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Subject: We only had the one phone, too--and the short telephone cord, so if you were a pacer, you were in trouble :) We loved board games, army and barbies. In the summer, we were allowed to go back outside and play after the street lights came on. The kids in the neighborhood would play night time hide and seek and the borders were our house and the houses on either side (whose owners gave us permission to play on their yard). It was a lot of fun. eom, Shannon L.
Response Posted by: Shannon L.
Date Posted: Tue Jan 8 22:22:43 2008
Message:
eom
Subject: Yes, in the summer we could play outside after dinner. We also played hide and seek, as well as kick the can. Or caught lightening bugs, played freeze tag etc. Sometimes when my Dad cooked on the grill (real charcoal briquettes) we'd roast marshmallows over the coals when he was done.
Response Posted by: Tosca
Date Posted: Wed Jan 9 8:17:19 2008
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Subject: This is a fun topic! I remember being in Kansas at my cousins catching lightning bugs in a jar!! It was fasinating to a California girl!! Also the short phone cords!! : ) I have this photo (black and white) of me sitting on the floor in the kitchen... with my hair in big rollers trying to get some privacy!! Outside was where we were all the time (weather permitting) I wish my grandchildren had less electronic simuli! I think they are missing out on alot of creative fun!! TDQ
Response Posted by: trkdrvrsqueen
Date Posted: Wed Jan 9 10:15:25 2008
Message:
i miss childhood sometimes
Subject: TDQ, my three granddaughters live in Long Beach, CA. When we go back to the midwest one of their favorite activities is catching fireflies./mm
Response Posted by: maggimae
Date Posted: Wed Jan 9 12:58:52 2008
Message:
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Subject: I love all these rememberings. I used to love cutting out and playing with paperdolls. /// Bd
Response Posted by: Babyducks
Date Posted: Wed Jan 9 13:15:52 2008
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Subject: Oh mann I was really into paper dolls myself! I waited patiently for McCalls magazine to come in the mail as I loved Betsy McCall!! The Mary Engelbert Magazine's ( Home Companion) have some really cute paper dolls in each issue....I save them all for when my grandaughter comes to visit!! (I think I like them more than she does!) TDQ
Response Posted by: trkdrvrsqueen
Date Posted: Wed Jan 9 15:01:14 2008
Message:
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Subject: So California doesn't have fireflies? I had no idea! //ltv
Response Posted by: lifetimeviewer
Date Posted: Wed Jan 9 15:55:42 2008
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Subject: Not that I've ever seen and I have lived here my whole life! TDQ
Response Posted by: trkdrvrsqueen
Date Posted: Wed Jan 9 17:51:26 2008
Message:
but we have artichokes and avacados
Subject: Nope, no fireflies in CA. Altho my daughter had some fake ones put in her back yard. She hired the guy who did the ones at Disneyland./mm
Response Posted by: maggimae
Date Posted: Wed Jan 9 21:30:23 2008
Message:
eom
Subject: My stepbrother told me there weren't any thunderstorms in California. Or at least they were rare. Is that true? He always loved coming to the east coast, hoping for a thunderstorm!
Response Posted by: Tosca
Date Posted: Fri Jan 11 10:23:02 2008
Message:
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Subject: I always hope for a really good thunderstorm when I go back east, too! They are so rare here, that when I hear one good clap of thunder I give a good shout. Then, that's usually followed by one or two more and it's done....One night, about two years ago, loud thunderstorms rolled through my area all night long and I was exhausted the next day because I lay awake all night just listening to them. *That* was extremely rare. As for the fireflies, because of my children's school schedule, we never make it back east in time to see them. They are all gone by the time we get there and it makes me sad that my kids will never experience them. I hope that when they grow up, they visit their family back east and don't feel too old to go out and catch some fireflies. I want them to do that at least once in their lives. eom, Shannon L.
Response Posted by: Shannon L.
Date Posted: Sat Jan 12 9:17:56 2008
Message:
eom
Subject: Shannon, I live in Illinois so I get to enjoy the thunderstorms. I love to watch the lightning in the distance and listen for the rumble of the thunder. I remember when my brothers and I would go out to the shop during a thunderstorm so we could hear the rain on the tin roof and watch the storm. I don't have tin roof where I live so I miss that. /Sammie
Response Posted by: Sammie
Date Posted: Sun Jan 13 13:05:00 2008
Message:
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