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    RKCNDYRKCNDY Seattle, WA Posts: 31,013
    edited March 2015
    imalive said:

    RKCNDY said:

    My shop teacher always drank cold coffee from a gross old plastic 7-11 cup. Some of the kids said he put vodka in there, that's why it was cold.

    and.....didn't you also say.....you had a teacher getting it on with a student?

    musta been a hell of a school.

    Yes, also:
    *a kid brought a gun to school
    *another kid burned down a portable (as in an entire classroom)
    *a kid accused a teacher of rape, which after a few years when she had to testify, finally admitted she lied
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    eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 40,862
    some of the philly area peeps might remember Captain Noah and his Magical Ark :smile:
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    JV130312JV130312 STATE OF LOVE & TRUST Posts: 2,413
    Good thread!
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    RKCNDYRKCNDY Seattle, WA Posts: 31,013
    If you grew up in Seattle, you probably watched this on Saturday mornings:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DIWL6Uiz68&app=desktop

    Marni Nixon is so awesome.
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    northerndragonnortherndragon somewhere, nowhere, anywhere Posts: 9,734
    Mr. Dressup was the shit, loved that show.....also some cursive thrown in for good measure

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2w74cMUlL8
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    jlaustinjlaustin Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,355
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    jlaustinjlaustin Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,355
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    Who thought these were a good toys for kids! :rofl: Owwww!
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    jlaustinjlaustin Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,355
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    Still have this!
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    whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    jlaustin said:

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    Who thought these were a good toys for kids! :rofl: Owwww!

    I actually still havea scar on one knuckle from these things!! Lmao! If you buy two, and string them together?? They make great Bolos!! ( yes I got my ass beat for bolo'ing the dog, but it worked!!)
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,533
    edited March 2015

    They used to play the Canadian National anthem over the PA every morning at the start of the day. We all stood up next to our desks and listened while someone in the main office played the song from a tape cassette into the microphone lol.

    Wow. That is fancy. We sang it every morning, but we just had to go a Capella.
    And then say the Lord's prayer, while the 2 Jewish kids and the Sikh kid went and stood out in the hall. image
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,533
    edited March 2015

    Mr. Dressup was the shit, loved that show.....also some cursive thrown in for good measure

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2w74cMUlL8

    I met Mr. Dressup about 8 months before he died. Nice man! And his show as a zillion times better than Mr. Rogers.
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    SD48277SD48277 Woodstock, NY Posts: 12,242
    jlaustin said:

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    Who thought these were a good toys for kids! :rofl: Owwww!

    When my nephew was about 2 yrs. old, managed clock my brother in the throat with those bad boys. I love that kid.
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    northerndragonnortherndragon somewhere, nowhere, anywhere Posts: 9,734
    Mr. Dressup was the shit, loved that show.....also some cursive thrown in for good measure

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2w74cMUlL8
    PJ_Soul said:

    Mr. Dressup was the shit, loved that show.....also some cursive thrown in for good measure

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2w74cMUlL8

    I met Mr. Dressup about 8 months before he died. Nice man! And his show as a zillion times better than Mr. Rogers.
    That is so cool, I would have loved to have met him. Mr. Dressup and Sesame Street are the only kids shows I really liked outside of cartoons. Mr. Rogers gave me the creeps could never watch that show.
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    The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    PJ_Soul said:

    They used to play the Canadian National anthem over the PA every morning at the start of the day. We all stood up next to our desks and listened while someone in the main office played the song from a tape cassette into the microphone lol.

    Wow. That is fancy. We sang it every morning, but we just had to go a Capella.
    And then say the Lord's prayer, while the 2 Jewish kids and the Sikh kid went and stood out in the hall. image
    Lol, awkward.
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    hedonisthedonist standing on the edge of forever Posts: 24,524


    That is so cool, I would have loved to have met him. Mr. Dressup and Sesame Street are the only kids shows I really liked outside of cartoons. Mr. Rogers gave me the creeps could never watch that show.

    No Electric Company? Or maybe it wasn't aired in Canada.
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    ldent42ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    jlaustin said:

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    Who thought these were a good toys for kids! :rofl: Owwww!

    Oh em gee those were my jam! I also had the plastic one with the handle.
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    WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,458
    jlaustin said:

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    Thanks. Now I'll have nightmares.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,458
    jlaustin said:

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    Who thought these were a good toys for kids! :rofl: Owwww!

    kids at my school had these:

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    If I had known then what I know now...

