My landlord just informed me I'll be getting a new neighbor in two months. Two months? That is like forever in little kid time and that is how I always feel about a new kid, like I'm eight years old. Oh boy! Somebody to play with! I wonder if they'll like the things I like?
My enthusiasm defies all logic. While reality has been known on occasion to match my expectations, it has been the exception, not the rule. And still... Oh boy! A new kid to play with!
So what make you fell like a kid again?
Nothing animal, however most mineral does, like gold jewelry, necklaces with broke clasps, silver locket x photo unworn, in fact all my little box of stuff with teen memories does this.
A big plate of spaghetti and meatballs.
Riding my "Batmobile Junior"
and, of course, playing banjo and singing silly kid songs.
old mattresses
dirt
copper
and ring worm
Another motorcycle ride does it for me.
Not sure that i really ever grew up..
Totaly...
I'm just the opposite. When I get new neighbors, I am happy meeting and greeting, but definitely watchful to see what kind of neighbors they're going to be: quiet, noisy, nosy, friendly, hostile.
Edited by - Texasbanjo on 08/04/2024 04:36:34
listening to the oldies channel,, and hot dogs and FF,, going to cruise ins with the old muscle cars. that does it for me
Breaking out my 40 year old matchbox trucks, that I haven’t played with in 30+ years…and playing with them with my 2 year old son.
My 7 year old daughter was never “into” them…but my little boy loves them.
It really makes me genuinely happy.
Skateboarding makes me fell like a kid...errr, fall like a kid.
In all seriousness, it is something I have loved to do ever since I was in grade school. I can't do 95% of what I used to be able to but it's still just as enjoyable.
... precious little.
Your statement reminds me of a young man I use to work with. He asked the boss for 2 days off. He then explained that his wife is having a baby. The boss said O.K. . 3 days later the lad returned to work. The boss asked if the baby had been delivered. The lad said .." No". The boss said " how long do they predict?" The lad says..... "9 months".
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Originally posted by mander
>So what make you fell like a kid again?<
Spontaneity, exploring, trying things out, improvising, learning, and having fun doing that with friends.
Last evening a friend and I spent a few hours outside in his garden in the dark with a propane torch, anvil, hammer, drill, files, improvised pins, silver solder and a long strip of brass. By midnight we had made an accurately fitted tension hoop for a vintage banjo and we had big smiles on our faces.
Was I let loose with a propane torch when I was 7-years old? No, of course not. The connection is that my friend and I had been looking forward all day to doing this together. The time of day (or night) didn't matter. Other people's opinions didn't matter. Nothing else mattered; we were totally absorbed in what we were doing and we figured out how to do it.
The same friend and I are putting together all the tools and equipment we need to start smelting metal. He's constructed a furnace from an old brake drum and a metal stand. I helped him move a huge blacksmith's anvil that he found. I've been scavenging copper and tin for us to use. We're going to make stuff out of stuff.
Nurturing that child-like part of us that thrives on spontaneity, play and friendship makes us curious, interested, happier adults.
Edited by - Pomeroy on 08/06/2024 07:30:55
When a new girl moves in. 
Buying a toy
Edited by - heavy5 on 08/06/2024 14:08:56
Reading Aircraft Carrier, J. Bryan III's account of life aboard the carrier USS Yorktown (the second one), as the Pacific fleet moved closer to Japan. I bought the book when I was twelve, and it's still one of the best reads in my library. Written by a writer, it goes from the trivial, to the tense, to the humourous, to the deadly serious, and all things in between.
I worked with kids all my working life, so some kid stuff had to rub off - one way or the other.
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dirt
copper
and ring worm
Yike! Don't want to go there!
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