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And phone numbers that started with letters and were only 7 characters long. Our phone number when I was a kid was SW8-0336. The SW stood for the exchange Swathmore.I remember party lines with phones, rotary dial phones and phones that had cords.
Can't remember if this was the exact same model, but my first was a Motorola "bag" phone
Can't remember if this was the exact same model, but my first was a Motorola "bag" phone
Yep, a cute little bug.Does anyone remember these? I always wanted one... still do lol
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...of for the love of all things holy!!!!...the money I pissed away buying these accursed things....the hundreds that I spent to acquire the international Bears that now I can pick up for less than five bucks on Ebay...fie on thee oh Beanie Baron, may thy skivvies always ride high and tight....
...Oh shut-up!...we're the same age ya old poop!...My first dictionary...
I'm rrrrrreeeeeeeaaaaallllllllyyyyyy old.
Does anyone remember these? I always wanted one... still do lol
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As a kid I loved playing with this game. I've always loved Rube Goldbergisms. Another example...
...of for the love of all things holy!!!!...the money I pissed away buying these accursed things....the hundreds that I spent to acquire the international Bears that now I can pick up for less than five bucks on Ebay...fie on thee oh Beanie Baron, may thy skivvies always ride high and tight....
...interesting factoid: Bob Keeshan, played the first Clarabell the Clown, and then went on to become Captain Kangaroo!....YES! I didn't think anyone would recognize him lol
That was part of my enjoyment, getting it to work flawlessly.Mousetrap! What nightmare! I bought my youngest son 4 or 5 of them cause he kept losing parts/pieces and it never seemed to work right!