In a message dated 11/11/2002 1:07:11 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > I did get a nifty pair of PJ's from my > grandparents,and about 6 new Nancy Drew and Cherry Ames books. > OK . . . how many of you "girls" read the Cherry Ames books? I loved them -- and would you believe, my daughter still has them. I read them all over again just before I started nursing school, back in 1988. Nursing sure has changed from the 1940s, when those books were written! For instance, back then only the sickest patients got IVs, and the docs started them. Now just about everybody gets an IV, and the nurses start almost all of them. Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

In a message dated 11/11/2002 1:07:11 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Now that I have opened a new topic for us to discuss,what childhood diseases > do you all remember having?They are memories,too,albeit not happy ones.I > picked holidays to be sick with most of mine...not smart! > That's funny . . . we were discussing just that at work today. One of the girls there said that she had every kind of measles in the book, plus all the other childhood diseases as well. I've had only two, and only one of those as a child. I caught the measles when I was in kindergarten, and it must have been around late January or early February, since I recall one of the kids in my class bringing me Valentine cards and cookies once I was out of quarantine. My mother actually sent me to school with the measles, even though she knew I was sick, because "Doris Jeanne hasn't missed any school yet, and she's not going to start now." Of course I got sent back home again, and she and my aunt had to carry me most of the way because I was too darned sick to walk. And, Kittie, since you know Nutley -- this was from Yantacaw School to the part of Highfield Lane that's east of Washington Avenue, just a block from the river, up that hill and down the other side. My other bout with a childhood disease was when I caught the chicken pox at age 23. I was lucky in that most people who catch kids' diseases as adults get really sick, but I went to work right through the whole thing because I never felt that terribly ill and I didn't know what that rash was. I even went out on a date with Bill (the great guy I married) with it; I didn't spot the rash until after he'd brought me home. Since people with chicken pox were quarantined when we were kids, and I didn't have any brothers or sisters to bring it home, either, I'd never seen that characteristic rash before. Now I can spot it a mile away. Incidentally, Bill came over the next day and took me for a walk and vacuumed my rug (which my roommate's dog had made a mess of), and it wasn't until I saw his driver's license a couple of months later that I found out that that had been his birthday. I still have a lot of resistance to viral infections; I've never in my life had the flu, and as a high-school senior, I passed the rubella to a bunch of girls without ever catching it myself. One evening I took a bunch of younger kids to Palisades Park; and after I'd driven them home, I went to a slumber party with a bunch of senior girls. The next day one of the boys from the Palisades Park trip called to tell me that he'd come down with rubella. A couple of weeks later every girl who had been at that slumber party came down with it -- in fact, at least one of them went to the prom with it! -- and I was the only possible source of the infection. Why I didn't catch it, I don't know. Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

In a message dated 11/11/2002 1:07:11 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > I'm going to start classes this coming spring. > Rope-jumping classes, Diesel? Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

A group game that we used to play when we were around junior-high age was "Jive On." Anyone remember that one? There are parts of it that I don't remember, but what I do recall is sitting in a circle and doing some sort of action that would cause someone to lose out, and that loser would have to walk around the circle with one hand on a hip and the other up in the air with forefinger elevated, while the rest of the group all chanted: "Jive on, down that line, I saw you last night a-eatin' cheese; if you weren't eatin' cheese, what'cha doing on your knees?" Does anyone remember what it was that we all did in the circle? Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

Marie, I wrote Jerilyn that I had the same thing they had. I caught it when I was in New Jersey. Is it a northern thing? lol. Thats a joke, but this flu type thing is not funny. Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: <PalmaG72@aol.com> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 5:59 AM Subject: [NJ-Memories] Re: NJ-MEMORIES-D Digest V02 #314 > Jerilyn - I am back from my Williamsburg vacation but my body feels like I > have all those childhood diseases packed in one > I had Chicken pox when I was in kindergarten - measles when in 2nd grade - > no mumps -had mono when 19 --------Asian Flu along with my 17 month old > little boy back in 1957 - but it could have been the first time when flu > shots came out - For years I didn't get a flu shot util 1992 - now I get them > every year ----Marie G > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Jerilyn - I am back from my Williamsburg vacation but my body feels like I have all those childhood diseases packed in one I had Chicken pox when I was in kindergarten - measles when in 2nd grade - no mumps -had mono when 19 --------Asian Flu along with my 17 month old little boy back in 1957 - but it could have been the first time when flu shots came out - For years I didn't get a flu shot util 1992 - now I get them every year ----Marie G

