Cowgirl

Well, aleast I thought it was funny! I'm talking about that "Mouse on Mars thing." Have you all seen it before? Cowgirl

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Speaking of aliens, you have to check this out! Reports have disclosed what has been a closely guarded NASA secret, in a worldwide exclusive, conclusive proof of life on another planet was revealed to be true - a mouse was spotted on Mars..............

I know there's a few ladies here that have had twins but I can't recall who they were, my question is, if they are school age, are they in the same class room together or did you enroll them in separate classrooms and if you did how did that work out for you? Cowgirl

The Beatles clashed with The Stones and people across the country got hooked on a new dance craze called the Twist… • The biggest band of the 1960s - and probably of all time - was undoubtedly The Beatles. They had their first minor hit in 1962 with Love Me Do but 1963 was their breakthrough year. They split in 1970 but only get more and more popular as the years roll on. • Originally known as the Ravens, The Kinks formed at the end of 1963 and hit the big time with their third single You Really Got Me. One of the biggest bands of the 1960s they had everyone rocking along to tunes such as All Day and All of the Night, Dedicated Follower of Fashion and Waterloo Sunset. • As famous for their trashing tendencies as their music, the bad boys of rock The Who first made it big with My Generation. However, quite remarkably they never had a number one single either side of the Atlantic. • Although marketed as rivals for the Beatles, the Rolling Stones ironically had their first top 20 hit with a Lennon and McCartney song I Wanna Be Your Man. But these drug-taking, gyrating rock 'n' roll icons went on to set the UK charts on fire in 1965 with three number ones - Get Off My Cloud, The Last Time and the unforgettable I Can't Get No Satisfaction. • The Beach Boys and The Beatles competed throughout the 1960s to be the most experimental band in the world. As part of the battle, American mavericks The Beach Boys brought out the album Pet Sounds in 1966. Containing classics such as Wouldn't It Be Nice and God Only Knows (the first time the word God had been used in a pop song), the album left an important legacy behind. • 1967 was a magic year for The Monkees, the first manufactured boy band: their ditty I'm a Believer picked up a transatlantic number one. • Now probably the biggest guitar icon in the world, Jimi Hendrix became a big star in 1968 with album Electric Ladyland and the hit All Along The Watchtower. • The folky sound of Simon and Garfunkel captivated audiences in the late 1960s and with groovy tunes such as Sound of Silence and Mrs Robinson on the soundtrack for The Graduate they helped make the film a massive hit. • Chubby Checker released The Twist in 1960 and Let's Twist Again in 1961 - teenagers all over the country went wild. • Helen Shapiro scooped two number ones in 1961 with Walkin' Back to Happiness and You Don't Know. • Cliff Richard managed to hit the singles charts every year of the 1960s. • Cilla Black had her only two number one hits in 1964: Anyone Who Had a Heart and You're My World. • Dusty Springfield's I Only Wanna Be With You was in the top 10 everywhere in 1963. When it became a hit in the US, Dusty became the first British female singer to chart in America. Then in 1966 she out-did even herself: You Don't Have To Say You Love Me became an even bigger hit.

From Tiny Tears and Action Man to Lego and Twister, the youth of yesteryear had plenty of playthings to keep them occupied… • Doodling was revolutionized with Etch-a-Sketch in 1960. • 1960 gave birth to Lego - the building blocks of many a childhood. • Barbie was lonely by 1961 so she got her very own plastic fantastic boyfriend Ken. Then Sindy went on sale as a rival to Barbie in 1963. • Spiderman the comic hit the shelves in 1962. • Mr Potato Head was invented in 1964 and the humble spud took on an exciting new role. • Tiny Tears arrived in the UK from America in 1966. Her ability to drink from a bottle and then cry and wet her nappy made her an instant hit. • Twister, the floor game that is all about trying to get hands and feet on the right colours without injuring yourself, went down a storm in 1966. • 1966 brought dolls for the boys in the form of Action Man. • A bunch of sticks and marbles became a highly strategic sport in 1967 when Kerplunk hit the shelves. • The Frisbee craze took flight in the UK in 1967. • Board game Battleships brought naval warfare in a box in 1967. • Hot wheels came out in 1969 and even those without a driving licence could get a fast car. • Silly string: string in a spraying can was an instant party hit in 1969.

Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box. Moonpies. When any parent could discipline any kid or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid thought a thing of it. When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed and DID! When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited you at home. We were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of drive by shootings, drugs and gangs it was our parents and grandparents who were the bigger threat! Hardy boys and Nancy Drew books. Pitching the tent in the back yard with my friends and telling ghost stories all night with flashlights. Pea shooters. Buying and selling comic books from the front porch Mad magazine Lemonade stands - 5 cents a glass. The secret swimming hole. 45's and 78 rpm records Dad roaring 20's, 30's and 40's music on the family's first hi-fi. Putting pennies on the rairoad track and proudly pocketing the flattened version.

