Originally Posted By friendofdd I wore one leg of my jeans rolled up so the other kids would think I was allowed to ride my bike to school. I might have been, too, if I had had a bike.
Originally Posted By tapdancemom So sad about no bike friendofdd, I thought it was bad that my four sisters and I had to share ONE bike. I got a hula hoop for my birthday and played all day with it. I woke up the next morning and couldn't move for the pain of over used muscles. I screamed for my mom and when she came in the bedroom I was crying because I thought I had polio. This was back in the "kids in iron lungs days" and she was so sweet, hugged me and said I had just played too hard with my hula hoop. I still remember how relieved I was that everything was ok.
Originally Posted By bloona My dad turned my rollerskate into a skate board! .........I fell off it, grabbed the washing line and it snapped, I was in trouble and pain at the same time! Wished I was older than I was......constantly. Never washed my hair..(yuck) Wanted to go on " Jim'll Fix it" programme.( tv programme where kids write in saying they'd like to do something and he would "fix it" so they could. I wrote in a few times, but never got chosen. Once wrote in to go and look around a chocolate factory as I had just read Willy Wonker and the Chocolate factory!!! Now I'd ask for lovely Mr Depp to join me too!!!)
Originally Posted By Labuda was shot, run over, had bones broken, and received an eardrum transplant. Kind of amazing I function as well as I do, isn't it? lol
Originally Posted By smedley Wow Labuda, it's amazing you're still walking! Good to know you survived it all to still be here with us!
Originally Posted By trailsend >>>was shot, run over, had bones broken, and received an eardrum transplant. <<< Did you live in my neighborhood??? Jus kidding ~ Captain Kangaroo, Grandfather Clock, Mr. Green Jeans; I remember how Captain Kangaroo would wake up Grandfather Clock. GC was always asleep, and CK would walk over and say, "GRRRRAAAAAANNNNNNFFFFFAAAAATTTTHHHHEEEERRRRRRR!" And Grandfather Clock's eyes would open. I loved it. And I played Winky Dinks ~ had the whole plastic thing on the TV screen and drew. I can't believe I forgot Tom Terrific. And I didn't miss Mighty Mouse ~ ('scuse me Mickey) "Here I come to save the daaaayyy!! That means that Mighty Mouse is on his way!!!" And back to Captain Kangaroo ~ he used to sing so many songs and one I never forgot and sang to my children was ~ "Hey there, Dadddy, do you see? There's a horse in striped pajamas. No, that's not what it is at all. That's an animal people call ... a zebra. I see. But it still looks like a horse in striped pajamas to me!" I feel an ear worm coming on . . . .
Originally Posted By jasmine7 Would use my tape player to record the audio of Saturday morning cartoons, especially Muppet Babies & The Get-Along Gang
Originally Posted By FancyDL in the mornings I watched The New Zoo Revue and JP Patches. After school, I watched the Brady Bunch. I also was able to play outside all day without my parents having to worry about me.
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 also had Underroos, also Wonder Woman, and ran around the house in them all the time with tin foil wrapped around my wrists.
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 had a sit and spin and one of those bouncy balls things you sat on and bounced around with.
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 watched Mister Rogers and loved when he went to the Land of Make Beleive (meow meow).
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 collected beads and would wear them on safety pins and loved to trade beads with my friends.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 Hated! wearing dresses Loved riding my bicycle Once got an award at school for reading the most books over the course of the summer in the summer reading program
Originally Posted By wendebird Watched the Monkee's & always wanted to be Davey Jones. Also watched the New Zoo Revue, Electric Company & The Magic Garden.
Originally Posted By Labuda "wanted to grow up and marry Davy Jones of The Monkees." Me too! Major happiness last year when I was 2nd row center for one of his shows at Epcot during the Flower & Garden Festival... ON MY BIRTHDAY!
