I'm so old I Remember when:

[Rick589]

That sounds fun.
I remember making ‘dolls’ using a bed spring for the body and ping-pong balls for their heads.

Clever!

 

[Rick589]

Although not funny to think about the possible outcome of playing with them weren’t lawn darts an exciting game?

 

[Rick589]

……..and, how about those bottle rocket ‘war’ games?

 

[LaurenRitz]

My Dad talked about standing on the kitchen table playing "bombs" with his grandfather's shotgun shells.

 

[Rick589]

My Dad talked about standing on the kitchen table playing "bombs" with his grandfather's shotgun shells.

Now this sounds REALLY REALLY INTERESTING! You can’t just mention something like that and not explain the game.

 

[Sally PB]

and, how about those bottle rocket ‘war’ games?

That's how one of my 8th grade classmates lost the little finger on one of his hands.

 

[LaurenRitz]

Just what it sounds like. A four year old standing on the kitchen table dropping shotgun shells on an imaginary town. He says he wore out way too many guardian angels as a kid, and I believe him.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Although not funny to think about the possible outcome of playing with them weren’t lawn darts an exciting game?

We had them when we were kids and nothing ever happened, injury-wise.

Just don't stand under where the dart is going to fall!

 

[Gone]

When Mother bought scads of fabric and made a skirt for herself, a matching shirt for my brother, dresses for my sisters and a jumper for me (not a sweater, my British friends, but a skirt with an attached apron-like top, under which I wore a black turtleneck), snd we wore these matching orange and yellow plaid outfits to church, feeling like the height of elegant fashion!

I remember making a dress in home economics class in junior high school. It turned out ok and I had t wear it in a style show the class was doing. I never wore it again because I felt homemade that I made wasn't very good. My mom bought me a leather coat, light blue with red lining when I was about 6 or 7 years old. She said it was expensive. Well, I had to wear it but I HATED it. It was so stiff that I could barely put my arms down like in the movie The Christmas Story.

 

[Sally PB]

I remember making a dress in home economics class in junior high school.

In 8th grade Jr High choir, no boys signed up. All year, it was all girls. So for our spring concert, the teacher had us all sew (or our moms sew) matching dresses. The hem could be no shorter than 2" above the knee. Welllll.... some of the girls decided to skip that suggestion. Wow, some of them really showed a LOT of leg.

Since the material was cut that short and there was no way to get more of the material nor time to sew another dress, the teacher just had to bite her tongue.