I was not skinny not plump. I did like climbing cliffs and stuff.
When I was a kid...
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Oh, wow. I remember our little summer house we had. Red with white corners. No electricity or water. We pumped our water and carried it to the house. Very remote just three houses, one was the year round farmer and two were summerhouses. The farmer was probably the kindest man i ever known, he learned me to milk a cow and i helped to bring them in from the fields in the evening. And the hayrides!! In the beginning i was too small to participate but i was soon grown enough to take part in getting the hay in. Got an important part in loading thay in the wagon so asmuch as possible could be taken. And the occasional trips to the ocean... Surroumded by big woods where it waseasy to lose oneself but got to know them. I could just take off on my bike and explore different paths too see where they lead. sometimes nowhere. John, the farmer, died of cancer when i was 21. he was the first importsnt person i lost. I met a moose on one of my explorations. They are big!!!
I got a concussion from playing 'under the bleaches tag' BOnG! me head.
It was all good. Rode my purple bike there.
It was all good. Rode my purple bike there.
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Ahhhh, childhood...
I could get that sucker to a razor sharpness.
I didn't know that was an actual tool. I thought it was just something the Reaper carried around.
Kerbangers! We've had a kerbangers discussion round here before.
When I was a kid we played Charlies Angels to the boy's Starskey & Hutch. I was always Kelly.
In the woods all summer. Mom would leave me a sandwich, bag of chips and countrytime lemonade in the can on the back patio so I could have some lunch. Once you came in the house you had to take a bath and get in your jammies -this was just a summer rule because we'd be nasty from the woods. Dirt, ticks, fleas probably, chiggers definitely. We only came in when it was dark. If it rained we spent the day in someone's garage. We made a spaceship fort in the woods. We went to planets that only we knew the names of. Making curliques out of dandelion stems - did we invent that or was the really a thing?
I'd give anything to be 10 years old again.
When I was a kid we played Charlies Angels to the boy's Starskey & Hutch. I was always Kelly.
In the woods all summer. Mom would leave me a sandwich, bag of chips and countrytime lemonade in the can on the back patio so I could have some lunch. Once you came in the house you had to take a bath and get in your jammies -this was just a summer rule because we'd be nasty from the woods. Dirt, ticks, fleas probably, chiggers definitely. We only came in when it was dark. If it rained we spent the day in someone's garage. We made a spaceship fort in the woods. We went to planets that only we knew the names of. Making curliques out of dandelion stems - did we invent that or was the really a thing?
I'd give anything to be 10 years old again.
Wow....sounds enchanted. We spent a lot of time in the swimming hole. I used to enjoy haylofts and jumping in the hay.
So very many beautiful memories.
Made me think about this
The Twilight Zone: The Movie - Kick the Can
*sigh*
Peace.
Made me think about this
The Twilight Zone: The Movie - Kick the Can
*sigh*
Peace.
Setting it up was part of the game. And it hardly ever worked properly. My kids added a rule that if the trap didn't work, you were allowed to make one connection manually.
This was my favorite toy back in 1972. The Mattel funlight projector. It had sought of psychedelic liquid in some and in other slides it had other things as you can see.
Also action man/GI Joe figures. Some other things as well.
Also action man/GI Joe figures. Some other things as well.
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The Thingmaker. A hotplate with molds. It got REALLY hot!
I wish.I didn't know that was an actual tool. I thought it was just something the Reaper carried around.
My father put that thing in my hands when I was 11 and told me to go at it. I did find out early on good leather boots were a must. That thing sliced through Keds like butter.
My brother had one and it was sooo cool.The Thingmaker. A hotplate with molds. It got REALLY hot!
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Cool! One of those unsafe toys one would never find today - kids must have been tougher back then I guessThe Thingmaker. A hotplate with molds. It got REALLY hot!
Cool! One of those unsafe toys one would never find today - kids must have been tougher back then I guess
Has anyone watched the movie Paddington? There is a scene where they use the dad's old chemistry set. Newer sets don't have the same chemicals.
Here's where I spent a lot of my summers as a kid.
We called it "The Limp" short for "The Olympic" but the real name is Donald D. Summerville Olympic Pool.
The middle pool is 3 1/2 feet in the middle and used to have a slide in the middle.
The far pool is an olympic sized pool. I think it was only about 6 1/2 feet deep. You have to swim 2 widths to be allowed in it.
2 lengths of the olympic pool would get you into the diving pool. It was 16 feet deep and for diving only. Boards ranged from 1 metre to 20 metres. These days the 10 and 20 metres are only available when the pool is closed for use only by trainers and trainees. Back in the day anyone was allowed. And when someone went up to the 20 metre everyone stopped and watched. Always felt bad when people went up and chickened out...EVERYONE was watching.
We called it "The Limp" short for "The Olympic" but the real name is Donald D. Summerville Olympic Pool.
The middle pool is 3 1/2 feet in the middle and used to have a slide in the middle.
The far pool is an olympic sized pool. I think it was only about 6 1/2 feet deep. You have to swim 2 widths to be allowed in it.
2 lengths of the olympic pool would get you into the diving pool. It was 16 feet deep and for diving only. Boards ranged from 1 metre to 20 metres. These days the 10 and 20 metres are only available when the pool is closed for use only by trainers and trainees. Back in the day anyone was allowed. And when someone went up to the 20 metre everyone stopped and watched. Always felt bad when people went up and chickened out...EVERYONE was watching.
Yes!
Jeese, Wonder why I do what I do for a living.
Good thing, cause I was terrible at this game. Buzzed him all the time. Most times on purpose, just for sick fun.
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