When I was a kid game consoles and RC cars were not in existence and likely dreamed of by very few! My best might have been a chemistry set or Lionel trains or a bike or…
@katbyter sadly never got any of those. was between the « you’re so lucky you’re an only child » and « don’t you wish you had brothers or sisters? »
as the child, don’t get a choice. have to come to terms with either would be OK but whatever it is is the way it is.
I was a total girly-girl, so one year when I still believed in Santa I described to him in minute detail this lovely little doll I wanted that was in that same shopping mall toy store. I’d make my mother stop at that shop window every time we went! I still have it packed away somewhere.
@ironcheftoni I dunno if anyone else had that, but I can say that I had nothing in that general class of thing. The kids around the corner had pedal cars. (That’s how long ago it was.)
When I was really little, My Granddaddy made me a stove out of wood. He used the ends of coffee cans, painted them black, and those were the burners. The stove was painted white.
He even put racks in the oven.
It wasn’t fancy…or expensive…but it was made with love and was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen!
Erector set, actually, two of them, hand-me-downs.
@rjquillin Now that you bring it up, same here, and mine were absolutely hand-me-downs.
When I was a kid game consoles and RC cars were not in existence and likely dreamed of by very few! My best might have been a chemistry set or Lionel trains or a bike or…
@andyw exactly
@andyw definitely a bicycle!
@andyw @lonocat Another vote for bicycle. Freedom! The whole town is mine. Be back for supper.
When my uncle gave me all his NHL player sticks.
Big Wheel
/image Big Wheel 70s
Siblings
@katbyter sadly never got any of those. was between the « you’re so lucky you’re an only child » and « don’t you wish you had brothers or sisters? »
as the child, don’t get a choice. have to come to terms with either would be OK but whatever it is is the way it is.
I was a total girly-girl, so one year when I still believed in Santa I described to him in minute detail this lovely little doll I wanted that was in that same shopping mall toy store. I’d make my mother stop at that shop window every time we went! I still have it packed away somewhere.
I was a little before Big Wheel’s time. But instead I had a Krazy Kar.
@ironcheftoni I dunno if anyone else had that, but I can say that I had nothing in that general class of thing. The kids around the corner had pedal cars. (That’s how long ago it was.)
The best gift I ever got as a kid?
My grandmother would have said it was Jesus.
The pastor’s daughter, Marianne, knew better.
The NES my Dad is waiting in line at Toys R’ Us for. He’ll be home any minute now.
@mcanavino
When I was really little, My Granddaddy made me a stove out of wood. He used the ends of coffee cans, painted them black, and those were the burners. The stove was painted white.
He even put racks in the oven.
It wasn’t fancy…or expensive…but it was made with love and was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen!