<p>Just blaming those additives in Whip and Chill for making me forget EVERYthing these days. But I ate only chocolate Whip and Chill--maybe the other flavors had fewer additives?</p>
<p>mootmom,
My region was central Kentucky.</p>
<p>Jello 1-2-3, Yes! YUM! How about Tang? & Space Food Sticks?! </p>
<p>Did we ever eat anything that came from nature?</p>
<p>Alumother, you are confusing Squeeze & Hold with Whip & Chill, an easy mistake.</p>
<p>SBmom,
Tears of laughter!</p>
<p>mootmom, just to stick up for swedish blondes, my sister and I are natural Swedish blondes and from the time we were little we went off to school in the fall with green hair after a summer at the pool. Just happens to blonde hair with chlorine. </p>
<p>Did anyone else wear dresses so short that they came with matching little panties? In some of my dresses sitting was barely an option. </p>
<p>I wore those bizarre-looking platform shoes one year in high school. I had some with large cork bottoms and wore them while toilet papering some football players houses. I got out of my girlfriend's car and I tripped and she backed over my foot, which was sideways at the time. The shoe absorbed the weight of the car and my foot wasn't hurt at all. I'd probably still be limping if I hadn't been wearing those shoes.</p>
<p>Dcmom, thanks for reminding me about kick the can! We had so much fun playing that in our midwestern suburb. We played other games, too, but for the life of me I can't remember any of the names now.</p>
<p>Who here (besides me) actually made a macrame plant holder?!</p>
<p>Does anyone remember a product dispensed from a can much like whipped cream that was chocolate and used to make chocolate milk? I swear I remember something like that when I was small and I think it was called "Mr. Hot Shot" (though that makes me now think of insect killer) or something like that.</p>
<p>When my friends and I were young (and stupid), we covered our bodies with Crisco and butter (if it browns chicken, it must brown us, right? :rolleyes: ) and lay in the sun for hours. We also squeezed more lemon juice onto our hair than one would use at a garden club tea party. </p>
<p>I remember lying in the back window of our car when we would take trips. There was nothing better than the warmth from the sun while napping back there. </p>
<p>I took typing class in high school and college and was thrilled when we got to work on an IBM Selectric Typewriter that had built in correction tape! That's back when we had only two fonts available ... pica and elite. </p>
<p>Eight track tapes ... I remember having the Bee Gees, Bread, the Eagles, etc. on 8-track. I'll never forget the first time DD (now 17) saw a record and record player - it was in kindergarten ... she came home from school one day and told us her teacher had a really funny machine at school that played big black CDs.</p>
<p>I made a macrame belt, does that count? (And took Weaving as an elective in HS. Wonder how that would go over with the adcoms these days...)</p>
<p>(OK, OK, I fibbed, we haven't left for Yosemite yet. I'm still trying to figure out how to get the GPS to locate satellites...)</p>
<p>SB, I did! Not only did I make a macrame plant holder, I made a macrame Christmas wreath which I still have, a macrame purse and a macrame wall hanging. Gee, it's hard to imagine those things aren't really fashionable any longer, isn't it? LOL!!!!!</p>
<p>Pet rocks? I had 'em. Striped hip-hugger bell-bottomed pants? I had 'em. Toe socks worn with those platform leather sandals? Yep, I wore 'em. How 'bout sizzlers? Anyone remember those dresses that were so short they came with their own little matching pair of underpants? Yep, I wore those, too.</p>
<p>Culottes. Bells on strings of beads. Anything in paisley. "Beatle Boots" (in white for girls). If we get started on what passed for fashion, we'll be going on all day...</p>
<p>Ms. Beasley ... I still have mine. Her leg is mangled beyond repair, her voice string is broken and her glasses are missing. I do have a picture of DD when she was about two years old wearing the polka dot collar and the polka dot skirt that belongs to my Ms. B. I can't bring myself to throw her away.</p>
<p>Mootmom- I support Heidi, my towhead always turned green after summer swim team!</p>
<p>How about 8 track tape of Crosby, Stills & Nash "Sweet Judy Blue Eyes" whilst driving in a VW bug</p>
<p>Patchooli Oil (spelling??)
