Oh man, Spirograph. That's brings back memories-along with the Hot Wheels track. I think I had that.

I remember when I was about 7 or 8, I wanted Hot Wheels (only because the boy I had a crush on in 2nd grade had them). Well, Santa was nice to me that year and did get me Hot Wheels-and the track but I think I had wait about a week to play with them because by that time my father & older brother (who was about 20 at the time) were done playing with them.  ::)


Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9mrNm5PIEE&feature=related

http://img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/6037611/il_fullxfull.241921644.jpg

Mego's Clown Around from 1981, for those who don't know Mego was a toy corporation and it went Chapter 11.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9mrNm5PIEE&feature=related



That is so far out and groovy.

That got me thinking that it really is a cool toy and I wonder if they still make it. A quick search on Amazon and they do make something like it. Granddaughter #1 turns 9 years old next month. Sounds like a great gift for her.

Talk about feeling old when your granddaughter turns 9.  :-\\


Cat

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p81YuJ8op1c/TRgrHPs63nI/AAAAAAAAD5w/SWA-N5GYNYY/s400/ppaprmay85B.jpg

Penny Power magazines and I still have some 1982 and 1983 vintage ones in my box somewhere probably all dusty by now.

That is so far out and groovy.

That got me thinking that it really is a cool toy and I wonder if they still make it. A quick search on Amazon and they do make something like it. Granddaughter #1 turns 9 years old next month. Sounds like a great gift for her.
Cat

You can also check ebay. I did . Search under "Spirograph, games" (otherwise you'll get loads of spirograph parts included in the search)

My stepdaughter  :-\\


She's not a 'thing'... I hope. ::) :D ;D ;)

That is so far out and groovy.

That got me thinking that it really is a cool toy and I wonder if they still make it. A quick search on Amazon and they do make something like it. Granddaughter #1 turns 9 years old next month. Sounds like a great gift for her.

Talk about feeling old when your granddaughter turns 9.  :-\\


Cat


Nah. Not as long as it's 'only' granddaughter #1, and not #14 who's turning 9. ;)

You can also check ebay. I did . Search under "Spirograph, games" (otherwise you'll get loads of spirograph parts included in the search)


It was funny because after I wrote my last post here, I went over to Amazon and ordered a Spirograph-like toy (the original goes for boocoo bucks), I get a phone call from my sister who tells me of all the wonderful finds she got at a (as she called it) "an emergency yard sale"-including a Spirograph. I just started laughing. She asked what was so funny. I told her that as I was talking to her, I was looking at the Amazon checkout with the Spirograph-like toy on it. So we started talking about how high Spirograph goes for on eBay. But, now thanks to her (and to you), Spirograph is on my "look-out for" list.


Nah. Not as long as it's 'only' granddaughter #1, and not #14 who's turning 9. ;)


True. Not too sure if there will be a #14 but Grandbaby #6 is due next month & Grandbaby #7 is due on Christmas.  :o :o :o  Man, 7 grandkids. Now that makes me feel OLD!



Cat

It was funny because after I wrote my last post here, I went over to Amazon and ordered a Spirograph-like toy (the original goes for boocoo bucks), I get a phone call from my sister who tells me of all the wonderful finds she got at a (as she called it) "an emergency yard sale"-including a Spirograph. I just started laughing. She asked what was so funny. I told her that as I was talking to her, I was looking at the Amazon checkout with the Spirograph-like toy on it. So we started talking about how high Spirograph goes for on eBay. But, now thanks to her (and to you), Spirograph is on my "look-out for" list.

True. Not too sure if there will be a #14 but Grandbaby #6 is due next month & Grandbaby #7 is due on Christmas.  :o :o :o  Man, 7 grandkids. Now that makes me feel OLD!



Cat


You better make sure you don't buy this item, often-mistaken for Spirograph:

The  "Spiro Agnew graph"

http://www.astrolreport.com/images-a/agnew.spiro.png

The kids won't have as much fun.

You better make sure you don't buy this item, often-mistaken for Spirograph:

The  "Spiro Agnew graph"

http://www.astrolreport.com/images-a/agnew.spiro.png

The kids won't have as much fun.



What makes me feel old is that I remember Spiro Agnew.  :-\\



Cat

What makes me feel old is that I remember Spiro Agnew.  :-\\

Cat

He could have been your US president had he remained in his position of VP for 1 more year.

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwY-Tkm5ZpYUwTL-lchEHFPp5mpivOFGQXiGyE8BIODIG8wj0YQ_W0Mv80

remember Sony Walkmans?^

What makes me feel old is that I remember Spiro Agnew.  :-\\



Cat


What'll make you feel even older is that Dick Cavett said in an interview that he once got in trouble for pointing out that "Spiro Agnew" is an anagram for "grow a penis."  ;D ;D ;D

I have a Spiro Agnew wristwatch, still works too.



