Since just for fun TV shows went over good and brought back memories,

What kind of toys did you play with when you were a child.
Or which one's do you remember?

anybody remember:
Tiddly Winks
Pick up Sticks

Rick
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awsum34

Why do people park in a driveway, and drive in a parkway?

My all time favorite was my Marx service station....I wish I could find one now.
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The "New" and Unimproved edcroozer... Charter D.S.R.A. member and general pain in the neck to the needy

G.I. Joe the 11" version
I heard after they shrunk him from 11" to 4" he got really P.Offed.

Lincoln Logs cars were tough to build with them. haha



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Rod

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My slot cars and hot wheels. and of course Barbie!! lol
still have all my hot wheels :)
Wish I had some of those little toys you got in cracker Jack's!!!!
Liked board games to scrabble, monoply, clue, yatzee, chinese checkers and carum(sp?)
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Watch those speedbumps!! Debb

OHH i forgot my lincoln logs, erector sets and lego's. I still have my rubber cars and a tractor Emil!!
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Watch those speedbumps!! Debb

Oh yes! Definately the tractor! green with yellow wheels!
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Debb, I still have all my farm toys when I was a kid even the 620 John Deere peddle tractor, and have been collecting then still, about 700 pieces and 1487 hot wheels cars too! I still have the old tonka trucks too. Having been born and raised on the farm half the yard was my fields and roads! Oh those were the days!! Bill
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Anyone remember the Tiny Tonka hot rods? I had a bunch of them, plus dozens of the original Hot Wheels.
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Some people march to a different drummer. I like to polka.

Hoe about: Tinker toys, and Cootie.
Talk about trains, it must of been the Lionel train set.

I remember the paddel with the ball on the end of a rubber band. About the only thing i can remember about that was the spankings i got from that thing.

Rick
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awsum34

Why do people park in a driveway, and drive in a parkway?

Cootie!! I still have that too, lol Emil, my tractor is red with yellow wheels, also have a motorcycle.
What about jacks!!! and the paddle with the ball, lol can't remember what they called that. and PICK UP STICKS.
And then there was the paddle with the holes in it...but we won't talk about that!! lmao (ouch that thing hurt)
I loved those little clicker things in cracker jacks, they go for a lot of bucks now.
Tiddley winks!!
I sold all of my metal tonka trucks about 15 yrs ago duh!!! that wasn't too bright. May still have one cement mixer in the attic.
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Watch those speedbumps!! Debb

I went to my moms house on vation a few years ago & she threw out everything I had as a kid, even my hot wheels collection had them all in those plastic carrying cases with the metal shirt clip buttons .........I even ate 8 boxes of cheerios(yuck) to get the 4 crome & 4 gold Hot Wheels muscle car collector set.There went my retirement .........LOL
Was a heck of a Dunkun YO-YO'er
Any one remember the VertiBird & Klackers ?
SprayTech

Paddel with holes in it? guess that was for letting the steam out. we had one with a crack in it. but we won't go there either.
talk about Jacks, about the Yo-Yo or Wheel-lo or Mr Potato Head?
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awsum34

Why do people park in a driveway, and drive in a parkway?

we used to get these rubberized cars at the 5 & 10. A lot of 55-57 T'birds and I remember a red El Dorado convertable. Had dozens of cars and we'd make roads thru a dirt hill, measuring about 5' square in our backyard as well as one in my friend's backyard. Then there were those neat cars we'd get in the cereal boxes, these were good for indoor car shows and hang-outs, hard plastic with white plastic wheels.
We also had these awesome wind up midget racers, quality cars that ran like all get out and go.
Another favorite pass time was building models, cars, planes etc and sticking a firecracker in them and blowing them up. I didn't say we were smart but we did have fun. We'd build these balsa planes and tape CO2 cartridges to them and had a spring loaded syringe to launch the planes.
Then there were the milk box racers we built. Racing down hill, backwards on dares. The whole neighborhood got into it which led to demo derbies with them.
Then as we got older we started building homemade minibikes and go carts. Sometimes we'd even equip them with brakes!
(Survivor of my youth).
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Emil, ya brought up a fun topic! CO2 powered anything! In my case, I built models from models back then but one of the best was building balsa wood cars and putting an eyelet at each end. High school was big and the halls were very long corridors and those of us that raced would run a line of thread from one end to the other thru the eyelets to kepp em straight. That little spring loaded "thingy" was used at the count down and the car that hit the other end first had braggin rights for the day.
Yeah, erector sets w/ motors, lincoln logs, best family game back then was scrabble and my Dad was just about unbeatable..(a crossword nut!) found a light weight english bike frame in a junkyard and eventually wheels, only problem I had was that the gears were the same size! Tough to take off but once I was rolling, look out! I painted it with a "flit gun" bug sprayer and left over paint Dad had from his '49 Chrysler convert! Ruined the gun but Dad was impressed...Made my month! LOL
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Fred P.

