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    Did your favorite activity as a child continue to interest you in adult life?

    Some folk evolve their thinking as a child into a carrier or life style. Playing with make-up and later joining the screen actors guild? Fishing and becoming catch and release preacher? Playing in the mud and later became a potter. Time to turn the clockworks of your life back and see what influenced you.

    +17  Views: 1736 Answers: 26 Posted: 13 years ago
    eggplant

    Please tell me why your teeth are yellow?
    robertgrist

    I have an orange peal in my mouth with lines drawn on it to look like teeth.
    robertgrist

    I do have teeth but I like the comedy of it , perhaps I could do other patterns and colors respecting the season. I think that would be fun. Then too there is the 4th of July coming up.
    country bumpkin

    Moderator
    Eggplant: Orange you glad you asked?
    mycatsmom

    C B, T U. LOL
    itsmee

    cb ... Ha. Ha.

    26 Answers

    I used to make most of my own toys so much so that after I was six I never got one.


    I continue to design and even make myself some (kind of) toys - actual products - furniture - as part of my proffession and for my wife(! :)) as well as simple toys for my grand children...

    robertgrist

    I like to make to make toys too. I made a flying disk from an old record album when I was a kid . My dad saw me playing with it and called Mr Frisby (his name) to come over and sold it to him that day. I got nothing for that too. But it was nice to see all the things like that come into the stores as new products.
    Enjoyed riding my bike as a child and became a Harley-Davidson dealer.
    friendindeed

    goldwing dealer would be better as you know...lol
    Headless Man

    Probably would have made more ripping off all the dumb goldwing riders but Harleys were more fun......lol
    I still enjoy my naps!!! And, two hour feedings!!!
    itsmee

    Monkey you are funny. Wish you were here!
    Loved cars as a kid, and know I try to blow them up every weekend.
    Music! As far back as I can remember I had a musical instrument in my hands, even if it was mom's pots and pans. Music is still with me today..
    mycatsmom

    ditto,Vinny. Let's jam
    Vinny

    Sure MCM-- But only if you are a better musician than I am. :)
    volleyball and tetherball
    robertgrist

    So your passion is sharing with others. LoL
    IamPamela313

    Sharing is one of my passions :-)
    I always loved horses as a child. When i left school i joined the Household Cavalry Regiment (Blues & Royals) and done Royal mounted escorts & Changing of the Guard in London for 10 Years. Now a Farrier & still with horses putting their shoes on. All because of my childhood fasination with horses! Would not change a thing.
    PEOPLELOVER

    Horses are one of the greatest creatures after dogs. To have a horse nuzzle you is something most people never get to enjoy. Love them.

    Will be in London in October for a month you have any up close and personal contact at the Blues and Royals to pass on to me. I am a Aussie.
    Maz

    When you go to London go to Whitehall, a walk up the Mall from Buckingham Palace and you will come to Horseguards Parade where the Changing of the Queens Lifeguard takes place every weekday. Wilst you are there please call into the Household Cavalry Museum. All of our history from 1661 to present day, with all uniforms etc.. are on display. The museum is run by members & ex members of the Regiment. It is a new Museum and backs on to the stables and you will see the lads going about their stable duties. You & ALL of the family really will enjoy! The main Barracks are in Knightsbridge but secuity is very tight & acsess will not be allowed, however it is worth a visit to see backed on to Hyde Park and the horses comming in & out of barracks being exercised in Hyde Park . It really is good. Keep in touch! Click on URL for more info. http://www.householdcavalrymuseum.co.uk/

    playing the drums.. even to this day i dont miss a beat, ill bang on pots and pans .. till the wife comes home


    girl watching

    monkey11

    I tried to give you a TU... don't know if it came through!
    daren1

    louder than a base drum

    Book's as a kid I read as many as I could check out of the library on many subject's I have lost the ability to read the printed word so I listen to book's from the library for the blind and handicapped I like learning new things ""

    itsmee

    I LOVE LEARNING NEW THINGS. MY EYESIGHT IS FAILING. I HAVE CATARACTS COMING ON BUT THEY ARE NOT READY TO BE REMOVED. I LOVE TO LISTEN TO BOOKS WHEN I PAINT OR DRAW. I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU FOR AWHILE. COME BACK!
    itsmee

    Please Moderator, Could you delta my double comment? Wow! Thank you!!
    I was interested in art and story writing.
    mycatsmom

    ditto for me, eggy. Let's colaborate
    For the most part yes, Art, Football, Music, Racing. That's funny, I never really though of it that way though...

    I played cards and chess as a child, but don't really do that anymore so, maybe somethings stuck and others didn't.
    Yes, I'd line up my dolls and pretend we were at a play or movie, still love doing that but without the dolls.
    mycatsmom

    Bev, Do you now line up your kids,or your dogs or cats ?