In a message dated 11/10/2002 2:02:07 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Here is a jump rope rhyme that we used to sing as we jumped rope at recess. > . . . and how about this one: I had a little brother, His name was Tiny Tim. I put him in the bathtub To teach him how to swim. He drank all the water, He ate all the soap, And he died last night With a bubble in his throat. In came the doctor (next person in line jumps in); In came the nurse (second person in line jumps in); In came the lady With the big fat purse (third person in line jumps in). Out went the doctor (original person jumps out); Out went the nurse (first one to jump in jumps out); Out went the lady With the big fat purse (second one to jump in jumps out, leaving the third one to jump in still at it). Doris (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

In a message dated 11/10/2002 2:02:07 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Isn't an iguana considered a reptile? An animal could be an ibex but > what would the fruit be then? Since a reptile is neither vegetable nor mineral, I'd call it an animal . . . Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

In a message dated 11/10/2002 2:02:07 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Of course, you could have picked Dahomey. And then you would have a yak > eating kiwi fruit . . . > You could also have picked Djibouti, and then you'd have an ibex eating ?????? or an iguana eating apples. Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

In a message dated 11/10/2002 2:02:07 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > But, by the time we > moved when I was 12 Fairleigh Dickinson University had expanded and the > sidewalk was crowded with college kids. Where were you at -- Rutherford, Teaneck or Madison? Those are the campuses (campi???) of what we used to call "Fairly Ridiculous," as I recall. Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

In a message dated 11/10/2002 2:02:07 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > I'd love to try > rollerblades but at my age a broken bone wouldn't be nice. There was quite an interesting article in our local paper about roller-skating for exercise; there's a whole bunch of women who get together and skate once every week or two at a local place. The youngest is in her forties; the oldest (who has the legs of a much younger woman but a face that reflects her true age) is in her late seventies. Most of them are of retirement age. You know . . . that's the kind of old lady I want to be, Lord willing . . . Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

Dot, I figured out my phone tape from Lee. She would like all her friends on Memories to know her Pocket Mail is broke again. Thats the second time in a year. So she doesn't know when she will be back on. Norma

How about the one we used in playing ball. A my name is Anna My husband's name is Alan We come from Alabama And we sell apples. Then we proceeded to B and then all the way up the alphabet until we missed. Dot ooo---This Email Scanned for Virus---ooo by ooo--- Norton Anti-Virus---ooo ----- Original Message ----- From: <thos@comcast.net> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [NJ-Memories] Jump rope > I have a book that has 101 Jump-Rhope rhymes.Are you trying to think of > any?Perhaps this book has it.Let me know,i shall do a "look up" > > Her is my personal favorite. > > "My boy friend's name is Billy. > He comes from good old Philly. > With a pickle on his nose, > and 10 fat toes, > And that's the way my story goes." > > Here is one you all may like,too > > "I won't go to Macy's anymore,more,more. > There's a big fat policeman at the door,door,door. > He grabs me by the collar > And makes me pay a dollar. > So I won't go to Macy's anymore,more,more." > > Jerilyn,who has a book about almost anything! > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

I have a book that has 101 Jump-Rhope rhymes.Are you trying to think of any?Perhaps this book has it.Let me know,i shall do a "look up" Her is my personal favorite. "My boy friend's name is Billy. He comes from good old Philly. With a pickle on his nose, and 10 fat toes, And that's the way my story goes." Here is one you all may like,too "I won't go to Macy's anymore,more,more. There's a big fat policeman at the door,door,door. He grabs me by the collar And makes me pay a dollar. So I won't go to Macy's anymore,more,more." Jerilyn,who has a book about almost anything!

