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Post by Ivory Fair on Feb 23, 2003 23:21:17 GMT -5
Ever miss stuff from when you were growing up that you just CAN'T get anymore?  Here's some of mine.... Underoos Godfather's Pizza restaurants Sambos (a politically incorrect chain, but we went there every Sunday before church and there was this teeny Asian waitress with LONG hair who could carry five plates on each arm) |
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Post by Nish on Feb 24, 2003 15:44:23 GMT -5
Oh Ivory, don't get me started...
First things first - Eisenberg's - a local boutique in the Mid-Mon Valley from which I got all my classic one-of-a-kind Easter dresses and school clothes. Gosh, that was how the clothing habit started, innocently enough.
Five and Dimes - I grew up at the end of the Five and Dime era, I remember going to this little cornerstore in my neighborhood, and feeling so rich because I had 1.00, enough to by 100 swedish fish. I'd carry that little brown paper bag home and go to town!
The wide-eyed approach to Christmas - So now that I am older and fully internalize and choose to celebrate the real meaning of Christmas, I sometimes miss the excitement of not being able to go to sleep, and waking up at the crack of dawn, and my many ploys to sneak a peek at what Mom bought me. Now, I'm much more lowkey about Christmas, it's much more of a solemn, contemplative holiday for me, but those were fun times, man, fun times.
And for the first 10 years of my life, I didn't think wars existed after Vietnam... - the Civil War, WWII - these were all ANCIENT to me, and certainly war would never happen in my lifetime. Man, I wish I had THAT naivete again.
Glo-worms, Rainbow Brite, and She-Ra. Inspector Gadget, Heathcliff, and GOOD Saturday Morning Cartoons (when I see what my nieces and nephews have to choose from, I feel really bad for them); the golden age of Disney movies... The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Bambi, Fantasia... MAN, I lived for a Disney movie, guys!
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Post by DramaLJDiva on Feb 24, 2003 16:19:31 GMT -5
I miss that carefree, worry-free attitude I always had when I was a kid.
Barbie dolls and accessories...I had a huge collection of dolls and me and my friend would get together and make up stories featuring our dolls.
Fun school projects, like the Easter Egg Decorating Contest in 2nd grade, school Christmas, Halloween, and last day of school parties, etc...those were fun!
My childhood friends.
Baby Sitter's Club books...I'd buy a new one each month.
Yes, those were the days!
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Post by Nish on Feb 24, 2003 16:53:30 GMT -5
YOU WENT THERE, YOU MENTIONED BABY SITTER'S CLUB!!! I swear I wanted Claudia's wardrobe. Oh man, that takes me back to Sweet Valley High, and there was another series of books. And of course the R.L. Stine scary teenage books. LOVE those!
And my favoritest book in the world "The Three Matildas"... from way back in the '60s but I had a copy of it, and I read that thing about 20 times a week.
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Post by iratherlikeme on Feb 24, 2003 17:09:22 GMT -5
I've still got my BSB books. I used to try and get all of them, but I stopped way before she put out the last one. I've also got a bunch of Sweet Valley Twins books. Gosh, how my literary taste has grown...
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Post by Peach on Feb 24, 2003 17:53:28 GMT -5
Here's my list....and my age will show:
Chocolite Bars
Marathon Bars
Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum
Bubs Daddy Bubble Gum (Big honking foot long gum)
Tiffany Taylor Dolls
Little Kiddles....Kiddle Kolognes
Dawn doll and all her friends.....
Playskool "Familiar Things" playsets, like my cool "Holiday Inn" playset
Quick Curl Barbie
Busy Hands Steffie (the coolest Barbie in the world. The hands opened and closed....)
Velvet Dolls
Sidewalk Sundaes
Aspen Soda Pop (apple-flavored)
Canada Dry Wild Cherry Soda
Evel Knieval doll and his little motorcycle
Battling Tops game
Jane West and Johnny West
Dark Shadows game with the cool coffins and glow in the dark bones!
Soda fountains (Teddy Bear Sundaes!)
Sigh.........I miss so much. I think I overdose on nostalgia everyday.
