Remember when?

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How many of you had a Red Ryder B.B. Gun?
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Did any of you have a Flexi-Flyer?
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I had a sled like this, if not by this maker. My favorite toys as a small kid were Radio Flyer wagons, Tonka Trucks, and Tinker Toys.

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How many of you had a Red Ryder B.B. Gun?
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I can't remember if they were Redy Ryder BB guns, but we had BB Guns that looked like the one on the box here. Great memories for sure!

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Originally Posted by Jerry Oz

I had a sled like this, if not by this maker. My favorite toys as a small kid were Radio Flyer wagons, Tonka Trucks, and Tinker Toys.

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I had one of those but mine had blue paint on it.

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Ha! Ha! I bet they didn't play "Knuckles" in Catholic Schools! Their knuckles were already bloody from nuns hitting them on the knuckles with rulers!

We didn't play "knuckles". Although many of the tough Ukes had a brass set for gang fights after school. :[[

We didn't play eraser tag. We just threw them at each other. But, if the teacher was careless enough to walk out of the room to speak to another adult while class was in session, we took the opportunity to put thumbtacks on his or her chair, sticking upward. Or, if we knew it would take 2-3 minutes, one of us would stand on a chair or table, and turn the clock ahead one hour. We ALMOST got to leave early one day, but the teacher figured out it was NOT dismissal time.

But we played "Flinch". One kid would swing a fist at another, and if he flinched, he would get hit hard in the shoulder 2 times. It accelerated to 3 hits before I entered high school, where we were too grown-up and sophisticated for that sort of little kids' game.

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Oh we had eraser fights, food fights in the cafeteria in high school. I don't know if I can mention all of the "devilment" we got into on this here forum , but trust me we had our share fun in bounds and out of bounds LOL!!!

Remember when you gang would say...lucky? And if you say[strike]you would get punched?

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Remember when you gang would say...lucky? And if you say[strike]you would get punched?

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Yes! We had that.

A few weeks ago I posted a pic of what kids typically looked like on Halloween during the mid-sixties. Well today, the Toledo Blade newspaper reprinted a pic of some kids I actually knew that lived in my neighborhood out Trick or Treating Halloween night in 1963! My brother and I was out there too, but the paper must have missed us LOL! It rained that night but it did not stop us. Hard to believe that these kids are now 60, 56 and 57 years old now respectively...............

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A few weeks ago I posted a pic of what kids typically looked like on Halloween during the mid-sixties. Well today, the Toledo Blade newspaper reprinted a pic of some kids I actually knew that lived in my neighborhood out Trick or Treating Halloween night in 1963! My brother and I was out there too, but the paper must have missed us LOL! It rained that night but it did not stop us. Hard to believe that these kids are now 60, 56 and 57 years old now respectively...............

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Nice to see Uncle Scrooge getting some love from Americans even if that was 52 years ago. I make my money writing and drawing stories about him, and very few of those reach USA.

Here's a drawing of mine of him:
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Nice to see Uncle Scrooge getting some love from Americans even if that was 52 years ago. I make my money writing and drawing stories about him, and very few of those reach USA.

Here's a drawing of mine of him:
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...obberFoilC.jpg

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That's a fantastic drawing, robb_k. Where can I see some more of your stuff?

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That's a fantastic drawing, robb_k. Where can I see some more of your stuff?

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Unfortunately, the place I had the most uploaded [[Disney Comics Forum) is now down. Also, The Disney Comics Artists' pages are down, as well [[a related problem). Here are a few more drawings of mine:
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...ps0875810c.jpg

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That's a fantastic drawing, robb_k. Where can I see some more of your stuff?

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Unfortunately, the place I had the most uploaded [[Disney Comics Forum) is now down. Also, The Disney Comics Artists' pages are down, as well [[a related problem). Here are a few more drawings of mine:
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5..._K/Ludwig3.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5..._K/Finder1.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...K/CryGoofy.jpg

Here's half a page of a comic book story:
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...PiedPiperD.jpg

I drew this back when people still had phonographs:
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Here's an idea for a magazine cover:
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...BirdwatchC.jpg

Here's an advert for a personal drawing/autograph session I did with 2 of my Dutch Disney colleagues at a comics shop in Eindhoven, Netherlands a few months ago. It shows a few drawings for each of the artists.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...psvdttwibv.png

In a rather small, very narrow box:

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Wasn't crazy about them. We pronounced it Joo-Joo-Bees; others say Joo-Joobs. Still a somewhat controversial issue to this day. I much preferred their larger relative Jujyfruits.

