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Default Aug 26, 2020 at 12:26 PM
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My cousins had a Barbie game and we sometimes played. Even as a child, I thought it was silly that not getting Ken as the date was considered a terrible thing. I thought Tom and the others were okay, too!
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Here's an old poem my father used to recite. I have no idea where it came from. But I still remember it. It's funny the little things from the past that stick with us:

Oh some may long for the soothing touch of lavender, cream and mauve,

But the ties I wear must possess the glare of a red-hot kitchen stove.

The books I read and the life I lead are sensible, sane and mild,

I like top hats and I don't wear spats. But I want my neckties wild.

Give me a wild tie brother, a tie with a cosmic urge,

A tie that will tear and rip and swear when it sees my old blue surge.


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Was he trying to tell you what kind of tie he wanted?
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Was he trying to tell you what kind of tie he wanted?
No, I don't think I ever saw my father wear a tie except to funerals. He just liked this sort of thing. He was also a fan of the poet Robert Service, if you happen to be familiar with Service's poetry. My father didn't know the whole poem; but he was fond of quoting the few lines he knew of Service's poem: "The Cremation of Sam McGee".

"Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee, where the cotton blooms and blows.
"Why he left his home in the South to roam 'round the Pole, God only knows.
"He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell;
"Though he'd often say in his homely way that "he'd sooner live in hell."

I can still hear my father reciting those lines. I happened on a copy of a book of Service's poetry a few years ago & bought it. I'm not the fan my father was. But enjoy some of Service's poetry as well.
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Default Nov 08, 2020 at 10:34 AM
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This was one of my favorite limericks from childhood:

I never saw a purple cow
I hope I never see one
But I can tell you anyhow
I'd rather see one than be one.
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I remember that one, Cal.

Anybody remember owning a hula hoop? Playing marbles?
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Anybody remember owning a hula hoop? Playing marbles?
Oh, absolutely. I recall having a hula hoop. And marbles was a major pastime with all of the boys in the town we lived in until my parents moved us out into a rural area, between my sixth & seventh grades in school, at which point I had no one to play marbles with (or anything else for that matter.) Especially coveted were large ball bearings which we called "steelies"!
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I had a large bag of marbles. I remember the hula hoop but I could never make it work, don’t know but I think it was my sisters. I also had metal skates that fitted onto the bottom of your shoes and had keys to adjust them.

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I remember playing with marbles and the roller skates that are put on shoes. I practiced hula hoops for hours on end and was good at it as a teenager. I tried hula hoops again when I was about 35. The hoops wouldn't stay on me that time. Oh well!
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Anybody remember owning a hula hoop? Playing marbles?

I was a skinny kid, no hips, and sucked at Hula-Hoop. Wanted so much to be good at it. Marbles were fun, but I really loved jacks. In fact, I think about playing jacks to this day! I think it would be a good stress reliever.

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Old poems...my mom used to recite:

Late last night when we were all in bed
Mrs. O'Leary left her lantern in the shed
When the cow kicked it over she winked her eye and said
'It'll be a hot time in the old town tonight!'

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LOL. Yes, it was definitely a hot town that night.

I liked playing jacks, too---I'd forgot about them.

I never could get the hang of hula hoops!

I loved my etch-a-sketch and was good at it. Anyone else an etch-a- sketch fan?
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I had an etch-a-sketch but didn’t have much patience for it. I preferred to be outside with my animals. I was a range free kid in the summer. Out the door after breakfast and not required to come back til supper. The whole countryside was my canvas. I often took a small can of pop-the-top Mondrian oranges with me. To eat during the day. Had an old film container with sugar in it and cut wild rue barb to eat. Once my friends and I peddled to the next town over bought a bag of marshmallows and crackers and had s’mores at the park there. Kids don’t get to do that any more.

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Oh yeah, I remember my kids and my folding knife and box of matches.

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LOL. Yes, it was definitely a hot town that night.

I liked playing jacks, too---I'd forgot about them.

I never could get the hang of hula hoops!

I loved my etch-a-sketch and was good at it. Anyone else an etch-a- sketch fan?

My Etch-A-Sketch was a prized possession.

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I loved to do Etch-A-Sketch. I could easily erase drawings that didn't turn out well.
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Too bad other boo-boos in life can't be erased with a few shakes.

Speaking of shakes, anybody remember the old-fashioned drive-in restaurants where a person took your order and then brought it to you while you sat in the car? I loved those as a kid.
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Aww A&W with real glass mugs chilled and frosted. And they had that tray that attached to the car. That was the big one where I grew up. They were all over even in the tiny two stop town of longville north of everything

Remember supper clubs? You’d get dressed and go out to a supper club and your parent would have cocktail and you could get a Shirley temple.

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