Hide and seek at dusk. Sittin' on the front porch. Hot bread and butter. The ice cream man. Eatin' a "super dooper" sandwich. The game "Red light, Green light" Home milk delivery by a van in bottles and you'd put the money in the bottle that you owed the milk man and leave it on the porch over night. chocolate milk, lunch tickets. Penny candy in a brown paper bag. Hopscotch, butterscotch, double dutch, kickball, dodge ball Mother May I? Hula hoops. Mary Janes. Running through the sprinkler (I can't get wet) The smell of the sun and lickin salty lips... Scout camp in the summer. Watching Saturday morning cartoons. Fat Albert, Road Runner, He-Man, The Three Stooges, Bugs. Catchin' lightening bugs in a jar, playing slingshot. When around the corner seemed far away. And going downtown seemed like going somewhere. Climbing trees. A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers. Cops and robbers. Cowboys and Indians. Sittin' on the curb. Pillow fights. Being tickled to death. Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt. Skipping stones across a river, lake, or pond. Crowding around in a circle around the "after school fight", then running when the teacher came out. The girl who had the big bubbly hand writing. Eating Kool-aid powder with sugar. Two types of sneakers for girls and boys (Keds and PF Flyers) and the only time you wore them at school was for "gym" When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up. when nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there. When nobody owned a purebread dog. When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter was a huge bonus. When a popsicle, fudgesicle or Klondike bar was enough to make your day....you'd hear that disticnt bell ringing, run in the house after your dad for a few cents to buy one and gather around the cart with all the other kids. You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny. When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school if then. Saddle shoes. When all of your male teachers wore neck ties and female teachers had their hair done every day. When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked and gas pumped without asking, for free everytime. And you didn't pay for air and you got trading stamps to boot!

DRIVE IN THEATRES............. Richard M. Hollingshead, of Camden, the father of the drive-in, had begun experimenting showing movies with a 16mm projector in his driveway. He could view it while sitting in his car provided no other car blocked his way. So he devised an inclined ramp where the front end of the car was tilted upward, allowing clear vision over the car in front. He patented the ramp and opened the world's first drive-in, a 400-car theater with eight rows and a 30- by 40-foot screen.Intermission...let's all go blow the family budget on popcorn, pepsi and 'dogs'! One New York theater complained that movie-goers often unintentionally drove away with the speakers still attached to the cars. Absent minded drive-in patrons who drove away with the in-car speakers still hanging on their windows received a healthy jolt to remind them of their mistake. The cable attached to the speakers could withstand a 300- or 400 pound tug before letting the speaker go. Parents complained that children living near drive-ins could see objectionable movies from their bedroom windows. This wasn't a problem for a jail warden in St. Louis, who had a perfect view of a local drive-in screen from his bedroom window -- the theater owners graciously installed a speaker in his room. Prisoners who also had a clear view of the screen got no such service. "The popularity of drive-ins soared into the 1950s. A Saturday Evening Post article reported that movie attendance was down everywhere, except in the drive-ins. Traditional theater owners despised the drive-ins, but car owners loved them. "You can eat your dinner, get your car washed and see a movie all at once," the Post article said. Called "passion pits'" by some, "There are 2,200 of them in the U.S.A. now, and they're really making money," the Post went on. The Post told of a small drive-in set up in a cow pasture near Salt Lake City and received a complaint from a woman who was watching the movie when a cow stuck his head in the window and licked her. In a Michigan drive-in ,a little girl got lost trying to find her way back to the family car. The father was summoned over the public address system and the two headed back to the car hand- in-hand. Shortly afterward they were back at the booth. The father had become lost, too! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember the intermission scene with parading hot dogs, soda pop, popcorn, chocolate bars and other goodies? Did you ever get lost trying to find your car on the way back from the concession stand?!

I got thinking about some of the threads that were written in regards to the past and they had me going way back in my mind about some of the great times I had growing up, I had a great chidhood and lots of fond memories, so I wanted to share some of the things I remember or you all might remember that could of been a highlight in your life. When I look back on some of this stuff, I still get excited over it!! Cowgirl

Now if I could just get "Peaceful Easy Feeling " to play along with it, I'd be all set!! Cowgirl

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Thankyou my Sweetheart!!!

