Middle Aged Memories

Perfection was still around when my kids were little and I got it for them.  Great for the fine motor skills, hand/eye coordination, all that.

I had all those games, still have alot of them. Also the original Operation game...............

Oh, Eph!  Maybe you just played it with the wrong people.  Remember this lame-o, figure it out game?

Well, try playing it with Samuel L. Jackson...

Haha, I don't remember hardly any of those games at all. "Pa, There's A Goat On The Roof" rings a bell - probably because the name is so stupid who could ever completely wipe it out of their mind?

We mostly played Monopoly and Risk.  We played Risk like our lives were on the line, we would just get so into it.  I remember a friend of ours getting so frustrated with us when he was losing that he folded up the game, haha!  We still tease him about that to this day.

I remember something about Parcheesi, never played it though

Anyone remember Funny Face? Like KoolAid. We used to have the whole set

Never had a Parchesi board, but played several times.  That board looks deluxe.  I have a great vintage Chinese Checkers board.  It's a little worse for wear and now I've hung it on the wall because it my grandma and I played on that board.  It is this model:

("'Melican Checkers."  Yes, really.)

Because I watched too much t.v., I remember the phrase, "Aw, you broke the camel's back!" even tho' I don't think I played that game, Meece.

I had really forgotten about Funny Face drinks.  Now that you mention it, I am sure the orange was called "Outrageous Orange," and purple was "Goofy Grape," but I don't recall the others.

Uh-oh!  "Outrageous Orange" must be from something else.  Thanks for jogging my brain, mac!  Those names do sound familiar, all but the watermelon.

elimar, if one of those places is Southern California, I sure hope you stop in for a visit!

Sorry, girls, opposite Coast.

No. GA & SC.  But Maine was so long ago, I barely remember it...so may have to revisit there one day.

The picture of the Jolly Ollie Orange packet brought back memories.  Union 76 gas stations had a promotion in which they gave away a package of orange or grape funny face with each fill up.  It stuck a memory because my father wouldn't drink anything artificially flavored grape, so when he was around we only made the orange.

I liked watching Sonny & Cher - loved to see what she would wear next.  Every Sunday night we would have sandwiches for dinner in front of the television and watch Bonanza with our dad.  Friday nights my parents would go out and we would have one of those metal tray TV dinners and watch Johnny Quest.  The Streets of San Francisco and The Mod Squad would try so hard to appeal to us hippie kids, but they were kind of square.  Haha, good times!  I tell ya, even with all these channels today I have a hard time finding something to watch!