Dear Kittie and all, I loved "Re Light,green light" and "Giant Steps"[otherwise known as "Mother, May I ?",and dodgeball,and "Stone School" and jump rope,although I was rotten at it.Guess that was because my legs were herds shorter than everyone else's! :-)At 4'10",I would still be rotten! Some of you on the list know that Tom and I have been sick for almost a month now.The doctor has tested Tom for,of all things,whooping cough! We have to know what this is ,and get better real soon since our daughter Jen is ready to deliver us our third grandchild.[Her first.]It will be this week,probably Friday ,if not before. Now that I have opened a new topic for us to discuss,what childhood diseases do you all remember having?They are memories,too,albeit not happy ones.I picked holidays to be sick with most of mine...not smart! :-) Childhood Memories I shall start."Ready or not here I come!" Chicken pox:Third grade,Halloween.Did not need a mask,was peppered .My classmates sent cards,and trick-or-treat candy to me from the class party.Our doctor's daughter was in my class,and Dr. Johnson delivered them to me on his house call.[Remember them?Reach waaaaay back in your memory for that one!] Measles,regular,:Fourth of July.Looked at fireworks out of my bedroom window.Reminded me of Robert Louis Stevenson's poem ,"The Land of Counterpane".You know..."When I was sick and lay in bed ,I had two pillows at my head",although my personal counterpane had fireworks! Three day measles:Thanksgiving.Did not even need to miss school.Dumb choice of timing! Mumps:All of Easter vacation [in seventh grade[,and then some .Sick,sick,sick,no fun.I did get a nifty pair of PJ's from my grandparents,and about 6 new Nancy Drew and Cherry Ames books. Whooping cough:Last three weeks of summer vacation,and then coughed until Christmas vacation.Did you know what the Japanese call whooping cough?The 100 day cough disease. Apt name!I caught the rotten disease at summer camp.Ugh! Asian Flu.I know that is not an actual "childhood disease ",but since I was a child when I had it,and on a Christmas vacation ,I might add,I shall include it.This I generously shared with my entire family,and not just my siblings as I did other germs.They were not impressed!We had foster children when I was growing up,and two of the boys who lived with us parent's were doctors in med school,so they came and took care of all of us.Nice to have private health care workers in the family! Now as an adult,I still in the back of my mind face holidays with the fear and trepidation of the thought,"Oh no,now what lovely germ can I catch this time!" Tell me your childhood disease stories! Jerilyn,who is still coughing her head off

In a message dated 11/9/02 7:45:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, kittdanl@frederickmd.com writes: > I remember red light/green light. > > Kittie Kittie, I still play that one with the grandchildren. I've yet to see any of my grandchildren jumping rope. I'm going to start classes this coming spring. Diesel

Ellen, I'm sure one of your children would be happy to go out with you. I don't know how old your grandchildren are but mine think its "cool" to have their grandparents rollerblade. Just take it easy the first couple of times. :-) My husband had back surgery 4 years ago that left him with some numbness in one foot. He looks rather funny blading because one side is not as strong as the other but he has fun anyway. Oh, don't forget to wear a helmet, knee , elbow and wrist guards! Don't forget to tell us how you enjoy it. Judy Judy ELLEN542@aol.com wrote: > Judy, > > OK you tempted me to try the rollerblades. Your escapades sound > wonderful. I just don't have anybody to blade with but I'll give it a > shot. The area around here is flat enough, we are in a valley > surrounded by mountains on both sides. > > Yes, I do remember those clamps being tight at times. The worst was > skating with those dam white sneakers or whatever they were called > LOL. We always thought the clamps would hold on close to those rubber > bottoms but they always hooked into our toes. I do remember my saddle > shoes worked the best, nice thick soles. > > ellen

Kittie, One of my favorites. Dot ooo---This Email Scanned for Virus---ooo by ooo--- Norton Anti-Virus---ooo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kittie Ennis Lane" <kittdanl@frederickmd.com> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [NJ-Memories] hula-hoop > I remember red light/green light. > > Kittie in MD > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <greenflash60@pocketmail.com> > To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 8:46 AM > Subject: [NJ-Memories] hula-hoop > > > > Ellen, > > I used to do great with a hula-hoop. > > I was a "skinny- minnie " > > awhile back tried it, but, it just fell to the floor. I geuss my body > shapehas changed somewhat. anyone ever hear of fox and geese ? dodgeball, > redlight, statues, family baseball, who remembers their first time playing > " spin the bottle " > > > > Lee-In-The-Keys > > > > - ---------------------------- > > Sent from my PocketMail Handheld > > http://www.pocketmail.com > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