    Well sleeping certainly did, as well as a few others including; painting, music, and going to church. Most of the other things have fallen by the wayside.

    itsmee

    It seems you kept the best ones, leeroy. It's been years, man ...
    Yes...I was a tom boy and still enjoy riding my motor bike and quad, still like fishing and still want to climb trees;)
    leeroy

    I'm speaking for most guys here, we love women who don't mind getting a little muddy... lol.
    mycatsmom

    mom, I was a tom boy too. I loved to climb trees with the best of them. I loved to fish, till I became an animal rights activist. I still ride an '83 Moped . Want a Vespa-type motor scooter.
    I'd look REALLY strange walking down the street with a hula hoop going at my age now! lol....Expert, you really made my day....LMAO!
    itsmee

    Oh, I soooo miss her.
    mycatsmom

    loved hula hooping and roller skating.
    itsmee

    You could Hula Hoop ...
    Or you could Roller Skate ..
    You'd look fine
    Just don't do both at the same time!!
    Yes, drawing/sketching. I still do.
    itsmee

    You tube has good lessons ... if you need them. I did a Rose, a Lion, and a Tiger. The tiger looked all soft face like my grand daughter. The rose was a total mess. ... the lion wasn't bad. Try it, maybe?
    Colleen

    Moderator
    I do portraits only. It's what I like best ;)
    itsmee

    Don't bother with you tube. YOU don't need it. : ) Portraits! Color?
    Colleen

    Moderator
    Pencil. Here's one to give you an idea of what I do.
    ""
    itsmee

    You're a real artist. I am impressed. Really.It's an unusual piece. I'm trying to figure out if it has some meaning that I'm not quite getting. Do you sell the pieces. You could if you could make your name.
    Colleen

    Moderator
    It's not that unusual. It' a picture of Melissa in a crouched position holding her guitar straight up with one hand and strumming it with the other. No, I do not sell my work. I'm not good enough for that.
    itsmee

    Ohhh ...Of course, Etheridge! Send her a copy. At the very least, you'd get an autograph to frame and hang. I've got my art on all my walls. Love it! In the beginning, I gave four pieces away as gift and as it turned out I gave my best pieces away. Dang! They were highly decorated wooden teapots. (They wouldn't hold tea) Michael's used to sell them -- alas, no more.
    I paint mirror frames, chairs for children to sit on, pen and ink for framing, big dotted acrylics, two Matisse-like framed pieces of a girl with a guitar and another girl holding the chord book for her. The other one is a girl wearing a bright colored skirt holding a gift.

    Colleen

    Moderator
    I use to have all my art hanging but it got old after a while so it's all put away now. I'll leave the painting to you. I hate working with paints.
    itsmee

    This might be the perfect time for you to start?
    Maybe put Melissa on your wall?
    I've been listening to her ALL day ~ it's been awhile.
    and ...

    Nope. Mine was paper dolls and roller skating.

    mycatsmom

    loved paper dolls, tea parties, ,and roller skating .

    Very much. I always enjoyed drumming as a kid and still actively play/learn/perform. It's a HUGE part of life.

    Well as achild I was a bit of a tom boy I was in a gang and we got up to all sorts but if it was raining I would go to my camp and paint never stayed in the house unless I was grounded and that was rare as I was only ever told once and you did do as your told or else!

    I liked working with animals, and went to college for agriculture, had a career of teaching it for 35 yrs. of Animal Science.  Would love to own a gentleman's farm with some animals in my retirement.

    Ducky

    Moderator
    Ah, but are you a gentleman? Just checking. :)
    bustieone

    Sometimes no, but most of the time yes.. I try!
    country bumpkin

    Moderator

    I want to milk the cows?
    bustieone

    We have a dairy herd at the school. It is a mixture of registered Holstein, Jersey, Ayrshire, Guernsey, Linebacker, and Brown Swiss. They unfortunately do not get milked by the students in class, as the time of milkings doesn't coincide with the school day.
    mycatsmom

    bustie, Hope you went to Michigan State U. They have the finest agricultural program. I always wanted a farm too with animals on it. My mom used to say I should marry a farmer. Are you single ? Ha ha
    bustieone

    No, I went to URI, and the state is not actually much of an agricultural state, it is very densely populated for such a small state. I went for Pre-Vet-Med and was led away from that with my lack of skill for organic chemistry! I actually got into education after graduation, through a job search with the local unemployment office. They said "do you think that you could teach high school"? My answer, I grew up in a large family, and can handle high schoolers. I hung with a group of 10 in college, 9 were studying to be ag teachers, 1 wasn't (me). Only one retired from it (me)!

    I was always building something as a kid.We had a very large bamboo stand in our back paddock.Great for building cubby houses,forts etc.Soap box racers were another specialty of mine.I must have made 50 of them.

    mycatsmom

    Tommy, sounds like an ideal situation for a boy.

    Yes, robertgrist, but I am not saying what I was and am interested in.

    Didn't anybody like to play school or house ? That's always a fave. And where are all the players of  Lincoln Logs, and Mr. Potato Head.? What about blocks and toy trains ?

    When I was in kindergarten, we played "doctor and nurse", <removed by moderator> 

    Colleen

    Moderator
    Adult content is not acceptable on akaQA.
    itsmee

    Happened to me, Clonge. : (
    mycatsmom

    lots of kids do that.

    yah!!i loved to go to parks ,game centers,pool houses ,visit different place,painting ,singing,,,etc & i think i m same kind a person now ,n

    mycatsmom

    you're still young,praasna.

    I loved doll houses. Every Christmas I got a new one cuz I could wear one out in a year. I had all kinds of houses - all kinds of dolls. I had tiny baby dolls who slept in cribs with tiny blankets and wee pillows. I played by the fireplace while the big people sat around and talked. Such peace and happiness there in the living room with the Ivy wallpaper.   I grew up, got married and had two children.   Surprise! : )    This memory is one of my first. I was very young - under four.

    robertgrist

    You are a beautiful Love too.
    itsmee

    : ) (((Robert)))


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