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Thread Number: 39540
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Recovered a couple pieces of my youth--sort of |
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| Post# 419469 2/3/2020 at 21:27 (1,537 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
One thing about going through a separation and divorce is that some things that mean something to you get left behind. It's kind of stupid, but two things from my childhood that got left with my ex-wife that have continued to irritate me over the past 16 years since we separated are, of all things, a couple of my favorite board games. The games in question are Clue (the 1963 version) and Stratego (the 1971 version). I used to love to play both games when I was growing up.
Every now and then, I check through the board games at Goodwill on the off chance that either of these might show up. I've seen newer versions of both, with 'updated' graphics, which somehow didn't really interest me but within the past couple of weeks, I've found wooden box versions of both games with boards and game pieces sporting the original graphics at very paltry prices. The Stratego game is complete, except for the divided tray to keep the red and blue game pieces separated. I can live with that. The Clue game was missing the notepads and most of the weapons but had everything else. I found a set of weapons on eBay for cheap, albeit more than I paid for the game itself, and I re-created the notepad pages on my computer so I can print them out as needed. I don't know why it gives me such comfort to have these things—or facsimiles thereof—again. It's not like I've even really wanted to play either game in years. But there you have it. Now if I can just find a copy of that marble game Stay Alive... | ||
| Post# 419493 , Reply# 1 2/4/2020 at 08:02 (1,536 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 419495 , Reply# 2 2/4/2020 at 08:46 (1,536 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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Post# 419500 , Reply# 3 2/4/2020 at 11:31 (1,536 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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I think it's WONDERFUL
to recapture a piece of your life/childhood. I have every HOOVER model from every family member. I recently got my late aunt's 1076, the 1st one I ever saw........ that made me hunt for my own, which I did. Sadly, hers NOW was in terrible shape. I took it to N. Canton this past summer, where Tom Anderson and I (well, I was only the assistant) brought it back to life.
Xmas items, kitchen items, vacuums, etc, are nice to have. There's a lot of 'comfort' in having them, I think. Maybe I dwell on the past too much. Sometimes, it's good to look back, as long as you're just looking. "Memories may be beautiful, and yet..............................." | ||
| Post# 419618 , Reply# 5 2/6/2020 at 22:38 (1,534 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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The Clue weapons arrived in yesterday's mail so that one's now complete. The wood box editions are growing on me. They're not the originals but they do offer a sophisticated nostalgia. I may try to fashion a divider for the Stratego game box to keep the blue and red game pieces separate. I don't know why that bothers me, other than I kept all the pieces lined up in their original dividers in the one I had as a kid. A little strip of balsa wood or something similar, cut to the right length and glued into place should do the trick and would test the limits of my woodworking skills. A pair of zip lock baggies will work just fine in the meantime.
I looked at the Stay Alive games on eBay but they're more than I want to spend. One will come along in time. | ||
| Post# 419714 , Reply# 6 2/8/2020 at 21:04 (1,532 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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A friend of mine was over last night with her 10-year-old daughter and I showed them the two board games. The daughter has a newer version of Clue and was fascinated by the numerous variations—differences in graphics, weapons, rooms and characters—between mine and what she's used to. It was late, so we didn't play it but maybe we'll do it another time.
Stratego was completely alien to her and didn't really resonate. | ||
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Post# 419850 , Reply# 8 2/11/2020 at 10:28 (1,529 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Being that I have my family home,
EVERYTHING, just about, is still here!
I was a very anal retentive kid (BIG SURPRISE THERE). I still have a Hot Wheels Supercharger Sprint Set... complete and in the BOX! Record players with 45 rpm records (anyone remember the "Show'N Tell machine"? The games, Battleship, Trivial Pursuit, etc are still here, in their original boxes. I gave my sister her Barbies (Jackie Kennedy style clothes)... you could tell what era we were from. There WERE space capsule toys, etc. which were given to others. But, when one looks into the 2nd cellar, it is a time warp.."just a jump to the left". | ||
| Post# 419889 , Reply# 10 2/11/2020 at 21:33 (1,529 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Show 'n' Tell
We had one of those. My sister and I got it for Christmas when I was about five or six. It was the basic red version. A couple of years later, Dad found a deluxe black version with a built-in AM radio and the red one went away after he scavenged the needle for the record player to put into the black one. I think it was still in my room when I was in my early teens.
