The Next Person Game

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  • wonderland
    wonderland Member Posts: 2,885

    False. Will be planting them is a couple of weeks.

    The next person went shopping today.

  • JoyE1947
    JoyE1947 Member Posts: 5,394

    False stayed home all day.  Heavy rain and some roads flooded

    The next person can sing well

  • wonderland
    wonderland Member Posts: 2,885

    Definitely false but I love to sing loud with the radio!

    The next person has fun weekend plans.

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,619

    Argh, I will be at work all weekend, but hope to get to the movie 42.

    the next person remembers Field Trips

  • hushkat
    hushkat Member Posts: 30

    True

    The next person remembers riding in the rear facing seat of a station wagon without a seat belt.

  • 2nd_time_around
    2nd_time_around Member Posts: 14,084

    True! Brings back memories!



    The next person took a lunch box to school

  • JoyE1947
    JoyE1947 Member Posts: 5,394

    True

    The next person remembers their mother using wax paper to wrap sandwiches

  • gardengumby
    gardengumby Member Posts: 4,860

    true - and the wax paper always came apart, the bread was dry and the sandwiches awful

    the next person remembers taking a wagon full of empty pop bottles to the store for pocket money

  • JoyE1947
    JoyE1947 Member Posts: 5,394

    true

    The next person remembers when it was a real treat to have a bottle of soda (pop)

  • gardengumby
    gardengumby Member Posts: 4,860

    true

    The next person remembers Dilly Bars

  • JoyE1947
    JoyE1947 Member Posts: 5,394

    False - were they ice cream bars?

    The next person remembers having the mumps

  • 2nd_time_around
    2nd_time_around Member Posts: 14,084

    True!



    The next person had the chicken pox

  • gardengumby
    gardengumby Member Posts: 4,860

    true

    Dilly Bars were sold at Dairy Queen.  They were a splat of soft serve ice cream with a stick in it, dipped in a flavored stuff that created a shell and then frozen.  Haven't seen 'em for years and years.

    The next person had the measles

  • JoyE1947
    JoyE1947 Member Posts: 5,394

    True

    The next person remembers people getting polio

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,619

    I remember everyone standing in line at the school and getting the vaccine in a sugar cube when I was a little girl, my mom remembered all the swimming pools & theaters closed in the summers when she was young due to polio scares

    The next person has seen the FDR Memorial in Washington, DC

  • DragonGirl
    DragonGirl Member Posts: 68

    False..I've been to D.C., but have no recollection of the FDR memorial. I did however see the Vietnam War Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, the White House and a few other memorials.



    My mother remembers that her father made his living trading in collected metals intended for recycling during WW II to support the war effort. I remember participating in "Duck and Cover" drills (in fear of a nuclear attack) at the Catholic School I attended though second grade.



    The next person has never had to use a pair of pliers to change the channel on a television set.



    ;)

  • JoyE1947
    JoyE1947 Member Posts: 5,394

    Yes!  I remember doing that when we only got 3 channels

    The next person remembers the first transistor radios  ( I sent for one frpm Sears calalog with my earnings from picking blueberries)

  • 2nd_time_around
    2nd_time_around Member Posts: 14,084

    Not sure if true or false: I remember transistor radios, not necessarily the first ones



    The next person will sleep in later today than they usually do during the week



    Notes: I haven't been to a Dairy Queen in ages. That was our tradition to go Fridays after school when I drove DD to and from school, it was only a bit out of way. Pretty sure they had Dilly Bars then. Tradition ended when she started driving herself to high school

    My uncle got polio when he was young. Was in an iron lung for quite a while
  • JoyE1947
    JoyE1947 Member Posts: 5,394

    Don't sleep in but I go to bed early.

    The next person took a lot of slide pictures of her children

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,619

    false, they had the big clunky video cameras by then

    the next person is going to work this morning (just stopping by for 10 minutes & then off I go Cry)

  • 2nd_time_around
    2nd_time_around Member Posts: 14,084

    Slide pix - no, photos - yes



    The next person has older siblings (my brother was an amateur photographer)

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,619

    false (I am the oldest)

    the next person is going to work this morning (just stopping by for 10 minutes & then off I go Cry)

  • JoyE1947
    JoyE1947 Member Posts: 5,394

    no longer employed - retired

    The next person worked in the medical field

  • 2nd_time_around
    2nd_time_around Member Posts: 14,084

    False (but my mom was an orthopedic nurse until she retired)



    The next person is starting the day with a cup of coffe

  • JoyE1947
    JoyE1947 Member Posts: 5,394

    True

    The next person will leave the house today

  • 2nd_time_around
    2nd_time_around Member Posts: 14,084

    False. Camping out in my favorite recliner, getting rest after yesterday's surgery.



    The next person will be glad it's spring today

  • JoyE1947
    JoyE1947 Member Posts: 5,394

    It's really not spring-like weather here.  Had snow in the air yesterday but better weather is ahead - we hope!!

    The next person will see relatives today

  • 2nd_time_around
    2nd_time_around Member Posts: 14,084

    False



    The next person will be going to church this weekend

  • JoyE1947
    JoyE1947 Member Posts: 5,394

    True

    The next person needs to paint a room this spring

  • 2nd_time_around
    2nd_time_around Member Posts: 14,084

    False (whole house interior painted Oct. 2011)



    The next person would rather not do spring cleaning but enjoys the results