Some of us didn't have any toys to play with, just had to make do. That's the reason we're the way we are now. LOL!
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RM40

I had the lincoln logs and a few nice tonka trucks,some model airplanes and a train set or 2,but what I remember the most is working with my Dad in his wood shop. Since he was a carpenter,he had ALL the neat tool/toys. Only thing I ever made was sawdust!!
Best memory,was the day he taught me how to wire up a simple circuit on an old piece of wood.Just a socket and switch and some wire. Pretty high tech stuff for a 10 year old!!! Thanks cruzr..............
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Who could forget the sound of a carton of bb's loading into the the famous Red Rider bb gun. The metalic sound once in the gun, or the little bit of smoke that came out after a shot. Slingshots were hand crafted with finger grips and maybe a bears head carved on the bottom of the handle.Two of us in the neighborhood would load up our back pockets,throw a tin can on top of the garage roof,then see how long we could keep it up there.We got away with that untill my friends dad noticed some shingle damage.The real test of skill was to toss bottles into a slow part of the creek,then run down stream to the rapids, set a good range,then shoot before they got away.I guess we diden't even think about the downside of it.My grandson is almost old enough to take charge of my old slingshot now. Wonder what he'll do.
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Mike J
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If it ain't broke, fix it anyway...

Mr. Machine and Buddy L trucks.

Man...I was just gonna say Mr. Machine..(I still have it) and my Buddy L Army trucks. Fighting Lady battleship. Astro base, the board game Shmoe....Christmas is a great time for kids....Even big ones...lol
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The "New" and Unimproved edcroozer... Charter D.S.R.A. member and general pain in the neck to the needy

What is Mr. Machine? Is that the robot looking thing that kinda looked like it was made from an erector set??
I wouldn't be surprised at all if Most of you have more toys NOW than when you were little runts :) :)
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Watch those speedbumps!! Debb

speaking of which.........
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hmmmmmmm
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I remember a pump action "shotgun" that shot Ping Pong balls!Must have held 6 or so shots, it was fun back in 57.

This is really funny that this thread came up now. I was just talking to my dad last nite making sure all my Hot Wheels and the orange track was still up in the attic. He said "ure was and why don't you come over on Monday and get all that s@#T out of my way"!

My folks (mom mostly) never threw out anything. Beside all my car stuff, up there should be my tinker toys, lincoln logs, legos, stuffed animals, etc. I had already gotten all my Barbie stuff out a couple of years ago. I still have all the "gilrs", their clothes and accessories, her Corvette, camper, horse, townhouse, and AIRPLANE! Yahoo!! Hey Deb, the next time you come over you should bring your Barbies and "they" can all "visit"! LOL

Other Barbie type dolls that I had were called "Dawn" dolls. Slightly smaller version. Those will be up there too in their own carry case and clothes trunk. Also had a lot of "kiddles". A very small doll like a Barbie. I have a sister who is only one year younger so we played together with "dolls" alot. When the Hot Wheels, track and army guys came out, Dad would play too.

Mom liked to play not only board games with us but cards as well. Mom is still a card wiz and her and dad play every nite while watching TV. She's addicted for sure! LOL

Growing up in SO CAL I spent ALOT of time on my skateboard and roller skates. Since we played outside year round, I don't remember watching alot of TV.
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Denise, Ya want me to bring the semi over so ya can haul all that stuff home!! Bill
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I live only five houses down from the folks so I think I can manage with the dolly that I use for my art shows. But thanks for the offer! LOL
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Your "top-less" cruzn buddy, Denise

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Buddy L trucks, plastic cars, and lots of hotwheels and matchbox cars. I still have quite a few of my old matchbox cars. Man, my pedal car, I remember when my daddy finally got rid of it the tires were worn out. I don't know how I did that because there was only a small side walk at our house. I must have drove many miles on that dirt in Dover NC!

