In a message dated 11/5/02 8:08:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, dotbnj@earthlink.net writes: > Amazing what things we can remember and wonder why we ever did it. I still > love the smell of hot tar. We used to get a little hunk from the street > guys or roofers and chew it. Anybody else do this? > > Dot > Dot, I thought we were the only one's who did that. Diesel

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In a message dated 11/7/02 12:15:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, Up2Nutrix@aol.com writes: > I see plenty of kids playing hopscotch out here in Colorado -- at least I > see > plenty of chalked hopscotch games on people's driveways, and occasionally I > > see the kids using them. Last May when I was in Michigan, I got several > pictures of my friend's eight-year-old granddaughter playing hopscotch in > her > grandma's driveway, with her four-year-old sister trying to copy her. It > brought back a bunch of wonderful memories. > > Doris Doris, The kid's around here also play hopscotch. " I wonder where that word came from"? I never see kid's jumping rope any more. Probably to much work for today's kid's. Most are just happy setting in front of the TV. The big back yard sport's when I was a kid was, Flipping baseball card's, stick ball, and playing land with our pocket knife. You had to flip your knife in the circle, and if it didn't stick, you lost your turn. If it stuck, then you cut a straight line going by the way it landed in the circle, and you took the biggest side in the circle, and that was your land. Then the other guy would through into your land, and try to win it back. You kept going until one of you had all the land. And of coarse there were marbles. Diesel

Utah - California Seagull Up2Nutrix@aol.com wrote: >A bit of trivia on the subject of state birds: Can anyone tell me what inland >state has for its official bird a creature generally associated with the >ocean and which bears the name of a totally different state? > >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 > > >============================== >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 > > > >

In a message dated 11/6/2002 2:01:43 PM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > I did all of those things, also, along with jacks, pickupsticks, etc. I still do a lot of that stuff. I'm one of the leaders of a bunch of third-through-sixth-grade girls at church, and those kids keep me young. I've played dodge-ball with them, jumped rope with them, carried them on my back, run foot-races with them and I don't know what-all, and they help me forget that I'm really sixty-two years old and old enough to be their grandma. 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

Doris, We see brown pelicans flying over the lake here all the time. Haven't been out there recently. Pat

In a message dated 11/6/2002 2:01:43 PM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > How about hopscotch? I see plenty of kids playing hopscotch out here in Colorado -- at least I see plenty of chalked hopscotch games on people's driveways, and occasionally I see the kids using them. Last May when I was in Michigan, I got several pictures of my friend's eight-year-old granddaughter playing hopscotch in her grandma's driveway, with her four-year-old sister trying to copy her. It brought back a bunch of wonderful memories. 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 bit of trivia on the subject of state birds: Can anyone tell me what inland state has for its official bird a creature generally associated with the ocean and which bears the name of a totally different state? 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 11/6/2002 2:01:43 PM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > I don't know if he made it or not, but I'm told that if they > stay in the water too long they will drown. > I have no idea whether or not that's true, but I have heard that brown pelicans will stuff themselves if given the chance. A book we have here at home tells an anecdote of a couple of fishermen in Florida who decided to give a pelican all the fish it could eat, just to see how much the critter really would consume if given the chance. That bird ate every fish that the two of them (I think it was two; it might even have been more) could catch, and finally it was so loaded that it couldn't even swallow the last one. There it sat, with half the fish hanging out of its huge beak. Every so often the bird would jump up and down a few times as if to resettle the contents of its stomach, and a bit more of the fish in its bill would disappear. Finally, after some time, the last of the fish went down the hatch. And almost immediately the pelican was begging for more fish. And that brings to mind the old limerick about pelicans: "A wonderful bird is the pelican: Its bill can hold more than its belican. It can take in its beak Enough food for a week. I'll be darned if I know how the helican." We used to see brown pelicans at the beach in California. Generally we'd see them flying in a line, either gliding all together or flapping almost in unison. The first bird would begin slowly flapping its wings, then the second one would start, then the third, and so on down the line until they were all doing it. Their profiles all looked like some weird prehistoric creatures Here in Colorado we don't have brown pelicans, but several of our lakes have the big white ones, which are considerably larger than the brown. They don't fly much; they do their hunting by ganging up on a bunch of fish and herding them into shallow water, where the birds can take turns shoveling up dinner with those huge, ridiculous-looking bills. 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

Dot, I agree with you and who wants to play jacks with plastic jacks? Pat

In a message dated 11/6/2002 2:01:43 PM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Of course, when we went to an > electric refrigerator that stopped. > How many of you guys had gas refrigerators "back in the days when"? We had them until the last one that we had gave out and they weren't making them any longer. That was sometime in the late 50s or early 60s. I still remember the ad for gas refrigerators that Public Service (I think) put out: "A tiny flame takes the place of all moving parts." The closest thing that we have to those old gas-fired refrigerators is the propane-and-electricity 3-way fridge that's in our pop-up camper. 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 11/6/2002 2:01:43 PM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > I still love the smell of it. When I think of the smell of tar, I think of the creosote-treated planks that made up the boardwalk at Asbury Park. To this day the smell of wood that's been treated that way takes me back to the beach. 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

