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re: Saturday Nostalgia thread - post a photo of something from your childhood

Posted on 2/28/15 at 12:40 pm to
Posted by foshizzle
Washington DC metro
Member since Mar 2008
40599 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 12:40 pm to
quote:

Or some form of them from our local Safeway (when they still had 'em on the East Coast).


There are plenty of Safeways in DC.
Posted by Methuselah
On da Riva
Member since Jan 2005
23350 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 12:42 pm to
Inspired by some of those posted so far:
Barrel of Monkeys (that and pick-up sticks):


Wooden skateboards (with metal wheels!):


Top Value Stamps (folks actually got some cool stuff with those):
Posted by yurintroubl
Dallas, Tx.
Member since Apr 2008
30164 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 12:47 pm to
quote:



There are plenty of Safeways in DC.


Good to know. I assumed they were all West Coast once they disappeared from the Southeast... or maybe just my area. Kid thinking here.
Posted by yurintroubl
Dallas, Tx.
Member since Apr 2008
30164 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 12:49 pm to
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Is it bad that I'm seeing "CHLOROFORM"?



I was seeing "Lady O-Ters" instead of "Laffy O-Ters" all week so I can't judge.
Posted by LSU1NSEC
Member since Sep 2007
17243 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 12:49 pm to
Saw the very last glory years of womens' roller derby.




Posted by yurintroubl
Dallas, Tx.
Member since Apr 2008
30164 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 12:52 pm to
I saw a couple of these...



Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89507 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 12:54 pm to
quote:

Saw the very last glory years of womens' roller derby.


Dem legs, doe.

Posted by 504Voodoo
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2012
13532 posts
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Posted by Wolfhound45
Hanging with Chicken in Lurkistan
Member since Nov 2009
120000 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 12:54 pm to
quote:

Methuselah
Nailed it.
Posted by peaster68
Mississippi
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 2/28/15 at 12:55 pm to
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
146688 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 2:24 pm to
barrel of monkies
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89507 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 2:29 pm to
quote:

barrel of monkies


Those were pretty fun - I'm having a tough time finding something which to compare them, in evaluating just how fun they were.
Posted by dpd901
South Louisiana
Member since Apr 2011
7510 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 2:32 pm to
My dad had a stick steering bass boat like this one.



We always brought Yoo-hoo chocolate soda:



Posted by mauser
Orange Beach
Member since Nov 2008
21532 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 3:13 pm to
Chewable wax whistle.

They also sold wax lips, fingernails, and mustaches.
Posted by CroakaBait
Gulf Coast of the Land Mass
Member since Nov 2013
3973 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 3:29 pm to
Paw-paw let me get a couple swigs of this every now and then:



Kicked arse quite a few times against my GI Joe's with one of these:

This post was edited on 2/28/15 at 3:39 pm
Posted by Birdie King
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2013
8065 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 3:35 pm to
Posted by 777Tiger
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Posted on 2/28/15 at 3:35 pm to
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This post was edited on 2/28/15 at 3:37 pm
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
146688 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 3:38 pm to
any toys back then would be considered boring nowadays. I guess you could compare monkies to jenga?
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
146688 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 3:40 pm to


Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
146688 posts
Posted on 2/28/15 at 3:45 pm to
why was yoo hoo loved so much? it was colored water.
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