Anyone play double deck Pinochle??? Dad taught the whole family and I played it in the service and we taught our kids too. The boys really were so good I think that my wife and I readjusted our signals (cheating!!!) and got them back LOL ...roller skating, I think I was born with them on! By the time I was about 14, I was doing some serious dancing...This was NOT in line skating either !!!!!and then came the command over the PA; "all skate backwards" and all heck would break loose with the racing in the opposite direction AND backwards!!! I was tough to beat! fond memories.. My daughter still wears my skating jacket with the name of the rink on the back! Guess that jacket is about 49 years old now and still in excellent condition! I'm still trying to rationalize in my mind about listing the troubles we got into....nah, some other time..lol
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Fred P.

Fred, you sound just like my Dad. He was awesome on eight wheels. Him and my Mom met at a roller rink. In the late 70's, early 80's mom would rent the local roller rink out a couple of times a year and all our friends and family would come. What a BLAST, till the rink burned down and they never rebuilt.

I probley should do more skating and get back into shape!! LOL
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How about the elec football. The ones that the vibration moved the players,
oh ya and the Hula Hoop.
Did anybody grow any Sea Monkeys?

Rick
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awsum34

Why do people park in a driveway, and drive in a parkway?

Yup did all those still have the football game in the box Hardly used as I wasn't much of a football fan
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Which end does the motor go in anyhow?

HGTV is finishing a program titled " Toys We Grew Up With". What a nostalgia trip. They talked about just about all the toys mentioned on this thread. It's going to be repeated again at midnight (eastern time) but check your TV guides, I am sure it will be on again during the week.
mike
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Denise...is that a pic of you?? If so, double wow and a drooling session! With a lower end like that, the top had to be a knock out!!lol I'm in love! (dont tell my wife!)
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Fred P.

Fred, just past legal there. I was 19 and lived on my skates. :)))
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Your "top-less" cruzn buddy, Denise

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Hey,If I come to the Autoramma this year,can I bring my skates.The wife and I used to skate twice every week,we each bought a new set of skates and the rink closed about a month later.That's been 15 years ago and they haven't been out of the closet since.Might have to get some "mouse milk" from Phil to lube them up!See Ya!!
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You bring your skates, Debb will bring hers, I've got my here. We could all go skating. Wouldn't that be a hoot. A bunch of 40 something year old hot rodders, on roller skates, reliving their youth. I'd actually like to go but I CAN'T STAND the type of music that they play nowdays. I should call one of the rinks near here though and see if they have an "old folks" nite. :)))

Gus, the rink that burned was the one on Warren at Outer Drive, The Roller Dome.
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Your "top-less" cruzn buddy, Denise

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Denise, Gail and I worked at a roller rink when we first were going together. Gail worked the snack bar and I was a skate boy on the floor, I still have my whistle yet, and we both had our own skates and still do, both had the pom poms and bells. We worked every Friday and Sunday nights with private parties on Saturday nights or roller hockey. Think I need a new pair of skates the old ones shrank!! lol Bill
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Let us know what you find out and I'll order some "Mouse Milk" from Phil and get the old skates lubed up!!That might just be incentive enough to get me there!How are the Emergency Response Teams in the area :>))
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Daryle "It's what we learn after we think we know it all that really counts!"

I went skating 4 yrs. ago for my oldest grandaugthers birthday! I had a blast my daugther didn't think the ole man could skate but she didn't know that I was on the speed team at the local rink! I was pretty good in the ole days! So after a few rounds it all came back and I showed them a thing or two! But when I left i couldn't hardly walk for 2 days! I'll never try again after that!!
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Heck Mike,I was counting on you going to the skate party with me!!By the way..the plans got kind of screwed up on Friday for the game,I'll send you an e-mail and fill you in.See Ya!!
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Daryle "It's what we learn after we think we know it all that really counts!"

I got a chunk of coal one year for Christmas. Didn`t even need batteries.
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The "New" and Unimproved edcroozer... Charter D.S.R.A. member and general pain in the neck to the needy

I spent the afternoon today getting all my "old" stuff out of my folks attic. Brought it home. Set up the Hot Wheels Duel-Lane Rod Runner Race Set with the optional competition pack in a figure 8 on the living room floor. The rubber bands for the hand shift power-booster were rotted. My bad luck that I had just given my nephew all my rubber bands a few days ago. All my old Hot Wheels that were in the carry case had seen better racing days thats for sure. So what is a girl to do? I got out my brand new Hot Wheels and tore up the track. Even had 4 racing all at once. What a great night.

