Posted by Racer on February 17, 2008, at 14:34:12
In reply to Re: 70's-80's Survey, posted by Kath on February 17, 2008, at 13:08:20
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> Alot of these are going WAY back....WAYYYY back!
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> 1. Do you remember pale, pale, orange (almost white) lipstick?You betcha -- mine was peach flavored, and I still think it looked good. (Went well with the baby's breath flowers in the hair, you know?)
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> How about Maybelline cake mascara that you wet the brush (preferably with spit) & rubbed it on the cake & then applied it?Maybe it's the OCD/Anorexia Nervosa stuff, but I *NEVER* would have used spit! Cake eyeliner is still the best, and I would love to track down some cake mascara. (Someone out there still makes it. I'm sure of it. And now I'll probably waste hours looking for it. {sigh} The Internet isn't always a boon for those of us with OCD...)
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> 2. Did you ever have a hoola hoop?Honey, I *still* have a hula hoop! It's here in the study with me right now. What my Dr Scholls sandals do for my legs, the hula hoop would do for my waist -- if I could ever keep it going anymore...
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> 3. Do you remember 'popette' plastic beads?Popper beads? Best fun you could have with your clothes on! (In fact, probably better fun than with your clothes off back then, too...)
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> 4. Were you around when "cats eye" marbles (or alleys, as we called them) were new & were absolutely to-die-for?I found my cats eye marbles in my mother's Treasure Box a few years back. I had a very special one, too, that was always my very, very favorite. I still look back on that one with fondness...
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> 5. Do you remember not Kool-Aid - but a similar powdered drink called Freshie?Oh, thank goodness! One I *don't* remember!
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> 6. Do you remember (now THIS one is for the ancients) when you went to buy an ice cream cone & the store person would take what looked like a toilet paper roll out of the freezer & unwind the cardboard off it & put the cylinder of ice cream into a cone????????? AND the choices were:
> vanille, stawberry, chocolate - That was it.?No -- but my mother only ever took us to Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors, so that's not so surprising.
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> 7. Do you remember saddle-shoes?If we ever get to the same BabbleFest together, I'll be sure to wear my black and white Spalding saddle shoes, with the red rubber soles. They still fit. They're still amongst my very favorite shoes. I rarely wear them these days, but only because I don't know if I could get them resoled again, so I don't want to wear them out.
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> How about penny-loafers?You mean like the Bass Weejuns which hold pride of place in the Shoe Garden in my bedroom? I have both cordovan and black -- the cordovan have pennies in them, the black ones have dimes.
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> 8. Remember when the #1 song was Purple People Eater?Nope. And believe me, it's a relief. Especially since I still know all the words to "Billy Don't Be A Hero," "One Tin Soldier," and "The Night Chicago Died." (No wonder I never remember anything -- my memory is clogged with '70s pop song lyrics!)
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> How about Itsy Witsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini?"...and in the water is where she will stay..."
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> Or Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road?Nope. I do remember "Beep Beep," though -- "...as he kept on tooting his horn -- I'll show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn!"
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> 9. Watching Ed Sullivan & Bonanza as the hilight of the week?Never much of a Bonanza fan, but I remember when "Gunsmoke" and "The Waltons" were never to be missed.
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> This is fun TC, thanks. Kath
>Sure -- it's fun for you, you get to expose the rest of us to the ridicule of the young'uns!
(And yes, I'm teasing. It is always fun for me to remember some of those Olden Days.)
(In fact, a serious story about the subject: I had to have an ultrasound of my belly a few years ago, and the tech asked what the scar was on my belly. I told her that it was from an exploratory laparotomy, after a car accident. The x-rays showed what looked like a ruptured spleen, so the doctors went in to find out what was going on. The tech was aghast! She was shaking her head, telling me, "No, they'd use an ultrasound or a CT scan to find out if your spleen was ruptured!" When I pointed out that this took place in 1969, she was still shocked -- couldn't believe such a benighted time could have existed so recently...)
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