tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post116394473622757325..comments2024-03-10T08:13:34.023+02:00Comments on The Muqata: Stuff that made me smile (part 1)Jameel @ The Muqatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1164167207517538012006-11-22T05:46:00.000+02:002006-11-22T05:46:00.000+02:00Whoa...I recognize those T-ball shirts!! Are they...Whoa...I recognize those T-ball shirts!! Are they from Linglestown, PA?? Does this mean that one of my favorite bloggers has a Harrisburg connection??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1164141691801199392006-11-21T22:41:00.000+02:002006-11-21T22:41:00.000+02:00I heard that both the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew we...I heard that both the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew were not even authored by one specific person, but were farmed out to ghostwriters. They're still good, anyway. My favorite books were the "Childhood of Famous Americans" series that made the history of early America leap to life for me. I think it was those books that instilled in me my lifelong love of reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1164141317088093502006-11-21T22:35:00.000+02:002006-11-21T22:35:00.000+02:00I always wanted magic monkeys but my mom wouldn't ...I always wanted magic monkeys but my mom wouldn't let. Etch-a-sketch (still around, and now in different sizes!), the FAO Schwartz Xmas catalog, riding my bike down to buy a Marathon candy bar at the grocery store, lots and lots of kittens until my dad gave the cat away, breaking off icicles from the trees and eating them, the library of COURSE, Narnia books, anything by Ray Bradbury, I could go on and on. More points please! We're in America right now, so please save them for me until we get back. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1164118345316102882006-11-21T16:12:00.000+02:002006-11-21T16:12:00.000+02:00Have you forgotten The Phantom Tollbooth?Have you forgotten <I>The Phantom Tollbooth</I>?Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516196101946513020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1164042539812258252006-11-20T19:08:00.000+02:002006-11-20T19:08:00.000+02:00Wait a second... can I cash in the Muqata points I...Wait a second... can I cash in the Muqata points I already have? :)Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1164038705574652902006-11-20T18:05:00.000+02:002006-11-20T18:05:00.000+02:00Wow! Encyclopedia Brown and The Great Brain - I h...Wow! Encyclopedia Brown and The Great Brain - I hadn't thought of those in ages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1164033261675444952006-11-20T16:34:00.000+02:002006-11-20T16:34:00.000+02:00I was fascinated by that drinking bird as a kid!!I...I was fascinated by that drinking bird as a kid!!<BR/><BR/>I also waxed nostalgic today about the Encyclopedia Brown books- remember those?JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177030621603250029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1164033202322021262006-11-20T16:33:00.000+02:002006-11-20T16:33:00.000+02:00I guess that I am a bit younger, but I read the Ca...I guess that I am a bit younger, but I read the Cam Jansen books, and my Southern public school included the "All of a Kind Family" series in the hopes of being "diverse." <BR/><BR/>And for those who bemoan the lack of reading among kids today, what about Lemony Snickett, or Harry Potter? Those books are wildly popular.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434918343302976597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1164025407299354762006-11-20T14:23:00.000+02:002006-11-20T14:23:00.000+02:00tell kids today that going to a library was a wee...tell kids today that going to a library was a weekly occupation and they think you must've been a nerd of major proportions, yet I enjoyed those quiet long halls where the books I needed were always taken out or impossible to find.<BR/>I recently found out he may have been an antisemite but then Roald Dahl's books were my favourites and boy did I laugh with some.Pragmaticianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724757238921859366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1163996217937868922006-11-20T06:16:00.000+02:002006-11-20T06:16:00.000+02:00I have to confess that I wasn't able to watch Batt...I have to confess that I wasn't able to watch Battlestar Galactica as a kid--I had karate lessons when it was on and we didn't have a VCR in those days. I've secretly pined after BSG ever since.PsychoToddlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874353280798371891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1163995242945236052006-11-20T06:00:00.000+02:002006-11-20T06:00:00.000+02:00Do you know what a Tom Swiftism is?, he asked appr...Do you know what a Tom Swiftism is?, he asked approvingly.kishnevihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01437400043049608843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1163990370841072692006-11-20T04:39:00.000+02:002006-11-20T04:39:00.000+02:00I loved going to the library and was so excited wh...I loved going to the library and was so excited when I got my first library card, but I don't remember ever checking any books out and reading at home, except for Dynamite magazine - how pathetic is that? But you got to admit, those teen idol centerfolds were really hot. I guess my thing was listening to music and playing records on my record player.<BR/><BR/>My favorite yesteryear toys were the red thingamajig that would slide up and down on the metal whatchmacallit, my rollerskates and skateboard, and my fave albums - when I was younger, Peter Pan and Mary Poppins, and as I got older, all the K-Tel hits albums.<BR/><BR/>I also loved riding my bike, especially in the woods that we called, the Monkey Hills. Not a smart thing for a young girl to do by herself, but my only fear back then was Bigfoot and UFOs.... Is the Window to Our Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04510255608269038123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1163976950824362762006-11-20T00:55:00.000+02:002006-11-20T00:55:00.000+02:00cool! so if i save my muqata points you can choose...cool! so if i save my muqata points you can choose a prize? like at a fair? so you'll have like, slinkys and plastic figurines and key rings and toy cars and and bouncy balls and matchbox cars and bubble wands?!<BR/><BR/>Enid Blyton books were always good, there was something for everyone. I especiallly liked the illustrated Far Away Tree books (which I still look at from time to time!) We also used to go to the library every week and pick out a selection. Oh, I love the Mr Men and Little Miss books (I have almost the whole set) and that's gotta make you smile whatever age you are! Also the books by Graeme Base (such as Animalia) which are beautifully illustrated and I used to spend hours looking through trying to find the hidden characters.<BR/><BR/>Aside from books, there were phases of everything from a chemistry set and microscope (go figure) to various toys and (more fun for me) various craft and art activities (crayons, paints, sewing, knitting, cutting and pasting, bits and pieces, plaster molds, shells, coloured sand). The best being play-dough and plasticine that I used to make little characters and other things (like a tiny, tiny balsa wood sukkah with all the trimmings and table settings!)<BR/><BR/>That was fun :)Sarah Likes Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15055831838215589183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1163972409035759232006-11-19T23:40:00.000+02:002006-11-19T23:40:00.000+02:00Come on...no choose your own ending books?Come on...no choose your own ending books?Sara with NO Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144522318227673731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1163959510884345992006-11-19T20:05:00.000+02:002006-11-19T20:05:00.000+02:00we have Little League right here in the Shomron. ...we have Little League right here in the Shomron. Check out http://eteamz.active.com/revavabaseball/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1163953918831090622006-11-19T18:31:00.000+02:002006-11-19T18:31:00.000+02:00I loved Tom Swift and The Great Brain.I loved Tom Swift and The Great Brain.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.com