Middle Aged Memories
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Yes, ours looked different, but I remember when the candles were lit, it would spin. I loved it. Thanks for the memory.0
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Swedish Angel Chimes? Hmmm. I think I got mine at Pier One for a dollar or two. Made in China. Cute, tinkly little chimes as I recall.
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I don't know why I got some "back-to-school" memories in January, but here is something that I had not thought of for many, many years. I was thinking of zippered pencil cases, and I had several of those. One red vinyl one even surviving into adulthood. BUT THEN I remembered the kind that we schoolkids coveted the most: The plastic Roll Top Pencil Case. THIS was highly desirable. Because the tops always broke quickly under actual schoolkid usage, these are now highly prized collectibles.
And the coolest thing to have in your pencil case was the multi-colored ink pen. The one below is huge, but the 4-color pens could easily fit.
If you were a more whimsical kid, you might have had the plastic pencil-shaped pouch, which was kind of cute.
and nothing said "back to school like your brand new eraser...
everybody had the Pink Pearl (originally made by Eberhard Faber, but I think Papermate makes them now,) but when I got a little older, my own fave was the pen/pencil combo eraser...
and when I got even older, of course I had the typewriter eraser. We'll never see the likes of these weird things again, as typewriters are now obsolete.
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I remember those slide top pencil cases!The 4 color pen takes me back to my early days in nursing, day shift wrote notes (by hand, charts were all paper) in blue or black, evening shift in green, night shift in red.And being old enough to "graduate" from the plain pink eraser to the pen/pencil combo cuz that meant you were allowed to write with a pen.And using a typewriter eraser in typing class in high school.
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Eli - thanks for the memories. I didn't have the hard slide top pencil case, but i had everything else. I actually still have and use a Pink Pearl. Those stupid typewriter erasers had a tendency to tear the paper - particularly the flimsy carbon sets. As far as I'm concerned - liquid paper was a miracle invention.
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I remember typing class in eighth grade. Talk about any easy class to teach!0
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Thought I would stop in at my fave thread and add something here today. I CANNOT believe I never mentioned THESE before.
FLATSIES, FLATSIES, THEY'RE FLAT, AND THAT'S THAT...AND THAT'S THAT!
FLATSY DOLLS! They came out at a time when I was a bit too old to play with them, but still young enough (pre-puberty) to get labeled as a "flatsy" by a number of boys in middle school, when that kind of teasing is merciless. Oh, the horror! (Don't worry. This story ends just fine. In high school, a couple of those boys asked me out and I got to laugh in their miserable faces.)
Now, I did not go the BMx route, but I always knew if I had to, I would probably go without prosthesis. As one formerly labeled as a "flatsy," I think I would be fine with that.
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I do not remember these at all, but they look like lots of fun!
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I may be repeating myself with this one. Trolls. I always think of them when the holidays roll around. I got a purple-haired one for Christmas one year. The next morning, I found my dog had chewed the big poof of hair down to about 1/3 of its luxurious length.
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I remember the trolls! I had one with blue hair!
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Guess I am still thinking about hair...and a lot of memories came to mind.
First, I was remembering how my friends and I used to iron our long hair...with a real iron on an ironing board. Made wavy, lumpy hair silky smooth. Harder to iron your own hair. Better if a friend helped. I can tell you what's wrong with the picture example of this: If she doesn't get her head/hair almost flat with the ironing board, she will iron in a crease line. Trust me, I know.
Second, I remembered "juice can" rollers, the name for the largest diameter hair rollers. My friend used actual juice cans, and slept in them. How, I do not know!
Third, I remembered those weird little things called "spoolies." The little rubber curlers that inverted upon themselves. I guess they were an upgrade to the older "pin curl" that used bobby pins. Do young girls even know what a bobby pin is anymore, I wonder?
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I didn't use Spoolies - but I sure did use the huge, big, juice can size rollers. But mine had brushes inside in addition to the ridiculous the size. AND I slept on them. I wonder how?? I know I was too young to drink so that wasn't the solution.
My grandmother actually did my Mother's hair up in pin curls - a piece of paper and a real straight pin. Ouch
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This thread is not very active anymore...Come on now ladies! There is still so much to remember.
Why just today, I thought of one of the stupidest fashion items ever worn (unless you have not yet attained your seventh birthday, I mean, but even that is a flimsy excuse.) I, of course, refer to the Deely Bopper. Even the name is idiotic. I went so far as to read (Google for yourself) the backstory on them, and it only made them worse in my mind.
The woman pictured below has been a recluse since 1983, simply from embarrassment over her moment of fashion weakness. Just pitiful!
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Here's one for our old group nemesis - Cheetos was a WWII 'invention' - 1948. I almost said discovery... I've been good and haven't purchased any in almost a year.
And while I'm here - Cheerios were first distributed in 1941. That's the original plain box of course.
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Interesting factoid about Cheetos. I had a tiny snack bag of the puffed kind yesterday (the ones that sell for 2/1.00) - have to fall off the wagon every now and then.
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Celia - yes it's time for me to AT LEAST buy the school lunch size.
Edited to add, somehow I have become addicted to Spanish Peanuts. I thing that is much more salt.
