Middle Aged Memories
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I remember The Winchell-Mahony Show (or Time?). I rememebr the song, and a female "dummy"
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City ordinances prohibited aerial fireworks, even when I was a child. However, we always had firecrackers to blow our fingers off with. Black Cats, Cherry Bombs, M-80's. Our parents let us use cigarettes to light them. Or maybe we just "borrowed" one from the pack. Made our own smoke bombs too. Mom's who didn't care too much whether you branded yourself with the glowing-hot metal sticks bought these for the kiddies. Mine did. Thanks mom.
Happy 4th Everyone!
p.s. Don't feel too bad for child-me, there was always some young adult who drove to another state and came back with a truckload of bottle rockets and assorted things that would (allegedly) fly onto rooves and burn down houses, and they were great fun until the patrol car came by.
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I live in unincorporated part of the county. It's been rather quiet this week but I expect things to get louder. My neighbor up the hill has in the past put on a good fireworks show. No burn ban yet but expecting one soon. I think they usually put it into effect b4 fireworks go on sale; bummer to waste your money and not be able to use them. Next county over has one.
We keep a few firecrackers year round for scaring off stray dogs. Very effective.
They sell pop rocks in the grocery store, the kind you throw down on the ground.
We have in the past had a big party on July 4th but so many friends go out of town/state now. We are unique in our circle of friends for deserting the city.
Eli - google Roy Mickey Mouse club. The first site I brought up had lots about him and other lesser known cast members like Paul Petersen, Don Grady, Johnny Crawford (swoon!).
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goatsy, The Wiki article did explain a lot, but I still say "one of these things is not like the other..."
He did come up with the idea for the ears tho'.
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Eli - try this link.
http://www.originalmmc.com/roy.html
Though I agree that he looks like a fish out of water.
What would kids today think of MMC? Mine is 26 and I think we might have watched a few though she was very fond of Winnie the Pooh. Somewhere I have a cassette of her singing "Winnie dah Pooh". It's been on today on one of the Encore channels. Oh my, says Owl leads his friends to think Winnie the Pooh has been abducted (2011). Thought I might watch later but not one of the old ones. Geesh - abducted, as if the real news is not bad enough.
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Well, I guess pop rocks are the candy and not the throw on the ground poppers. This just came to my inbox.
http://relish.com/slideshows/15-sparkling-dessert-recipes-with-pop-rocks/
I guess I thought they lost their "Pop" if they got wet. And who knew they made chococlate pop rocks?
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Elimar, thanks for the sparklers memories! I remember my brother getting badly burned from another kid throwing one and landing on him (his hand if I remember correctly). Mom wouldn't let us play with them again, but someone always snuck us a couple
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I just happened to see apicture of this maze toy. Don't know that it had a name, but I had one.
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Oh Eli you brainiac. We only had a mousetrap game. Don't even get my started on Rubik's cube or I will go blind. Do any of you remember the penny magic trick with webbing that for clacked down and then reversed it? Very poor description and doesn't come up googling penny magic trick.
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This is the maze game I remember
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Anyone get a pair of Red Goose Shoes in the 60s and get an egg bank filled with cany and toys?
Usually had a mint, a butterscotch and a clicker or some other toy.
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I don't specifically remember getting Red Goose shoes but I do remember cute but foot pinching saddle oxfords. I think I would actually wear some. I like old style Cobbies, a shoe my GM wore. See they have them at K Mart but alas no more K Marts in Texas. I detest paying $60+ for imitation leather shoes. Had to wear an old pair of boots to church yest. with pants, pouring rain. Magic markered a skinned spot on the side where the "pleather" had peeled. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do and barely visible. I wish I could buy shoes/clothes on line but I would spend more returning things than worth it.
I have a couple of Chinese maze boxes, the ones where the panels slide.
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I don't think we has Red Goose Shoes, but I remember Buster Brown (and his dog Tyge...who names a dog Tyge? But then, just look at him, poor thing!)
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Meece, that wooden maze reminds me of a toy we knew as "Moon Shot" and it was harder than it looked, as a kid anyway.
Which reminds me of...Skittle bowling (this shows plastic, but they used to be made of wood.)
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goatsy, LOL! I have touched up a scuff with a marker in my time too.
I also remember having white patent leather (Easter!) shoes and getting the black scuffs off with lighter fluid, a smelly memory.
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Eli - I think we used Vaseline. Parents had plenty of lighter fluid around so maybe DM did that without me. Love these boots from Ross I think about $10 but oh about 7 years old. Short zip up I can get zipped big heel but only wear them short time. I like short mens boots lo heel (theirs are usually real leather) but foot not big enough. Guess I could try big boys - LOL.
Would you want to buy shoes with a dog for that for a spokesdog? Run for your life!
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ELIMAR, remember the Buster Brown and Tyge (didn't remember the name though). I have "fixed" many pairs of shoes and boots with Vaseline or markers
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Elmira?
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Sorry, ELIMAR, dang this auto-correct! LOL! I know what I typed, just not a great proof reader as I just woke up (Percocet brain).
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We had Buster Brown shoes in CA. Anyone else remember putting your feet under the 'magic' (x-ray) machine and seeing your foot bones at the shoe store?
When my Mother died in 2004 she still had our Moon Shot and the Maze game that Meece listed. My brother took them in case he ever has grandchildren.
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I remember both the egg from the 1 brand of shoes & Buster Brown & his dog, but I didn't till you reminded me!
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Speaking of the Moon Shot toy, I thought of the vintage moon bank that used to be a freebie given away by many different savings banks. I have one, given to me by an uncle.
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Is it iron?
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Elmira...wasn't she the mistress of the dark? Oh, no that was Elvira. Elmira can be your alter ego, Eli~.
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While in my car yesterday I had a memory, but I am not sure if they don't still do this on some cars today. Remember the blue tint on the windsheild of cars back in the 60s? It was turquoise and I remember loving to look through it and see everything blue tinted.
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Last week there was a big annual fair in my town, not the State Fair, but more like a regional one, so still pretty big. I didn't go, but it made me remember going to the State Fair as a child. As a city child, I didn't have any craft entries, 4-H, etc., so I went mostly to spectate what exhibits were there, see the animals, hear some great national music acts AND ride those midway rides. My favorite ride on the midway was called The Zipper (I'll look for pic) and with the forward motion like an elongated ferris wheel and with each car able to spin, it could work up a decent G-force. Next year, when I can be thrown around a bit more, I'll have to try and ride it once again. What was YOUR favorite Midway ride? Or Fair memory?
THE ZIPPER -- SO SCREAMINGLY FUN!!!!
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I'm not into heights, but I enjoyed riding this ride in the evening at the MI state fair as "Schools Out" by Alice Cooper played loudly while I waited to see Dr. Hook perform...
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Mine is the Scrambler
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So funny, we were at Redondo Beach yesterday and they still have a Tilt-a-Whirl going on the pier. I was tempted to get DH to ride it with me, but decided against it.
I saw Dr. Hook in the early 80s, actually after the band broke up and he went by his name, Ray Sawyer. He was a great showman.
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OK, when I was young, the little mini carnivals would come to town, randomly, never for an event, & set up in the Sears parking lot! We lived just a couple blocks away. Once when I was about 12, so my brother would have been 9, Mom let us wander over there after dinner. We climbed into the octopus ride & the carney just kinda forgot about us. We were on that sucker for what felt like a 1/2 hour (we were the only ones on). When it finally stopped, my brother got off, puked his guts out right at the carney's feet & we wandered home-we were probably bobbing & weaving from dizziness!
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