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#101

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/16/05 at 5:38pm

My parents built their house close to a cemetery, and, of course, as kids we were told that the cemetery USED to come all the way to where they built the house. I don't think I EVER slept well in that house.

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#102

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/16/05 at 7:36pm

LilMiz - that is so SAD!

I lived within walking distance of both my elementary school and my junior high, so never had to endure the misery of the school bus.

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#103

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/16/05 at 7:42pm

Addy, we lead parallel lives. I walked to grade school and junior high as well. That could be why I never mind walking anywhere. To this day, I walk all the time.

Hey Dottie! Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany

#104

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/16/05 at 7:55pm

oh, I LOVE these stories!

The only time I didn't like walking to school was when we moved the year I was going into 6th grade (same town, just a few streets away), and I had to walk to school a new way. There was a cut-through on a neighbor's property that had a giant tree with old tree roots that were sticking up all over the place. Klutz that I am, I tripped over a tree root and skinned my knee and had to arrive at school the first day of 6th grade bleeding and muddy.

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#105

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/16/05 at 7:57pm

This is one of my favorite memories...it's when my mom knew she had a performer, or so she says

It was my kindergarten "interview". I suppose they wanted to make sure we were only minimally obnoxious. So following the interview, the teacher interviewing me says to me, "My, what pretty pink shoes you're wearing!". Now, I was wearing Jellies. Who remembers Jellies? I LOVED my Jellies. But they were NOT pink. I (a three year old blonde midget with a smart mouth) looked straight up into this woman's face and said (exact words, mind you) "'Scuse me lady, but they're not pink. THEY'RE FUSCHIA."

:::takes a small, 3 year old bow:::

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#106

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/16/05 at 8:22pm

oh I love that story!

You have to love when kids open their mouths!

...my mother tells a story about me from when I was about 2 and we were in an elevator in the NYC building we lived in. Another little girl who lived in the building got on with her babysitter, who happened to be black. I piped up with "Mommy, why does Lillibet have a chocolate grandmother?"

...Mom said she wanted to disappear into the floor.

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#107

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/16/05 at 8:25pm

Addy, I just laughed really loudly in my college's dead-quiet library. Now I look like a total nutjob...thanks

#108

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/16/05 at 8:28pm

and your story made me laugh out loud in my office... but the people around me are used to sudden bursts of laughter whenever I'm online!

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#109

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/16/05 at 9:54pm

I remember being tested for minimal English competence when I went into elementary school. I didn't know the word for stapler- I don't think I'd ever used one.

#110

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/17/05 at 9:07am

All those elementary school standardized tests... What did they really learn about us?

I remember being so excited in Kindergarten when I got to be on 'snack' patrol and I could wheel the little red wagon down to our cafeteria to get the mini milk-cartons that we had for our snack. There was something about being in the hallway of the school when everyone else was in class that was very exciting.

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#111

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/17/05 at 9:13am

Oh yes and being asked to bring a note to the principal's office?

"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen." Conan O'Brien

#112

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/17/05 at 9:15am

But Mom, the princiPAL was your pal!!!

"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

#113

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/17/05 at 9:17am

I loved that feeling too Addy. I got to hawk Philly soft pretzels to each and every classroom each day when I was in the fourth grade. The power of taking money from everyone was heady. They were three cents each or two for a nickle.

#114

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/17/05 at 11:28am

I remember my first snack time in American kindergarten. There was peanut butter. I was horrified.

#115

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/17/05 at 11:36am

As a matter of fact YES M_E! My grammar school principal was a close family friend, and I adored her!

#116

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/17/05 at 11:40am

Addy, that elevator story got me big time. I was at an internet cafe checking emails, etc. and had to excuse myself I was laughing so hard. I love starting my day with a laugh.

Hey Dottie! Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany

#117

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/17/05 at 3:34pm

hiding a copy of the Hair soundtrack cuze my mom said i was too young.

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#118

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/17/05 at 3:43pm

Beav - when I was 14 or 15, the movie Audrey Rose came out and I was dying to go with my friend. My mother said no, it was too scary for me (she was LOTS of fun, yes?), until I said, well, Mom, I've already read the book twice. Then she had to give in. :)

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#119

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/17/05 at 5:06pm

I remember loving it when we had a babysitter on Friday nights because my sister and I would stay up and watch "Love, American Style" on TV. My parents never let us watch it...

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#120

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 2/17/05 at 5:49pm

Mine either addy. Thank heavens for baby sitters!

#121

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 7/21/06 at 2:52pm

In honor of Addy, I am bumping this thread.

Addy it's on page one, just in case you're looking!

Enjoy.

Hey Dottie! Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany

#122

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 7/21/06 at 3:36pm

oh, Dottie!

I love it!

Thanks for the memory of the memory. And the laugh.

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#123

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 7/21/06 at 5:19pm

Your stories of playing in your grandparents basements reminded me of what my friends and I would do in my basement. We had a bar set up as well...only we didn't just serve drinks, we created a whole restaurant...Beerfest (great title for little kids, huh?) We created menus, and provided entertainment, and forced my mother to serve us lunch in our "restaurant". We couldn't ever talk her into dinner though! LOL!

We also used to play "pizza shop" behind the stone wall and serve slate pizzas to the neighborhood.

It's amazing to think that none of us ever opened a restaurant or went into catering!

#124

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 7/21/06 at 10:46pm

watching movies with my grandma on our black and white tv
Things like shirley temple and wizard of oz

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#125

re: Random Childhood Memories

Posted: 7/21/06 at 10:52pm

1. Always being the youngest kid in class because I have a summer birthday.

2. Being the only left-handed kid in Kindergarten and not being able to use the scissors.

3. Going to see Cats when I was four years old and hating it.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

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