Happy Birthday, Elizabeth! You certainly didn't miss out not becoming a secretary. I remember those typewriters - another one of those toys which looked promising and disappointed in the end. Actually, the one skill I do appreciate from being a secretary is the ability to touch type. I think I got up to 45wpm on a manual typewriter.
My best Christmas toy would have to be my Hornby electric train set, followed closely by the Scalectrix which came the year after. I can still hear and smell the train going round the track on the dining room table with a rug underneath it to protect the table. The boy next door was so impressed. Yes, I was part tomboy, mainly because we lived in the country and the only person I played with was the boy next door! I did have dolls, prams, etc, but I was much happier playing cowboys and indians outside or jumping off the henhouse roof. My sister told me recently that she asked for a train set when she was younger (she's 5 years older than I am), never got it and she was most peeved when I got one when I asked for it. Obviously Santa was a bit flusher by the time I got to that age!
Had lego (I think Sue still has it) and loved Fuzzy Felt too, Tom. Think I only had the farm. Etch-a-Sketch was another one of those toys which I loved, but it broke after a short time too and only one knob would work - not much good when you're trying to draw something. Always thought those Choppers looked dangerous, Bill!
Off to do my Christmas Eve jobs, now - clean the pool to start with. Hubby just phoned me for the 4th time. He's out doing battle at the shops. Started at 5am, did one lot, home and back out to the major shopping centre, where he reckoned people were doing huge shops. Nearly home - he's at the fruit and veg market up the road which will be hotching as well. It's 9.15am here. Nice and cool and cloudy, which is good. It's only 18C outside.
