom before the sun was up in the winter to light the heater.
Supper on the table when my father got in from work and we all ate together every single night. (something I did with my kids as much as possible until high school made it impossible)
Saddling my own horse when I was still so short I had to climb a fence to do it and get on.
Skinney dipping.
Lawrence Welk.
Rin Tin Tin
My Friend Flicka
" ... and from out of a clear blue Western sky comes Sky King ..."
Fury (another horse show)
real radio serials, before TV soaps
cloth diapers that turned into dusting rags
putting my babies in a "Johnny Jump Up"
rotary dial phones, no dial phones, party lines, operators who knew everyone and gossip was not evil or malicious
tetherball, hopscotch, 4-Square
learning "baseball" by hitting a basketball with your fist, useing your arm as the bat.
the "boys" playground and the "girls" playground
the "ice cream bell" after lunch
learning to drive in my fathers 1957 T-Bird
learnign to ride a motorcycle on my Dad's Indian

*** always being the 'heroine' that was captured by the bad guys and rescued by the good guy, including the imaginary handcuffs and the bad guys saying 'tick-a-lock' to indicate I was now locked up tight!!!



swtnsparkling -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 1:26:16 PM)

I loved the Roller Derby- when we lived in Oakland Dad took me alot

Making a Secret Fort in the woods

Mixng up Noxema, baby powder, food coloring and water to make my own paint to draw on the sidewalks

Pineapple picking in Hawaii

Playing Post Office or Spin the bottle






GreedyTop -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 3:40:59 PM)

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BR-549... wasnt that from Hee-Haw?

Yep....Junior Samples......LOL



lol what's ironic about this is that I think I only actually watched the show twice...LOL



FullCircle -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 3:53:38 PM)

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ORIGINAL: parttimehotty
What do you remember from childhood?


That bitch Pandora for giving me chicken pox, mumps, measles. I’m just surprised she didn’t throw in a bout of Ebola for me to try. It’s funny people only remember the good times.[8|]



ravennfyre -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 5:10:01 PM)

The day Elvis died

batwing, cowlneck sweaters
those really big plastic combs sticking out of the back pocket of your super tight Jordache jeans




domiguy -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 5:17:55 PM)

minnetar, benji, treswank, and texancutie......Nothing gold can stay.



MissHarlet -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/11/2008 7:52:57 PM)

lying on the bed in a pair of jeans. and lifting up your butt and pulling up the zipper with a pair of pliers cause if you could zip them any other way they were to big ...some said if you had a nickle in your back pocket and you couldnt tell if it was heads or tails they werent tight enough...



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