tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503866255319422123.post6394724000229718214..comments2023-06-15T06:50:27.029-04:00Comments on Serendipity: Silly things from my childhoodDeb Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088053403304682239noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503866255319422123.post-82854352663424364292013-01-30T08:32:11.535-05:002013-01-30T08:32:11.535-05:00Good morning, Francesca! I couldn't agree wit...Good morning, Francesca! I couldn't agree with you more...if only our children/grandchildren could know the fun they would have had amusing themselves in a non-technology way!<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by!Deb Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03088053403304682239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503866255319422123.post-9811678422641312882013-01-30T07:47:22.353-05:002013-01-30T07:47:22.353-05:00Reminiscing about my childhood always makes me smi...Reminiscing about my childhood always makes me smile. I remember most of the things you posted so I could relate so much with you. The toys and arts and crafts stuff are my favorite! I loved my spirograph and fun flowers maker and especially the view finder! I had a bucket of the paper disks which mostly featured Disney stories. I wish they would reproduce these stuff again. <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.image3d.com/market/products-and-services/custom-reels" rel="nofollow">Francesca Slone </a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11375432536141189901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503866255319422123.post-70268170443552521332012-02-28T16:24:05.151-05:002012-02-28T16:24:05.151-05:00Thanks, Bart!
Jokari is a lot like the paddles th...Thanks, Bart!<br /><br />Jokari is a lot like the paddles that kids have today, but the string is like a rubber band and not only not long but attached to the paddle itself! Interesting!<br /><br />I loved my spirograph! My Etch-A-Sketch too! They were probably my most favorite toys!Deb Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03088053403304682239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503866255319422123.post-57004236383614433212012-02-28T15:44:24.299-05:002012-02-28T15:44:24.299-05:00Even though I was in Belgium when I was that age, ...Even though I was in Belgium when I was that age, I do recognise a few. The candy cigarettes, for example. We also had -for lack of a better word- chewable cigars. They had some type of powder between the candy and the wrapper. You could blow on them and "real" smoke came out. Lots of fun.<br /><br />I don't recognize the Easy Bake, but I had something similar -though less "sophisticated" for a while until my parents took it away because it wasn't "manly" enough.<br /><br />I do recognise the viewmaster. Unfortunately, we only had the -rather expensive, I understand- projector. As a result, I could only see the stereoscopic pictures when we went to visit people who had the viewer. To my enormous chagrin. It may well be that, that has motivated me decades later to include a chapter on stereoscopic viewing in my book on ActiveX programming.<br /><br />I had the spirograph too. That was good for hours and hours of fun. Whomever claims that math is cold an heartless should get a spirograph.<br /><br />I had the klackers too, but I was never all that good at them.<br /><br />We also had a Jokari: http://www.jokariinfo.net/<br /><br />Nice post, Skyangel!Bart B. Van Bockstaelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14689331945672800561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503866255319422123.post-54692790037421328532012-02-22T08:17:48.822-05:002012-02-22T08:17:48.822-05:00And to think that they now believe that those cand...And to think that they now believe that those candy cigarettes led to many of us smoking later in life! Remember the article that I wrote back when?Deb Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03088053403304682239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503866255319422123.post-3114282579073990172012-02-21T21:22:17.840-05:002012-02-21T21:22:17.840-05:00I remember the candy cigarettes and some of the ot...I remember the candy cigarettes and some of the others my children had.<br />cyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503866255319422123.post-91361210008939997942012-02-20T17:28:52.544-05:002012-02-20T17:28:52.544-05:00I'm sorry that you don't have memories lik...I'm sorry that you don't have memories like mine...I guess I am really fortunate, huh? Makes me really sad for you!<br /><br />[[Hugs]]Deb Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03088053403304682239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503866255319422123.post-54502144183945521212012-02-20T16:54:28.199-05:002012-02-20T16:54:28.199-05:00Actually I didn't have many of them! I remembe...Actually I didn't have many of them! I remember the candy cigarrettes though! LOL It was cool to "smoke" them! haha <br />I'd buy them at the corner store with my allowance money sometimes.<br />I had a hula hoop, but quickly lost interest in it since I never could get the hang of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503866255319422123.post-46510625006686738202012-02-20T15:00:10.999-05:002012-02-20T15:00:10.999-05:00How many of these did you have, L?How many of these did you have, L?Deb Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03088053403304682239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503866255319422123.post-2769306506622990202012-02-20T13:46:47.482-05:002012-02-20T13:46:47.482-05:00Well, this was a fun one! Loved reading & reme...Well, this was a fun one! Loved reading & remembering too...<br />:-)<br /><br />-L-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com