hi
I have two questions to ask of you.
Do you have a particular good luck charm that you carry around with you?
Have you got a favourite toy or something else that you have kept since you was a child?
I always carry a picture of my son with me wherever i go,when i feel depressed or angry i look at the picture and things always seem to work out.
My dad bought me this old stuffed toy of a lion on the day i was born ,i still have this toy and if i go on holiday i insist on taking it with me.
what are yours?
The only thing I keep around since my childhood is a camouflage wallet my father gave me for my birthday back in 1987. I still use it. There are lots of 1980s memories inside my wallet, like a few handwritten notes of videos we wanted to rent back then. Or three old video rental membership cards expired in 1989/1990/1991.
Also in my wallet: several ancient sales slips that have a special meaning, old Army I.D. cards, a one-dollar bill with the date 12-20-88 written on it by myself on that very day, notes with phone numbers I don't know, several pictures of my nephews and nieces and lots of other stuff.
Whenever I'm in the mood for a walk down memory lane I just go through my wallet :teddyr:
No good luck charms. Usta have a copper AA coin-but I lost it-not too lucky,I guess.
I have 1 thing from my childhood. Waaaay back in 1970,when I was 8,we moved from a trailer park into an old farmhouse on a dead end road. In the upstairs bedroom,there was a box of old toys. A teddy bear with no eyes,a collection of tin soldiers,a top-and a cast iron penny bank. It's a squirell standing on his hind legs holding an acorn. I STILL HAVE IT. I took it to an antique place once...not worth much,but it's from the 1920's or 30's.
I wish I still had the collection of comicbooks from the 40's and 50's that were in the old writing desk....old Superman,Batman,Detective,westerns and war,Classic Illustrated....sigh.... :bluesad:
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I've have this above my wardrobe and some Real Ghostbusters action figures tucked away in a chest of drawers.
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My Egon has his tie snapped off just like this pic. Glad I wasn't the only one.
I still have me first teddy bear that i got when i was 2 weeks old. His name is Freddy. he is kinda smaller than i am now, but he has been here for almost 42 years and i dont see any reason to throw him away just yet :drink:
When I "graduated" daycare my brother gave me a graduation Smurf mini-figure. I gave it to my oldest son recently when he graduated his first years of daycare. :thumbup:
This is really hard for me to write, but a toy isn't a toy until it's been loved, and this toy was very loved.
When I was 5, I got a talking Bugs Bunny doll. He said "What's Up Doc" and "Now, Hold Me Tight" and a few more things. In 1987, after having him for almost 18 years, I gave him up to my 3 year-old cousin, Melinda, who was being treated for leukemia.
How she lit up when I gave it to her, and her mother said she took it with her everywhere she went, even though he could no longer talk and he was a bit frazzled and worn from the years.
Sadly, Melinda passed away the next year. Ironically, her mother, my cousin Nancy, also passed away about 5 years ago from breast cancer.
But at least, for a brief time, that doll got the same love that I gave it (and maybe more) and to this day, it's hard for me to think about the doll w\o getting teared up.
I'm sorry to have brought the mood down a bit, but not all stories are happy ones. I'm sure there's some happier stories to be had as this thread develops, but thanks for listening nonetheless. :smile:
Quote from: RCMerchant on February 03, 2011, 05:53:54 PM
No good luck charms. Usta have a copper AA coin-but I lost it-not too lucky,I guess.
I have 1 thing from my childhood. Waaaay back in 1970,when I was 8,we moved from a trailer park into an old farmhouse on a dead end road. In the upstairs bedroom,there was a box of old toys. A teddy bear with no eyes,a collection of tin soldiers,a top-and a cast iron penny bank. It's a squirell standing on his hind legs holding an acorn. I STILL HAVE IT. I took it to an antique place once...not worth much,but it's from the 1920's or 30's.
I wish I still had the collection of comicbooks from the 40's and 50's that were in the old writing desk....old Superman,Batman,Detective,westerns and war,Classic Illustrated....sigh.... :bluesad:
Around 1990 or so, my family including me emptied my father's apartment when he went in a veteran's hospital, and took an axe, a sledehammer, and a saw to all these old pieces of furniture that we had to "get rid of..." I did most of the work. :bluesad:
The oldest thing I think I have is a Matilda stuffed kangaroo from the 1984 Commonwealth Gams here in Brisbane. I have a silver ring shaped like a fairy that wear every day. Not sure if it's a good luck charm but I feel naked without it.
And I usually carry my tarot cards wherever I go. They are in a green silk drawstring bag with a light green two headed Celtic cat design embroidered on the front and the traditional Celtic knot design along the bottom
Quote from: ImaginaryFoot on February 06, 2011, 06:57:59 PM
I still have me first teddy bear that i got when i was 2 weeks old. His name is Freddy. he is kinda smaller than i am now, but he has been here for almost 42 years and i dont see any reason to throw him away just yet :drink:
I also still have my first teddy: a very old, moth eaten bear with one missing eye but he's been with me for nearly 44 years. I called him 'Toddy' and still do ~ he went to Cape Town with me last year. :teddyr:
Quote from: Trevor on February 08, 2011, 07:43:27 AM
Quote from: ImaginaryFoot on February 06, 2011, 06:57:59 PM
I still have me first teddy bear that i got when i was 2 weeks old. His name is Freddy. he is kinda smaller than i am now, but he has been here for almost 42 years and i dont see any reason to throw him away just yet :drink:
I also still have my first teddy: a very old, moth eaten bear with one missing eye but he's been with me for nearly 44 years. I called him 'Toddy' and still do ~ he went to Cape Town with me last year. :teddyr:
I have one too - he was given to me before I was born, so he is 53 this spring - balding in places and missing an eye and much-loved!
Quote from: Newt on February 08, 2011, 08:32:12 AM
balding in places and missing an eye and much-loved!
Wait a minute: that's me you're describing there, except the missing eye, that is. :wink: