Can the adults please smoke?- Page 39

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 5:45pm

That is my favorite Otis song.
It's just so wonderful.

(sorry to crash your thread. I'll leave now.)

[Nina]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 5:46pm

John Boy, yummy.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 5:49pm

FF - if you like Otis, then you're welcome to stay!

Posted: 7/30/04 at 5:52pm

In my youthful fantasies, if I lived on a ranch, I wanted to be Michael Landon's little brother. If I lived in the country hills, John-boy's best friend. And if I lived in the city, I wanted Bill Bixby to be my daddy.

Posted: 7/30/04 at 5:52pm

And if I lived in a cave, I wanted to be the go-between for Batman and Robin

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 5:55pm

Thanks NYadgal!
I love all of Otis' work.
I started loving him after I saw the "Try a Little Tenderness" scene in "Pretty in Pink".
And I've been loving him too long to stop now.
(Again... If anyone knows where I can find a copy of that song WITH the gunshots, let me know.)

[mominator]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 6:00pm

My "Walton" crush was Jason... a musican le sigh....

[Nina]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 6:03pm

Jason was cute too but John Boy was the one I wanted to take out to the woodshed. I still do. Has anyone seen him lately? Still cute as can be.

[mominator]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 6:24pm

Like the rest of us... A little older and a little grayer

Posted: 7/30/04 at 6:40pm

Nina, Ann B. Davis was Shultze, indeed. I couldn't remember her name. Thanks for that.

Nina and DGrant, I saw Richard Thomas ("John Boy")twice this week, both times with his family. First having lunch in Whole Foods at Columbus Circle and then a few nights later at THE FROGS. (Sigourney Weaver was there that same night for those who care to know).

John Boy is a bit pudgy around the middle, but who isn't? LOL

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 6:45pm

Lots of people! LOL! Including Nina, I bet.

[beacon1]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 7:02pm

Saw colorforms mentioned back a page or two.

LOVED Colorforms and paper dolls.

Etch-a-sketch with the knobs to move the lines and draw the pictures then shake it and start all over.

Post Vatican II:
Seeing my CCD nuns without their veils for the first time!

Posted: 7/30/04 at 7:05pm

I was just in a toy store a couple of days ago and saw a complete line of the classic colorforms sets. I could have spent a fortune in this place - tinker toys, lincoln logs, and my all-time favorite, Leggos!

[mominator]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 7:05pm

The nuns at my school didn't adopt the modified habit until the mid 70's!

Posted: 7/30/04 at 7:06pm

The IHM nuns we had STILL were the full whipple!

Posted: 7/30/04 at 7:08pm

What about those all-in-one drawing pads that had a transparency that stuck to the bottom. It was grey in color and one could draw on it a special stylus that came with the pad. Then to erase the drawing you lifted up the transpency and voila', clean slate.

What in the hell were those called?

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 7:12pm

Oh! With the little plastic pen things!
I loved those.
And colorforms, too!

[mominator]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 7:30pm

Colorforms were so cool. Do any of you remember Magic Sand? It wasn't quite sand but it came in bottles and you could squeeze it out and make free standing castles and mountains. When you were done you just scooped it back up and put it back intothe bottle.
Then there was Sticky Sponge- Just a bunch of colored sponges in neat shapes that you pressed together and make cool looking sculptures.
I think my parents wanted me to go into the Arts!

Posted: 7/30/04 at 7:32pm

Mominator - yes to both - and then there was the king of art toys, Playdough. I also 'tumbled' rocks and made jewelry.

[shesings]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 7:32pm

I just bought this little girl I babysit for Strawberry Shortcake colorforms. I mean you can't get any cooler than that!

[mominator]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 7:41pm

Thanks DG! I thought I was going crazy (O K I am) JUst loved Play Dough! Remember the "Factory"? So cool making yards and yards of worms.
shesings thst is one way lucky little girl!

Posted: 7/30/04 at 8:22pm

I would often just hold Playdough up to my noise.

Anyone else remember the odor?

Talk about a high! LOL

[shesings]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 9:11pm

I think playdoh is the most disgusting thing. I know little kids, and some big ones, love it - but its so gross. It just picks up all sorts of hair and dirt and other nasty stuff that little kids have on their hands. I get creeped out just thinking about it. Plus I hate when the colors get mixed ... or hard

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 9:15pm

Hey Gang..I'm back...long ride home from work. I was listening to an old favorite of mine on the way though. Jane Oliver...I think she works better than Zanax.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 7/30/04 at 9:47pm

Cloth diapers. I helped my Mom change many of those on my baby brother.
A man used to deliver our milk to our front door...yes a Milkman.
We had to take our film to the drugstore to get developed and it could take up to 2 weeks before you'd get them back.
"those were the days my friend we thought they'd never end..."