Dang, I had a beautiful picture I wanted you all to see but it's way too big to post! It was one of those real peaceful pictures that just pulls you in...... as if you were right there! Cowgirl

I have a long gravel driveway that is lined on either side with 20 foot hedges" (guess I could call them trees now) and the driveway leads up to a 123 year old carriage house that you could park 2 vehicles in, if you turn right going up the driveway it'll take you to the back of the house where there is a large parking pad surrounded by more humongus hedges!! Cowgirl The trees and hedges have grown so big that when you go up the driveway the trees on either side form an arch at one point, in the spring summer and fall, it's very pretty but once the snow hits it's a bugger to shovel or snowblow!!

Galen, as I said to Sudo, the first part is just for fun. when I checked the other part out on the net it seems that there is a big debate whether this left brain/right brain is all a myth or not. Cowgirl

Sudo, I knew the first part was just in fun, but it got me interested in reading up on a little bit about the right and left side of the brain. Cowgirl

The Right Side When a person is Right Brain Dominant, they are thought of as the dreamers, the artists, and teh musicians of the world. Just because they are not as good with numbers and remembering facts does not mean that they are "dumber" than a left brain person. They just have their strength in different areas. They do have similar characteristics and they tend to hold similar occupations. Above are just a few things associated with the right cerebral hemisphere of the brain. People who are right brain dominant are usually good with these things. Here is some more characteristics of a right-brained person. Prefer rock music Right brain controls left side of body Prefer visual instructions with examples Good at sports Good at art Follow Eastern thought* Cat lovers Enjoy clowning around Can be hypnotized Like to read fantasy and mystery stories Can listen to music or TV while studying Like to write fiction Prefer group Fun to dream about things that will probably never happen Enjoy making up own drawings and images Good at geometry Like organizing things to show relation Can memorize music Occasionally absentminded Like to act out stories Enjoy interacting affectively with others Think better when lying down Become restless during long verbal explanations Enjoy creative storytelling Prefer to learn through free exploration Good at recalling spatial imagery Read for main details Skilled in showing relationships between ideas Preference for summarizing over outlining Solve problems intuitively Very Spontaneous and unpredictable Dreamer Philisphical *Eastern and Western thought: A doctor in an a country like China would first ask a person how they are doing and what else is going on in their life before they give them medicine. A doctor in North America would just ask them what their symptons were and then give them medicine. Below is a list of occupations held by USUALLY held by a right-brained person. (There are always exceptions.) Forest ranger Wildlife manager Beautician Politician Athlete Artist Craftsman Actor/Actress

The Left Side When a person devolpes a dominance toward one side of their brain, they tend to have certain characteristics and areas of intest in common. The left side of the brain is often thought of as the logical, thinking side. Also, people of left brain dominance tend to choose similar occupations. Above are just some things associated with the left cerebal hemisphere of the brain. People who are left brain dominant are usually good with these things. Below is a list of things that left brained people are good at or they like and things that are done in the left brain. Prefer Classical Music Your Left-Brain controls the right side of your body Prefer things like instructions to be done verbally Good at math Like to read Follow Western Thought* Very Logical Dog lovers Don't enjoy clowning around Can't be hypnotized Usually remember things only specifically studied Need total quiet to read or study Like to read realistic stories Like to write non-fiction Prefer individual counseling Enjoy copying or tracing pictures and filling in details Also like to read action stories Usually rational Usually do things in a planned orderly way If you have to answer someone's question, you won't let your peronal feelings get in the way Good at algebra Can remember verbal material Almost never absent minded Like to tell stories but not act them out Can think better sitting down Like to be a music critic Attentive during long verbal explanations Prefer well structured assignments over open ended ones Read for specific details and facts Skilled at sequencing ideas Likes to be Organized *Eastern and Western thought: A doctor in an a country like China would first ask a person how they are doing and what else is going on in their life before they give them medicine. A doctor in North America would just ask them what their symptons were and then give them medicine. Here are some occupations that are USUALLY fufilled by a left-brained person. (There are always exceptions) Lab scientist Banker Judge Lawyer Mathematician Bacteriologist Librarian Skating judge, skiing judge, etc.,

I was just reading up on the Left Brain/Right Brain, some interesting stuff....... Have you ever wondered which portion of your brain is the dominant one? The Brain has two distinct sides, each responsible for different things.

Find the Man's head within 3 seconds and you're a genius. READ THIS FIRST ! According to medical experiments: If you can find the man's head within 3 seconds, your right brain is more developed than normal people. If you can find the Man's head within 1 minute your right brain is developed normally. If you can find the Man's head within 1-3 minutes, your right brain is slow in reacting, you should eat more meat protein. If you can find the Man's head in 3 minutes or more, your right brain is a disaster...extremely slow in reacting, the only suggestion is please watch more cartoons to help normally develop your right brain. You'll find the picture below: