Do you remember these?
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fmdog44
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- Houston, Texas
Why did my parents buy me a chemistry set then leave me alone to conduct my experiments?
They were lucky to be alive and have a standing home.
They were lucky to be alive and have a standing home.
Gardenlover
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The only bike I remember from my younger days:
I loved that bike. Sadly, some lowlife stole it.
Aunt Bea
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- Near Mount Pilot
Better to have loved and lost ...
Your Stingray with the banana seat was more what I had in mind when I got my rusty clunker but the old tank served me well.
Gardenlover
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Saved up my grass cutting money and bought a sissy bar for it a little later.
I also had two kids try stealing it from me while I was riding it. My dad always told me if your out numbered go for the biggest one first, it worked out that time. But, I bet the bas-tards came back and stole it later.
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Gardenlover
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I love that bike, a classic for sure!
Grampa Don
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- Orange county, Calif.
Here I am with my first bike, a J. C. Higgins from Sears. I think I was about 9. It was red and black and had a headlight and horn button in the body. No training wheels in those days and a dirt driveway to practice on. I felt like hot stuff when I mastered it.
My Mom wasn't too steady with a camera.
Don
My Mom wasn't too steady with a camera.
Don
Gardenlover
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Looks like the cadillac of bicycles. Very cool. Training wheels are for sissys.Here I am with my first bike, a J. C. Higgins from Sears. I think I was about 9. It was red and black and had a headlight and horn button in the body. No training wheels in those days and a dirt driveway to practice on. I felt like hot stuff when I mastered it.
My Mom wasn't too steady with a camera.
Don
jujube
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No training wheels back in my day. You got up on it, took off and you fell down. Then you got back up, took off and you fell down again. Eventually, you stopped falling down. That's all the training you got. Hopefully you hadn't broken anything by then and you hoped all the skin would grow back.
Sassycakes
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- Pennsylvania
I remember getting this shot .
And I remember my Mom's coffee pot
And I remember my Mom's coffee pot
Butterfly
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- Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
Pappy
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Here I am on my bike at the old homestead. Wood shack in the back. The look on my face looks like I’m about to perform some kind of weird trick. Loved that old bike.
JaniceM
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- still lost between two shores..
Here I am with my first bike, a J. C. Higgins from Sears. I think I was about 9. It was red and black and had a headlight and horn button in the body. No training wheels in those days and a dirt driveway to practice on. I felt like hot stuff when I mastered it.
My Mom wasn't too steady with a camera.
Don
The bike is almost as tall as you- how did you get on it? lol
I asked for a chemistry set. Over and over. They gave me a doll.Why did my parents buy me a chemistry set then leave me alone to conduct my experiments?
Judycat
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- Pennsylvania
I got so skinned up trying to learn to ride a bike on the road, that I finally decided to get the hang of it in on the lawn. Our lawn was downhill all the way, through some rose bushes and into the outer wall of the house. Was quite an exciting ride.
Grampa Don
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- Orange county, Calif.
Aunt Bea
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- Near Mount Pilot
Remember when we used to have fun with a scrap of paper?
Poppy-"here a bike ride it"
"Great!"
got on it, could ride, sorta, but could not turn it. When I attempted to turn bike I could
see I was not going to make it, so I jumped off. the bike crashed into bld next door.
this occurred 5 times
Poppy to my older brother
"What's wrong with that boy."
He said that a lot when discussing me over the years
"Great!"
got on it, could ride, sorta, but could not turn it. When I attempted to turn bike I could
see I was not going to make it, so I jumped off. the bike crashed into bld next door.
this occurred 5 times
Poppy to my older brother
"What's wrong with that boy."
He said that a lot when discussing me over the years
fuzzybuddy
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- The Sticks, Northeast PA.
I had the ultimate "boys' toy- a train set. OOOHHH!!!!!! While it was mine, because it was electric; I could only play with it while my dad was there. I'm 73, and if my dad was alive, he'd still wouldn't let me control the train.
fuzzybuddy
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- The Sticks, Northeast PA.
Aunt Bea, what were those paper things. Girls used to come up to me and ask my birthday, then they would sing this song and flex that paper thing. That told them who I was supposed to marry, or something?
Aunt Bea
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- Near Mount Pilot
They were a homemade paper fortune-telling device similar to the old 8 balls.
The paper versions could be customized for all sorts of things.
jujube
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Oh yeah, we made the "cootie catchers". You'd draw a picture of a bug on the inside.
And those gum-wrapper chains. That was really big when I was in junior high. It was a real "status thing" to have a long chain. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't keep up.
Pepper, I always asked for a chemistry set, too. My mom always said "no, they're for boys" and I'd get a nurses' kit instead.
Remember when the Mr. Potato Head set only came with the arms, legs, face parts and hat? You had to supply your own potato. Nothing like a nice rotten potato moldering in the depths of the toy box or under the couch to get you on mom's bad list.
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