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

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  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 8,543
    edited June 2014

    Who had one of these?  I did - kept me entertained for hours.

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited June 2014

    Loved the  Slinky.........

    Yes Slow..........that is me in my wedding dress.............now i will show you the Groom........

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited June 2014

    Such a beautiful photo Ducky. Who knew you'd have so many kids in that photo!

    I remember the slinky. I bought one for the kids to play with here. They don't seem as sturdy as they used to though.

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  • Blessings2011
    Blessings2011 Member Posts: 4,276
    edited June 2014

    Gosh - I loved my Slinky!

    Ducky - beautiful bride, handsome groom....

    We didn't get our first TV until I was in Kindergarten. Before that, I used to stand on my neighbor's porch and peer through their living room window when my favorite shows were on. When we got our own TV, my mom figured out pretty quickly that I needed glasses, since I was sitting six inches away from the screen.

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    Oh, and to go with the TV, there were these fabulous dinners...

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited June 2014

    Blessings, those TV dinners bring back lots of memories for me!!

    My favorite was the beef mystery meat with mashed potatoes and corn.

    Plus, we had those TV trays we used to eat off of. They already had TV when I came along - it wasn't color though.

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited June 2014

    Found them Slow...........LOL

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  • Maureen813
    Maureen813 Member Posts: 2,893
    edited June 2014

    beautiful pics. I still have my wedding dress. I'm hoping my daughter wears when the time comes. Probably not :(

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited June 2014

    Blessings......thanks.......just wanted to show what the 1950's  bridal gowns looked like compared to what they wear today......strapless in church to me is inappropriate, but they allow it..........not in my day.......even the top of my gown was considered low.....

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited June 2014

    When you were sick in bed did Mom ever bring your food on one of these.......mine did, and so did I with mine...

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  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 8,046
    edited June 2014

    holy Miley one day away and I'm 2 pages behind

    Yes I wore a wedding gown like ducky

    Yes I played with the slinky

    And no I still don't no how to post pics...

    It's ok tho cause I like lookin at all the crazy styles from way back when

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  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 8,543
    edited June 2014

    Beautiful pictures Ducky.  Thanks for sharing.

    I had a pair of these too!  Wore out the toes on my shoes - I thought they were the brakes!!

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  • MelissaDallas
    MelissaDallas Member Posts: 7,268
    edited June 2014

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p02DgHeGdyI

    Melanie's The Roller Skate Song

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  • NavyMom
    NavyMom Member Posts: 1,099
    edited June 2014

    Oh dear ducky, what a beautiful wedding picture....sniffle sniffle.  Just beautiful. 

    Really getting a kick out of all the pictures and stories.  :)

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited June 2014

    Navy........welcome and thank you........wish I could say he was still here, but he passed away almost 23 years ago..........

    Thanks Jo...........my mother used to get angry because the soles on my shoes always came off from the hook that held the skate on...so I had to wear the same shoess everytime i skated....LOL

    Maureen......I have 3 daughters........2 of them wore my wedding dress...the third one was too tall..5ft 8in, so it was not long enough.....the other 2 were just 5ft.3.............

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited June 2014

    Ducky, our TV trays weren't as fancy as those!! Ours looked more like this one.

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    We also had the sick in bed trays. My daughter took the one I had when she moved to Nor Cal. It reminded her of home.

    Melissa, I loved that skate song!!!!! Thanks for that memory.....I forgot about that song.

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  • AZ85048
    AZ85048 Member Posts: 2,613
    edited June 2014

    Every Sunday night, my parents would take us to visit our grandparents.  While the adults ate dinner around the table, all of the kids would sit and eat off TV tables in the living room and watch The Ed Sullivan Show.  I remember watching this on February 9, 1964.  How in the world was that 50 years ago?  

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  • april485
    april485 Member Posts: 3,257
    edited June 2014

    I know what you mean AZ...I could not believe that 50 years have gone by since I watched the Beatles debut on Ed Sullivan either. Sigh....so many years flying by so quickly. While change is good, some of the changes I have seen I could do without for sure.

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited June 2014

    Slow we had metal too.........but they had a sale on wood, and we finally bought those......LOL......

    Remember these........they really did make  car look nice.....but oh when you had to park close to the curb.......LOL

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  • OncoWarrior
    OncoWarrior Member Posts: 5,234
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  • leggo
    leggo Member Posts: 3,293
    edited June 2014

    The Beatles.....my son and I were just talking about how we're probably the only two people on the planet who don't like the Beatles. In grades 7 and 8, though, every time someone had a house party, someone would run home and get their 45rpm of "Hey Jude" because it meant you could slow-dance with the cute guy for seven whole minutes! Girls are so sneaky.

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited June 2014

    Who remembers him and his tight pants......whew.....be still my heart...saw him in person......I was married with children.........LOL

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  • leggo
    leggo Member Posts: 3,293
    edited June 2014

    I got to meet him Ducky! Very nice guy. 

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited June 2014

    I went to see him again about 3 years ago.........still a great looking man......still sounds fantastic........don't think he has done anything to his face, but if they did he had someone good.....because he does not look plastic...........

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  • leggo
    leggo Member Posts: 3,293
    edited June 2014

    Just for fun.....stick with it through the ad in the beginning. So funny.

    http://www.cc.com/video-clips/plvv4v/comedy-central-presents-what-s-new-pussycat


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  • magdalene51
    magdalene51 Member Posts: 2,214
    edited June 2014

    Oh man, AZ! Why'd you go and post that? I was a hard core Beatlemaniac, but we had only one tv and it was in my parents' bed/sitting room. I wasn't even permitted to watch that one show. I was despondent, scarred for life, I probably still haven't recovered, maybe that's what my problem is...

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited June 2014

    Leggo....that was a good one........

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited June 2014

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    I remember these....you went to the Post Office paid for them, and just wrote on them and sent them out......no privacy here......LOL

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited June 2014

    When I was 12 I remember seeing  this damn thing in the corner of the Beauty Salon..............

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited June 2014

    Then they went to this, and still use them

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited June 2014

    Now someone out there had to have gotten one of these from your Mom or someone else.

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