Tueday Night Was Filled with Sunsets and Toys
Open Comments Last Night was held on west coast of Portugal, complete with umbrella drinks and everyone brought their favorite toys — People showed up with legos, transformers, even slinkys. Too bad the infamous link leak virus. Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes edged its way in.
Cool links were shared.
- Cat Morley links to the toys that never grow old — books http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/free-digital-books-from-the-world-ebook-fair/.
- http://www.alienentertainmentstore.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=A&Product_Code=DW-CO-SS&Category_Code=DW-TOYS
- They’re making a movie now.
- http://papillonlvr.com/pics/boozbarometer.jpg < /li>
- http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/rosie.htm .
- http://www.amusementdevice.com
- http://thelittons.net/homearcade/CosmicG/
- Joust!
- Tempest
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olly_Olly_Oxen_Free
- http://www.hbsmc.com/victoriabeach/large/P7160023.JPG
- The Blues Brothers
- http://HBSMC.com/victoriabeach/ ..
- ambatchdotcom seocontest
About the Toys
Here’s a peek at the conversation.
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Douglas Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:15 pm e
Hi Liz. I brought a toy, but I honestly canââ¬â¢t remember what they are called. You use them to build things. There are various poles and you can put them in these wood things?
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Rick Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:15 pm e
Tinkertoys!
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Trisha Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:23 pm e
I have lots of toys – a slinky dog, tribbles, a cabbage patch doll and others all in my office
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Joe Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:25 pm e
Trisha, Where did you ever get Tribbles?
I thought you could only get them from Starbase 11
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Trisha Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:27 pm e
I found one a few years ago at a mall, then I got a couple at the Star Trek experience store at Las Vegas
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ME Strauss Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:27 pm e
Iââ¬â¢m a slinky fan myself. It would be cool if you invent a virtual slinky that could move from blog to blog or from blog page to blog page.
I go for that.
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Rick Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:29 pm e
I loved my frisbee when I was young. Of course, my neighborââ¬â¢s dog could catch better than I could.
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Ben Yoskovitz Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:31 pm e
Roy – looks like an interesting blog. Nice tagline: Writing, Clear and Simpleââ¬Â¦Everybody has a story. Tell it clearly and powerfully.
Boy, do I have a story for you! So one day, I was sitting outsideââ¬Â¦in front of my houseââ¬Â¦wait, it was in front of someone elseââ¬â¢s house. Anyway, a bird flew by. It was black. No, blue. Black and blue. Wait, that was my eye. See, my eye was black and blue cause I was standing in front of my neighborââ¬â¢s house. Well, technically I wasnââ¬â¢t just standing, I was alsoââ¬Â¦
Clearly, and simply. Iââ¬â¢m on it!
Welcome again.
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Ben Yoskovitz Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:33 pm e
Canââ¬â¢t go wrong with Legos or green army men, thatââ¬â¢s true.
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Joe Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:38 pm e
Trisha,
I donââ¬â¢t think they have a doll or anything for the Doctor yet, (ouââ¬â¢d think after almost 30 years they would).
And there will be a NEW DOCTOR next seasonââ¬Â¦
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Advice Librarian Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:38 pm e
Oh, so thatââ¬â¢s where everyone went!
Transformers. Canââ¬â¢t wait for the movie – giant robots smashing downtown LA; it just doesnââ¬â¢t get cooler than thatââ¬Â¦.
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Trisha Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:40 pm e
Actually they do, and you can even buy a sonic screwdriver:
http://www.alienentertainmentstore.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=A&Product_Code=DW-CO-SS&Category_Code=DW-TOYS
oh damn, its sold out! I should have ordered mine when I first saw it!
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Joe Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:41 pm e
Ok, What was the name of the Metal Construction Toy that actually had nuts and bolts and you could build buildings and Ferris Wheels and things?
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Rick Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:43 pm e
I know! I know! Erector set! (he yells loudly while waving his hand over his head). The kid across the street from me had them, along with lincoln logs. Between the two you could build a city.
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ME Strauss Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:45 pm e
Thatââ¬â¢s it Rick!!!
What was I thinking!
Give that boy a Kewpie Doll!
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Tom Vander Well Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:53 pm e
Legos! And Mattel electronic football – back when ââ¬Åvideo gamesââ¬Â were little red blips on a 1 inch by 3 inch screen.
