[WIladyconservative]

Long, drawn out standing Ovation for WImom. My stomach hurts from laughing so hard. Thank you all for the reminiscence. I'm still giggling about the Scooter Barbie with the grow-able boobs . . . .but did everyone forget about the *ugly* Barbie - MIDGE?

G'night all!

[MasonGal]

Oh - I just read your post - before signing off.

I liked Midge - how about her boyfriend - Alan?

[DouglasKC]

but did everyone forget about the *ugly* Barbie - MIDGE?

This really did make me laugh out loud because I remember my sister playing with the neighbor girls and having to fight over who had to be Midge.

[Siouxz]

My mom & dad didn't have money for the real Barbies, so we got the "12-inch doll." The clothes we got were always marked "Fits Barbie, Skipper, and other 12-inch dolls." Never had that beautiful "Barbie" logo on it.

Spirograph used to p*ss me off, because you'd make this beautiful design, and right toward the end, the pen would slip and you'd have a straight line right in the middle of it.

I remember the year my mom tried to lose weight by getting "diet shots." I think it was around 1969. That Christmas was wild. All the gifts were decorated with these elaborate Christmas scenes--sleighs with reindeer, Santa faces out of copious amounts of yarn, bells made out of styrofoam, etc. Mom had LOTS of energy that year, I'll tell ya....

[TheLionessRN]

Looks like I am a few days late for this thread but it has made me smile so often as I have read it. I had a barbie that had gripping hands. Thought it was soooo cool. Remember the Airplane and the cruise ship that barbie had? I used to make houses for barbie with albumn covers and turn a kleenex box over and use it for a bed. Imagination was at a premium when we were kids. Don't think kids nowadays understand that anymore.