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The Good Old Times
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Top Cat used to be one of my favorite cartoons. The Roadrunner was my #1 favorite. 
I have a traumatic memory of the Slip-N-Slide. The next door neighbors bought one for their girls and my sister and I spent many an afternoon over there with them, sliding in the cool water. One day, someone broke a glass or a bottle or something, and there was glass on the slide, and little neighbor Kim went sliding down the yellow plastic and hit that glass... blood was GUSHING out of her arm. It looked like a murder scene. Her mom rushed her to the hospital and she had to have stitches and we got sent home until they got the mess cleaned up. It was a scary day for a kid.
I have a traumatic memory of the Slip-N-Slide. The next door neighbors bought one for their girls and my sister and I spent many an afternoon over there with them, sliding in the cool water. One day, someone broke a glass or a bottle or something, and there was glass on the slide, and little neighbor Kim went sliding down the yellow plastic and hit that glass... blood was GUSHING out of her arm. It looked like a murder scene. Her mom rushed her to the hospital and she had to have stitches and we got sent home until they got the mess cleaned up. It was a scary day for a kid.
jimi,a 4 door is a must, for ease to your g/friends!I had one of these but mine was 2 door
err yup but cant say more lol
Shoe polish for those white leather "Sunday shoes."
I don't know what the thing with the two wooden handles is, though. I DO remember my dad taking me for rides in the Plymouth panel van (he was a carpenter when I was little) and I always thought it was funny that he had to "choke the car." I always took that literally, LOL!
And so yes, I also am very familiar with the cordless drill, as well as the cordless sander and planer, and the hammer and nails, the manual screwdrivers, and the bubble level and carpenter's square, and the square pencil he always had behind his ear. OH! And the hand saw! He built two houses for us with his bare hands and those manual tools. They were nice houses. He let me hammer nails into the plywood base for the floors. Nowadays they use screws, I guess, so the floors don't squeak as the house ages, but back then, my dad put everything together with nails.
I also remember when ponchos were cool, although I never had one, and I remember Raggedy Anne and Andy and maybe the guy with the bear. Is that Grizzly Adams? I was into cars by then, but if that's who it is, I remember my two younger brothers were avid fans.
I don't know what the thing with the two wooden handles is, though. I DO remember my dad taking me for rides in the Plymouth panel van (he was a carpenter when I was little) and I always thought it was funny that he had to "choke the car." I always took that literally, LOL!
And so yes, I also am very familiar with the cordless drill, as well as the cordless sander and planer, and the hammer and nails, the manual screwdrivers, and the bubble level and carpenter's square, and the square pencil he always had behind his ear. OH! And the hand saw! He built two houses for us with his bare hands and those manual tools. They were nice houses. He let me hammer nails into the plywood base for the floors. Nowadays they use screws, I guess, so the floors don't squeak as the house ages, but back then, my dad put everything together with nails.
I also remember when ponchos were cool, although I never had one, and I remember Raggedy Anne and Andy and maybe the guy with the bear. Is that Grizzly Adams? I was into cars by then, but if that's who it is, I remember my two younger brothers were avid fans.
RAGGEDY Ann and Andy
That is a hair curler, useta be heated on the stove.
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OMG, I had TOTALLY forgotten that Fuzzy Wuzzy soap. What the heck made it do that, I wonder? I didn't ask such questions back then, I just marveled at it.
I had a pogo stick, but I wasn't very good at it. I've never been very graceful. My dad could hop that thing all over the back yard, though. He was a pro at pogo.
I had a pogo stick, but I wasn't very good at it. I've never been very graceful. My dad could hop that thing all over the back yard, though. He was a pro at pogo.
Gawd, I remember when the Christmas tree at Grandma's house always had cartons of cigarettes underneath, wrapped with ribbon and bows. I imagine some homes still have that gift of death.
Anyone who has one of those and saves it may be glad some day when the grid fails.
Good heavens, who says people don't still buy/make/wear ponchos?
Top Cat used to be one of my favorite cartoons. The Roadrunner was my #1 favorite.
I have a traumatic memory of the Slip-N-Slide. The next door neighbors bought one for their girls and my sister and I spent many an afternoon over there with them, sliding in the cool water. One day, someone broke a glass or a bottle or something, and there was glass on the slide, and little neighbor Kim went sliding down the yellow plastic and hit that glass... blood was GUSHING out of her arm. It looked like a murder scene. Her mom rushed her to the hospital and she had to have stitches and we got sent home until they got the mess cleaned up. It was a scary day for a kid.
My neighbor had a really slippery concrete patio, which was apparently frequently a problem with concrete construction in a particular era. Anyway we would put the hose at the edge of the patio, get it watery, and slip & slide for hours across the patio.
My sister had a pair of these when we were kids
All the girls had these and the guys had the black rubber boots with the metal buckles
I reckon I'm the contrarian in this thread. Some things are better now.
What you are showing are galoshes. My Grandma had an old pair in her closet. She called them "rubbers" (she also called rubber bands "rubbers"). Anyway, they still make those, and you can buy them new, but they were meant to be worn over your regular shoes. Putting a boot over your shoe gives you a big foot, which feels unfamiliar under you, so you'll easily trip, fall and hurt yourself.
Now you can get rain boots, and just wear them as street shoes over cotton socks (cotton for comfort). Around 2016 it seemed like every time I went out for my volunteer shift it was pouring down rain, so I decided to get rain boots. I wanted some that just look like ordinary boots. Bought these (an image stolen from the net because I can't find mine). I'm thinking maybe I gave them away because I didn't like those big treads on the bottom:
Then I got these. You can't see the pull-on tabs at the back due to my poor photo, but the waterproof elastic gussets also make them easy on-off:
I wanted these Tory Burch, but they were really expensive at the time, so no:
And for kids you can get all sorts of really cute ones, with dinosaur prints, umbrellas, animal prints, stripes, dots, bright colors, etc.
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I have one somewhere in my tools
they wouldbe right saying that!
Hey Lannie would you tell Rich I said hi and that I miss talkin with him, thank you my friend
