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06-01-2008, 06:14 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Cleveland,Ohio USA
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Omg I forgot about my own house I made from a fridge box lol.
I remember I cried cause it rained and ruined my home !
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06-01-2008, 07:11 PM
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Master Chef
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: upper midwest
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My brothers bike (I didn't have one)
Bubble Pipe
Pick Up Sticks
Jump Rope
Jacks
My doll ( she had a little opening for her mouth and when my parents made me eat celery and I couldn't swallow it, I would put it in her mouth). 
Paperdolls. I would sit for hours and cut them out. What a fun memory.
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06-01-2008, 07:18 PM
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Location: I live in the Heartland of the United States - Western Kentucky
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JoAnn L.
Paper Dolls. I would sit for hours and cut them out. What a fun memory.
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Thanks for bringing up another cherished memory, JoAnn. I, too, loved paperdolls. I had suit boxes (Anyone remember those?) full of paperdolls. Even had a collection of the Dionne quintuplets paperdolls.
By the time I was about 10-years-old, I began to design my own. I went the whole 9 yards. Clothing, dishes, furniture, everything. I drew, colored, pasted, cut-out for hours and hours. Had a ball!!!!
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06-01-2008, 07:39 PM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Slot Cars
Lincoln Logs
BB Gun
I, too, was a fan of boxes... but we didn't get big boxes often enough to have them consistently available. We did, however, have a barn with hay and straw bales with which we made miles of tunnels and great forts. I don't know if hay/straw qualifies as a childhood "toy", but I know we sure had fun with it.
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06-01-2008, 07:54 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Rosarito Beach, Baja Mexico
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My dad's office was around the corner from a warehouse for a large appliance store in Long Beach back then. He would have lunch at the corner diner and became good friends with many that worked there. I was very lucky and would get them (large boxes) quite often!
God, life was so simple back then!
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06-01-2008, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by BajaGringo
My dad's office was around the corner from a warehouse for a large appliance store in Long Beach back then. He would have lunch at the corner diner and became good friends with many that worked there. I was very lucky and would get them (large boxes) quite often!
God, life was so simple back then!
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Oh, you were golden back then. What a treat!
We lived in a very small town (500 people) but were friends with the folks who owned a furniture/appliance store. Yep! We got freebie boxes often, too. My mother always rolled her eyes when she saw me or one of my 4 brothers or sisters dragging a box up the street. Still, the box was a cheap babysitter.
I'm now longing for those days.
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06-01-2008, 08:19 PM
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Cook
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Rosarito Beach, Baja Mexico
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OK, that's it! I am going down to the local appliance store, bringing home a refrigerator box with a new set of magic markers in every color. Who's coming over to help???
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06-01-2008, 08:34 PM
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Master Chef
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: da 'burgh
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i'm on my way! mine was a dresser box. i loved that box!
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06-01-2008, 08:52 PM
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Cook
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Rosarito Beach, Baja Mexico
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OK, I'll make the Cadillac Margaritas...
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06-01-2008, 08:57 PM
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Master Chef
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: da 'burgh
Posts: 9,673
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i'll bring steaks!
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