Middle Aged Memories
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I never had either of those, but when I was first married we did have a hookah.
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hiya! I'm finding my memories - just needed a nudge... My "snuff" bottle from my Taiwanese roommate in college circa 1977. Strawberry. Oh so natural! ✌️❤️ Lind
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We have mentioned fragrances a few times already but I'm thinking of them again...
I rarely wear scents or colognes anymore (and when others wear it, it is absolutely choking 99% or the time) but back in my neo-hippie days, I loved to get those scented body oils, those ad-campaign scents of the day, or whatever cool compact caught my eye. Here's one I used to keep in my high school purse, so easy to apply after swim class.
I had the green collection. Who doesn't want to smell like clover? I had a different collection of flower scents too, one of which was honeysuckle. I still like those smells to this day...just not ON me. I wonder if I can get one of these on Ebay? (Just checked and, yes, they have a few on there...$50 and up!)
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Elimar - check Vermont Country Store too. They still have Evening in Paris (which I bought at Woolworths), Arpege, Windsong, Blue Grass and other things my Mother & grandmother used to wear.
Oops - forgot White Shoulders
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MinusTwo, I actually did buy some cologne once or twice that was supposed to be reproduced from the original formula. These scents, even tho' I had not smelled them for 20+ years were just WRONG. I do not think it is my nose or my memory that has changed (scent memory is very deep rooted,) I think it is the formula that has changed over the years, unfortunately.
I don't know if anyone had a mom or grandmother who liked to do "liquid embroidery." It sounds weird, but it was just decorating linens with fabric paint that came out in a fine line. My grandmother did some pillowcases and table runners and I think they came out very delicate, homey, and nice.
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Elimar - sorry to hear about the scent change. I agree about the smell memory. I have read elsewhere that packaging that looks exactly the same, might now be made 'overseas' and won't be the same formula. I thought Vermont Country Store would do better. Thanks for the review.
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Elimar--I remember embroidering pillow cases with patterns like that!I don't think mine looked quite as good as your Grandmother's.
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That is just a Google image. My grandma did some flowers on a baby pillowcase for me. That was long before the baby pillows were a SIDS factor. Guess I survived both breast cancer AND sleeping on a baby pillow!
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And roller skating on uneven sidewalks with metal skates. And riding bikes without helmets. And riding in the back of trucks. How did we ever get to be adults? But I digress... I have embroidered pillow cases from both my Grandmother and my Mother. Sadly I don't use them anymore as they are getting really thin, and they have to be ironed. I'm still using the embroidered 'tea towels'.
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So, I had a doctor's appt. today. You know how they knock before they come in? Well, I always like to respond to that in what I think to be my high-pitched spinster voice, and call out "Whooo iiiiis it" as if I didn't already know. That response is HABIT now but, today, at the last second, I changed that up and called out "Enter...and sign in, please." Remember that phrase? It was from an old t.v. show called What's My Line?
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Funny...That game is on Buzzer TV everyday at 9pm eastern..........
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I remember What's My Line!
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Just got back from visiting my brother. We were talking about Bucky Beaver and Ipana toothpaste. Anyone else remember the song?
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That one was BMT. First time seeing it. LOL.
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NativeMaine - thanks for posting. Yes Elimar, I'm sure you're just too young. Although it may have been a regional thing.
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Not sure it was regional. I grew up mostly in the SW - El Paso, Albuquerque but did some time in Hawaii too and I certainly remember it and think we used it. Part of the Ipana song is in "Grease" at the sleepover. Wikipedia the source of all knowledge says Ipana reached it's peak in the 1950s but faded fast in the 1960s. Bucky Beaver was a Disney creation.
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"Eenie, meenie, chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak..."
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Had to Google that one but I shall not spill the beans. And that would certainly have been from my era.
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I had to look it up, too, but remembered it after I found it!
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I too had to check with Dr. Google. Good one Eli.
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I'm so behind! I'm still walking around singing "Casper, the friendly ghost, the friendliest ghost you know! Though grown ups might look in anger and fright the children all love him so! -La, la, la forget words here - he's really glad to meetcha and he's kind to evry living creature." Loved that little dude. ✌️❤️ Linda
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Casper the friendly ghost
The friendliest ghost you know
Though grown ups might look in anger and fright
The children all love him soCasper the friendly ghost
He couldn't be bad or mean
He'll romp and play, sing and dance all day
The friendliest ghost you've seenHe always say, "Hello"
And he's really glad to meet cha
Wherever he may go
You know he's kind to ev'ry living creatureGrown ups don't understand
Why children, all love him the most
But kids all know he loves them so
Casper the friendly ghostCasper, and he's friendly
And he's friendlyHe always say, "Hello"
He's really glad to meet cha
Wherever he may go
He's kind to ev'ry living creatureGrown ups don't understand
Why children, all love him the most
But kids all know he loves them so
Casper the friendly ghost
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Since no one jumped in with it..."eenie, beenie, chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak..." was, of course Rocky & Bullwinkle.
That saying always came before they took a break for a commercial. I always thought it was a great line as a prelude to a fart. Knowing those Rocky & Bullwinkle writers, they might have been implying something about all those show interruptions. They were clever like that.
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My dear sweet mother loved Dudley Do-Right.
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I LOVED Dudley Do-Right!
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In my youth, any product with a hippie-girl pitchwoman would get my attention. How I remember Cybill Shepard in that field of corn for Cornsilk makeup. Must have been right before she landed the more lucrative Cover Girl contract.
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I remember Cornsilk, never realized realized that was Cybill Shepard.
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We lost a BCO sister a few days ago, SlowDeepBreaths, one who posted here and had a great memory for all things retro. This was not her main thread, I realize, but this is where I got to know her and I always enjoyed her contributions. Just going to say I will miss her here too.
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Oh Eli - thanks for letting us know. I wasn't aware she had passed. I too will miss her. Damn this disease.
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