Whit4you | Tuesday, May 15, 2001 - 08:32 am   Lance - yup I was combining those two songs - Does anyone remember doing that thing where you'd put your fingers in front of your face and touch your fingers together and you'd see a finger in the air in the middle?? (Don't ask me why but we used to do that all the time in school - it was funny those kids who couldn't get it to work! ) |
Tess | Tuesday, May 15, 2001 - 07:56 pm   Juju, we were never allowed to wear pants, either..even on out of uniform days. We had to wear our "church dresses". No jeans under the uniform skirts for us in S.F. We had snow one time when I was in 3rd grade...about an inch when we woke up in the morning. It was gone by lunchtime but it was the most fun ever! Our only other snow was during our Algebra final exam in freshmen year of high school. Everyone flocked to the window to see. Now, my parents always said they had to walk those 3 miles barefoot, uphill -- both ways!! Couldn't be those same 3 miles, could it? |
Nancy | Wednesday, May 16, 2001 - 05:30 am   i must be younger than you all(but not my much LOL)..for we COULD wear pants starting when I was in the 6th grade(1970) but ONLY in the winter..i think by the time i was in h.s. we could wear them all the time ;-) |
Twiggyish | Wednesday, May 16, 2001 - 05:58 am   We couldn't wear pants, either. My elementary and middle schools were very conservative. We also wore awful bloomer gym outfits. It was "dressing out" was required! |
Tess | Wednesday, May 16, 2001 - 02:07 pm   Ah, but Nancy---did you go to a convent school?? I did and no pants. In 1970 I was a sophomore in high school - YIKES! |
Whit4you | Wednesday, May 16, 2001 - 02:16 pm   Well I would have rather been born 5 years older amongst those of you who all had to wear dresses. Being the only girl in my grade who HAD to wear dresses everyday I was teased so much. It wasn't until my 9th grade year that I got to wear pants more then dresses. Sometimes it amazes me how much society has changed in the past 30 years. I think it changed more in the past 30 years then it did in the 3,000 prior years. Some things for the better - and some for the worst. But reading this thread makes me to feel lucky to have been raised in the last generation of some innocence. It also reminds me of how much fun I really did have. |
Twiggyish | Wednesday, May 16, 2001 - 07:10 pm   That is true Whit. "Sometimes it amazes me how much society has changed in the past 30 years. I think it changed more in the past 30 years then it did in the 3,000 prior years." Scary.. |
Nancy | Wednesday, May 16, 2001 - 07:29 pm   lol tess no i went to regular old elementary school--walked about a mile to and from school--(not down hill LOL)... ;-) |
Tess | Wednesday, May 16, 2001 - 09:38 pm   We walked exactly one mile each way to and from school, too but it was only uphill on the way to school and it never snowed. When it rained hard Mom usually came to get us in the car (no school buses). High School was 3 miles away so we took city buses. That was one of many great things about living in San Francisco. You could get absolutely anywhere on public transportation. |
Nancy | Thursday, May 17, 2001 - 04:51 am   we walked in almost any weather(snow or rain) as long as it wasnt a torrential downpour..I only remember being sent home from school ONCE due to a bad snowstorm (1967) but we had at least 3 -4 snow days(school closed) ..I remember waking up and waiting with baited breath to hear whether or not school was closed..and was sad when it was(NOT!!) ;-) |
Tksoard | Sunday, May 20, 2001 - 09:53 pm   This was such a popular topic a few days ago, I thought I'd bring it back up for the newbies to enjoy and participate in. It's a good way to get to know them and make them feel more at home by talking about something they are into. I'll add a few of my own, and then the new people can feel free to jump in. I remember Shirley Temple movies in the morning before kindergarten I remember Brownie Cameras I remember Flash bulb and cubes for cameras I remember Wood burning sets for my birthday I remember using Poppy Seeds from the flower for make believe pepper at tea time. I wonder if they still sell Poppy's? I remember poodle skirts and cancan slips under them (actually, they were my older sisters, but I played dress-up with them. I remember playing duck-duck-goose, ghost, and playing with a pitch back. OK newbies, your turn!!
