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Hello there, At school,…

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Hello there, At school, there is an alternative sports assembly , and a bunch of my friends and I are starting a wall ball team for our school. I know it sounds kind of corny but it would be a lot of fun. The only problem that we are facing is all of us have different little fragments about how to play the game but not the whole rules. So if anyone could help me out here that would be great. The only thing I know is that Wall ball is played with a hollow rubber ball and is bounced against the wall with different tecniques until one of the two players breaks the bouncing rythm. So if you could e-mail me, I would greatly appreciate it. My address is

Go-Go boots – Mary Burns…

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Go-Go boots – Mary Burns had a pair in the first grade – 1963. She was the only girl in my class with those cool boots and I wanted a pair desperately but never got them. Hers were earlier than the shiny, stretchy white or black versions. They were mid-calf, white leather with a leather stack heel. How is that after almost 40 years, I still remember sitting in the class circle admiring her boots? Now I did get the Red Ball Jets… the white Keds-like shoes with the Red Ball on the back. Yep – had fishnets and windowpane stockings. How’d we keep our toes from going through those?

My husband and I have been…

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My husband and I have been discussing how kids don’t play together like we did in the 60’s. In those days without the mobility of two-car families, we played daily in small groups doing jump rope, 4-square, tether ball, Red Rover etc. I remembered a game we girls played with elastic called “Ching Chang”. The spelling might not be correct but it sounds like it was really what others refer to as Chinese Jump Rope with the elastic around two peoples legs and the third doing the jumping. I found this website in search of the words and moves. I remember saying “Ching Chang One… Ching Chang Two…” Does this name ring a bell for anyone? It was fun reminiscing…

I’m SERIOUS about the rules….

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I’m SERIOUS about the rules. When I was a lad we had things like “STRINGS” and “WINDMILLS” which gave extra goes. I’m trying to find definitive rules for my nephew but without success so far. I am appalled at the lack of information, rules etc. is this a free for all? And what about drug-abuse?