Talk about feeling old when your granddaughter turns 9.  :-\\


Cat


Cat, my grandson will be starting his sophomore year in highschool this fall.

What'll make you feel even older is that Dick Cavett said in an interview that he once got in trouble for pointing out that "Spiro Agnew" is an anagram for "grow a penis."  ;D ;D ;D


No, you didn't say penis on the air back then.  It wasn't that you couldn't, you just didn't.  Maybe Phil Donahue did.
:-\\

No one figured this one out so I will post this here to make you feel old and then an astute observer can go collect their point elsewhere  :D




Remember the movie Mommie Dearest?  (it won't let me post the pic from iPad - or doesn't seem to) but you can look up  pic if you can't see it. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8XtvdYVz-7Y/TzDlL7eOoPI/AAAAAAAAWz8/TuCh6zW-EW8/s1600/mommiedearest02.jpg



http://http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8XtvdYVz-7Y/TzDlL7eOoPI/AAAAAAAAWz8/TuCh6zW-EW8/s1600/mommiedearest02.jpg








This is the actress who placed Christina Crawford as a child.

  http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa235/snozberries44/inthe00s/IMG_1815.jpg  http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa235/snozberries44/inthe00s/IMG_1820.jpg

http://kickinthecornflakes.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/korvettes.jpg


A store back in the late 70's that back when I was a kid used to shop at is now defunct.

No one figured this one out so I will post this here to make you feel old and then an astute observer can go collect their point elsewhere  :D




Remember the movie Mommie Dearest?  (it won't let me post the pic from iPad - or doesn't seem to) but you can look up  pic if you can't see it. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8XtvdYVz-7Y/TzDlL7eOoPI/AAAAAAAAWz8/TuCh6zW-EW8/s1600/mommiedearest02.jpg



http://http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8XtvdYVz-7Y/TzDlL7eOoPI/AAAAAAAAWz8/TuCh6zW-EW8/s1600/mommiedearest02.jpg








This is the actress who placed Christina Crawford as a child.

  http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa235/snozberries44/inthe00s/IMG_1815.jpg  http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa235/snozberries44/inthe00s/IMG_1820.jpg



Remember the movie & read the book a LONG, LONG time ago in a galaxy far, far away.



So, that is the answer to your quiz.  ;)



Cat

Remember the movie & read the book a LONG, LONG time ago in a galaxy far, far away.



So, that is the answer to your quiz.  ;)



Cat






O0

http://services.tomfolio.com/gibsonsbooks/images/charliebrown3.jpg

Charlie Brown's Encyclopedia

Little Golden Books

And chemistry sets.

http://codinghorror.typepad.com/.a/6a0120a85dcdae970b0120a86db856970b-pi

Choose Your Own Adventure books.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GohWSsFCkw

18-year-olds born in 1994!
:o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MJHMrGjMLo

For those who remember Channel 11 in New York back in the early 1980's.^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GohWSsFCkw


proud as a peacock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MJHMrGjMLo

For those who remember Channel 11 in New York back in the early 1980's.^


I remember watching stuff on channel 11 (Eleven Alive!) visiting my grandmother in Greenwich in the summer of 1981.  It was way better than the UHF stations in Boston!  Better action shows, better 'toons!
8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyo68huzD-w


anyone remember Roger Grimsby and Bill Beutel from Channel 7 Eyewitness News?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyo68huzD-w


anyone remember Roger Grimsby and Bill Beutel from Channel 7 Eyewitness News?



Nope. We used to watch Live At Five on WNBC with Sue Simmons & Jack Cafferty.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLENgxRBxn4



Cat

Nope. We used to watch Live At Five on WNBC with Sue Simmons & Jack Cafferty.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLENgxRBxn4



Cat


Wow thanks Cat I remember the old cast, I always liked Sue Simmons.

A couple of old toys from the 70s,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soFXG2FaONw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpFjQoWMUoU

Snoopy's toothbrush:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtWEKQ54b04

And an old commericial people might remember from the 70s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyI3IL46yq4

The OLD NBC logo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83fxl537itA

A couple of old toys from the 70s,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soFXG2FaONw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpFjQoWMUoU

Snoopy's toothbrush:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtWEKQ54b04

And an old commericial people might remember from the 70s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyI3IL46yq4


a lot of them sure brings back memories growing up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISTsmiDNZa0

The old Entertainment Tonight, would you believe this show's been on the air for 31 years?  :o

http://8ball.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/morrissey2.jpg
Morrissey 1984

http://blogs.artinfo.com/spotlight/files/2012/06/morrissey-retiring.jpeg
Morrissey 2012

Don't know if the third form boys still like to rush the stage and rip his shirt off like their dads used to!
:o

http://8ball.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/morrissey2.jpg
Morrissey 1984

http://blogs.artinfo.com/spotlight/files/2012/06/morrissey-retiring.jpeg
Morrissey 2012

