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

duckyb1

OMG........I am so excited, I sound stupid..........love your picures, comments, and thanks  to all of you for joining our little thread...........I am thrilled.

Thanks for the daughter comment.......loved her hair.........

The combs, yes I remember them too

Another daughter won 20 albums by being the 9th caller on one of the Music stations......some of the albums she got was......BeeJees, James Taylor.....Rolling Stones......Temptations......Gary Puckett....LOL .The little colored things......my girls did them all the time........the 2 that did are now 54, and 55........

leggo

Thanks Sarahjane! 

Remember these? I still had mine in the closet and when my son found it he acted like he won the lottery!

duckyb1

Oh yea I know what they are........LOL

I also remember the little black shoes called Chinese shoes.........

duckyb1

My daughters wore the Gaucho's.......by that time they were not really "age appropriate" for this Mama..........LOL

Did I mention I am 79......with 6 grown children, 18 Grands, 4 G.Grands.........I'm older then dirt.......

Anonymous

OMG leggo, you crack me up!

Ok, here's one - boy have we come a looooong way.

Anonymous

Dittos was a west coast thing I think.

sarahjane7374

I loved this thing.....

I bought one for my kids on ebay.  Ok, maybe it was really for me. 

duckyb1

Remember these big things that attached to that belt with safety pins.....then we graduated to these jagged clips that you hooked the ends on to.......God help you if a pin opened, or you sat on the teeth of the clip...........LOL

Anonymous

T.V. shows------As a little girl I had a crush on The Rifleman.  Then as a teenager it was James Garner in The Rockford Files.

LOVE this thread!  Thanks for starting it.  It's in my favorites now!

duckyb1

Notagain...........fantastic........glad your enjoying it......I know I am....

Sara........loved those FP toys..........my daughter now 45 had both, and they were passed down to her 2 children...........Wow love it..................actually she still has them put away in the attic...........

duckyb1

Remember this......today it would have a "black box" warning on it so kids would not think it was candy........LOL

duckyb1

How about this toy on a day when you had a headache and a small toddler running with the thing

rozem

remember this work out wear?  high cut one piece with those leggings YIKES can you say unflattering?!   unless you are heather locklear that its

MelissaDallas

Shades of Jane Fonda low impact workout, though I gotta say, I was in the best shape of my life while doing the old Weight Watchers & that Jane Fonda tape.

MelissaDallas

duckyb1

Melissa I was working for SmithKline Pharma when they owned the Love's Baby Soft in the company store.........eventually they sold that off and so many other products.......remember this one

Anonymous

I had the Jane Fonda book!!

Here's a few more.....

Anonymous

Blessings2011

MelissaDallas

Ducky, I remember all the drugs because I worked in a pharmacy in high school & college.

duckyb1

Melissa....I worked in big Pharma for 15 years........there were many others in Consumer Products, but now being Glaxo-Smithkline they have sold off almost all of there consumer line......

duckyb1

My son loved the commercial so much, when the figure came out we bought it for him......it was made of rubber, and it was a bank...........wish we still had it probably worth money. ....he will be 57 in July.......

duckyb1

Blessings......OMG I loved Sen Sen's........they were my favorite.....God knows what was in them....LOL......maybe licorice flavoring.......hahaha

sarahjane7374

remember these guys?  Back when kid shows were good. 

GmaFoley

I was allergic to the perm solution and was burned by the chemicals - Had a red forehead for weeks.

sewingnut

I loved Kaptain Kangaroo and Mr Green Jeans! In Pittsburgh we also had the Paul Shannon show.

GmaFoley

GmaFoley

sarahjane7374

I love Lamb Chop!  There was another puppet too.....a donkey?  I remember big teeth and a hat....

GmaFoley

Charleyhorse