Middle Aged Memories
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In the late 60's all the girls in my area wore these white fur coats. I don't know why but we all wore them and I remember some guy said we looked like polar bears - haha, he was right.
And of course, we had to have John Romain purses. I had this one and three others, plus some John Romain sandals which my ex-SIL stole from my closet.
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heartnsoul, I'm not sure if Stuckey's is still in business or not. Can't say that I ever saw the Don Johnson movie. Sounds like it's a good thing I didn't!!
Here's one. Does anyone remember click-clacks???? I about knocked myself out with this toy when I was a kid. This would never fly now-a-days.
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yes, I do! Even remember pouring the liquid solution/catalyst into molds to make "grapes"
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Remember these?
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Pixie Sticks?
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you got that right!
Often thought those click clanks led to that desk-top gadget where small metal balls are suspended, pull one back, release, the opposite end flies out, then the opposite, ad infin item... Cool for a couple moments, then boring
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Lets see if pics will post this morning:
I do remember the Click Clacks, must have driven our parents crazy!
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I remember Op-Yop. We were smart kids...we made out own with giant buttons on a thread cord, from Grandma.
Looks like these are still in production, and they got pinkified. Eeeek!
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SlowDeep- YES! I loved clackers (not click clacks to me). Especially my swirly pink ones. I must have had three or four different colors. Easily amused, I guess.
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I have never seen op-yop.
Anyone remember colorforms? Now this is something I had!
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yes, Slow!
Native Mainer, that's it, exactly!
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I remember doing the buttons on string thing, loved the way it hummed when you got it going fast enough. Don't remember the Op Yup, though. I'm shaking my head at the pinkified version.
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Anyone remember these?
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Yes I wore them and I remember them hurting my head....
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Slow, never used those. Very fine hair and very little of it. I envy you and all that could use them
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I used to use them on my dolls too.
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never thought of that! Lol,
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I might have had a barrette or two but, in my house, pony tails were held in place by plain hair-snagging rubber bands, the kind that came off of a shopping news. I kept them on the doorknob in my room. A hair fashion that lasted a year or two was wearing a little triangle head scarf. My cousin sewed some up for me.
Speaking of newspapers...we used to have a paper boy for the daily news and those papers came folded up in that special way. They gave the boys that coin change thing to wear on their waists on collection day. Think we used to pay .35 for the week.
We never had a papergirl. 
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My mom got me the penny collector book. I still have it.
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My Mother braided my hair every day through 6th grade. When I went to Jr. High I switched to pony tails & I too used plain old rubber bands.
We had a coin changer just like that. My grandpa told us that the train conductors & bus drivers used them. My brother threw the local paper for awhile. Girls weren't allowed, but I spent more time folding then he did. And of course no plastic bags like we have now for the rain.
I still have a couple of those triangle scarfs. Eventually maybe I grow enough hair back to wear them.
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Remember these?
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Do they still make those Dr. Scholl's? I had a pair. They hurt really bad if you stepped on them wrong.
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I was so disappointed that I couldn't wear the Dr. Scholl's sandal. They were the flop without the flip for me. Would not stay on right. I had to have the flip-flop, or the thong-style, sandal. As recently as three weeks ago, I tried on a sandal of the Scholl's style and still have the problem.
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I was making a smoothie yesterday when I remembered having one of these in the 70's...
Back then, yogurt was a health food craze. I remember the t.v. ad for Dannon, with some Russians who lived to be 100. It sure didn't take up a dozen shelves in the dairy case back then. Making your own yogurt was a fashionable thing to do in the hippy lifestyle so, of course, someone figured they could make a buck selling the little heating units. The yogurt came out tasting o.k., but mine was always a little on the runny side.
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elimir, I've never seen the yogurts thing. Sounds interesting though!
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Remember the Salton bread warmer? I still have this and it works great for keeping rolls warm.
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Probably the same heating unit in both of them!
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I bet you're right.
We were your typical Italian family so anything to do with bread and pasta we were all over!
Yogurt was way too healthy for us.....probably why I don't remember that one! LOL
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Elimar - we wore those scarves too, except they weren't so small. They had padding the first few inches then had wider ties. I liked them because they didn't sit flat on your head. We used to really dress 'em up. We would pull our hair back in a ponytail, and then wear big earrings, a big necklace, and lots of makeup. And match them carefully with our halter top, haha. It was such a trend in Atlanta.
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HnS, That was more the gypsy look. When I was younger, we just color coordinated them with our "pedal-pushers." Then later the bandana triangle came back as something to pair with your Oshkosh (B'Gosh) overalls.
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