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Well now, MT, I have heard otherwise. The generic cheese curl or corn curl sprang up in the 30's, as a BY-PRODUCT OF ANIMAL FEED, stuff that had to be cleaned out of the feed grinder occasionally! (Mmmm, it sounds even more desirable now, right?)
As for Cheetos, I had to check on that and found this actual timeline:
https://www.timelinemaker.com/blog/featured-timeline/history-of-cheetos-timeline/
To me, it is amazing that crunchy Cheetos had been around for 20+ years before the baked ones came out. In my mind, I surely ate baked cheese curls before the 70's...perhaps they were not the Cheetos brand. That is just a minor disclosure.
My big disclosure...my new fave snack crisp is below. Don't tell anyone.
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Besides that, today "WoHeLo" came into my mind. Remember that slogan of the Campfire Girls? There was a TV ad, "WoHeLo means work health, love."
Because of the ad, it is not really strange that I remembered it, even tho' I was never a Campfire Girl.
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Eli - oops, that link is to a dog named Dingo for rescue.
I'll look for your 'crisps'. I've been eating Food Should Taste Good: Organic Multigrain Tortilla Chips. Baked w/flax seeds, sesame seeds, quinoa, stone ground corn. Obviously a list of "good" things - gluten free, vegan, kosher, low sodium, no MSG, whole grain.... Good with queso if you do cheese.
But baked just isn't the same. Must be time to buy some fried junk. My body is hungry for good old Cheetos. Or maybe Ruffles w/ridges and I'll make up a batch of original Hidden Valley Ranch dip w/lots of mayo & sour cream - and eat the whole bag.
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Minus - I am right there with you on the good old Cheetos once in a while. In the meantime, I buy Vegan Rob's Cauliflower or Brussel Sprout Puffs. Occasionally, I go totally off the wagon for Mesquite BBQ Chips, but ration these (10 - 12 chips a day, but not every day).
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O.K., MT, now that you have adopted "Dingo," I went ahead and fixed that link to the Cheetos timeline. Look again.
Did you see the "subtitle" for the Off The Eaten Path crisps? "Snacks for the Curious." How could I not buy them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Can't even imagine all those variations. I like the originals. Kind of like Cheerios. Who can imagine 15-20+ different kinds of Cheerios? If you want cinnamon, add to the original. if you want fruit, pile some on to the original. if you want honey/nut, it can go in a bowl of the original.
I think all the extended varieties are wasteful, but I also expect many of our taste buds remember what we liked when we were young. And I'm just a dinosaur.
Remember Betcha can't eat just one
and on another grocery aisle - remember "Use Ajax (boom boom) the foaming cleanser...."
Or "You'll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent"
Or "Brusha, brusha, brusha - new Ipana toothpaste..."
And of course "I'd like to buy the world a coke..." Which morphed into "I'd like to teach the world to sing..."
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I prefer the taste of Pepsodent, more than most other minty ones. It's at my local dollar $tore.
As for flavored crisps...some years ago, in Europe, I got some kind of extruded corn curl but it was hazelnut flavor. Those Europeans do love their hazelnuts; and I thought it was pretty tasty too.
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Not that I don't like talking with you Eli, but where is everyone else? I know NM is working extra long shifts this week.
"Come out, come out wherever you are"....
20 points if you guessed that saying is from The Wizzard of Oz. I had no clue.
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I'm just having a memory burst this week so...here's Shoot the Moon. I posted this one just for you, MT. "Houston, we have a problem." (Winky, wink, wink.)
I just never had the patience to do very well with this toy. My skill and coordination may have been sub-par as well but I didn't even have the patience to reach a conclusion on that. Ha!
MinusTwo is right. We shouldn't being doing all the memory work around here. No using "chemo brain" for an excuse either. Actually, I heard that if you submit 10-12 posts on this thread during active chemotherapy, you will avoid getting chemo brain. Maybe I just made that up. I also heard that if you challenge even half of what I write in a post, you will 100% definitely not get chemo brain. Now that is from NEJM, 2010!
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LOL - but great reason for people to post. Hmmm - maybe everyone is under 35 & doesn't have middle aged memories? Maybe everyone over 40 has already had their memories deleted?
This is a challenge folks!!!
Yes, we had the moon shot game when we were younger, but I lived in CA then & knew nothing about Houston.
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How many big wheel tires did you ruin by pedaling as fast as you could, then locking up and spinning? My brother and I would have flat (open) spots in the tire by the middle of June, every summer! Remember riding with said flat spot? It was impossible to pedal and would beat you to death!
One of my favorites was the Hippity Hop! I swear if I could figure out how to attach a handle to a large exercise ball, I would totally ride that thing all over the house! Lol
Vickki
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I don't remember spinning out Big Wheels, but I do remember the clacking noise the wheels made until my mother figured out how to silence the thing.
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How did she do it? My mother would have loved to know! Lol
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oh I remember hippity hops! I didn't have one but knew someone who did. A few yrs ago I saw some in a boutique toy store and they came in adult size. My thighs would die and I'd probably end up with a broken hip if I tried one now but it would be so fun
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