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yellowdogintexas

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121. Another encyclopedia reader! I even read my mom's 1937 World Books

Sun Dec 15, 2024, 01:49 PM

Dec 15

Reading was really it for me!!! Began when I was 5 and has never stopped. The Christmas I was in first grade, the first 3 Bobbsey Twins books were under the tree for me. This was in 1954 and were the original versions, not the watered down and simplified ones that came along later. I dived into the first one and barely came up for air the rest of Christmas vacation. I think I got my last doll at age 8, which was the Revlon Doll and my mom made her some gorgeous dresses. She was the first fashion model doll and much larger than Barbie, also more realistic looking. I read somewhere that Lauren Hutton was the model for her.
Anyway I really never wanted anything other than books until I got old enough to be interested in clothes.

There were lots of things I enjoyed and would do whenever I had an opportunity (like cartoons on TV or wading in the creek with friends) but nothing ever topped a good book.

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What was something you were really , really into as a kid. Anything-toy, book. song, TV show,, pet.games [View all] debm55 Dec 13 OP

Dogs (still are)... My parents wouldn't get us a "non-working" doggy so my youngest memories were outside hlthe2b Dec 13 #1

Thank you hlthe2b. debm55 Dec 13 #2

Parlor tricks and novelties... anciano Dec 13 #3

That's neat. Thank you anciano. Do you still do any? debm55 Dec 13 #5

Not anymore, but it was a fun hobby! anciano Dec 13 #7

Thank you anciano, debm55 Dec 13 #10

For me, it was my bicycle. Mr.Bill Dec 13 #4

Thank you Mr. Bill. I loved riding all over on my bike. It got me out of the house. Racing, doing tricks. , just riding debm55 Dec 13 #11

And let's face it. Mr.Bill Dec 13 #12

I agree with you, Mr. Bill. Looking back we did some wild things on our bikes. debm55 Dec 13 #17

science fiction of all kinds Eugene Dec 13 #6

Thank you very much Eugene, Are you still into Science Fiction? debm55 Dec 13 #30

My cats -- still am ailsagirl Dec 13 #8

Thank you ailsagirl. They are a passion that we just cut ourselves from debm55 Dec 13 #31

Baseball Tarzanrock Dec 13 #9

Me, too. rsdsharp Dec 13 #13

Good One ProfessorGAC Dec 13 #20

Thank you Tarzanrock, Same here. debm55 Dec 13 #32

Drawing. Diamond_Dog Dec 13 #14

thank you Diamond _Dog, I loved all kinds of arts and Crafts. My first degree was a Teaching degree in Art Ed, debm55 Dec 13 #34

Do you ever post pictures of things you've created, Deb? Diamond_Dog Dec 13 #38

We tried but my old computer couldn.t do it. I got a new computer the other day, The other was very slow and old. I 'll debm55 Dec 14 #56

Music oberle Dec 13 #15

Thank you very much, oberle. I love organ music at Christmas and at Church. Do you play at Sunday services? debm55 Dec 13 #35

School not included! CozyMystery Dec 13 #16

Wow, CozyMystery, you had a lot you were interested in. You had a great time growing up, debm55 Dec 13 #36

Reading and playing/watching football. LoisB Dec 13 #18

Thank you LoisB, loved reading books and living in Pittsburgh you couldn,t avoid watching the Steelers. debm55 Dec 13 #37

Barbies! Mad_Dem_X Dec 13 #19

Mad_Dem _X, you deboxed your's. I had tons of Barbies and clothing I would ask for from Santa and my Birthday. I also debm55 Dec 13 #39

