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Don't Think I ever heard of Blackjack Gum, the rest I knew. The first gum we ever had was roofing tar. We stole it from the lumber yard in Jonesboro Arkansas. Bill
-------------------- Bill & Barbara Biggs Art's Sign Service, Inc. Clute, Texas, USA Home of The Great Texas Mosquito Festival Proud 10 year Supporter of the Letterheads Website www.artssigns.com "MrBill-" on the chat page MailTo:biggsbb@sbcglobal.net Posts: 1020 | From: Lake Jackson,Tx | Registered: Nov 1998
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-shoelaces to hold the skate keys around our necks - inflated plastic christmas ornaments - hand cut building blocks - lionel trains (my dad had the best collection) - wooden boats to sail down the gutters, no cars to worry about - the days of radio, they stood tall in the living room about the size of a juke box, as we didn't have a tv, just that and Golden Books - hoola hoops were invented, my dad brought home 10 different colors - Jughead hats were the rage (Archie and Jughead) -when public schools were as good as private schools -Eisenhower was still Pres and people actually had deepest respect for him and his policies -child safety seats hadn't been invented, nor seatbelts, for that matter -the Pledge of allegiance was always said before school - Santa used to sit up on the flagpole at the shopping center for a month, (and I always asked my Mom about how you could fit bathrooms up in that little space) -sitting behind John Glenn's nephew in choir practice imagining him with a space helmet on -meeting John Glenn at our school before the trip to the moon and then, finally watching it on tv on my sister's birthday
-------------------- Deb Fowler
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible - Walt Disney (1901-1966) Posts: 5373 | From: Loves Park, Illinois | Registered: Aug 1999
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I grew up in Holland, so my experiences were a little different, but I remember: Seeing my first YoYo demonstration, and they were all made from wood. TV in black and white, a 9" set was the norm. TV programs ran from 5 to 7 or 8 pm weekdays, and started 3 pm on the weekends. Commercials were only shown on the hour. That funky graphic they used for a test pattern for the TV. Saw my first 'mustang' bike when I was 10, and it was a three speed with pull brakes, neeto. We chalked a lot of hopskotch patterns on playgrounds and streets. All rollerskates were adjustable to fit what ever shoe you had. The big advent to rollerskates was the rubber wheels, as they cornered better and they were a lot less noisy than the steel wheels. Being driven around in the back of a pick-up truck with a dozen other kids. Bike Helmets? Elbow/knee pads? Ussually had an assortment of scabs on both knees and elbows, 'war wounds'. Sunday meant getting dressed up, yuck.
Thanks for the memory trip..
-------------------- "Are we having fun yet?" Peter Schuttinga DZines Sign Studio 1617 Millstream rd Victoria BC V9B-6G4 Posts: 521 | From: Victoria BC | Registered: Mar 2002
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