THE WAY WE WERE......LOOKING BACK IS FUN

duckyb1

Hi ladies......while talking about sunscreen I was thinking about how we use to use Baby Oil and Iodine......then a though came to mine........How about sharing our pictures and thoughts about THE WAY WE WERE........old toys we played with......old commercials.........old TV shows............Toys we bought our kids..............anything old, that would give us a good memory, or a good laugh, and funny stories are welcome too..........

What do you say...........Let's go back to THE WAY WE WERE.......Put this in your favorites.

duckyb1

Ok, I'll start it off with this one.....my kids loved it......

leggo

Hi ducky. It's so odd you'd post this today because hubby and I were just talking about how everything has changed so drastically since we were kids. Some things for the better some not. We talked about how we used to sleep on the parcel shelf in our old land yachts when we were little on family road trips. Bike helmets were only for motorcycles?  Yikes!  How our parents never had to worry about us when we were out...now I wouldn't dare let a kid out alone and always sleep with one eye open until their return. 

How ridiculous our clothes were. Remember palazzo pants? Star jeans? Nylon puma running shoes? Square-flare pants?

I, too this day, remember my very favourite X-mas presents. My vanity, hand-made by my daddy, Digger the Dog, and Barbie's Country Camper. That thing was so cool. Lawn chairs, fold out tent, and enough accessories to keep me playing for hours. Oh, and my Mod Hair Ken. How could I forget him? My walls were covered in Donny Osmond posters and I knew every single thing about him. Still remember purple was his favourite color. Good times. 

leggo

Oh, and Jesus sandals? Earth shoes? My gawd, they were ugly. GWG lace-up jeans. Department store windows. Loved those.

elimar86861

Don't let the title fool you...you will remember just about everything here...pages and pages of it:

MIDDLE AGED MEMORIES

Anonymous

Love this topic Ducky. I remember my mom used to use this on every cut I got as a kid. I was always covered in red!

Does anyone else remember this? I always thought it looked worse than the cut.

duckyb1

OMG.........I am loving this..............l

Leggo, a blast from the past......this is going to be a fun thread.........LOVE IT>>>>>>.let's keep it going.........invite others to join................This is going to be a blasst.......

duckyb1

Slow.......I do remember the orange red stuff..........it was called Mercurachrome......the only reason we agreed to that was it did not burn like Iodine........LOL.........

Does anyone remember this crap in people's mouths....they looked like they had the "ROT"

duckyb1

Hey Ladies......forgot to say WELCOME to the thread..............so glad you dropped in.........pull up a chair and sit a spell..................your gonna like it here................as Granny would say "ya'll come back now..ya hear......

leggo

Aw ducky.....so awesome of you to hunt down those pictures! Thanks! 

WTH is that gentian violet stuff? That's horrible! I've never seen that in my life. What was a baby's response to that? I'm guessing not good, if that expression says anything.

leggo

I remember the Jesus sandles came with directions to soak them for an hour, put them on your feet and leave them on for four hours! Such a sucker I was.

duckyb1

Now that is more my day I guess, but I know they used it a lot..............Babies would get (and pretty much anyone) something called ............Thrush...........or ......Trench Mouth.............it was like a "yeast infection" ...........in the mouth.............that is what they used back then........and it worked........but boy did the kids look scary for a while till it cleared  up.................no hiding you had a problem......LOL

I think they even used it for something called "foot and mouth" disease, ...........I guess that comes from always "sticking your foot in your mouth" which I am good at................LOL

duckyb1

Leggo...........love the pictures.............you got the idea........this is gonna be fun.........hugs

leggo

And some things never go out of style. Still wear them to this day.

Only now they come in the most awesome colors.

GmaFoley

Had pneumonia when I was 10 and guess what I got.

duckyb1

GMa..........love it girlfriend.......hope your doing better.........

My grandmother use to make her own.................she burnt the shit out of us more then one time.........she and my mother used that, and this.........he latter I still do......

leggo

This IS fun! So many trips down memory lane. Remember Go-Go boots? Angel tops? Disco earrings? I inherited those boots from the neighbour's eldest daughter. I wore those things until there was nothing left. My growing feet didn't even fit them anymore but I shoved them in anyway. 

crog234

this is a great forum..  I know all of the items except for the violet stuff for thrush..  Thanks Ducky for starting this.

duckyb1

WOW.......so glad this is taking off......pass the word, tell everyone.........by the way for the people who know our "lady Slow" she is the one who made the suggestion......she just gave me the ball to run with..........

I remember the boots.....my daughter now 54, had a pair exactly like them......she too never took them off..........LOL.......her little sister then then 3 years old, had a pairin black patent leather........she actually  slept in them....If I can find a picture of her in them I will post it.....LOL

Crog, _{so glad your enjoying this thread........I am too...........love to look back at things from the past............}

Pass the word to other threads.......let them know they are welcome........hugs ladies.........

rozem

this is how I got my 80s curl

rozem

my first boss had this cell phone...i thought it was so cool

duckyb1

Rozem.......I had one of those hot roller things......everytime I took them out of my hair a wad of hair come out with the roller.......LOL

Want to see my first cell phone...........promise not to laugh.....so glad you joined us......Welcome.....so glad this thread is taking off........

duckyb1

Now I know some of you remember these..........

They cost  a nickel to play your favorite song...............you walked to it when you wanted some good looking guy to notice you.........otherwise you sat in the booth and fed the machine from there....just like this...........................you could buy a coke, and a bag of chips for 15 cents, and sit all night..........

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leggo

Cool. On one of our road trips we stopped at a liitle diner that had individual ones on the tables. Those were the most awesome thing to little kid. 

Those go-go boots had some staying power. Your daughter being 54 and I'm 48.

Anybody remember those funnel neck jackets? We used to call them E.T. jackets. Yeesh, they were ugly.

rozem

omg leggo I had one of those in wool (synthetic wool like) and on the flip side of the funnel neck was a nice burgundy color - stylin' LOL

rozem

you gotta have a pair of these to go with that jacket!!!!!

Anonymous

I remember earth shoes! When I moved from New York to California I was 14. In New York we wore boots that looked like boy boots. When I moved to California I got made fun of so bad. My accent and my shoes. That's when I got my first pair of Earth Shoes!! They no longer made fun of my shoes - but boy did I catch hell for my accent!!

Here is another blast from the past.

Remember these cameras??

Meadow

fun topic ladies!

Anonymous

I posted this on another thread. This was my all time favorite doll. You'd pull the string in her belly and her legs would move.

Thumbelina Doll

Anonymous

I used to put my Barbies on the turnstyle and start them off at 33, switching to 78.....then I'd watch them fly off the turnstyle.

I really hope I'm not the only one that ever did that.

FireKracker

wow u did it ducky

And I just spoke to u a little while ago and u didn't even say one word

I knew u were gonna do it but didn't no when

Good for U

I wanna wish u the best of luck with all these fond memories

I remember most of them....especially the purple stuffffffff....yuck

Do u remember the putrid cod liver oil?

Had to take it every day and gagged on it

Well guess what?????? I'm takin it again...yeah now....but it's not as bad as I remembered as a kid