I have three full bags of Barbies I'm going to give away Mad_Dem_X Dec 14 #65

I probably shouldn't be enabling my Barbie addiction Niagara Dec 14 #71

My bike. Basso8vb Dec 13 #21

Thank you very much, Basso8vb, Excellent collection, debm55 Dec 14 #73

Avalon Hill Bookcase Games JoseBalow Dec 13 #22

I like the game Acquire Cartoonist Dec 13 #42

I'm not familiar with either of those games JoseBalow Dec 13 #45

Acquire and Feudal Cartoonist Dec 14 #47

Not a fan of Monopoly, but I'm an avid chess player JoseBalow Dec 14 #49

Wow, Thank you very much , JoseBalow. Looks very interesting. debm55 Dec 14 #74

Reading Encyclopedias and phone books. At home, at various libraries, the homes of friends and relatives. Solly Mack Dec 13 #23

Wow, Solly Mack. You loved to read. Thank you very much. debm55 Dec 14 #75

Summer, 1977. I became a lifelong Star Wars fan. Aristus Dec 13 #24

Thank you very much Aristus. Enjoy. debm55 Dec 14 #76

Space. Archae Dec 13 #25

Have you ever been to a NASA Center? BOSSHOG Dec 13 #27

Afraid not, but I have been to the Smithsonian Air And Space museum. Archae Dec 13 #33

Thank you Archae. At one time I wanted to be an astronaut. But they didn't take girls. Did you ever want to be an debm55 Dec 14 #77

Yeah, but then I developed a fear of heights. Archae Dec 14 #78

Same here. Took me until I was 50 to get on a plane. They gave me kid wings pin. HAHAHAHAHHHA debm55 Dec 14 #84

Dancing to Motown Music in the 60s in the basement BOSSHOG Dec 13 #26

Thank you very much BOSSHOG, I had two cousins and the three of us would sing and dance to the Motown girl groups. debm55 Dec 14 #80

Pop beads deRien Dec 13 #28

Thank you deRien. Great debm55 Dec 14 #87

I loved Barbies too. Dulcinea Dec 13 #29

Thank you Dulcinea. I read those also, They are different then the series. debm55 Dec 14 #89

horses Kali Dec 13 #40

Thank you Kali. I was interested in horses too. Collected horse figures and read books on horses. Never had one or rode debm55 Dec 14 #91

Given a chance I would draw a princess or at least applegrove Dec 13 #41

So very sorry applegrove. Every child's art is a piece of art, PS your hair soulds like it was Beautiful. debm55 Dec 14 #92

Cartoons Cartoonist Dec 13 #43

Thank you very much Cartoonist. Do you draw cartoons? debm55 Dec 14 #93

Fire and rockets. hunter Dec 13 #44

Yes, it could have. Glad you made it.We would miss you. debm55 Dec 14 #88

Fast Pitch Softball. I pitched till I blew a disc in my back at age 36. Ziggysmom Dec 13 #46

Thank you Ziggysmom. What team to you folks cheer for? debm55 Dec 14 #85

Playing the piano KitFox Dec 14 #48

thank you very much, KitFox, You do play a variety of instruments. That is wonderful and thank you for your kind words. debm55 Dec 14 #70

Bicycle, cats, languages, rocks and shells, and reading wnylib Dec 14 #50

Wow, wnylib, What a wonder and varied childhood you had. I two learned some words in Italian and Slovak, from friends. debm55 Dec 14 #69

Nancy Drew was too tame for me. I got a Trixie Belden wnylib Dec 14 #82

That's neat about your family history. I don't recall the Belden series, if I did I would have liked it like you. debm55 Dec 14 #86

Here's a description of the series and characters. wnylib Dec 14 #99

Thank you whylib debm55 Dec 14 #100

Dinosaurs! I had a collection of little plastic ones. Ocelot II Dec 14 #51

Thank you Ocelot II I had a collection of horses. by my bed. Horse books from the Library. But my first love was Barbie debm55 Dec 14 #68

Nancy Drew books. The town library saved each new one for me. Paper Roses Dec 14 #52

Thank you Paper Roses. Walking and biking were the way to get around. We would go to the Carnegie Library in my steel debm55 Dec 14 #66

My sister still has her full collection of Nancy Drew mysteries. k55f5r Dec 14 #106

