Remember These???

[robert952]

and they cost almost $30 at Target. I think they were about $5 back then. I just checked. A classic version, with wood is about $80 on ebay.
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I bought two sets and combined them into one tin for when grandson visits. They are plastic pieces not wood as you imply. He enjoys building with them. In fact last week he spent a few days with us. This was the first toy he got out (along with the Lincoln Logs). You can't beat toys that encourage imaginative play. I got the two as a 'half off' sale at a popup toy shop a couple of years ago.

 

[eclark1894]

Remember this from school???

 

[eclark1894]

I bought two sets and combined them into one tin for when grandson visits. They are plastic pieces not wood as you imply. He enjoys building with them. In fact last week he spent a few days with us. This was the first toy he got out (along with the Lincoln Logs). You can't beat toys that encourage imaginative play. I got the two as a 'half off' sale at a popup toy shop a couple of years ago.

The new sets made today are made out of plastic. But as you can see in the pic I posted, when I was about 4 or 5, they were made out of wood.

 

[eclark1894]

I haven't used or even seen one in quite a spell, but I remember the one my mother used to have. it was old even then.

 

[eclark1894]

I haven't bought a cast iron skillet since I've been alive.
The one I have was my mother's. And I still use it.

 

[Miss B]

Cast iron seems to last forever.

 

[robert952]

Cast iron seems to last forever.

Yep, if you season it right and keep it that way. And NEVER use soap to clean it! I have a 12 in and 6 in great shape. (And eclark's looks right, too.) Another 12 inch needs serious work as it has rust. But I have the ones I need so it will be a while before I season that one.

I quit grilling steaks and use the iron skillet. Marinate steaks (find a nice acidic/oil balance and spices you like for your marinate recipe). Cook until internal temp for how you want it cooked. (For me: 140F and then rest for 5 minutes. Medium cooked - perfect. Best investment I made was a good meat thermometer.

(Why am I suddenly hungry?)

 

[eclark1894]

Merry first day of the month for Christmas everyone! My Christmas season always begins with one song bu Charles Brown (not that one, the singer)
Bells will be ringin' the sad, sad news
Oh, what a Christmas to have the blues
My baby's gone, I have no friends
To wish me greetings once again
Choirs will be singin' Silent Night
Christmas carols by candlelight
Please come home for Christmas, please come home for Christmas
If not for Christmas, by New Year's night.

 

[eclark1894]

Christmas story time. When I was about 4 or 5, I wanted to see Santa Claus, so I waited until everyone fell asleep, and I snuck down the stairs until I could see the Christmas tree. Unfortunately, he had already come. All the gifts were underneath the tree including a shiny new bike I had asked for.

 

[eclark1894]

Watching Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer tonight. This is the 57th time I've seen it.

 

[unreal]

Still use one.

Me too. I made the mistake of doing some minor baking with one and ended up with a mess.

 

[unreal]

Every Christmas, I settle in to watch my favorite Christmas movies.
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It's not Christmas until I hear the Charlie Brown music. I have a hard time with Christmas in Summer. It just doesn't work for me. I've tried calendar shifting it but that doesn't work either. Sigh.... It's like Thanksgiving. I've lost it. I can't stand Turkey any more (after years of not having it. I found that it's an acquired taste and it can be lost. Those 2 holidays are so bundled in my mind with warmth and such and now they're lost.

 

[unreal]

When I was wee little because of the commercials for this I thought it was watching it fiz up and bubble that was relieving. I mean, why wouldn't it be, I thought it as amazing to watch.

I thought I was the only one who thought that!

 

[unreal]

Every Christmas, I settle in to watch my favorite Christmas movies.
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What about "A Christmas Story"?
"You'll put your eye out."

 

[unreal]

I haven't used or even seen one in quite a spell, but I remember the one my mother used to have. it was old even then.
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Still have and use one of those.

 

[eclark1894]

What about "A Christmas Story"?
"You'll put your eye out."

For some reason, that movie just never appealed to me. I know it's a classic, but I've never actually seen it all the way through. Just bits and pieces.

 

[eclark1894]

My mother used to have one of these when I was little. I tried to hold onto it one time, but it got away from me. Never touched it again.

 

[Terre]

Every Christmas, I settle in to watch my favorite Christmas movies.
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Very nice set of choices there.

 

[eclark1894]

Very nice set of choices there.

Thank you. I've been watching them since I was a kid. That's one reason why A Christmas Story isn't there. I also prefer Christmas stories that are animated or old movies.

 

[unreal]

My mother used to have one of these when I was little. I tried to hold onto it one time, but it got away from me. Never touched it again.
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OMG, I remember being very little, maybe even drunken dwarf stage and *riding* on one of those