Chatting about all sorts: the joy of second hand stuff, childhood toys, Radio Rentals, Green Shield Stamps and….the joy of little things prompted by the book ‘Ikigai’ by Ken Mogi.
The sublime forest xylophone video I was talking about:
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Great memories, Vivi. I vaguely remember the transition to color tv in our family…and the tvs were so big and bulky with no remote. They had a channel changing circle knob and a fine tuning circular knob. And some people put foil on their rabbit ears antennas to try and improve their reception. My grandparents had their color tv for years and years.. things got used and fixed and fixed… not disposable like today. And we went to an actual tv store when we wanted to buy a tv. I had a toy that I think was called a lemon drop, similar to what you describe — it had a plastic hoop that went around your ankle and a plastic rope with a lemon on the end and you would whirl your leg and hop over it with your other leg as it turned. Do children even still play jacks, marbles, or hopscotch or sing childish songs like "Miss Mary Mack" or "London Bridges Falling Down" as they did little hand and body routines of clapping and turning.
Was the whistling tub a 'boomwacker'?
Oh my goodness Vivi the toy you were talking about at least in the US that you put on your foot, we called a lemon twist the ball was actually a plastic lemon. They actually have a newer version that has a wheel that lights up as it's been around. My 8-year-old granddaughter just begged for one for her birthday and absolutely loves it. I always say everything old is New again😊
Hiya Vivi,nice visit with this evening. I will check out the advert you spoke of . Blessings luv southern Ontario Canada 🇨🇦🐝
Hiya Vivi ohh just watched the advert truly amazing!🇨🇦🐝
Enjoyed the video today. The ad you shared was fun to watch. Hard to believe it's 13 years old.
That beautiful work at the bottom of your top is called fagotting. It is where two pieces of fabric are joined together with fancy needlework. I love it .
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I had a toy similar to one of the toys you described. I had to Google to figure out the name. It was called the Lemon Twist. It had a loop on one end and a plastic lemon on the other and you would put it on one leg and whip it around and jump over it. The lemon had some sort of beads inside it so it made a rattling noise. Good times!
Lovely visit. I was cleaning out my bookshelf-cupboard during the talk.
The background with your books and furniture is so aesthetically pleasing! 😍
Lady gardener 😂, innuendo bingo, I have an idiot’s sense of humour x
Omg i had all of those toys….I'm googling 😂 and…i was also the one with a pogo stick…the trick was to keep it well oiled…! R x
Lol TV rental I remember my mum had to put 50p in the back and the radio rental man used to come empty the box lol
Love the linen top Vivi, what I call a 'little win'. My daughter went to Japan last year and fell in love with the country and culture. Another fab video , I could listen to you chat all day❤
I had the ankle around and jump over. Mine was called lemon something bc the hall at the end was shaped like a plastic lemon. Super fun. I had a pogo stick. Clackers. Chinese jumprope, regular jumprope, string to play cats cradle, marbles, jacks, skates, bike, skateboard, was fortunate to have a backyard pool bc I lived in Florida and everyone had one. Many hours in the pool and riding bikes to friends houses to swim. The pogo stick was truly epic for a balance challenge.
Another lovely trip down memory lane got me remembering some of those toys. Did you ever do what we called French Skipping? Basically we joined loads of rubber bands together to make it a big loop then 2 girls (not wishing to exclude boys but I went to all-girls schools 😃) stood facing each other with the loop round their ankles and another girl then had to do various "patterns" with the loop using their foot. Not a great explanation but basically it was like Cat's Cradle but with feet. When I think back we all went mad for a particular game or toy for a while then a new one would come along, but then we all went back to the old tried and tested ones. We did a lot of ring games ("in and out the dusty bluebells", "poor Mary sits a-weeping") and hopscotch – which was great because all you needed was some chalk and a stone. I once read about how some of these games originated many, many years ago. Oops – here I go down another research rabbit-hole!
This was a lovely positive video. Thanks for the break in the crazy yhay is the world and to focus on childhood fun and the more deeply mindful traditions of Japanese historical culture etc. very much a breath of fresh air to me. ❤
Great video Vivi, you seem to have got your bounce back ! I seem to remember there were also pink stamps which I think were from Safeway, and also blue stamps from the Co-op. Take care. xxx
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Hi Vivi, i m 54. Thank you so much for the trip down memory lane. I also had the rugby ball on two strings. I knew it as zoomball. We also spent hours skipping. Inside, my favourites were cards, mousetrap and mechano 😊
I loved playing marbles and elastic stretched between two chair or human legs.. In, out, over, out, etc.
Great find on the linen blouse.
I am just mending my Japanese gardening case now my favourite gardening tool ❤
Anyone can set up a charity shop. Here in Ireland….you only have to donate 200e a month to selected charity you have chosen. Charity shop here closed yesterday. They were charging 1e more for second hand, I could have bought new in penny's. They've lost the run of themselves. Personally I prefer to buy from Facebook market place. Let the people make the money. While cash is still king. If we lose cash, its game over for anyone doing a side huzzle
We had a colour tv when i was 13, they must have come into a bit of money as we had a new sofa a carpet and a rented telly. My sister had an admin job in a place called radio rentals, which was a tv rental place. Great memories, Vivi, green shield stamps yes, I wasnt very good at getting them in the book, wonky. Great fun, though 😂
I had the game with the 2 d-rings either end with the ball in the middle i think it was called zoom ball xx
Brilliant top Vivi love Sally
Oh my goodness as you were speaking I was moving my right foot 😂 remembered trying to keep the hoop spinning with one foot whilst jumping over the ball with the other foot. French skipping with elastic around your ankles. Cats cradle with yarn making crazy shapes with a partner. Happy days 😊 love the linen top.
❤ We had co-op stamps! My mum would give us the full book as pocket money! I used mine to buy a pair of tights! In later years, when my boys where small, I had to use a full book to feed us when we were very short of pennies, think I got a bag of potatoes and a loaf of bread!
Oh! I loved the ankle hoop skip balls too xx
“You cannot be serious! “ lol. Do you remember when everyone used to go around saying the John McEnroe catchphrase lol?!
Hi Vivi. The ankle hoop with the ball attached to it we called a “skip-it” in the US.
Never had a pogo stick but mom made the boys broomstick horses. Old broom stick stuffing an old workbook and crocheted bridle and reins. Yes we girls would sneak them and "ride with the wind" 😂
I think we called it footsie😅
Great buy on the linen blouse even if it needs a little repair!
I expect you'll probably want to mend your lovely linen shirt as invisibly as possible, Vivi; but have you seen Japanese mending i.e. Sashiko? It's beautiful! A real art form.
I remember record breakers I also had a pogo stick and was useless on it .
I remember my mum collected Green Shield Stamps 💚