Tomorrow nite is Barbie nite. Gonna get out the pink Corvette, camper, airplane, horse, townhouse and stuff. Going to set it up in the living room, next to the hot wheels of course, then call up my sister and have her come over and not tell her why. Going to have the camera ready when she walks into the living room. :)))

Debb, wanna come over tomorrow nite??? :)))
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Your "top-less" cruzn buddy, Denise

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awe!!!! quit teasing me!!!! I don't have any of my barbie Big stuff, just all my dolls and clothes!!!....I can bring my hot wheels though.
DARN SURE WISH I COULD. I wanna play :(
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Watch those speedbumps!! Debb

Well, quit whinnin'. Bring your cars, dolls and clothes and I'll share the other stuff. Come on over and play. :) LOL
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Your "top-less" cruzn buddy, Denise

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Anybody remember those cars with the big wheel in the center and the rip cord you would pull through them? (what were they called?)
I remember the commercial from the later versions

Try and sing this in tune
Come on little buggum, you can get it done
Crash bang smash um up, Crash up derby is fun

Whizzers or Wheelies, something like that, boy, could they ever scoot!
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I remember the pull thru cars too! My kids had them and I managed to step on a few...accidently of course!!lol Stepped on a few Hot Wheels too but felt bad enough about them (even tho I almost killed myself!) to replace them..When 2 pairs of wet eyes are staring at ya like ya was hitler or something, what's a guy to do?? Even ice cream (as much as ya can eat!) wasn't enough, it was time to go to the store and usually come home A Numba One Hewo 'cause I bought a few extra..Like I couldn't afford them..
I'm afraid I'd have to wear the roller skates on my butt and let someone push me around..LOLOL I could still make the "orange crate specials".. with 2 skates, I could make 2 specials!!!One set of wheels on each end of a 3 foot 2x4 and the orange crate nailed to the 2x4 and a piece long enough for handlebars (lol) nailed to the top. Man, with steel wheels you went everywhere wether you wanted to or not !!!
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Fred P.

You have got to be kidding!!! You think I'm getting on a skating rink floor NOW with a bunch of people i've just met??? LOL NOT
talk about embarrasing!! hee hee
besides that i wouldn't be able to move the next day!!
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Watch those speedbumps!! Debb

You have got to be kidding!!! You think I'm getting on a skating rink floor NOW with a bunch of people i've just met??? LOL NOT
talk about embarrasing!! hee hee
besides that i wouldn't be able to move the next day!!
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Watch those speedbumps!! Debb

I lived at the roller rink too, still have my skates in the attic. (actually they were my moms dance skates) With the little puff balls on them and bells, lol.
My dad played roller hockey at the rink here in town all the time, and my mom was in a skater in a roller skate show (much like ice skateing now) in the U.P. of MI.
I remember how long it took me to learn that backwards thing, and never was very good at it, but hey the boys sure wanted to help get you around the rink ;) so it paid not to be too good at it, lol

and forgot about my marbles!!!! had a ton of those. Its still a standing joke with my family that they asked me once if i had lost my marbles (as in are you nutts) but my reply was "no there in my closet" still haven't lived that one down. Never fails at family events "someone" always brings it up!!!
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Watch those speedbumps!! Debb

Oh yea, that's nice. Santa is gona bring you skates for Christmas.

I remember that roller rink. Are those WRIF stickers on the back of those skates?
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I got a toy dump truck for Christmas when I was about seven (1951) and it was BRAND NEW (a luxury I didn't often enjoy). I could say "new in the box" but toys back then didn't usually come in boxes, that followed a few years later. I thought it was pretty neat at the time, but recently I realized just how neat it really was. It was a Mack dump truck about 16"-18" long with tandem dual rear wheels and a lever actuated hydraulic ram that dumped the load through a swinging tailgate. It was heavy, made of cast metal. It was a Smith Miller toy, I think my dad paid about six bucks for it(a fortune at the time). I just recently saw a cast Smith Miller truck on eBay, it didn't have nearly as many neat features as mine and was in pretty poor shape, the bidding got up to $375 and I quit watching as it was making me sick. I left home for the military at seventeen and a few years later my folks relocated and didn't feel it was worthwhile to have my childhood stuff packed and shipped. "Cest La Vie"
I also had one of those pneumatic pump operated ping-pong ball guns, I remember my Mom bending over to check something in the oven and I "let her have it" right in the butt, through a thin house dress, the next day she told me she had a bruise the size of a baseball. The wonderful joys of mispent youth.
Wayne
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Denise, you can now get Divorce Barbie, she comes with all of KEN's Stuff
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Built Ford Tuff with Chevy Stuff---Ed

