How DID We Survive? — Page 2

#26

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:21pm

My parents, friends, and I still play Sorry as well as other board games. We love it! I also loved Spirograph, but even better was their other creation, Spectograph. Did anyone else ever have this? It was pretty rare and hard to find. Plotting the designs was a little more complicated, but the results were beautiful. I also loved my Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs and Legos, but my all-time favorite toy was Micronauts. What I wouldn't give to have those again even now.

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Updated On: 1/25/05 at 01:21 PM

#27

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:24pm

Nice, boobs.
Lincoln logs....oh sweet bliss. They were the next step up from the huge red cardboard bricks. Great for forts, those were.

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#28

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:24pm

Mister Matt..maybe this could help you get them...

http://search.ebay.com/micronauts_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8

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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Updated On: 1/25/05 at 01:24 PM

#29

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:25pm

Ah, yes the men's undies. No wonder I am who I am. Boobs, you got games and toys from S&H Green Stamps? Lucky. My parents STILL have a "painting" and some Colonial Militia Men that my Mom got with Green Stamps. And, my Mother's GOOD china was bought with premiums at the grocery store and is still only hauled out for special occasions.

Updated On: 1/25/05 at 01:25 PM

#30

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:29pm

SOMMS I think our china came from the Exxon station....after you put a tiger in your tank you got free china...ah to have those days back.


Lincoln logs were created by John Wright...Frank Lloyd Wright's son...I know you all wanted to know that.

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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

#31

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:29pm

Who had Flintstones glasses?

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#32

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:30pm

Didn't jelly come in those glasses Rath?

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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

#33

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:31pm

Yes! And then you washed them out and used them to drink out of. Good times.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#34

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:32pm

We had a whole collection..I'm sure my sister still has some being she took everything from Grandma's house...Grandma NEVER threw anything out.

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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

#35

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:33pm

Hey - remember Maureen McGovern, queen of the disaster movie theme songs?! She was aces even then!

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#36

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:34pm

HAD??? I still do. I drink my juice from them everymorning. I've also got the Road Runner/Wylie Coyote. I used to make Lincoln Log and Lego building to place along my Matchbox's tracks (orange--my favorite color). I also had a train set and a slot car set on a huge platform in the basement. We had a ping pong table and pool table too. Basement time was GRAND!

#37

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:35pm

I still have the 45 of "The Morning After" ...I love listening to it with all the scratches...those are memories too of playing it over and over.

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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

#38

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:36pm

Did anyone else have the ZOOM catalogue??? I think that's what it was called...Think I'll check Ebay.

#39

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:36pm

That was a great singalong song, as was anything she sang. Freakin' genius of a vocalist, that one. Hot, too...

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#40

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:40pm

SOMMS..I remember going to my best friend who lived next door to me and he had a train set on a piece of ply wood that he kept under his bed and we would play with them for hours.

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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

#41

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:41pm

I've still got my original records and albums and play them from time to time. I loved Shelley Winters in the Poisedon (sp) Adventure. Mo McGovern was the queen of disaster movie theme songs, and yes Rath, a hottie even to this queer boy.

#42

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:43pm

Bongo maybe that was a midwestern thing..I never heard of it.

SOMMS...we need to get together and pull out all the old 45's and albums !!!

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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

#43

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:46pm

Can we do each other's hair and nails, too. Oops, well, you can do my hair and I'll paint your nails Jungle Red.

#44

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:47pm

I'd just like to point out that although I was born in 1986, my parents were very cool people. I've never owned a video game, and I grew up playing Sorry and Life and Trouble. My parents knew me well---they'd actually give me a big stick and say "Have fun, be in by dark." We have a big backyard, so my friends and I would play in the trees, or something.

Not everyone young grew up addicted to TV!

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"I am special, I am special! Please, God, please, don't let me be normal!" ---Louisa, The Fantasticks --- --- Intolerant of intolerance.

#45

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:50pm

Good for you Lael! Of course, your parents are "our" age and probably wanted to let you share in the joy of their childhood.

#46

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:51pm

I LOVE that color SOMMS..Jungle Red...we can watch that movie too while we're at it ... I Love 'The Women" !!!

Lakes you're very lucky to have parents like that..that showed you how to have fun without plugging something in.

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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

#47

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:51pm

SOMMS, I never liked the young girls too much, so while I knew Mo was one helluva singer, I didn't know how hot she was until recently. Although, back then, I didn't know I found girls hot.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#48

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:53pm

Now Rath will like to play Twister with Mo...alone !!!

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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

#49

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:54pm

Damn right, Boobsie boy!!!

I love that we're calling her "Mo" by the way...

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

Updated On: 1/25/05 at 01:54 PM

#50

re: How DID We Survive?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:55pm

Yes, I had most kick-ass parents. My mom has a deep fear of technology, and my dad grew up in a fishing village in Michigan. Then they moved to California, and put me in the backyard. I was only in the house to eat and sleep, mostly...

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"I am special, I am special! Please, God, please, don't let me be normal!" ---Louisa, The Fantasticks --- --- Intolerant of intolerance.