Incencse</p>
<p>Patchouli. Now we have the smells but let's not forget Musk, or Jade East or Hai Karate, or English Leather. Wooo, girls-y'all don't get "TOO -damn" excited when all those cool guy scents come back to you all in a rush. And A-hem. I do kinda still vaguely remember those shorty dresses that Tara and Jill and Debbie W. wore to school in 8th grade and I never saw any matching drawers. Lord knows I tried.:eek:</p>
<p>I am pretty sure Dirk Diggler must have worn Hai Karate.</p>
<p>Specially for curmudgeon, the scents that Tara Jill & Debbie W were wearing: Love's Lemon Fresh, Love's Baby Soft, Charlie, & of course Wind Song by Prince Matchabelli</p>
<p>spashmom - For college pocketmoney, I made macramae belts grasping the rope in my teeth to keep it taut. I made so many belts, I wore my two front teeth down and hence, relunctantly quit.</p>
<p>So fashion and music really dates us all. For me - at the end of high school/ early college - it was Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Bob Dylan's Nashville, Led Zepplin, Cream, Moody Blues, Joni Mitchell (Blue), Buffalo Springfield, the Band, and of course the Beatles (Abbey Road, Sgt. Peppers, and the White Album...) . Boy's hair was down to their shoulders or more as was ours and clothes were the holiest, patched jeans and bandanas you could find</p>
<p>Just a few years before that it was again the Beatles and Dave Clark Five (my Fav), Young Rascals, Marvin Gaye, Temptations......and Villager shirtwaists, penny loafers, crewneck and cableneck sweaters and....</p>
<p>Guys, this stuff is great! I have my 30th high school reunion coming up next month and these memories are really putting me in the mood-ok, not that mood!!</p>
<p>Who "tipped toe through the tulips" with Tiny Tim or walked with Nancy Sinatra in "These boots are made for walking?" Drive in movies and no seat belts, Bobbsie Twins, Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew, and Funny Face Drinks- Goofy Grape, Freckle Face Strawberry, and Rootin' Tootin' Raspberry, and Jiffy Pop popcorn. The Magic 8 Ball is still around as is the Ouija Board; did that special boy really want to kiss you?</p>
<p>When you bought your new jeans, did anybody else take them immediately to the sewing machine to make them absolutely skin tight to the knee, then they flared out hughly? And... they had to be long enough to drag and fray.</p>
<p>And... it was Deep Purple on the radio...</p>
<p>AHHH! I had written a long reply and just lost my internet connection! <em>Poof</em>. Arggghhh. That never happened in the "golden"days-- worst thing was losing TV reception when the storms blew the antenna off the roof/chimney.
So I shall be briefer-
First - SBmom- the OJ cans. I was a dedicated coke can user for my hair. Cut out the tops/bottoms, put masking tape around the edges (no duct tape then), rolled up my hair and fastened them with humongous bobbypins, and then slept under the hairdryer. The hairdryer consisted of a pink flowered plastic bonnet with elastic so tight it left a track on your forehead. It was attached to the little round pink dryer by a clear hose with pink wiring that reminded me of my esophagus. It took 6-8 hrs to dry, so I attempted to "sleep" on a 45 degree angle with a pillow rolled under my neck. Guys-- believe me- when a girl turned you down because she said she had to wash her hair, sometimes they were telling the truth.</p>
<p>Curmudgeon-
Plenty of updates on whip'n chill here. Do you remember Junket? It was some tapioca thing that reminded me of what a jello and pudding mating might produce. And as for smells, how about the Jean Nate in the yellow bottle with the round top.</p>
<p>Moot- Thanks for being honest about researching Doby Gillis. The milkman was (.... drumroll...) Peter Lupus (of Mission Impossible). His character was Kasimir H. Prohofsky, Jr. Tuesday Weld was also on Doby Gillis, along with Bob Denver (who was from my home town) and the crew. And as for the boots-- weren't they go-go boots? I had a lovely pair. Ditto for the cork platform shoes, though never got my foot run over (ouch).</p>
<p>And Splashmom-- you child! I was in GRAD school when the IBM selectrics graduated from two fonts to the "ball" with the greater number of fonts, and the mag card memory.</p>
<p>Other random memories: V-neck tennis sweaters with the maroon/navy trim at the neck, paper dresses, and... if anyone can find one of these, PLEASE let me know! A round red plastic ball with a tubular shaped appendage on each end. You put ice cream in it and attached one end to a bottle of coke. You then drank the coke through the other end and it made a "coke float".</p>
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Does anyone remember a product dispensed from a can much like whipped cream that was chocolate and used to make chocolate milk?
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Can't say as I do, but what about Flav-R Straws? You sipped "white" milk through them and the chocolate or strawberry flavor was supposed to be piped in as you drank? Lousy product. The chocolate flavor was anemic and worse than (ta-da) Ovaltine. But what about Bosco? Now there was a winning product. Whatever happened to it?</p>
<p>New Jersy nostalgia-ites. I found a website where those of us who are Taylor Pork Roll-deprived can order for delivery. However, mine never arrived.:(</p>
<p>This thread is splendiferous. I, being (apparently and reluctantly)the elder stateswoman of the Alley, can remember virtually all of it. But, please do remember that I <em>look</em> young. :p</p>
<p>Confidential to those of a certain age and gender: I am happy to report that the worry re sneezing is a passing phase; lived through it for a couple of years, and voila! it's gone. Kind of like the terrible twos.</p>
<p>And, oooohh, curmudge, English Leather! <em>swoons</em></p>