Ed, My mom threw my Mr. Machine out when I was little. Last year I bought one on the big E for $20. Some went as high as $500.

"Fun things to play with".....My favorites were the girls next door...Thier names were Lori,Cindi and Terri as I recall :>))
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Daryle "It's what we learn after we think we know it all that really counts!"

the post about the girls next door reminded me of when I was out playing in the snow with a neighborhood cutie by the name of Deidre.Just as she finished making a perfect snow angel her big brother came walking up to say it was time to come home. Deidre very quickly made a point to mess up the angel in the snow.Big brother never saw the perfect angel.
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My favorite was my Huffy Rail bike It was the Huffy version of the sting ray only with a streched out frame it even came with a cheater slick. Walked a paper route for a year to buy it.
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Which end does the motor go in anyhow?

I had lead soldiers and airplanes like WWII planes and cars and trucks, played by the hour in the dirt fields. Metal erector sets were big and making crystal radios was really something. How about the old string and two tin cans to talk through. Tinker Toys..those round chuncks of wood with a wood dowl. Home made rubber band guns that shot rubber bands made from good inertubes when they were made from rubber. Bicycles with knee action forks and high rise handel bars for the easy rider look waaayyy before Esy rider was ever heard of, guess we were ahead of our time.
Apple crate scooters made from one metal skate and a 2x4. For runner of the skate board. Get a sheet from mom and hold the two corners with a buddie on a windy day and go like H***. Pillow cases on the beach (SO.CAl) get them wet twirl them around in the air and wa-lah surf bag pillow. Baseball Football cards, Ducan Yo-YO's and Marbles, I was champ with marbles with my Stealies and Boulders. Had a CO/2 streamlinr like they run on thelakes also, go like mad on the school grounds. Box Kites and News Paper Kites made with flour and water for glue. Pea Shooters and SLing Shots all home made.Mumbly Peg played with a knife. Lots of neat stuff to pass the hours away and my all time favorite was the Radio Shows after school and my secret decoder watch/Ring/whatever.Keep em' coming guys.....Back to the good old days... I wish!!!!!!!!!
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Built Ford Tuff with Chevy Stuff---Ed

I loved erector sets, chemistry lab sets, lionel train set, go karts, models of everything, walkie talkies, dogs, cats, mice,tools, 049 Cox powered anythig and finally in sixth grade...playing Doctor with Tammi Denare, was she fun or what?
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So Steve, I gotta know...What were the symptoms and what was the cure? LMAO J/K.

Gotta go...girlfriend wants to cruise around and see a grand total of 5 houses Christmas lights. Boy this is gonna be fun riding with the Santa hat and beard on, windows down (36 degrees now) blaring Christmas music...Gotta love the holidays! If she aint spendin' my money she's wanting to burn gas. LOL....Tis the season to be greedy I guess.

Later!
Grant
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Does anyone remember those rifles I think they were made by Eldon that actually shot plastic bullits? You could get them in Army,Western or the Rifleman
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Which end does the motor go in anyhow?

I think the L.A. cops still use those ;)
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How about prop rods, spud guns,pea shooters,and the interactive winky dink tv game, where you would put a green sheet of clear plastic on the tv screen and draw on it. The old knife games of stretch and mumbly peg were always a good way to pass some time. Wish I had all that time now never seem to have enough

My parents would only give me a rubber band and a peanut. I shot my brothers' eye out!
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one present that I spent hours with (as a kid lol) was a "slinky" and we had an upstairs with lots of steps. Remember my Dad saying to get that'bleepity bleep" thing outa the D*** way. "I almost tripped over it!!!" And my Duncan yo yo's!! got a couple confiscated in school and never saw them again..Guess the teachers kids ended up with "our" stuff. I used to dip her chalk end in 3in one oil. Coulda called me "Calvin" back then..LOL
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