I remember red light/green light. Kittie in MD ----- Original Message ----- From: <greenflash60@pocketmail.com> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 8:46 AM Subject: [NJ-Memories] hula-hoop > Ellen, > I used to do great with a hula-hoop. > I was a "skinny- minnie " > awhile back tried it, but, it just fell to the floor. I geuss my body shapehas changed somewhat. anyone ever hear of fox and geese ? dodgeball, redlight, statues, family baseball, who remembers their first time playing " spin the bottle " > > Lee-In-The-Keys > > - ---------------------------- > Sent from my PocketMail Handheld > http://www.pocketmail.com > > ______________________________

Judy, Isn't an iguana considered a reptile? An animal could be an ibex but what would the fruit be then? Guess the 98% get the same answer because Denmark is known by most of them and the others are not. Anyhow it was fun. I like doing those type things. Dot ooo---This Email Scanned for Virus---ooo by ooo--- Norton Anti-Virus---ooo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Lamken" <kilkee@attbi.com> To: "Dorothy Borne" <dotbnj@earthlink.net> Cc: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 6:20 PM Subject: Re: [NJ-Memories] FW:This Is Freaky > Dot, > > Another country is Dubai, one of the United Arab Emirates. If you > Dubai, an animal could be an iguana and the fruit could be an apricot. > Then you become one of the 2%. > > I sent this yesterday but for some reason it never showed up so I am > trying again. > > Thanks Lee. It was fun > > Judy > > Dorothy Borne wrote: > > >Lee, > > After looking at this awhile I realized that any numer you pick ends up > >adding up to 9 when you add the two numbers together. The ultimate answer > >is ALWAYS four. There is only one country starting with D that I can think > >of and only one animal starting with K. And only one fruit starting with O. > >Dot > >ooo---This Email Scanned for Virus---ooo > > by > > ooo--- Norton Anti-Virus---ooo > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <greenflash60@pocketmail.com> > >To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 8:47 AM > >Subject: [NJ-Memories] FW:This Is Freaky > > > > > > > > > >><----- Original Text -----> > >>Scary...Don't cheat > >> > >> This is strange...can you figure it out? > >> Are you the 2% or 98% of the population? > >> Follow the instructions! NO PEEKING AHEAD! > >> * Do the following exercise, guaranteed to raise an eyebrow. > >> * There's no trick or surprise. > >> * Just follow these instructions, and answer the questions o > >>ne at a > >>time and as > >> quickly as you can! > >> * Again, as quickly as you can but don't advance until you'v > >>e done > >>each of them .. > >> really. > >> * Now, scroll down (but not too fast, you might miss somethi > >>ng). > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Think of a number from 1 to 10 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Multiply that number by 9 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> If the number is a 2-digit number, add the digits togeth > >>er > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Now subtract 5 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Determine which letter in the alphabet corresponds to the nu > >>mber you > >>ended up > >> with > >> (example: 1=a, 2=b, 3=c,etc.) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Think of a country that starts with that letter > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Remember the last letter of the name of that country > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Think of the name of an animal that starts with that let > >>ter > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Remember the last letter in the name of that animal > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Think of the name of a fruit that starts with that lette > >>r > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Are you thinking of a Kangaroo in Denmark > >> eating an Orange? > >> > >> > >> I told you this was FREAKY!! If not, you're > >> among the 2% of > >> the population whose minds are different enough > >> to think of something else. 98% of people will > >> answer with kangaroos > >> in Denmark when given this exercise. > >> > >> Freaky, huh? > >> > >> Keep this message going. This one is actually > >> worth sending > >> on to others. Forward it to people you know so > >> they can find > >> out if they are usual or unusual. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------ > >>Sent from my PocketMail Handheld > >>http://www.pocketmail.com > >> > >> > >>============================== > >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >> > >> > >go to: > > > > > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > >