Show of Hands

Slinky. various stuffed animals

I remember Chrissy!

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A boy toy and a girl toy. Makes total sense. :-)

Hmm, I am bi. Never thought of it that way, but...

And HO scale trains I ran on a layout.

My brother and my cousin had those

Still have them?

Very cool

It was awesome. It was a whole village.

You taught yourself or did someone show you how?

Well the train set came from Toys R Us. It was big set that took up half our attic. But I added paint, people, woods, and villages all on my own. I got it on my tenth birthday.

That sounds amazing. At our county fair they have a huge train set.

I loved it.

My brother and Dad were really into trains. Bro still has a piece of the room sized, walk in set they built to recreate a German town in the mountains during WWII. He still has all the trains and some buildings, 35 years later.

That's awesome!

I loved my Barbie too.

Mothers used to fight over those things.

"Hot wheels"

:)

Barbie tried to steal Jim away from Dawn, but he was loyal. Barbie dated GIJoe after that, Ken was too wussy. Barbie lived in a glass 4 story house (a lucite display case), and never married.

I also loved my kitchen set, giant Tinkertoys, baby dolls, my sets of encyclopedias, and playing Tarzan in the woods. I went everywhere on my skateboard, many times with my toy poodle riding on my shoulders.

She wasn't a "nanny" nanny. Just an older widow, family friend who watch me and my brothers as well as another family to help occupy her time.. She made us all blankets.

Later on I was pretty fond of my chemistry set and microscope.

Chemistry set - my cousin had one of those. We had the glamorous perfume factory.

Really?

For you math majors, that's actually three..

Llol

Hey Rob!

Hey Rob and Kenny!!

Hey Rob, BKS, CC and Katz! (Just wanted in on the Lovefest). :)

Hello, my Brutha and sistas.

Imagine that! Man I am dumbfounded. Lol

I know, shocking right?:)

Man I feel like you pulled the rug right out from under me!! My world fell apart! I think I went from a Optimist Prime to a Negatron..

**Took me forever to think of that!! Lol

Haha:) pretty clever i must say:)

Wow! I bet all the kids wanted to come play by your house. :-)

Born to be wild!

Don't you know it baby!!

I love Steppenwolf!

I was always intrigued by those Tonka Trucks. I also secretly wanted one of those cool Hess trucks sold at gas stations for Christmas.

Were you in the Army too?

No

How come I have never come across you till recently. Hmmm.

Idk you're following me

Even then you were looking to give medical advice :-)

Haha I was! It's a lifelong passion :)

You seem more like a pre-med type than a comp sci one, but of course, I hardly know you outside of a limited selection of SOH comments. But have you ever considered pre-med majors such as Biochemistry, Biology, Biopsychology, etc.?

Haha, I certainly have some tendencies that way. I originally wanted to be a midwife. A lot if the bad shit I went through affected my gpa. With cs, that doesn't matter here as long as I pass things :) cs is very similar to biology, almost

Freakishly so.

AJ - have you ever watched Call The Mid Wife on PBS?

:D no but that sounds like something Id love!

You should watch it online. It takes place in London and the nurses ride their bikes to the women. Good show, a lot of it hard to watch.

OMG lamb chop. I remember the last day lamb chop's "mommy" did her last show (she had cancer) and I was watching with my daughter - and I was crying hysterically because she really was saying goodbye.

That's so sad. :( I loved Lamb Chop as a kid; it was a great show.

What was her name...Shirley something. Lamb Chop was and is very cute.

I lovvvved my bike too.

Unfortunately, if I had children, there is no way I would let them ride around the neighborhood all day like I used to be able to do. Its just a different world now. So sad. :(

Alyn - I would only let my daughter ride a few houses down and back. Not even to the end of the street. Around the block was never an option. Different world. So much lost.

Can you try to pm me as if you were trying to pm me for the first time - and not from a previous existing saved convo we had?

sure...I'll do that within the next 2 minutes...

just sent

I used to read the book to my daughter and watch the show too.

What is that?

Aw sweet

That was "a gift"

Yeah maybe it was.

Oh me too. I used to spend hours and hours on the swing in the park. Good memories.

Last doll you played with?

If you don't count the girls I've called "doll", then yes ;P

Were you in Army?

No No No!!!!!
United States Marine Corps.

Do you still have your dress blues? Where did you serve?

Lost them in a fire many years ago.
I served in Okinawa and California. I was with 1st Battalion 4th Marines.
God Country Duty Corp.

I love you:-)

Classic!

The real stuff or pretend :-)

I had the same bike lol.

Nice!! :)