Wow that is amazing. Thank you, debm55 Dec 14 #108

Baseball and Table Hockey The Madcap Dec 14 #53

Thank you The Madcap. Loved my Pirates here in Pittsburgh. Watched them in person going back to Forbes Field. I kept my debm55 Dec 14 #64

Ours was the rod-type game.. Bobby Orr Hockey. Bruins vs Black Hawks. The Madcap Dec 14 #72

I remember that game. The had soccer based on the rods. debm55 Dec 14 #83

We loved Creepy Critters and the little bake ovens. lark Dec 14 #54

Thank you very much ,lark. Sounds like you had a very fun childhood debm55 Dec 14 #62

Reading. I was a total bookworm. Midnight Writer Dec 14 #55

How wonderful, Thank you Midnight Writer debm55 Dec 14 #59

Baseball. It's pretty much all I did. SKKY Dec 14 #57

Thank you very much, SKKY debm55 Dec 14 #58

Commercial Slot-car racing justaprogressive Dec 14 #60

Thank you justaprogressive. We had one near our home. I either went to fast around the curves or to slow. I enjoyed it. debm55 Dec 14 #61

Playing kickball. I wish soccer had been a thing back then. nt Phoenix61 Dec 14 #63

Thank you Phoenix61, I agree with kickball. Loved playing it. Hated dodgeball. debm55 Dec 14 #67

Comic books of all kinds, but especially Archie, Wonder Woman, Jrose Dec 14 #79

Thank you very much. Love your choice of comic books, Remember they were 12 cents each. Really liked Mad Magazine.You debm55 Dec 14 #81

The jungle book XanaDUer2 Dec 14 #90

Thank you very much XanaDUer2 debm55 Dec 14 #95

Loved my Barbies but Alliepoo Dec 14 #94

My school used to order from Troll and Arrow. and Scholastic. A Lot of choices. I'll have to look for the old copies at debm55 Dec 14 #97

Unlimited hydroplanes: real ones and kids homemade ones. FuzzyRabbit Dec 14 #96

That's cool , Thank you FuzzyRabbit. debm55 Dec 14 #98

Sci-Fi. Specifically Star Trek. OldBaldy1701E Dec 14 #101

Thank you OldBaldy1701E. I had some Matchbox cars. I enjoyed the ramps you could buy for them. It was fun debm55 Dec 14 #103

The Little House on the Prairie series of books. Lunabell Dec 14 #102

Thank you Lunabell. I liked them too, I watched the TV series. But it was different then the books. debm55 Dec 14 #104

Zorro. He makes the sign of the Z. k55f5r Dec 14 #105

Thank you very much k55f5r. You sound like you were very dashing in it. debm55 Dec 14 #107

Like Solly Mack.... Different Drummer Dec 14 #109

Thank you Different Drummer. I collected baseball cards too. they had this sheet of hard as rock bubble come. I played a debm55 Dec 14 #110

Transformers sakabatou Dec 14 #111

Thank you sakabatou. I remember when the boys brought them into school to play with during indoor recess. I was the debm55 Dec 14 #112

I think the only toy I brought from home was a Hot Wheels car sakabatou Dec 15 #114

Thank you, sakabatou. Hot wheels I remember. debm55 Dec 15 #117

"Was"? Am. Rigpa108 Dec 15 #113

Wow, Thank you Rigpa 108 debm55 Dec 15 #118

My parents' record player and records. LudwigPastorius Dec 15 #115

No you are not. You are a person who likes different things. That doesn't make you a nerd. I find your list interesting. debm55 Dec 15 #119

Almost everything I loved as a kid I still love, and pursue. But I'd I guess I'd say... electric_blue68 Dec 15 #116

electric_blue68 I got a magazine last week with all kinds of Marble Runs. The first one I bought for my class was at debm55 Dec 15 #120

Another encyclopedia reader! I even read my mom's 1937 World Books yellowdogintexas Dec 15 #121

Thank you for your wonderful post, yellowdogintexas. debm55 Dec 15 #122