What did your mother do for you when you were sick in the 70s? Not that it
only pertains to that decade, but still . . . And it has to do with a day
off, right?
On my way home from work tonight, (early) I stopped @ the store, leaned
heavily on the cart handle, (fever!!) and bought Canada Dry ginger ale,
popsicles, Gatorade, and animal crackers. My mom is in Canada, and my
sweetie is in NY, so I gotta cure myself, and that's what I came up
with--just like Mom used to make! Well, maybe she gave me juice also. :)
~~~~Dawna
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"Daylight's precious when you're a young 'un!"
--Sheriff Andy Taylor
Classic Hollywood Squares:
http://www.geocities.come/screenjockey/classicsquares.html
At night, it meant sleeping in my mom's bed with her dressing gown. I guess
at the time it was purchased (late 60s) it was a cheap thing, made of nylon
I think but its a thick, soft nylon like satin. It was always cool on your
cheek and I liked the light blue colour. It also meant a vapourizer with
Vicks Vapo rub in the reseviour. It also meant Vicks on you. Mom would also
heat clarified goose grease and rub that on your back. And best of all, it
meant LOTS of TV and the knowing that Dad would bring home a treat of some
sort , be it a kinder egg or chalk or new crayons... the kind with the
sharpener on the back.
--
rach
"cheer up, my brother, come live in the sunshine - we'll understand it all
by and by..."
Dawna <da...@dakotacom.net> wrote in message
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> What did your mother do for you when you were sick in the 70s? Not that
it
> only pertains to that decade, but still . . . And it has to do with a day
> off, right?
Hmm...lessee...despite having been a fairly sick child, I don't recall too
much of my treatments. I do recall laying on the couch and watching
tv...Romper Room, Mr. Dressup & the Friendly Giant spring to mind. Sulfa
drug...I remember a lot of that (yummy yellow stuff....(blech)). And I
remember always pulling out the "Golden Treasury of Knowledge" and
re-reading the sections on Spiders, Bats and Iceburgs (they had a paragraph
on the Titanic). I do seem to recall Dad bringing home boxes of chalk for
me quite often, too.
I do have specific memories from the mumps (close friends all came down with
Chicken Pox...so, of course, I get mumps)...drinking milkshakes (hurt to
open my mouth too much), and Mom buying a package of Chicken Bones for me to
eat once I felt better.
Erin ">
Molly
Molly
Claire
"Dawna" <da...@dakotacom.net> wrote in message
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: Dave's thread about his day off, along with my present sickened condition,
Sandy
2-60
Class of 78
--
Crack it open. If it stinks...it's bad. ~~Julia Child-discussing fresh eggs
"Raphael" <raphe...@sprint.ca> wrote in message
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Dawna wrote in message <3b47cfcc$1...@corp.newsgroups.com>...
Heather wrote in message <9ibasu$110$1...@news.warwick.net>...
> Heather wrote in message <9ibasu$110$1...@news.warwick.net>...
> >LOL! What are Chicken Bones...a cracker of some sort???
Chicken bones are a candy...the outer portion is a hard cinammon flavoured
candy and the inside is chocolate. They kinda look like chicken bones...
http://www.bonbons2000.com/pho_chri/Chicken.jpg
Used to love these things...
Hmm...I suppose if I was to say that I ate a donair and my budgie made a
lotta noise, it'd confuse people too <G>
Erin ">
Raphael wrote in message ...
My mother would always make chicken soup as soon as one of us got sick (if
it were in the winter, which it usually was- we rarely got sick in
summer). She really makes the most amazing chicken soup. Sometimes my
grandmother would visit and feed us the soup. Sometimes, we'd get to go
into our parents bedroom and watch tv in there, while propped up in the
big bed. WHen I was ten I got strep and was really sick, and while
watching tv in my parents room I got hooked on soaps- I remember watching
'all my children.' The only thing I could eat was soup and Jello, even
though I hated jello and still do. But it was the only thing I could
swallow. I didn't touch Jello again until just a couple of years ago when
I was in the hospital, and got the post-op special- chicken broth and
jello! I gotta tell ya, it wasn't my mother's chicken soup, that's for
sure. Yech.