YEAH! You owned a ‘Slip-n-Slide’, on which you injured yourself on a sprinkler head more than once. Even though I never had a pair, I just envied the cool kids that did. You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days. Oh dear lord, yes, I did have a Dorothy Hamill. You had either a ‘bowl cut’ or ‘pixie’, not to mention the ‘Dorothy Hamill’. I’m still scared to death of ventriloquists. There was this one episode in particular with dummies. You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island. I was also insanely jealous of Vicki Stubing who got to live on the boat. You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!) So embarrassing, but yes, yes I did. I spent every Saturday morning at Wheels Roller Arena thinking I was all that and a bag of chips. After the pair pictured I graduated to rubber wheels with the big rubber toe stop. I first had the type that strapped on to your shoe though. You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that had metal wheels. 34 years later I’m grateful for such an amazing father. If you were me, you had a bright red one, with chopper style bars and a red and white striped seat that your Dad made. Or at least if you were my best friend you did. You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it. I’ve bolded the original description and then added my comments after. As a child of the 70s, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud at some of the ridiculous things we latched onto as “cool” and it brought back a flood of other memories. One of my best friends sent me this by email and it made me all nostalgic and wistful for my youth.
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