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Ralph and I are currently watching DVDs of "Mr. Selfridge," originally aired on PBS.
I believe there is a reference to Woolworth's in it. Selfridge is historical fiction, I'm sure, and F. W....

Try putting Hershey's chocolate syrup in milk. Still yummy.

I always have these on hand in my freezer. My favorite is orange. Remember when two were frozen together?
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Wow, thanks for the enlightenment, JJ. We are anything but silent.
Traditional? Sometimes.

WHAT???

Google says "Generation X is anyone born from 1965 to 1980. Baby boomers are anyone born from 1946 to 1964. Millennials are anyone born from 1981 to 1996. Generation Z is anyone born from...

Did you also toss some ashes onto the icy sidewalks?

We, in Detroit, called them coal bins. Usually, during a very cold winter, you had to have another load delivered. The wall above the furnace...

"Till that day you know darn well, Baby..."

Here's another --

I Found a Million Dollar Baby [In a Five and Ten Cent Store]

I remember it somewhat. Did you do cat's cradle?

Plastic toys were just coming into existance when I was a child. They were considered fragile and cheaply made, often from Japan.

Girls were better at Jacks than boys. Just saying ...

Remembering childhood toys, who remembers playing Jacks or Pickup Sticks?
Both games could be played solitaire. Inexpensive. I got pretty good at
both.

Here's a real oldie -- Who played...

"5 and dime?" We called it "dime store" here in Detroit. Furthermore, it prompted
some research about Kresge's and Woolworth's. It seems Woolworth is older by a
few years. We preferred...

Reminder of what, Jerry? How young you are? Try early 1940s.

Never heard of them. Jerry, you are SO much younger than I am.

Wikipedia:

"Clackers, also known as Clankers, Ker-Bangers, and numerous other names, were toys popular in the late 1960s and...

[QUOTE=ms_m;723335]How about this. The rubber string would break and you would tie it together until it got shorter and shorter....or was that just me? LOL

We called them "Bolos." I loved them...

We had air raid drills in the Fifties and had to wear dog tags with our blood types.
Somehow, I was never frightened by it. Just seemed like a precaution.

"Dial?" Is that still a verb? I use it with people who know what I'm talking about.



I just got a thin volume of the yellow pages a couple of weeks ago. It went
straight into the trash.

Wikipedia is great but not reliable. Anyone can contribute.

Ralph uses "The Oracle," by asking his phone, when wanting to learn the
age of a famous person or whether they are still alive. I race...

Party lines were so annoying. At one point, we also had "limited service," and could
only make two calls a day. I remember my childhood phone number and my grandmother's. There were two letters...

Egads. I remember when they got stuck, too. Nowadays, a nice full paper towel dispenser is preferred. I hate when there is only a blow dryer on the wall. No patience.

You are right. This has become a cancer. The Federal Government has to intercede.
It is a runaway train.

We each posted for mosty separate groups of "friends." Let's see if Facebook
takes it down. I have 58 and Ralph has 514. :confused:

GREAT!!! Let's have a crowd of celebrities out there. But there are not enough
polling locations or reasonable hours or reasonable absentee registration.
They get more and more creatively wicked....

Yes, but it isn't over yet!!! ["It isn't over till the fat lady sings" -- no offense intended.]:o

This voting situation has me sick to my stomach. At my age, maybe I won't live
to see the end of democracy. Something HAS to be done. I can't wait. Can we
simply give the voters citizenship in a...

I'm old-fashioned I guess. I wince when I see women referees or managers of all male teams. Sorry, ladies. Well, maybe lady sportscasters are okay.