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billethkid 07-12-2020 05:26 PM
The peace and quiet of no 24/7 hysterical news blabbering.

Stu from NYC 07-12-2020 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1802207)
Good memories. I made an Australian Bola and would TRY ? to hunt rabbits with it, usually unsuccessfully, but it took skill and was fun. After the nest apocalypse, I may have to practice again.
Lot of rabbits here in Bonita, come and get them. On second thought squirrels would be good too

fdpaq0580 07-13-2020 08:32 AM
Just remembered
 
Just remembered rubber band guns. A stick wit a wooden clothes pin on it.
Also, does anyone remember having the little metal trays that you put a wooden stick into to make popsicles from fruit juice or soda pop?

Gulfcoast 07-14-2020 07:03 AM
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Almost forgot the school play ground, with METAL jungle gym, METAL slide that burned your butt in summer and froze it in winter. Don't forget tether ball, 4 square and the merry go round. And swings that when you got real high you would jump out. Now that was fun!
We used to bring waxed paper with us to the park to rub on those metal slides, we would sit on a square and really zoom down that slide.

Other memories: catching fire flies on summer evenings, putting them in jars and watching them light up. Slip n slides and running through the sprinkler on hot summer days, drinking water straight out of the hose, Monopoly Marathons. I also remember long days spent with my nose in a book, reading both classic and contemporary stories just for fun.

Bay Kid 07-15-2020 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Nipper (Post 1802214)
I was an editorial assistant in the mid-60's at Grit. I wrote the Doris Lee advice column. I have a lot of Grit memorabilia, including a bag the boys used to carry the paper. I plan to sell it all one of these days.
Every home we went to would buy the Grit paper. Thank you for making Grit an easy sell. Heading back to Papa's store we collected bottles. Life was great.


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