Furryanimal
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What's the first thing you saved up for as a kid?
I saved up for it.
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hollydolly
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I didn't get any pocket money when I was a kid so I couldn't save up for anything, but when I first started work after leaving school... my father would take all my wage packet and just give me back my fares to work.. so I walked to work a whole week ( 6 miles) , so I could save up to buy Freda Paynes' Band of Gold single
What did you save up for, Furry?
What did you save up for, Furry?
Aunt Bea
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Pappy
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It was either ny Signature tube radio from Montgomery Wards or my first suit case type record player. It played 16, 33, 45 and 78 rpm records. Think I bought that at Sears Roebuck co. Don’t remember for sure.
Don M.
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My first car. At an early age, my Dad told me that if I wanted a car I better start working/saving for one. So, beginning about age 12, I shoveled snow, and mowed lawns for neighbors, and by the time I was 16, I had enough saved.
hollydolly
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Cap'nSacto
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- Sacramento, Calif
A car. I got a job as a gas station attendant and used my first two checks to buy an old yellow and white '58 Ford Fairlane hardtop for only $375. It was easy to save up for it because i still lived with my parents; had just graduated high-school. The next thing I saved up for was tuition for the nearest community college. Just took me that one summer to pay for a full semester, even after I paid for several dates with my girlfriend, but then, the two of us could go out to dinner and see a movie for under ten bucks!
Smiling Jane
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I love Freda Paynes' Band of Gold. She sure sings the holy bejabbers out of that song.
The first thing I ever saved up for was a Magic Decoder Ring associated with some comic book character, maybe the Green Hornet?
Cap'nSacto
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Cap'nSacto
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That song and others like it made me feel conflicted. Made me wonder "Is that what we do when we grow up (to be men)? Love 'em and leave 'em?"
But then, when we were teens and early 20-somethings, lyrics may as well be gospel.
Smiling Jane
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Did the secret message you decoded say "Drink Olvaltine"?
Of course. Either Ovaltine or something else, maybe Wheaties.
I never cared much for Band of Gold lyrics. It's the way she gets into that song that wears me out every time.
Cap'nSacto
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My dad, too. By the time my sons were driving age, you couldn't find a good running car for a few hundred bucks, so I told them I'd pay half if they could find one for under $4,000. But only if I got to take the car to a mechanic to check it over...so, basically, I got to choose the cars they bought. And that's because I knew they'd call me if they broke down. My oldest son got pissed because his was a Toyota, but he drove that thing for over four years and had zero problems.