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Why would you need an xbox-360 when you can have a Chubby Checker Limbo Party game? This is a no-brainer. Leave it to WHAM-O, one of the most innovative companies there ever was.
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If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
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Jockeying for Position: How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
Just as underclothes are shielded from public view, the evolution of men's most intimate apparel is shrouded in secrecy. But the story of men's underwear is about more …
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Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. Some feature …
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In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
While researching her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," Maureen Stanton came across all sorts of characters. For years, she shadowed her antiques-dealer friend …
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Bizarro Beauty Products, from 1889 to Now
We tend to think of the union of vanity and technology as a particularly modern affliction. It's only recently that science brought the world botox and collagen injections, skin peels, liposucti…
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Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popula…
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Pin-Up Queens: Three Female Artists Who Shaped the American Dream Girl
It’s easy to think of pin-up art as a charming relic of the old boys’ club—images that might line the walls of a …
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Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
It’s not unusual for men of a certain age to have a soft spot in their hearts for the look of vintage guitars and the sound…
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Tokens for Sweethearts, in Times of War
A keepsake, an item that recognizes a loved one, strikes a deep, sentimental chord in each of us—particularly that of a sweetheart. The popularity of keepsakes grew in the United States during the period from 1917 to 1919 as our country ent…
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American Picker Dream, Part I: Mike Wolfe On His Love Affair With Bikes
I was walking to school one day and saw all these bikes in the garbage. I was just amazed because I didn't have one and I found it incredible that anyone was throwing them out. So I gathered…
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Boy do I remember doing that but was never to good at . But I sure loved to do the "Twist " ! Great memories pack :-) Love
You are welcome Manikin. Those were fun times. Remember "Mashed Potato Time" with Dee Dee Sharp? Just in case you forgot:
"Mashed Potato Time,
It's the latest, it's the greatest,
Mashed Patato, ya, ya ,ya,
A Mashed Potato started long time ago,
With a guy named Sloppy Joe,
You'll find this dance is so cool to do,
Come on baby, gonna teach it to you.
Mashed Potato, feel it in your feet now,
Mashed Potato, come on get the beat now."
What fun that was.
And then they dance it through and through,
They look for records they can do it to,
They got a dance was outta sight"
I sure do I just played it the other day and yes I danced to it in front room . I made it through I doubt I could do it twice in a day . I still dance when I can and that is one that gets me moving . Love the oldies !
thank you Manikin & BELLIN68
thank you lisa
Thank you very much ignatz
Thank you very much trunkman & vanskyock24