Toys of yesteryear

[emily_in_nc]

Was her name Francie? I had a Francie doll instead of Barbie. My mom's name is Barbara and everyone called her Barbie - I don't think she wanted me to have a sexy doll with her name when I was little.

Oh, and I was just going through a closet and found and old pair of clip-on roller skates - the kind with a key to lengthen-shorten and widen. Anyone remember those?

Deb

Yes ma'am! I had both a Francie doll (and a Barbie, and was there a Stacy too?) and keyed roller skates! We had a broken tile floor screened porch off the side of the house I grew up in in Raleigh, and I used to skate around and around in it. That was also the same porch in which I played many a game of Mystery Date with my best friend! What great memories!

[Zen]

Francie was Barbies cousin, Skipper was her sister.
Midge was her friend.
Where can I get a job that calls for a specialty of useless information?

[Aggie_Ama]

Francie was Barbies cousin, Skipper was her sister.
Midge was her friend.
Where can I get a job that calls for a specialty of useless information?

I find Trivial Pursuit is a good place to flex this sort of brawn. Can you find a job paying you to do that? I also had KiKi, her Hawaiian friend. She was quite exotic and an african american I called Whitney because I liked Whitney Houston in the day.

Last year I was told my older niece wanted Hi Ho Cheery O for Christmas, I remembered I loved that game so I bought it and was baffled that there are now multi colored cherries? She still loved it.

[Zen]

I loved that game so I bought it and was baffled that there are now multi colored cherries?

Genetic engineering?