For those who don't know what the Show 'n' Tell was, it looked like a 12-inch TV set with a record player on top but it was actually sort of an audio filmstrip viewer. It had little eight-frame, 16mm filmstrips on cardboard or plastic carriers that played along with seven-inch records that played at 33.3 rpm instead of 45 rpm. The record player could play 16, 33.3, 45 and 78 rpm records. To this day, I have never seen a 16 rpm record. The frames advanced automatically as the story played on the record. The story was on one side and a song was on the other. The songs were pretty random and had no relation to the story. I remember one record had Tennessee Ernie Ford singing "Goober Peas" and another one had "Hang Down Your Head, Tom Dooley". Pretty, which was morbid stuff to accompany a children's story. We had a bunch of the story sets but the only ones I can remember are "Last of the Mohicans," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Rumpelstiltskin" and "Aladdin". | ||
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Post# 419895 , Reply# 11 2/12/2020 at 02:21 (1,529 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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16 RPM records were "talking book" records used by the blind. | ||
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Post# 419898 , Reply# 12 2/12/2020 at 08:14 (1,528 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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My Show'n Tell is still in the box. along with numerous | ||
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Post# 419905 , Reply# 13 2/12/2020 at 11:23 (1,528 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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I loved that Show'n Tell | ||
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Post# 419920 , Reply# 15 2/12/2020 at 14:47 (1,528 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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We had the Coca Cola dispenser.. loved that thing | ||
| Post# 419931 , Reply# 16 2/12/2020 at 17:22 (1,528 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
"Now I'm feeling cold." | ||
| Post# 420514 , Reply# 17 2/24/2020 at 02:59 (1,516 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
There's some things that when you own them for so many years/decades and see them every day - to suddenly get rid of them, or take them away - things just do not work out the same ever again until you get it back.
My father had a collection of trucker hats that hung on the stairwell for 35 years. Took them down in 2013 to "clean house" but ever since then - the void that is on the entire stairwell of a cold blank wall and not about a hundred multicolored hats from the 70s to the 90s scattered all over the wall has just never felt the same. I still have them, they are in a box in the garage, but I seen mice damage in one box a few years ago, so I pray they didn't get too damaged. I am going to build an outdoor sink this summer so I am hoping to wash them in there and get them hung back up on the wall. | ||
| Post# 420618 , Reply# 18 2/25/2020 at 21:47 (1,515 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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I stopped in at Goodwill tonight and bought another game—one I didn't have as a kid but had wanted. Battleship! Several of my friends had that game and I enjoyed playing it. Even though I asked for it, my parents never got it for me. I always thought that was a bit odd, considering my dad had been in the Navy.
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| Post# 421964 , Reply# 19 3/20/2020 at 19:34 (1,491 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY) | ||
I'm still hunting around for a Shop-Vac Easy Lift lightweight upright. I got one brand new as a kid and I loved it. Unfortunately, it was thrown away when the handle pivot point broke away from the cleaning head. It's a very obscure machine, and I've been hunting for one for years now. If anyone has one or knows where I can find one, I would greatly appreciate it!
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| Post# 422307 , Reply# 20 3/28/2020 at 07:52 (1,483 days old) by Rdwdcp (UK) | ||
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Crazykirbydude It looks like a nice little machine | ||
| Post# 422308 , Reply# 21 3/28/2020 at 07:59 (1,483 days old) by Rdwdcp (UK) | ||
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Crazykirbydude Hmmm I've had a look on Google but I couldn't find one for sale if I see one I will let you know | ||
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