# Revisiting childhood memories courtesy of the internet.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-childhood-memories-courtesy-of-the-internet/411732>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 14, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-childhood-memories-courtesy-of-the-internet/411732 "2007-07-14T04:57:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-childhood-memories-courtesy-of-the-internet/411732/21 "2007-07-16T17:26:16Z")

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I wanted a copy of the children’s book _Saturday Magic_ for years! I finally spotted one on the internet. That’s the good news. The bad news is that they want $500 for it. ☹

It is neat to know that all of those tacky vases that I inherited from relatives are really surprisingly valuable.

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**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-childhood-memories-courtesy-of-the-internet/411732/22 "2007-07-16T18:00:39Z")

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When I was a wee tot, my very favorite book was _The elephant who liked to smash small cars_. I checked it out of the library constantly. It went out of print the year I was born, so when I grew up and wanted to find it, it was no longer in any library collection I could get to, and copies on alibris were about $200. Luckily for me, one eventually popped up on abebooks for $40, and now my children know the joy of singing along with the elephant:

_Smashing cars! Smashing cars! How I love to smash small cars!"_

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**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-childhood-memories-courtesy-of-the-internet/411732/23 "2007-07-16T21:50:27Z")

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[QUOTE=yola]  
I’m looking for “Shaky Flat Blues” by the Pointer Sisters. Its off the same album as “Fairytale” and “Salt Peanuts” which I can find on the internet. But so far no “Shaky Flat Blues”.

My sisters and I still remember all the words and need to find it.  
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[Here](http://www1.gemm.com/c/search.pl?field=ARTIST+OR+TITLE&wild=Shaky+Flat+Blues&Go%21.x=19&Go%21.y=21&Go%21=Search) ya go!! 🙂

It’s on vinyl, but it’s available.

(we end up buying music through this site when we can’t find what we want at conventional music outlets)

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**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-childhood-memories-courtesy-of-the-internet/411732/24 "2007-07-16T22:03:19Z")

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[QUOTE=LVgeogeek]  
It’s on vinyl, but it’s available.  
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I could have sworn I pasted a link to a CD copy in this very thread, in post #5. I don’t know how you missed it.

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**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-childhood-memories-courtesy-of-the-internet/411732/25 "2007-07-16T22:06:53Z")

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[QUOTE=fishbicycle]  
I could have sworn I pasted a link to a CD copy in this very thread, in post #5. I don’t know how you missed it.  
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:o oops… How did I miss that?? I guess that is what happens when I am trying to work, read and post 🙂

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