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Joe Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:57 pm e
Jaââ¬â¢evr hook a balloon to your bike wheel with a clothes pin to make it sound like a motorcycle???
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Rick Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 7:59 pm e
At least before life went electronic, you made everything out of what was laying around. We did the clothes pins. We used picket fence rails to make swords. We made parachuters out of thread, plastic, and treelimbs. Newspaper and balso for kites. Tennis ball cans, tennis balls, and lighter fluid (when we were in our younger teens) made turned into bazookas.
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Cat Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 8:05 pm e
[YAWN] !
Morning all ââ¬Â¦ toys ââ¬Â¦ what toys did I like ââ¬Â¦ that would be my brothers stuff, whatever it was. Their guns for playing cowboys. Trucks.
A toy I absolutely HATED was a ââ¬ËChatty Kathyââ¬â¢ I received one xmas. I never lived that down.
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Tom Vander Well Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 8:12 pm e
Tonightââ¬â¢s ââ¬Åhistory momentââ¬Â has been brought to you by GI Joe with the Kung-Fu grip!
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HART (1-800-HART) Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 8:18 pm e
Hi everybody. I brought my ââ¬ÅBooz-Barometerââ¬Â toy with me tonight. So – you virtual drunks out there .. um, spend your virtual quarters here
http://papillonlvr.com/pics/boozbarometer.jpg
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ME Strauss Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 8:20 pm e
Everyone,
Iââ¬â¢ve got Fizzies, Tang, Kool Aid, TV Dinners, Root Beer Floats, Cotton Candy, and all of the other kids stuff
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Advice Librarian Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 8:38 pm e
Well, as the Snopes entry commented: ââ¬ÅThe first time that childrenââ¬â¢s rhyme was published was in 1881. The last time the Black Plague hit London was just around the time of the Great fire in 1665 – thatââ¬â¢s a minimum of 220 years that children were reciting the rhyme and no-one wrote it downââ¬Â.
Thereââ¬â¢s far too little narrativiumin this world, so the stories that make sense arenââ¬â¢t neccesarily also trueââ¬Â¦.
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HART (1-800-HART) Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 8:42 pm e
Capââ¬â¢n Crunch! WooHoo!
Lucky Charms. WooHoo!
Tom. You understand. Somebody finally understands.
Also – donââ¬â¢t forgetââ¬Â¦ Sugar Crisp. AlphaBits. Sugar Pops. Fruit Loops.
My wife prefers I eat stuff like Honey Nut Cheerios or Apple Cinnamon Cheerios, or Multi-Grain Cheerios or even Plain Cheerios (with lots of sugar spoonfuls) .. since itââ¬â¢s only 2 points per cup, if counting
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Tom Vander Well Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 8:49 pm e
ADLIB! First you dash my trust in Mr. Parks, now you tell me Cinderella is pornographic! Whatââ¬â¢s next? Youââ¬â¢re going to tell me that drinking coke with a mouthful of pop-rocks WONââ¬â¢T kill me?!
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Rick Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 8:52 pm e
Tried the poprocks and pepsi. Iââ¬â¢m still alive (except the first hour after I get up).
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Cuileann McKenzie Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 10:05 pm e
Hey, pedalling backwards to stop is a great reminder of childhood, too!
By the way, HART ââ¬â I missed saying happy birthday last week! Sorry about that!
Hereââ¬â¢s a Blackcherry Vanilla Coke and Crown Royal to make up for it.
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Roy Jacobsen Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 10:05 pm e
Heââ¬â¢s baaaack!
I noticed someone mentioning gunsââ¬Â¦I had entirely forgotton about a Rifleman cap gun I had. It was just like the Remington rifle from the TV show, and you could fire off a roll of caps faster than lightning. I killed many a bad guy with that baby.
The conversation turned to books and mistaking gender on the Internet.
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ah Pek Says:
July 19th, 2006 at 12:15 am e
Hi everybody!! sorry iââ¬â¢m late. ( arenââ¬â¢t i always)
Still havenââ¬â¢t figured out what ever happened to the drunkard moose and his friend the pig. Did they made out and started a family and lived happily ever after?
I swept up the beach as best I could and put up the stools on the sidebar.
–ME “Liz” Strauss