Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
I am sharing this with you today because it ended with a double dog dare to pass it on. To remember what a double dog dare is, read on. And remember that the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and too young to care. How many of these do you remember?
Candy cigarettes
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Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside
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Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
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Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes
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Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum
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Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
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Newsreels before the movie
P.F. Fliers
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Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4601), and Party lines
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Peashooters
Howdy Dowdy
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Hi-Fi's
45 RPM records
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78 RPM records!
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Green Stamps
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Metal ice cubes trays with levers
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Mimeograph paper
Beanie and Cecil
Roller-skate keys
![[]](http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&realattid=0.1.0.1.0.14&attid=0.13&disp=emb&view=att&th=115e828bb5d81dea)
Cork pop guns
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Drive ins
Studebakers
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Washtub wringers
![[]](http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&realattid=0.1.0.1.0.17&attid=0.16&disp=emb&view=att&th=115e828bb5d81dea)
The Fuller Brush Man
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Reel-To-Reel tape recorders
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Tinkertoys
![[]](http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&realattid=0.1.0.1.0.20&attid=0.25&disp=emb&view=att&th=115e828bb5d81dea)
Erector Sets
![[]](http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&realattid=0.1.0.1.0.21&attid=0.24&disp=emb&view=att&th=115e828bb5d81dea)
The Fort Apache Play Set
Lincoln Logs
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15 cent McDonald hamburgers
![[]](http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&realattid=0.1.0.1.0.23&attid=0.31&disp=emb&view=att&th=115e828bb5d81dea)
5 cent packs of baseball cards - with that awful pink slab of bubble gum
Penny candy
25 cent a gallon gasoline
Jiffy Pop popcorn
![[]](http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&realattid=0.1.0.1.0.24&attid=0.33&disp=emb&view=att&th=115e828bb5d81dea)
Do you remember a time when...
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-moe"?
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Do Over!"?
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest?
![[]](http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&realattid=0.1.0.1.0.25&attid=0.2&disp=emb&view=att&th=115e828bb5d81dea)
Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening?
![[]](http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&realattid=0.1.0.1.0.26&attid=0.26&disp=emb&view=att&th=115e828bb5d81dea)
It wasn't odd to have two or three "Best Friends"?
![[]](http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&realattid=0.1.0.1.0.27&attid=0.9&disp=emb&view=att&th=115e828bb5d81dea)
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties"?
![[]](http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&realattid=0.1.0.1.0.28&attid=0.7&disp=emb&view=att&th=115e828bb5d81dea)
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot?
![[]](http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&realattid=0.1.0.1.0.29&attid=0.22&disp=emb&view=att&th=115e828bb5d81dea)
Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute commercials for action figures?
![[]](http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&realattid=0.1.0.1.0.30&attid=0.5&disp=emb&view=att&th=115e828bb5d81dea)
"Oly! -oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense?
Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles?
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team?
War was a card game?
![[]](http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&realattid=0.1.0.1.0.31&attid=0.20&disp=emb&view=att&th=115e828bb5d81dea)
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle?
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin?
![[]](http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&realattid=0.1.0.1.0.32&attid=0.10&disp=emb&view=att&th=115e828bb5d81dea)
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?
![[]](http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&realattid=0.1.0.1.0.33&attid=0.3&disp=emb&view=att&th=115e828bb5d81dea)
Candy cigarettes
Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside
Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes
Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum
Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
Newsreels before the movie
P.F. Fliers
Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4601), and Party lines
Peashooters
Howdy Dowdy
Hi-Fi's
45 RPM records
78 RPM records!
Green Stamps
Metal ice cubes trays with levers
Mimeograph paper
Beanie and Cecil
Roller-skate keys
Cork pop guns
Drive ins
Studebakers
Washtub wringers
The Fuller Brush Man
Reel-To-Reel tape recorders
Tinkertoys
Erector Sets
The Fort Apache Play Set
Lincoln Logs
15 cent McDonald hamburgers
5 cent packs of baseball cards - with that awful pink slab of bubble gum
Penny candy
25 cent a gallon gasoline
Jiffy Pop popcorn
Do you remember a time when...
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-moe"?
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Do Over!"?
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest?
Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening?
It wasn't odd to have two or three "Best Friends"?
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties"?
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot?
Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute commercials for action figures?
"Oly! -oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense?
Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles?
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team?
War was a card game?
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle?
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin?
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?
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