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[Supervisor42]

Those marbles all look like pearlies to me.

Jim

Nope. Obviously a high-stakes game.
Cat's eyes.

The only ones that weren't solid color.
Worth twice what your typical marble was .

 

[Sentry18]

Girls played jacks, boys played marbles. Girls played hopscotch, boys played dodgeball. There were exceptions of course but the girls were pretty quickly sent back where they came from, usually crying, and the boy responsible was sent to the Principles office for a well-placed attitude adjustment.
As we got older the boys realized the girls weren't so bad and the girls have been getting even ever since.

We were never allowed to play any of that in school. Boys played football and girls played softball. Otherwise we climbed on monkey bars or went down slides.

 

[Supervisor42]

We were never allowed to play any of that in school.

Of course not. It was gambling for kids.
No money was involved but it was possible for you to learn where the phrase "he's lost his marbles" came from.
Now y'all got me digging thru dead brain-cells to remember how we played marbles when I was 8.

You could win some marbles from other kids or lose some of yours.
I do remember digging the 3 holes in the bare spot in the playground and drawing a big circle around them.
The info online is useless.

 

[dademoss]

Never play for keepsies unless you want to lose your marbles

 

[Peanut]

I actually have a few marbles that belonged to my grandfather from when he was a kid. He gave them to dad, then gave them to me. In '74 the old house was destroyed by a tornado. Somehow he found some of them in the rubble along with a few of mine and gave them to me again years later... I still have them.

 

[phideaux]

Peeries not pearlies

And always had a favorite shooter,

You shoot from outside the circle at the pot.
Everybody playing put in a pre agreed number of marbles.
Shooter shot until he no longer knocked a marble out of the circle .
That's how I went to school with 10 marbles and came home with all pockets bulging..

I was a champion shooter.

Jim

 

[Supervisor42]

Peeries not pearlies
And always had a favorite shooter,
You shoot from outside the circle at the pot.
Everybody playing put in a pre agreed number of marbles.
Shooter shot until he no longer knocked a marble out of the circle .
That's how I went to school with 10 marbles and came home with all pockets bulging..
I was a champion shooter.

Aaahahh! So it was you!
Sharpshooter!

 

[dademoss]

Peeries not pearlies

And always had a favorite shooter,

You shoot from outside the circle at the pot.
Everybody playing put in a pre agreed number of marbles.
Shooter shot until he no longer knocked a marble out of the circle .
That's how I went to school with 10 marbles and came home with all pockets bulging..

I was a champion shooter.

Jim

You are why we didn't play keepsies Pretty sure all my marbles came on top of the JIF PB jars. Geez, I R old.

 

[phideaux]

Aaahahh! So it was you!
Sharpshooter!

When I was 10 years old ..nobody would play , if I was in. Many times if I won the first to shoot, I'd clean out the pot.

I had a large suitcase at home full of marbles.
I eventually traded them for a suitcase full of comic books.

My knuckles were always raw and bloody from shooting.

Jim

 

[dademoss]

My last comment on marbles, probably: if you wanna play, it better be on a something like a pool table, I AM NOT getting down on my hands and knees for a game anymore

 

[phideaux]

Who has these , and how many?

I got 6 and many gal of fuel.

Jim

 

[Bacpacker]

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Who has these , and how many?

I got 6 and many gal of fuel.

Jim

We have 3-4 of them. My favortie is one my mamaw gave me. She used it when her and my papaw got married in the early 30's. We keep quite a bit of oil as well.

 

[Amish Heart]

I've got five. Still find them at the second hand store in Kansas.

 

[Peanut]

I got 3 lamps but they are breakable and a pain. I only keep oil in one. I have lanterns for regular use, they don't get broken in storms or go out in the rain.

 

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Jim

 

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Jim

 

[SheepDog]

I think Merthiolate was the one that burned and Mercurochrome was easy.

 

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Jim

 

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[ClemKadiddlehopper]

Back in the early 80s, we bought Clip Clip the Wonder Horse for our kids. It came with sound. It made galloping hoof noises when it bounced with a whinny thrown in every minute or so. The kids loved it but it drove us nuts between that and all the spring noises.

 

[Morgan101]

My wife babysits for a family with four little girls. I think the ages range from 12 down to 7. They had a lot of fun trying to figure out how this worked.

 

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[zoomzoom]

Does anyone have info on that rocking horse? I have one that's identical and in the same shape as the one pictured. I "think" it may be worth something.

 

[phideaux]

Does anyone have info on that rocking horse? I have one that's identical and in the same shape as the one pictured. I "think" it may be worth something.

Can't remember the website but I seen that one, but I remember it was for sale for $575.

I bought one at a yard sale , about 15 years ago for GKs , for $25, finally gave it away .

I bet Google will get you some prices.

Jim