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Thread #116532   Message #2503758
Posted By: Ebbie
28-Nov-08 - 03:42 PM
Thread Name: The Way Things Were
Subject: RE: The Way Things Were
"...hand-powered screw-drivers." Amos

Remember the 'yankee driver'? A few years back I picked up one at a yard sale in memory of my dad.

Remember flutes made of springtime willow branches and the taste of the fresh sap?

Speaking of sap, the oozed amber from cherry trees. The only chewing gum we had, most of the time.

"Does anyone remember clackers? Two heavy plastic balls suspended from string and ring. You were supposed to swing them in a way that made them clack together above and below your hand. They banned them in the schools and with good reason. You could knock your teeth or a nearby kid out." LtS

Liz, made from sealskin and stuffed with grasses, in Alaska those are called 'Eskimo yoyos'.