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    RKCNDYRKCNDY Seattle, WA Posts: 31,013
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,533

    PJ_Soul said:

    They used to play the Canadian National anthem over the PA every morning at the start of the day. We all stood up next to our desks and listened while someone in the main office played the song from a tape cassette into the microphone lol.

    Wow. That is fancy. We sang it every morning, but we just had to go a Capella.
    And then say the Lord's prayer, while the 2 Jewish kids and the Sikh kid went and stood out in the hall. image
    Lol, awkward.
    Well it's a pretty great explanation as to why they had to stop doing the Lord's Prayer in public schools!
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    rr165892rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    hedonist said:


    That is so cool, I would have loved to have met him. Mr. Dressup and Sesame Street are the only kids shows I really liked outside of cartoons. Mr. Rogers gave me the creeps could never watch that show.

    No Electric Company? Or maybe it wasn't aired in Canada.
    How about Zoom!
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    northerndragonnortherndragon somewhere, nowhere, anywhere Posts: 9,734
    rr165892 said:

    hedonist said:


    That is so cool, I would have loved to have met him. Mr. Dressup and Sesame Street are the only kids shows I really liked outside of cartoons. Mr. Rogers gave me the creeps could never watch that show.

    No Electric Company? Or maybe it wasn't aired in Canada.
    How about Zoom!
    Electric Company sounds vaguely familiar so I might have seen it but not sure, I've never heard of Zoom.
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    hedonisthedonist standing on the edge of forever Posts: 24,524

    rr165892 said:

    hedonist said:


    That is so cool, I would have loved to have met him. Mr. Dressup and Sesame Street are the only kids shows I really liked outside of cartoons. Mr. Rogers gave me the creeps could never watch that show.

    No Electric Company? Or maybe it wasn't aired in Canada.
    How about Zoom!
    Electric Company sounds vaguely familiar so I might have seen it but not sure, I've never heard of Zoom.
    Electric Company was from the 70s, featuring a very young Morgan Freeman.

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    rr, I've never heard of Zoom either!
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    eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 40,862
    hedonist said:


    rr165892 said:

    hedonist said:


    That is so cool, I would have loved to have met him. Mr. Dressup and Sesame Street are the only kids shows I really liked outside of cartoons. Mr. Rogers gave me the creeps could never watch that show.

    No Electric Company? Or maybe it wasn't aired in Canada.
    How about Zoom!
    Electric Company sounds vaguely familiar so I might have seen it but not sure, I've never heard of Zoom.
    Electric Company was from the 70s, featuring a very young Morgan Freeman.

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    rr, I've never heard of Zoom either!
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    Jason PJason P Posts: 19,122
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    SD48277SD48277 Woodstock, NY Posts: 12,242
    rr165892 said:

    hedonist said:


    That is so cool, I would have loved to have met him. Mr. Dressup and Sesame Street are the only kids shows I really liked outside of cartoons. Mr. Rogers gave me the creeps could never watch that show.

    No Electric Company? Or maybe it wasn't aired in Canada.
    How about Zoom!
    Zoom was great! That's how I learned the zip code for Boston, MA.
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    jlaustinjlaustin Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,355
    imalive said:

    jlaustin said:

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    Thanks. Now I'll have nightmares.
    :rofl: Sweet dreams! :sleeping:
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    jlaustinjlaustin Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,355
    imalive said:

    jlaustin said:

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    Who thought these were a good toys for kids! :rofl: Owwww!

    kids at my school had these:

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    I think the klackers are more dangerous/painful! :wink:
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    hedonisthedonist standing on the edge of forever Posts: 24,524
    Gotta say that Family Guy has lost its luster for me, but that was hilarious.

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    donnaruhldonnaruhl Posts: 2,157
    I remember not having toy's,But plenty of trees around the barn and the old hen house to play tree tag.Going out on adventures on what we named Lost Creek,Leaping bolder to bolder all the way up and back.Hiking up Mission Hills Rd. and catching scorpions on sticks,waiting till they almost reached your hand,Then switch it around.Sometimes we'd get sidetracked. Oop's! Climbing to the top of the Pine Trees,Then sliding down the branches.Jumping from the roof to the Hay Pile,But you had to clear the barbed wire fence.Instead of running with the Bull's we played running from the Bull,Straight to the Pine Trees.Catching Pollywogs, and Salamanders,Snakes and Lizards. What I'm getting at, Is that, Instead of Imagination Station, We had to use our Imagination.Back when life was much simpler.
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