Wow, wow, wow Robb!

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In a rather small, very narrow box:

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Wasn't crazy about them. We pronounced it Joo-Joo-Bees; others say Joo-Joobs. Still a somewhat controversial issue to this day. I much preferred their larger relative Jujyfruits.

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I remember them of course, but like you I didn't care for Jujubes much for some reason. Got caught in my teeth a lot.

I did like these.....................

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Simply excellent illustrations, Robb!

Jujubes...the name is familiar to me, but they look like what we would call Fruit or Wine Gums here in the UK...and yes Marv, they do get caught [[and stuck on AND in) the teeth a lot, LOL.

If they come sugar-coated, we know them as Fruit Pastilles....black ones are my favourites. Or maybe that should be 'flavourites'.....

Imported Mallo Cups are available in UK....bet they don't taste as they once did. Nothing I've tried recently just for fun comes close to the way they once were in my youth. For a start, they all seem to have been reduced in size.

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a few weeks ago i posted a pic of what kids typically looked like on halloween during the mid-sixties. Well today, the toledo blade newspaper reprinted a pic of some kids i actually knew that lived in my neighborhood out trick or treating halloween night in 1963! My brother and i was out there too, but the paper must have missed us lol! It rained that night but it did not stop us. Hard to believe that these kids are now 60, 56 and 57 years old now respectively...............

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hey marv,some folks in da hood still dress like that.

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hey marv,some folks in da hood still dress like that.

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hehehehehehehehehehehehehe........................ ....!

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Jujubes...the name is familiar to me, but they look like what we would call Fruit or Wine Gums here in the UK...and yes Marv, they do get caught [[and stuck on AND in) the teeth a lot, LOL.

If they come sugar-coated, we know them as Fruit Pastilles....black ones are my favourites. Or maybe that should be 'flavourites'.....

Imported Mallo Cups are available in UK....bet they don't taste as they once did. Nothing I've tried recently just for fun comes close to the way they once were in my youth. For a start, they all seem to have been reduced in size.

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I can't join in any conversations about candy, as I've never really eaten any. I think someone gave me a piece of hard candy at age 3, and I didn't like it at all. I never even tried hard candy ever again. I've only eaten chocolate candy maybe twice. I didn't care about it. I never cared much for sweets [[lucky me!). I DID eat tonnes of ice cream, however, from age 9 through 15 or so, after being allergic to milk from age 1 to 9, and being denied that pleasure. I used to eat a half-gallon at each sitting. eating less wasn't worth the bother.

I DO, however, remember when the big Hershey Bars were only a nickel! THOSE were the good Ol' days, eh?

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Both my grandmothers grew up in the 1880s and 1890s, when there were no airplanes, nor even autos. They each drove a horse and wagon, for work, one for deliveries for her father's butcher shop in Den Haag, in The Netherlands, and the other for her father's grocery store in Haarlem, in The Netherlands. From 1972 through 2007, I lived in my great grandfather's house [[where my grandfather grew up), in Den Haag [[The Hague). The house was built in 1882. It had a courtyard behind, and behind that was a row of horse stables, where car garages stand in more modern situations in North America. The house has a large wood cabinet, lined with metal, and has a heavy metal door, with a latch handle. resembling a safe door. This was an ice box, used before refrigerators were widespread. The ice man used to come in his ice wagon, and carry a big block of ice up the stairs and plop it into the box, and people then put their perishable food next to it. The house had retrofitted electricity, new, better piping, and a retrofitted garbage disposal. We had a washing machine, but no dryer. I still hung my wash on the line, and still do today, at my homes in The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. I DO use dryers when I'm staying in Winnipeg, Chicago or L.A. I use bicycles only in Europe. I do still have a car in L.A., and use my sister's car in Manitoba [[but don't enjoy driving cars).

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I thought when you write Den Hagg is actually supposed to be s-Gravenhage.