My grandchildren play hopscotch.My mom, before she passed away 4 years ago ,still got jacks in her Christmas stacking.She grew up in the Tacony section of northeast Philly,and adored the game of jacks. She always said "once a city kid,always a city kid". Jerilyn

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Hi Lee, Are you suppose to be discussing this with us? Especially on a computer. Hope it goes well for you. Robin ----- Original Message ----- From: <greenflash60@pocketmail.com> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 4:19 PM Subject: [NJ-Memories] MISC. > HI ALL ! > WELL,I'M DOING JURY DUTY IN KEY WEST. > SO MY OTHER JOBS ON HOLD FOR THE TIME BEING HAVE MET LOTS OF OTHER "KEYS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER MONROE CO. > WE HAVE TO COME TO A VERDICT.SO FAR 7 GUILTY..5 INOCENT..SO WE HAVE TO DELIBERATE......HOPEFULLY NOT FOR LONG...IKM READYTO GET BACK INTO MY REGULAR ROUTINE... INTERESTING TO SEE THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE IN MOTION IN THE FED. COURT SYSTEM. > > 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 > >

Hi Dot, I played jump rope, jacks and hopscotch with my 2 daughters until they thought they were to old and my grand daughter until she was a fresh man in high school in 1988. They would have all their friends come over and join us. Betty > >

Hi , I found this on another List and thought you would enjoy it. > Subject: mothers Somebody said a mother is an unskilled laborer . . . somebody never gave >a > >squirmy infant a bath. > > > >Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've > >had a baby . . . somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother, >"normal" > >is history. > > > >Somebody said a mother's job consists of wiping noses and changing >diapers > >... somebody doesn't know that a child is much more than the shell he >lives > >in. > > > >Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct . . . somebody >never > >took a three-year-old shopping. > > > >Somebody said being a mother is boring . . . somebody never rode in a car > >driven by a teenager with a driver's permit. > > > >Somebody said teachers, psychologists and pediatricians know more about > >children than their mothers . . . somebody hasn't invested her heart in > >another human being. > > > >Somebody said if you're a "good" mother, your child will "turn out" . . > >.somebody thinks a child is like a bag of plaster of Paris that comes >with > >directions, a mold and a guarantee. > > > >Somebody said being a mother is what you do in your spare time . . > >.somebody > >doesn't know that when you're a mother, you're a mother ALL the time. > > > >Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices . . . somebody >never > >came out the back door just in time to see her child wind up and hit a >golf > >ball through the neighbor's kitchen window. > > > >Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother . . . somebody > >never helped a fourth grader with his math. > > > >Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the >first > >..somebody doesn't have five children. > > > >Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her child- rearing > >questions in the books . . .somebody never had a child stuff beans up his > >nose. > > > >Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labor and delivery . >. > >. > >somebody never watched her "baby" get on the bus for the first day of > >kindergarten. > > > >Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one hand > >tied > >behind her back. . . somebody never organized seven giggling Brownies to > >sell cookies. > > > >Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets married . . >. > >somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to >a > >mother's heartstrings. > > > >Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home . . >. > >somebody never had grandchildren. > > > >Somebody said being a mother is a side dish on the plate of life . . . > >somebody doesn't know what fills you up. > > > >Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell > >her > >. . . somebody isn't a mother. > > > >Pass this along to all the "mothers" in your life!!!

Pat, At least you gave it the only try. Most mothers wouldn't, myself included. All the other games I did but no standing on head. That's for the nimble ones. Not me.:-) Dot ooo---This Email Scanned for Virus---ooo by ooo--- Norton Anti-Virus---ooo ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tacy413408@aol.com> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 1:36 PM Subject: [NJ-Memories] Re: Games > Dot, > > I did all of those things, also, along with jacks, pickupsticks, etc. Don't > remember the salt, pepper, mustard, vinegar though. I think we were the only > ones around with a hopscotch on the front walk. The best one was when my dau > started tumbling and had to do a headstand. I demonstrated for her and after > I got up there kind of slumped onto a bent head and neck. My husband had to > get me down. LOL Haven't tried that one again, but today I probably > couldn't even get up there. > > Pat > > > ============================== > 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 >

Dot, I did all of those things, also, along with jacks, pickupsticks, etc. Don't remember the salt, pepper, mustard, vinegar though. I think we were the only ones around with a hopscotch on the front walk. The best one was when my dau started tumbling and had to do a headstand. I demonstrated for her and after I got up there kind of slumped onto a bent head and neck. My husband had to get me down. LOL Haven't tried that one again, but today I probably couldn't even get up there. Pat

HI ALL ! WELL,I'M DOING JURY DUTY IN KEY WEST. SO MY OTHER JOBS ON HOLD FOR THE TIME BEING HAVE MET LOTS OF OTHER "KEYS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER MONROE CO. WE HAVE TO COME TO A VERDICT.SO FAR 7 GUILTY..5 INOCENT..SO WE HAVE TO DELIBERATE......HOPEFULLY NOT FOR LONG...IKM READYTO GET BACK INTO MY REGULAR ROUTINE... INTERESTING TO SEE THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE IN MOTION IN THE FED. COURT SYSTEM. LEE-IN-THE-KEYS ------------------------------ Sent from my PocketMail Handheld http://www.pocketmail.com