Grandma's Briefs - Comments

Heather comments on Blowin' the game

Heather — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:54:36 +0000

I didn't get it, and I did have a Nintendo as a kid. We only had three or four games and I played the hell out of them, but I don't remember having to blow on them to make them work. I think this facebook group is a sham. ... Or I could just be forgetful.

Gina comments on Blowin' the game

Gina — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:22:32 +0000

I didn't get it either and I don't think of myself as that old ... but I also never had a Nintendo.

I played a little too much Donkey Kong on ColecoVision. And Smurf Adventure.

Debbie E. comments on Blowin' the game

Debbie E. — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:59:16 +0000

I remember as a kid growing up playing alot of board games with my family. I come from a big family and we did not have alot of money back then. My favorites were The Game of Life and Monopoly. I also remember being outside alot....riding bikes all day long!

Annette comments on Blowin' the game

Annette — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:54:56 +0000

I remember my kids doing the blowing thing but I never did!!! When I was a kid I loved playing jacks. I tried so hard to get my daughter interested in it but she never saw the fun in it! Maybe i can teach Shylee. Do even still make jacks?!

Dale Annie comments on T minus six days

Dale Annie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:34:01 +0000

It isn't going up the stairs, it's that coming down--and I don't know about you, but I'm not as limber at following toddlers around as I used to be.. Gates for me, if I had stairs!

Worst accident wasn't too bad though it could have been. My then 3 year old now 41 year old got his head stuck in the bannister on the stairs at my mother's .. we had to call the rescue squad to get him out.. I guess it's like delivery, once the head goes through, it doesn't go back so easy!

He was crying and scared.. and if he'd been higher up and slipped with his head in there, it could have been real bad..

Ann comments on Blowin' the game

Ann — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:11:45 +0000

Games like that weren't even invented when I was a kid and I used to wonder at my younger kids when they had to hang out at the 7-11 store playing PacMan.

Amber comments on Blowin' the game

Amber — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:49:18 +0000

I didn't know what you were talking about either until you described it. Mitch was always the big Nintendo player and I do vaguely remember him doing that. But I'm pretty sure I never did it myself. And I think you should start your own dash-shaped paddle facebook group. You KNOW there would be lots of interest in that one.

I was never a big video game player either. But we did have an Atari and I do remember playing Frogger quite a bit.

Pam comments on Blowin' the game

Pam — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:04:22 +0000

When I was a kid we had dirt clod fights in the vacant lot ... while riding our mastodons, of course. And we played Yahtzee like crazy. But no video games for me and my brothers. :( We were the first on our block to get cable, though. Yeah, I'm old.

Tracey of These Nine Acres comments on Blowin' the game

Tracey of These Nine Acres — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:29:17 +0000

Hehe. Yes, I remember blowing on the games. Now I find myself blowing on my camera equipment. It must be a hazard from growing up in that era. ;0)

Kate comments on Blowin' the game

Kate — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:20:51 +0000

I do remember blowing on video games, but only at sleepovers at other people's houses, because my mom didn't want us having video games. We did have computer games (come on, really, what the difference?), and I LOVED the King's Quest series. They were adventure puzzle games like Zelda and such.