Things you won't find anymore...

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RadishRose said:
I had this VW. The color was called Bahama Blue. I painted Mr. Peanut in the driver's door complete with top hat, cane and monocle. :p
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Wish I could see a picture of it.

I owned two Vws myself. My first was a little black 1959 Beetle. Later I bought a sky-blue 1968 VW "square-back" station wagon. (Would the manufacturer have termed that "Bahama blue" for the North American market?)
 
Timewise 60+ said:
That is amazing Holly! So, you are saying kids in London play games with marbles, learn to work yoyo's and play jacks? Hula hoops were a bit boring to me as a kid. But it is good to know they have made a comeback. But once you learned how to 'keep them going' you were expert. Marble games we played included betting some marbles you would lose if you did not win, made it more interesting. Yoyo's had a number of tricks you had to learn, like walking the dog, around the world, and rock the cradle...they were all games of skill...
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I was great at the Hula Hoop when I was a kid. I never had my own but I played with my friends'.. all the kids had one...

..and yes all the kids around here still can play all the old games despite having all the new technology...
 
vintageMo said:
Oh no, you had to get me started...I miss Snail Mail and Pen Pals. I had 10-15 pen pals from all over the world in my teen years. Now nobody even sends letters anymore. Some of the kids today don't even know how to write in cursive!
I really miss a time when stores valued and rewarded their loyal customers. We got towels in our laundry detergent, Blue Chip or Green Stamps every time we went grocery shopping. There were prizes in the cereal boxes, and good prizes in the Cracker Jacks.
Now unfortunately, there are too many people and they don't try to win your business because if you don't buy their products, there are hundreds of people who still will.

Thanks for letting me vent!
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Yes, I miss pen pals. How exciting when those airmail envelopes with foreign stamps on would show up!
 
Amaz(ing)on has tons of retro toys on its site. Are the materials they are made of the same as the originals? Are the toys manufactured in the same country they once were? Are the toys of the same quality they once were? IDK.
 
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