Anyone Old Enough To Remember ...?t- Page 4

[bunnywings]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 3:15pm

"I remember having a make-your-own-perfume chemistry set...thing. I guess I was a girly nerd?"

My best friend had that and we played with that alot! You had to have perfume on for when you played "house" and Ponch (from CHiPs) who was your boyfriend, came over. Oh, sorry. I think I'm revealing too much information. *blush*

Oh man, there's so many good things to remember in this thread. Pong... I used to be really good at that.

Updated On: 5/15/06 at 03:15 PM

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 3:18pm

Anybody remember Major Matt Mason?

Or Action Jackson?

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 3:20pm

Whose Matt Mason? Action Jackson, yes.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 3:43pm

Major Mudd?

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 4:00pm

Well, I had to look him up, b12b...and what a surprise!
I did have him, but my favorite was Callisto:

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 4:51pm

He was the astronaut of my dreams!

I shudda known something was up back then.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 4:52pm

but only his helmet came off.

you like 'em bendy, dontcha.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 4:54pm

I swear you could bounce a QUARTER off his...

(...nevermind.)

[meggsison]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 5:32pm

How can anybody NOT remember construction paper! It's still used today anyhow...

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 9:05pm

The old viking plastic ship that was huge

The old western fort with the soldiers

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 9:10pm

Telephones that had neither a dial nor a touch pad. You picked up the receiver and waited a moment and the operator said, "Number, please" (Yup, I'm THAT old!)

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 9:12pm

Beats me. Now I feel much younger

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 9:43pm

Party lines on phones. Each household had a different "ring" to identify them. I remember a cousin had one, and when we'd visit, we would try to answer the phone when it rang. She had to remind us many times NOT to answer it - only on a certain ring (hers).

How about Spirodoodles.

I remember the fort and soldiers (my brother had one). I remember one Christmas that I got a barn and farm animals and my brother got a fort and soldiers (complete with stockade fence). My mother had made the buildings from old milk cartons and popsicle sticks. We didn't have much money back then, but those toys lasted the longest and were the best things to play with.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 9:47pm

Captain Midnight Decoder Rings

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 10:27pm

did anyone mention 8-track tapes

or reel to reel tape-recorders?

I had a fort.....my damn brother bit of my pioneer womans head.......the jerk

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 10:29pm

Elph, whenever I had solos in church or school, my awesome grandma would bring her big ol' reel to reel recorder!

And oh, yes, Wacky Packages RULED.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 10:30pm

Party lines! I grew up in Kansas, many people had party lines! You would pick up the phone and a neighbor would be on the line!

And, we only had to dial 4 numbers to make a phone call!!!!
Updated On: 5/15/06 at 10:30 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 10:38pm

Betamax
Lp's
RCA CED Video Disc - I got stuck with this turkey

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 11:22pm

DollyPop.......I can remember when I was maybe 3 or 4 and we had to go through the operator. Bellport was even backward back then.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 11:41pm

Dolly -- did you have Party Line?

Back when I grew up (when 59th St. was called "the Sticks") you had to pick up the RECEIVER and listen to be sure no one else was already on the line.