Peach
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Post by Ivory Fair on Feb 24, 2003 19:22:43 GMT -5
I went on a desperate search for Underoos today. They still make them, but sadly only for boys and only in about three varieties, Batman, Spiderman and Superman. No Wonder Woman like I had and DEFINATELY no Daisy Duke which I never even knew they MADE until yesterday! But alas, Target had none. So I settled on a thee pack of Hello Kitty briefs instead. But the good news is, guess who I was reunited with!!!! Why none other than Miss Strawberry Shortcake herself!!!!  Yep, picked me up a brand new doll!  So I'm sitting here playing with my new Strawberry Shortcake doll while sipping on a Strawberry daquri wine cooler! Who says it sucks to be an adult!  |
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Post by Peach on Feb 24, 2003 20:11:57 GMT -5
Strawberry Shortcake would go well in my strawberry kitchen. ;D I am a strawberry freak...... break me out one of those wine coolers, Ivory!!! Peach
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Post by Ivory Fair on Feb 24, 2003 20:27:36 GMT -5
Here ya go!  |
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Post by tdallasw on Feb 24, 2003 21:39:45 GMT -5
1. Johnny Quest 2. HR Pufnstuff 3. Don Cornelius on Soul Train 4. Roy Rogers Restaurant's 'Double R Bar Burgers" 5. Rockem' Sockem' Robots 6. Barbie's little sister 'Skipper' 7. Chatty Cathy dolls 8. The Jackson 5 Cartoon 9. Sugar Daddy caramel lollipops and their 'cousins' - Black Cow chocolate covered caramel lollipops 10. and in honor of my 'classic' buddies Sukkafu, Aba21, and MikeNYC - Thunderbird, Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill and TJ Swann wine and Schlitz Malt Liquor Bull!!!  ;D ;D (how did we EVER drink that stuff and live to talk about it?)  |
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Post by Peach on Feb 24, 2003 22:43:12 GMT -5
It's all about the Black Cows, baby!!! I miss those, too. So glad to hear someone else remembers them!!!!  Oh, and Ivory....a PEACH wine cooler? You're killin' me over here. ;D Peach |
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Post by Aba21 on Feb 24, 2003 22:56:53 GMT -5
2 for a penny choclate chip cookies or 2 for a penny anything
NEHI Grape Soda
Royal Crown Soda
Orange Crush soda
Fresh Made Italian Ice
Mr., Frosty
Good Humor Man
45s
playin' in the dirt making mud pies
The original comic books-Superman, Jimmy Olson, Lois Lane, Adventure, Detective, Batman, Green LAntern, Justice League, Flash, Archie, Aquaman, Jon Jonz Manhunter From Mars, Sgt. Rock, Fantastic Four,Spiderman, Daredevil, Bizzaro World
Necco Wafers
Good and Plenty
Vanilla Wafers
Ginger Snap Cookies
Cartoons at the movies between shows
drive-ins
Black and White 'TV.....er NO I do not miss it
Gunnsmoke
Wanted dead or Alive
Mickey Mouse Club
Record Players
Rotary Phones....er No again
Big giant cars like station wagons
Route 66
Surf Side Six
American Bandstand
Howdy Doody
Ed Sullivan
Twilight Zone
Superman
Flash Gordon
Tarzan
Charlie Chan
Laural and Hardy
The Little Rascals
The Three Stooges
Popeye and Bluto
Transister Radios
Little Green Army Men
Colt 45 Malt Liquor
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Post by Ivory Fair on Feb 24, 2003 23:27:14 GMT -5
Colt 45 is one of the things you miss from your CHILDHOOD Aba? ............. Sheesh! You were pretty hard core! |
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Post by Aba21 on Feb 25, 2003 10:56:28 GMT -5
What can I tell you. I started early and never stopped. I'm superbad! Get on the goodfoot! She got to use what shegot to get just what she wants. Hot Pants! ;D ;D
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Post by earthangel on Feb 25, 2003 15:55:02 GMT -5
Help me out here because I'm new to this world. ;D. Was the show called Justice League, then Super Friends, now back to Justice League? Ok, what was the original name? Well, as I may have said before, I liked Super Friends. And Johnny Quest, and Speed Racer...
Do they still sell the little Raggedy Ann dolls? Could spmeone please tell me how to spell raggedy? ;D
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