Don't know if the third form boys still like to rush the stage and rip his shirt off like their dads used to!
:o


YIKES!!! SCARY!! :o

About as bad as Robert Smith:
Then
http://edwardhotspur.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/robert-smith-the-cure.jpg

Now
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gKJKPU7wqX0/S_Uk1pmhY9I/AAAAAAAABX4/OCmOgoDVAus/s1600/a+cure_141124s.jpg

DAMMNNN! If thats "the Cure" then what the hell was the disease?

http://8ball.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/morrissey2.jpg
Morrissey 1984

http://blogs.artinfo.com/spotlight/files/2012/06/morrissey-retiring.jpeg
Morrissey 2012

Don't know if the third form boys still like to rush the stage and rip his shirt off like their dads used to!
:o


HOLY CRAP!  :o

http://www.bigboldfierce.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/PeteBurns80sHair.jpg

Pete Burns (1984)

http://images.starpulse.com/news/bloggers/10/blog_images/pete-burns-1.jpg

Pete Burns as Nadya Suleyman  :o

HOLY CRAP!  :o


It looks like Morrissey's dad is going to beat him up for coming home looking like a poofter!

8)

If you can recongnize this show...might make ya feel a little old.

http://learnsomethingnewtoday.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/hrpufnstuf.jpg

If you can recongnize this show...might make ya feel a little old.

http://learnsomethingnewtoday.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/hrpufnstuf.jpg


H.R. Puffenstuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1xa6vzInC8

The Book Bird with John Robbins (1978)

If you can recongnize this show...might make ya feel a little old.

http://learnsomethingnewtoday.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/hrpufnstuf.jpg



A show I always hated (but loved Lidsville). As a kid, Jack Lord always seemed SOOOO old to me-but looking at this pic, he was just a little boy.



Cat

A show I always hated (but loved Lidsville). As a kid, Jack Lord always seemed SOOOO old to me-but looking at this pic, he was just a little boy.



Cat

Hate to be snarky, but thats because Jack Lord looked like this:
http://manhattaninfidel.com/__oneclick_uploads/2010/07/jack_lord_hawaii_five-o_title_220px.thumbnail.png

I mean he could of looked like the Hawaii Five0 star if you were smoking what Sid & Marty Kroft was when they thought up H.R. Puffnstuf. ;)

I think you meant Jack Wild. Who by all accounts was pretty wild...

Hate to be snarky, but thats because Jack Lord looked like this:
http://manhattaninfidel.com/__oneclick_uploads/2010/07/jack_lord_hawaii_five-o_title_220px.thumbnail.png

I mean he could of looked like the Hawaii Five0 star if you were smoking what Sid & Marty Kroft was when they thought up H.R. Puffnstuf. ;)

I think you meant Jack Wild. Who by all accounts was pretty wild...



Oops.  :-[  You are right. I meant Jack Wild.



Cat

This month of July:

Burt Ward ( Robin) turned 67
Ringo Starr was 72
Bill Cosby was 75
Harrison Ford was 70
Cat Stevens was 64
Mick Jagger was 69

This month of July:

Burt Ward ( Robin) turned 67
Ringo Starr was 72
Bill Cosby was 75
Harrison Ford was 70
Cat Stevens was 64
Mick Jagger was 69


IMO, its not these people who are celebrating birthdays that makes me feel a little old, its the people who have passed away given how it seems a lot more people are passing on that I've experienced than in recent years. Just look at the celebrity heaven board. What makes me feel old perhaps more than anything else is seeing my favorite toys, albums, movies, books, video games, and merchandise from the toy franchises that I played with growing up being described as "vintage", and also the fact that my parents now have some toys they played with that are described as "antique".

IMO, its not these people who are celebrating birthdays that makes me feel a little old, its the people who have passed away given how it seems a lot more people are passing on that I've experienced than in recent years. Just look at the celebrity heaven board.



Not the Celebrity Heaven, try people in your family! In the last 4 years I have lost my grandmother, one of my sisters, my aunt, my father-in-law, & my father. I'm afraid that my mother will be next.



Cat

Not the Celebrity Heaven, try people in your family! In the last 4 years I have lost my grandmother, one of my sisters, my aunt, my father-in-law, & my father. I'm afraid that my mother will be next.


Cat


(((hugs)))  :(

(((hugs)))  :(



Thanks, Howard. And karma.



Cat

Thanks, Howard. And karma.



Cat


Thank You.  :)

I just realized Axl Rose has turned 50 this year.

http://cdn.indulgy.com/cY/jS/Gj/53480314294504594uhQZ7UYzc.jpg

http://cdn.indulgy.com/cY/jS/Gj/53480314294504594uhQZ7UYzc.jpg


I remember those, used to have one myself.

Hmmmm, a lot of those actually didn't make me feel that old.  :-\\

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISTsmiDNZa0

I remember when this first aired 31 years ago.  :o