<p>My sister got on the mechanical bull and had bruises on her legs to prove it. I was never bold enough.</p>
<p>Since they usually were in bars or taverns I don’t think* bold* is the key descriptor ;)</p>
<p>"I got a brand new pair of roller skates,
You’ve got a brand new key</p>
<p>Think about it."</p>
<p>Thinking…
Sorry, still don’t get it:rolleyes:</p>
<p>LOL, EK. Back in our younger day and especially during the Urban Cowboy era, we just had to go out to Gilley’s and check it out. (Someone even suggested I try out for a part in the movie as they actually had try-outs for the part of "Sissy.).</p>
<p>Funny thing, though. My sister met a cute little guy in a big ten gallon hat and made arrangements to meet him the next day at a restaurant. Now grant you it was dark in the dance hall when she met him. When she saw the cute little cowboy in the restaurant, she about died when she noticed he was missing a front tooth!!</p>
<p>I’m with you poetsheart…still don’t get it. Maybe the key part, but the skates?</p>
<p>OK, the handy dandy search engine turned up this quote from Melanie, the writer:</p>
<p>“‘Brand New Key’ I wrote in about fifteen minutes one night. I thought it was cute; a kind of old thirties tune. I guess a key and a lock have always been Freudian symbols, and pretty obvious ones at that. There was no deep serious expression behind the song, but people read things into it. They made up incredible stories as to what the lyrics said and what the song meant. In some places, it was even banned from the radio.”</p>
<p>Granted, I didn’t get what it was about when I was 14, but I sure get it now.</p>
<p>Thanks mommusic. I get it now…duh!</p>
<p>And now the tune is stuck in my head; has been all day!</p>
<p>just watched “the evolution of dance” by judson laipply…at the youtube.com site…what a hoot! </p>
<p>…brings back memories of dance songs over the years:)</p>
<p>the “hammertime” moves are especially hilarious.</p>
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<p>Are you perhaps too young to remember the old style roller skates–the roller skate key was long and tubular while the corresponding spot on the roller skate was shorter and solid.</p>
<p><em>light dawns</em></p>
<p>You have to know that “roller skates” were attached to your sturdy saddle shoes and tightened with a key. </p>
<p>(They inevitably fell off–it’s a wonder we didn’t kill ourselves.)</p>
<p>Right, the skates always got loose and needed tightening. We always wore the key around our neck hanging from a shoe string.</p>
<p>And oh the glory of that Christmas morning when we got real “shoe skates” from the Sears catalog. No more key. We were real pros then!</p>
<p>I rode my bicycle past your window last night
I roller-skated to your door at daylight
It almost seems like you’re avoiding me
I’m okay alone, but you got something I need</p>
<p>Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together
And try them out to see
I been looking around awhile
You got something for me
Oh, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key</p>
<p>(See HE has the key…duh!!!)</p>
<p>I can’t believe I read all the posts… and didn’t see</p>
<p>Cartoon Figures:
Tom Terriffic
Atom Ant
Betty Boop</p>
<p>Armistace Day (Not Veteran’s Day)</p>
<p>Sat. Night Baths (for Sunday church, of course)</p>
<p>Wheel-O Toys (Plastic Red Wheel magnetically held to a curved track)</p>
<p>4 digit home phone numbers</p>
<p>No house numbers</p>
<p>Fun thread, guys!</p>
<p>and remember…phones on “party” lines…sharing with several of your neighbors.
no city water…no rural water either.
one tv in the house. only 2 channels…it was a big deal when we got a 3rd channel…but it was kind of fuzzy:)
and…one phone in the house.
no electric clothes dryer…laundry once a week and hung outside to dry. wringer type washer. those things called stretchers were inserted into the jeans before hanging them up to dry.
no organized youth sports other than summer softball and baseball.<br>
checking out “cleats” from the track coach…no trip to dicks to buy exactly what you wanted:)</p>
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<p>(They inevitably fell off–it’s a wonder we didn’t kill ourselves.)<<</p>
<p>Isn’t that the truth!</p>
<p>In the mid 60s, we took apart the skate into its two parts, nailed them to a board and rode the first skateboards. Of course, all we did was go down a hill–nothing like the boards the kids have now and the tricks they can perform.</p>
<p>Walking out onto the tarmac to catch a plane, no security checks at all, real neighborhood trick or treaters without parents</p>
<p>when 32 flavors came out WOW…before that, not much choice</p>
<p>very few condiments</p>
<p>and one kind of lettuce</p>
<p>Notready4purple-
Time to get those bifocals! Tom Terrific (and his mighty dog Manfred) were discussed in posts # 185, 188 and 192. </p>
<p>and CGM- Wasn’t Baskin Robbins 31 flavors (not 32)? The smaller stores now don’t even carry 31. They have about 1/2 and then sell Dunkin Donuts in the other side of the store. Bring back the ol’ days! </p>
<p>We used to go to Carvel for a Brown Bonnet (they dunked the soft-serve ice cream cone into hot chocolate, forming the shell on the outside. Yumm!!) Anyone remember the milkshakes at Friendlys’ called Awful Awfuls (because they were awful awful good)?</p>
<p>Oh, and my friend’s aunt was the voice of Betty Boop! His aunt’s name was Mae Questel.</p>
<p>The last time we discussed this topic we talked about Soupy Sales (real name Milton Supman, then Milton Heinz), Tiny Tim (Herbert Khoury), Martin & Rowan’s Laugh In, and Black Beauty (the horse), and games like capture the flag, red light-green light and huckle buckle beanstalk.</p>
<p>“games like capture the flag”</p>
<p>jym626 - we played kick the can. Oh, my gosh, I haven’t thought of that for years. </p>
<p>And I just remembered another favorite TV show - don’t remember the name, but it starred a guy named Preston something, who played a Canadian Mountie, and King was his Lassie-like lead sled dog. </p>
<p>One very, very special night, I was allowed to stay up late. I heard the TV play the Star Spangled Banner, then the test pattern came on. It was really exciting.</p>
<p>And hula hoops !!</p>
<p>Hayden-
Wasn’t it Sgt. Preston of the Canadian Mounted Police? Boy we are old!! And remember the cartoon of the canadian Mounted police- Dudley Doright and his girlfriend Nell?</p>
<p>Oh, got it! You’re right - the show was “Sgt. Preston of the Yukon”.</p>
<p>And I’ll bet no one remembers my first crush. I fell deeply in love with the lead on the show “Brave Eagle”. <em>sigh</em></p>
<p>I’ll quibble with you about Dudley Doright and Nell, though. Even though we saw Rocky and Bullwinkle as first editions, they’ve been shown for years, since they’re classics. So my kids remember them as much as I do. I liked Dudley, but my personal favorite was Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman.</p>