Middle Aged Memories
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There was really a Seven Brides for Seven Brothers in 1954 with Howard Keel & Jane Powell. Same era as Jupiter's Darling with Esther Williams. Anyone else remember the swimming? Also Oklahoma was in 1955. I was allowed to take the train into San Francisco by myself for the first time when I was in Jr. Hi and my Dad took me to lunch & to see that movie.
Thanks for the memories.
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I remember the Coppertone Billboard on the 5 in Los Angeles. The swimsuit bottoms and puppy moved.
Coppertone Tans Don't Burn
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Wasn't Jodie Foster the "model" for that ad?
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I never heard that. Could be.
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Jodie Foster was in the television commercial in the early sixties, it was her first "acting" job, and she was three. The model for the little girl in the billboard ads was the daughter of one of the people working on the ad campaign in the fifties. (Thank you Wikipedia, lol) Apparently there is still one of those billboards, with the moving parts, in Miami.
We went tobogganing, and apparently "High Chaparral" was too risque for my mother, so we weren't able to watch it. But I had the hugest crush on Jeremy in Here Come the Brides, and Little Joe Cartwright.
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We always saw the So Cal one on our way to Disneyland. I associate Copeprtone with that.
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The Coppertone dog is not a terrier, but he reminded me of this little set. In the good, old days, two little magnets could make something magically tricky! Hahaha!
Does anyone remember tons of stuff like this that you could order through those vintage catalogs. One was Spencer Gifts and another was Fingerhut. Loved to read through those treasure troves as a kid.
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I remember my grandmother had the little black dog on her fridge. I never saw a white one. What would they do?
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Just attract or repel, the usual. Simple toys. Simple times. Why, I could make 27 things with a few popsicle sticks!!!
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My grandmother used to order presents for us from those vontage catalogs, or with coupons she saved. They were just trinkets but they were from Grandma so they were heirlooms forever.
I used a potholder loom to make potholders, Grandma would hook rugs - in her later years she used plastic bags, wonder bread especially! I always watched her sew her own dresses by hand, every stitch.
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I has a potholder loom, and I was at Joann on Saturday and I saw a loom kit!
My grandmother had a pie safe that she stored certain things for us. Some puzzles, which we would do time and time again, crayons, safety scissors, a box of marbles etc... She had a pump bottle of hand lotio, Desert Rose I believe, that we could always get her to suirt into our little hands.
She also made "welcome" mats from wonder bread bags.
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These were the kinds of cards the boys in my elementary school handed out.
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I got a Valentine Card from a boy in 5th grade had a cute skunk on it. He wrote, I hate you, pee ew you stink. Hahaha. I have pet skunks today, love skunks. And that was the same year that the CUTEST BOY EVER IMO gave me a Valentine Card that he wrote on, I love you. He also wrote a note and put it in my desk a few weeks later, same week I broke my arm, I love you. Whatever happened to my first love anyway?
My grandmother used to have a white metal cupboard that she kept her cookies in. Windmill cookiees mostly. And sometimes fig newtons.
Saturdays my mom would take her to the little town grocery store and she would push the little cart around and get her groceries, ring bologna, cheese, oatmeal, milk, bacon. Always the same stuff. She was still canning when she was in her 90s.
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My grandmother never learned to drive so Saturday was our Grocery day. We had three markets, each of which ran different coupons and had something they were better at. We'd go to grandma's and mother would toot the car horn (rather than getting 3 kids out of the car only to load up again) Then we'd hit the markets. One of us would always be allowed to walk with Grandma through the store. Memories....
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Lots of good memories revolve around Grandmas! We lived quite a ways away from our relatives. Our vacations were usually spent up on the farms as both Mom and Dad grew up on dairy farms. My little sister was always very concerned about the milk for her cereal-----she always asked if it was 'cow milk' or 'milk man milk'. One of my Grandmas always had these huge, soft, molasses cookies in her freezer. She stored them in coffee cans and they were almost as wide as the can. Loved those!
Made quite a few potholders myself on that little loom. Loved putting different colors together. Trying to remember other crafts we used to do as kids. I remember a kit for making paper flowers, and my older sister and I would spend hours on paint by number kits.
In 2nd or 3rd grade I remember getting a really fancy. lacy valentine from a boy----can't even remember what he looked like, but I know I kept that valentine for years. We used to make such fancy valentine boxes---crape paper, lace, glitter, etc Seems like the kids today just use a brown lunch bag with a few construction paper hearts on it.
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If they are even allowed to axchange valentines that is.
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Remember records on the back of cereal boxes?
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Oh, yes, and how I wanted some of those! Mom wouldn't get them because they cost more than the other cereals.
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Wow! Forgot about those, and I had one once. I had "Bang-Shang-A-Lang." Wonder if post nixed the idea of putting "Sugar Sugar" on their boxes. Hehehe.
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We had a cap on spending for our cereal so we made th emost of our .70 budget. I think mom gave in to my sister because she was the one who got the record.
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I had a few of the FREE cereal prizes that had to be sent away for. I think I posted this about 50 pages ago, but I still have my Huckleberry Hound ring.
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Somewhere I still have a huckleberry Hound plush toy. I am sure he is worse for the wear, his felt hat is probably squished flat. If only I had kept him safely on a shelf instead of in the pile of plush toys on my bed. I had dozens on my bed. I kept a few, and haven't seen them in years.
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Those were fun cartoons, weren't they----------Huckleberry Hound, Auggie doggie and Doggie Daddy, Quickdraw McGraw, Snagglepuss, -----------what were the names of the cat and mouse detectives who always wore the trench coats? and now-------exit-----stage left!
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Jaytee, is this who you were talking about?
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Thats it! Now that I think about it Blabber mouse sounds right----did the mouse call him snoops or snoopsy-----snooper is not ringing the bell with me. Was there a different cat called Top Cat? My siblings and I watched way too many cartoons in our day----but they were so much better back then. All time favorite has to be the old Bugs Bunny cartoons-------and you know at Christmas I always did like to see the Mr Magoo Christmas Carol special.
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I definitely remember Top Cat, I had a couple of books from the show. He was too cool, man.
I agree about Bugs Bunny, they were, and still are, the best. So clever and witty.
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Some of my favorite episodes-----the ones with the witch who every time she ran----all the little bobby pins came out of her hair-----the big hairy monster with Bugs Bunny as the beautician and the innnnnnnnnteresting hairdo---------the frog who could sing and dance except when put in front of an audience----oh, there are too many to name. Many a time when I am out in my garden or flower beds checking for critter damage----I am singing that Elmer Fudd classic------Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit------- 0
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I like Pierre LePew.
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Meece, your new avatar is beautiful!0
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Thank you, dutchgirl.
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