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Maris
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03-28-2002

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 8:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
We were the first on the block to get a TV in Ireland. TV went on the air at 6pm and lasted until 10 pm. I remember the neighborhood kids coming over to watch The Lone Ranger. At 6 pm the TV opened with the Angelus, which was the stations of the cross and you were expected to say the rosary (I am not kidding), then there was donald duck in Gaelic and the most exciting show of the night was a policeman sitting at a desk reading out all the crimes in Ireland for the day, and things such as found purses and wallets. That show was only a half hour show.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 8:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Back When

Don't you remember
The fizz in a Pepper
Peanuts in a bottle
At ten, two and four
A fried baloney sandwich
With mayo and tomato
Sittin' round the table
Don't happen much anymore

We got too complicated
It's all way over-rated
I like the old and out-dated
Way of life

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a Coke
And crack's what you were doin'
When you were crackin' jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when

I love my records
Black, shiny vinyl
Clicks and pops
And white noise
Man they sounded fine
I had my favorite stations
The ones that played them all
Country, soul and rock-and-roll
What happened to those times?

I'm readin' Street Slang For Dummies
Cause they put pop in my country
I want more for my money
The way it was back then

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a Coke
And crack's what you were doin'
When you were crackin' jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when

Give me a flat top for strummin'
I want the whole world to be hummin'
Just keep it comin'
The way it was back then

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a Coke
And crack's what you were doin'
When you were crackin' jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 8:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
I had one of the first Barbies with a pony tail and a zebra striped strapless bathing suit. Unfortunately, I found out when I wanted her to wear her hair down that she was totally bald except for a ring of hair around the outside of her head that was pulled back into the pony tail!

Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
I remember I had Dancerina, but I called her "Tina Ballerina". I didn't even know her real name was Dancerina because I couldn't read yet. She would spin when you pressed something in her crown. Kids are so lucky today with everything coming with rechargeable batteries. I remember crying that no one would get me new batteries for her

ballerina

I even found a youtube of her in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPZNZCRz6as

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 9:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
metaldollhouse

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Spent many a day playing with the metal doll house or my tea set. Most of the toys we had were for preparation of growing up to be housekeeping mothers!

teaset

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 9:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
BetsyWetsy

Betsy Wetsy could open and shut her eyes and wet her pants.

betsyWetsy This one is not in her original clothes.

Also had a brown "Teddy" bear. dk brown

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 10:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Remember Pop beads? purplepop

How about a "make your own" potholder loom set?loom

The adults all had porcelain lace figurines, similar to this one:
phpoh

Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
HAHAHA! My granny had that loom thing at her house. I made many potholders :-) I actually think it was one of my aunt's things that granny just always kept. Granny even figured out how to make more of the cloth loops for us when we ran out. I had fun with that thing.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 11:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
chaty

Maris
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03-28-2002

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 11:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
huk I loved the tv show the millionaire

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 11:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Chatty Cathy was my very favorite toy.

Grace, I had that same dollhouse! After I got my tonsils out, well actually my sister and I both were in at the same time to get them out, we got home to find a really big wooden dollhouse so the metal one went by the wayside.

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    


Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Every boy I knew who had Stretch Armstrong when I was little ended up cutting into him to find out what was inside.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 12:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Saw the Red Barn in the archives.

My little sis had a bit of "coming of age" at the Red Barn. She was eating her regular kiddie burger, while the rest of us "adults" munched happily on our Barn Busters. Sis looks wistfully up at Mom and says, "when do I get to have a Barn Buster?" Mom got her a Barn Buster and she gobbled up every bite of it!

She got Barn Busters along with the rest of us after that!

Serate
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08-21-2001

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    


My brother had hundreds of these and we'd spend all afternoon setting them up in the dining room, then go get my Barbies to use as bombs and knock them all down while his G.I. Joe supervised, then we'd set them up and do it all over again.

Sharinia
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09-07-2002

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 12:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sharinia a private message Print Post    
Grace, I had a doll house that looked very similar (but wooden), but never really got how to play with it (or with dolls in general, for that matter ). were you supposed to just keep rearranging the furniture?

I had a doll that pooped, but was already changing my real life sis's dirty diapers (which was not the most fun thing) and making her bottles and dressing her, so wondered the point in creating more work with an inanimate object. I suppose if you did not have younger siblings to care for, and wanted the experience. I don't think there is a good substitute tho for the feedback of a rl baby's crying and squirming when you are not doing these things with great skill and care :-)


Sharinia
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09-07-2002

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 12:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sharinia a private message Print Post    
stretch armstrong - hahaha

and GI Joe....I actually liked him cuz he did things, and was nice to look at. hard to believe, but I remember thinking he was handsome when I was as young as 3


Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 12:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
My mom worked at Red Barn when I was a kid. I don't even understand why they are all gone? They were great fast food! Their chicken was really, really good and you could get a burger if you wanted.

I miss Red Barn!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 12:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
My GI Joes used to kidnap Barbie and her friends and hold them hostage. Sometimes poor Barbie got released with cut hair. When my mom was re-doing the backyard she dug up a couple Barbies (along with a bunch of other stuff.) I don't particularly remember burying Barbie but the only thing we could figure out was that sometimes GI Joes ransome demands weren't met.

Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
You were scary. Wargod...LOL...GI Joe used to visit my Barbie's camping site and they would lay on top of each other naked in the tent.

Sharinia
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09-07-2002

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 12:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sharinia a private message Print Post    
LOL Naja and War

my Barbies inevitably got disrobed and decapitated by my brother


Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 1:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, not scary...twisted! I never liked Barbies (or many girl toys, total tomboy.) They were hard to dress and they didn't do anything or come with any nifty extras.

I was the type that as long as I had a bike, roller skates and a ball I was quite happy. When I did play with toys, it was the GI Joes, Transformers or Tonka Trucks. Remember the big yellow metal ones? They're all plastic now and don't last.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 1:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    


(we had GI Joe too, and Barbie always chose a military man over that sissy no-anatomy, Ken)

Go figure that I married a Marine, huh?

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 1:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oh, Sharinia! A couple weeks ago we were at Kota's game and one of her team mates younger sisters brought a bunch of Barbie Dolls. I made a comment about how nice it was to see them all dressed. Every doll, Polly Pocket and Barbie Kota has is naked within seconds of coming out of their boxes.

Sharinia
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09-07-2002

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 1:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sharinia a private message Print Post    
that's an excellent pic, Escapee :-)

LoL War. I was like you, a tomboy (hate that word tho). When the neighborhood girls brought out their dolls, I usually went home to read, do something sporty or play video games. They were always very sweet and never held it against me. During school recess, I usually played soccer with the boys and was the only girl. Looking back, I am amazed at how nicely they accepted me. After school tho, I would play with my girlfriends, unless they brought out their dolls or wanted to play dress up with their mothers waaay oversized, often ugly dresses