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Whit4you | Sunday, May 20, 2001 - 11:28 pm   I agree I'd love to see a few of the new posters mention things they used to remember - but the 20 somethings here probably think we are nuts LOL Do you remember when your momma used to say: (fill in the blank) One thing my momma always said "Your face is going to freeze that way" and "if you sing at the breakfast table you'll cry before supper" |
Gail | Monday, May 21, 2001 - 03:49 am   Does anybody remember making those triangle footballs out of paper and playing with the on your desks at school. I think the object was to flick it with your thumb til it hung over the edge of the desk. Then you could try to shoot a goal. |
Karuuna | Monday, May 21, 2001 - 08:35 am   I do Gail. You flicked it across the table and tried to get a touchdown by having it hang over the edge without falling off. And then the other player had to make a little goal post with their fingers for you to shoot the extra point! |
Lancecrossfire | Monday, May 21, 2001 - 08:44 am   Paper football?? Luckily, I've never ever played a single game of football with a triangle. Not even on a big cafeteria table. Nor have I ever shot a field goal or extra point, where it hit the person in the head. |
Karuuna | Monday, May 21, 2001 - 09:03 am   Lance - methinks thou dost protest too much.  |
Lancecrossfire | Monday, May 21, 2001 - 09:18 am   No, no. I can protest much, much more. |
Whit4you | Monday, May 21, 2001 - 04:27 pm   LOL Gail - good one, had totally forgotten about that, the boys played that alot more then we did - (gee cause "paper footbal" is a boys sport???) But I played it at home with my brother alot - he couldn't hit an extra point if my fingers were apart a mile wide... |
Whit4you | Monday, June 04, 2001 - 12:08 am   Well I'm too young to remember ANY of this stuff <innocent look> |
Jetticat | Monday, June 04, 2001 - 05:15 am   I had a brownie camera! I found it in my dad's closet & it made THE BEST pictures of any camera I ever owned. I remember my favorite thing to wear in the 1st grade was a quilted skirt (and yes, it was in style ). In the 3rd grade, Grease was the rage, but my parents wouldn't allow me to go see it...everyone else did so I was bummed. Remember barrettes that we wove silk ribbon through and beaded at the bottom? During high school, I picked classes very carefully, I wanted to make sure that the afternoon classes were the ones that had a/c. I'm 31. |
Jetticat | Monday, June 04, 2001 - 05:17 am   Oh, and for the record, I thought "Disco Duck" and "Spiders and Snakes" were really great songs! |
Wcv63 | Wednesday, June 20, 2001 - 09:58 pm   OOooooooo...this is my kind of thread! 8 track tapes (the coolest!) peanut jeans Maxi skirts Commodore 64 Atari (including the oh so popular PONG) We ALWAYS had to wear dresses and if we wore pants we had to wear dresses over them. I went to a PUBLIC school Dressing out in bloomer gym suits!! Banana bicycle seats with big colorful daisies!! I loved my banana seat! Metal roller skates (WITH A KEY) that you wore over your shoes. Melanie's song.."Oh I got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key!" Paper Roses sung by Marie Osmond That song "Roller Coaster" which everyone SWORE that if you listened real close you could hear an actual person being actually murdered in the background...you could hear them scream. Yeah right. |
Wcv63 | Wednesday, June 20, 2001 - 10:21 pm   I almost forgot hot pants and go go boots!! I remember getting a pair of shiny orange hot pants and white go go boots that I wore for my 8th Birthday party. I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cool! |
Wcv63 | Wednesday, June 20, 2001 - 10:51 pm   Oooo oooo oooo Earth shoes! Remember Earth shoes? They were ugly but SOOOOO in! Somebody else post here so I don't feel like I'm talking to myself. |
Whit4you | Thursday, June 21, 2001 - 04:10 am   we would but we are all wayyyyy to young to remember any of the things you mention Wcv <ducking> Whit |