Nancy by Olivia Jaimes for January 17, 2013

Yes, we did……

Phil and Fritzi need to fill them in on more of the great adventures that we used to have “in the olden days.”

boy i hope they had insurance back then

tie a rope to dad’s bumper and have him pull you around the block!

The good old days before lawyers ruled.

… ‘Olden days’. Oy. And right after my birthday, too.

They still sell those, don’t they?

Back in the olden days—you didn’t get hurt from a tumble! You got back up and did it again!

…or we would use trash can lids…if the handle was missing. Funny how those lid handles managed to dissapear in the winter.

Just started reading this. Boy they sure updated Fritzi from the olden days. She looks like a hot toots now.

Sturdier than their usual cardboard boxes!

I remember those! And toboggans too!

They should wear helmets with chin straps on them.

Actually, the first one we had back in the 50s was fiberglass; the later ones were metal. The Internet is curiously silent on the history of saucer sleds, but I think I remember my father speaking of our first one as a new invention.

Flexible flyer

You can also use one as the dome of a snow cave, if you live far enough north that you can build one in the first place.