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

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

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    Remember these babies? Bolo bat is what we called them!

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

    I remember those April!

    I also remember whacking myself in the face with the ball a few times.

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

    I remember wrapping the rubber string around my neck, and almost putting my eye out with the ball.......LMAO......

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

    Remember this......when my kids were little I let them put this in their kiddy pool......forgot and left it outside and ran in to stir the pot of gravy......well they dumped the whole box in the pool....turned on the hose, and we had "suds" from my back yard all the way down the alley to the next street....LOLimage

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

    Wow. I haven't seen that in a long time. I loved bubbles.

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

    always a favorite:

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    Loved opening a new canister

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

    Oh I loved playdoh. A little too much I'm afraid.

    It looked so good when I was a kid, I used to eat it.

    Probably contributed to the big "C".

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited December 2014

    My mother made homemade clay with flour & salt & water before there was Playdoh. She always made a big batch when we were sick and we played w/it on a bread board w/rolling pins, cookie cuttters, etc. Must have been a pain in the neck to clean up our beds.

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

    MinusTwo....your Mom sounds wonderful. Such fun memories!!

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  • Monis
    Monis Member Posts: 472
    edited December 2014

    Oh my God, I wasn't the only one that ate the stuff!


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

    hahahaha. Thanks Monis! I feel so much better now!!

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  • Rockym
    Rockym Member Posts: 1,261
    edited December 2014

    Yummmm, but a little salty if I remember correctly :-)

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

    lol Rocky!

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

    I ate the paste we used in grammar school....if memory serves, it tasted kind of "minty" LOL!

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited December 2014

    Oh April - I remember that white paste. Not sure I like the memory of the taste but I'm fasting for a colonoscopy tomorrow and I'm really hungry so... PlayDoh, paste, mud...bring it on.

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  • Rockym
    Rockym Member Posts: 1,261
    edited December 2014

    Ouch... I have to schedule my first colonoscopy soon. You'd think after dealing with chemo and rads I could surely deal with someone peaking up there, but I'm in no hurry to schedule that appointment. Think I'd rather nibble on PlayDoh :-).

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  • JAN69
    JAN69 Member Posts: 947
    edited December 2014

    Minus Two: I'm fasting for a colonoscopy tomorrow. I dread the next 24 hours. Hope yours is easy and get good results.

    My kids all had lots of play dough, but my youngest was known as the play dough queen. Thinking about the school paste from my elementary days (40s) , it reminds me of Crisco. I don't remember eating it, but my dh just chimed in that he used to eat it. I bought many boxes of those bubbles. Sure hope they weren't toxic.

    Off to take next dose of the yuck......Jan

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

    My colonoscopy is scheduled for Jan. 6th..had many.....my mother died from colon cancer........

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

    hahaha April. I never ate paste, but boy did I like the smell of it. Glue too.

    Good luck tomorrow with your colonoscopy MinusTwo!!

    Rocky, I'm with you! I'd rather eat playdoh. I don't mind the paper test though. Although, it always freaks me out when they have you mail it in.

    Will be thinking of you on Jan. 6th Ducky! Wrote it on my calendar for a pocket party!!

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

    JAN, sorry I missed you were having a colonoscopy too. Good luck to you as well!!

    The two of you can have one HOLE of a colonoscopy party when finished!!

    Sorry, couldn't resist. :)

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  • JAN69
    JAN69 Member Posts: 947
    edited December 2014

    Thanks Slow, This wouldn't be so bad except a friend is stage 4 colon cancer. I guess drinking the crap to clean me out is not so bad in comparison, but...... Jan

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

    JAN, I am so sorry to hear about your friend. I have a great amount of empathy for anyone with colon cancer.

    I'm certainly no stranger to colon procedures. I developed flesh eating bacteria 12 years ago as a result of an injection into a hemorrhoid. After three surgical debridements, a colostomy, colostomy reversal and flap reconstruction, I was still left with a partial butt cheek and a fistula. Needless to say, I'm challenged in that area. Then I developed a bowel obstruction during chemo, and had to do the colonoscopy prep. When I told my reconstruction surgeon that my HMO wanted to do a colonoscopy on me she said, "Don't poke a skunk."I took her advice to heart - my colonoscopy days are OVER!

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  • JAN69
    JAN69 Member Posts: 947
    edited December 2014

    Slow, Wow, your b-hind has sure had a rough time. Glad you are thru with colonoscopies. I know I have little to complain about, but I still do ....... Jan

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

    hahaha JAN. Complain away!! Colonoscopies suck!!

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

    Amen to that Slow! I am due for one (my second one) early next year and I am not in the mood at all (whoever is in the mood for that ought to go to counseling asap) but since I have both an aunt and an uncle who died from colon cancer as  well as my MIL, I will drink the nasty stuff and get on with it!

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

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

    Love it Ducky!

    I had GoLYTELY when I had the bowel obstruction, and it was so much better than others I have used.

    I mixed it with Crystal Light. I would definitely recommend it.

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited December 2014

    Ducky - Maxine is so great. April - I agree, counseling indicated. Slow - my goodness your obstruction & surgery sound awful. I'm sorry for those of you who have had relatives and friends with colon cancer. It has to be a nasty thing.

    I used MoviPrep. It really isn't bad - just that my doc wanted a 2nd ltr in the morning 3 hrs before the procedure. I'm happy to say I'm home & had my first ever report of no polyps out of 4 previous tests. Now I'll have to say 'thank you' to that ugly, nasty chemo that obviously killed off the lurkers.

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  • JAN69
    JAN69 Member Posts: 947
    edited December 2014

    Minus Two Hooray! What are you going to eat now that you can. My appointment isn't until 2 PM (California), 3 more hours of waiting.

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited December 2014

    Nothing exciting Jan. I fixed a fried egg sandwich on Pumpernickel and had a large piece of cocoanut cake. I was more interested in taking a nap.

    In the same vein as Play Doh - I got my grown son a package of Silly Putty for his Christmas stocking. I used to love making 'copies' of the funny papers on Silly Putty.

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