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FS: ...one of my favorite memories of Christmas was when the boy was young enough to do the NORAD tracking for Santa; he was so excited.
Morning, Glories. Seems that since y'all rolled back your clocks, I've been getting up later. Nice morning here, though.
* sneaks in, sits at desk, hopes teacher hasn't already called attendance *
Here!
I knew I'd spelled Lewis Meyer's name wrong as soon as I hit post on my previous comment, so I did some research, and here's my book report.
MrScribbler: If you know what a Honda 600 was, you can imagine how much space it offered for interpersonal relationships....
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Subjects: childhood memories, Mustang (Ford), relationships
Subjects: childhood memories, Mustang (Ford), relationships
KDP in Madill, OK: Spirographs were cool.
Okay. Nostalgia tech. Not that I haven't told this b4.
Garrett: The smell of a fresh batch of Shrinky-Dinks baking in a toaster oven.
Robin Williams in Toys: "This is not a shared experience."
Milady says re vent windows - "those worked pretty well, too." Yeah.
Vendette: The sound of shoving an 8-track into the player.
Heh. Good one.
Shoving an 8-track into the deck in the Mustang and heading on down the highway....
Will, Don't think I've commented here before, but I've been following your blog for a while - lured over via Bluebird's. Enjoyable. Thanks for your work.
Teacher, I just poked myself in the finger with my just-sharpened #2 pencil and now I'm bleeding all over my desk. May I be excused?
Bandersnatch: I still have no idea how it got in the trash can.
Expat47: "You've either been watching way too much S/F or you've found a stash of funny weed somewhere."
It's true, I often do feel as if I'm a visitor from another dimension.
Had at least three toys with "dangerous" heating elements: Thingmaker, Vac-u-form, and a cotton-candy maker. Played with them for hours, unsupervised, never got burned.
Oh, Jesus Christ Superstar, huh? #45
Okay, in the interest of complete accuracy…
"The merry-go-round has recently been rehabbed," I wrote above.
But it's not all deprivation and destitution in Oklahoma, like that OKC house. Why, right here in the old home town, we have an actual amusement park with the famous "FireBall" roller coaster.
Daughter, Milady, and I just recently watched the first Hopalong Cassidy TV show. Didn't seem to be cut up from a movie, but I hadn't been thinking about it.
Not Pixy Sticks. PICK-UP STICKS. The kind you played with, not the tubes full of colored sugar.
I'm ribbin' ya, Pete. Surely I've mentioned I was condemned to Beloit for my college years. I left when I discovered that "four-year" college kept changing things so I'd be there much longer.
Is this the geriatrics ward? Let me get my Geritol and Metamucil and check it out. Shuffle shuffle shuffle cough wheeze.
Nice selection.
Pete: "…the attachment you could put on your record player to drop 45’s one at a time"
Hey Pete, here's one for the nostalgia / childhood memories collection. Check out this kid's ninja throwing stars!
Pete, this is a great post. Your news links & comments are meat and potatoes, but your fun and nostalgia posts are apple pie dessert. I look forward to the more you say you've got!
artisanal 'ette: "I'm watching soccer. I'm good. I actually really do like the sport. I know everyone here at Ace does not, but it's fun to watch."
Bigby: "this is a kid's cartoon?"
They shoot Old Yellers, don't they?
But, did you ever start to drive off with the speaker still hanging on the window? Almost did, caught it just in time.
cth: "And where’s Nestle’s QUIK, huh? They left out my drink. I’m being victimized!"
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