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I drew this back when people still had phonographs:

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Shhhh!!! They still do!

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I thought when you write Den Hagg is actually supposed to be s-Gravenhage.

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" 's Gravenhage " is the OFFICIAL title of the city, which contains The government offices and Parliament of The Netherlands, and is called "The Hague" in English language. But the common name for that city, to Netherlanders [[Nederlanders) is "Den Haag [[whether in speech OR in writing).

It is the same with Den Bosch. The official name is "Hertogenbosch". But people refer to it as Den Bosch.

's Gravenhage refers to "The Count's hedge". Graaf means "Count" in Dutch. In the early 13th Century, The Count of Holland was the Governor of North and South Holland under The Dukes of Burgundy. Originally, Den Haag was built to serve as a country home for The Count, with a "haga" [[ "hedge" in English) that was an enclosed hunting area for The Count's recreation.

Thanks for the clarification.

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Shhhh!!! They still do!

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Yes, sound system afficianados and old fogies like me [[and R&B fans from way back) do. But, the typical layman and youthful Disney Comics fan in Europe does NOT. So, that cover CANNOT be used on a new magazine in Europe [[and hasn't been able to be used since about 1985 or so.) In USA, it probably COULD be used, as the only [[traditional) Disney Comic books [["Mickey Mouse", "Donald Duck", "Uncle Scrooge" and "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories") are bought almost exclusively by about 5,000 55 years old to 75 years old nostalgists, who started buying these books in the 1940s and 1950s. They are only sold in highly specialised comic book shops in USA and Canada. However, in the late 1940s and early 1950s, they sold over 5 million books, and were the highest circulation of magazines of ANY type, ever sold! They were omnipresent on newsstands and on shelves in grocery stores and drugstores. They are still sold in mass media outlets in Europe [[grocery stores, drugstores, discount stores and book stores. They are still a mass sales item in Europe. But no children I know in The Netherlands [[other than the grandchildren of a nostalgic record collector) would know what a phonograph is, just as the average 5 to 14 year old in USA and Canada would not.

Not only do they not know about the phonograph,i've talked to college kids who never heard of the temptations and thought that a[45]was that big gun that dirty harry used.

"Whispering Down The Lane"

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Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaa.........i'm on the floor,tsop it my sides are splitting..haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

Good one Methuselah2 LOL!!!!

Anybody remember picking out their afros with metal rakes? It was always a good idea to do it yourself because somebody doing it for you was likely to dig into your scalp.

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Originally Posted by Jerry Oz

Anybody remember picking out their afros with metal rakes? It was always a good idea to do it yourself because somebody doing it for you was likely to dig into your scalp.



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I didn't use a "rake". But I did try Dixie Peach Pomade to try to straighten my kinky hair out a bit. ;) Maybe I should also take a DNA test, like Tom Jones?

Here's what my hair looked like back then:

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They used to call me "Staplehead"! :cool:

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Originally Posted by Jerry Oz

Anybody remember picking out their afros with metal rakes? It was always a good idea to do it yourself because somebody doing it for you was likely to dig into your scalp.

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Oh yeah! I had a few of those. I also had one of those big afro pics with the long teeth. People would walk around with one stuck in the back of their 'fro. They banned them in school, though, because they claimed they could be used as a weapon.
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Originally Posted by Jerry Oz

Anybody remember picking out their afros with metal rakes? It was always a good idea to do it yourself because somebody doing it for you was likely to dig into your scalp.

http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-t...id/1993254.jpg

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Oh yeah. I remember that particular founding one and others. They could be like torture devices. LOL! You could always tell when a company manufacturing "Picks" knew nothing about African American hair but just wanted to get in on the action. I remember some thick plastic afro pics with the flat and rounded edges that you couldn't even get through your hair let alone puff it out.

Yep,had one of those and the thicker ones too.

Remember when nobody used plastic trash bags and when you had to empty the can with the paper bag the wet stuff would spill all over the floor?

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Remember when nobody used plastic trash bags and when you had to empty the can with the paper bag the wet stuff would spill all over the floor?

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When I was a kid, back in the late 1940s and early 1950s, we burned most of our own trash in an incinerator in the back yard. The city only picked up big objects [[like construction materials and old furniture.