http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/16/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood If the internet were picking teams for a blog battle, I'd be picked last. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:57:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/16/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood/comment-page-1#comment-2355 dinane Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:13:55 +0000 http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/16/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood#comment-2355 Yikes. Zippers don't have that kind of reaction from me! I'm sure there is some other word that would evoke such strong memories, but I've probably repressed it. Yikes. Zippers don’t have that kind of reaction from me! I’m sure there is some other word that would evoke such strong memories, but I’ve probably repressed it.

]]> http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/16/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood/comment-page-1#comment-2354 Laura Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:43:50 +0000 http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/16/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood#comment-2354 to be fair, it was the "zip front" that triggered it and nothing to do with sweaters. zippered anything were hazardous. i remember once leaving the fishers island ferry, my little sister threw a hissy fit because my dad was helping her get her coat on and not my mom who was busy with the other three kids. amy was flailing around, cars are pulling out all around us, and my dad just wanted to get us in the car and off the ferry before people yelled at us... and zip! five minutes later the pain hit amy's brain through the initial shock and she cried for the next hour. this is what i think of when i think "zipper." a psychiatrist would have so much fun with me and word association. to be fair, it was the “zip front” that triggered it and nothing to do with sweaters. zippered anything were hazardous. i remember once leaving the fishers island ferry, my little sister threw a hissy fit because my dad was helping her get her coat on and not my mom who was busy with the other three kids. amy was flailing around, cars are pulling out all around us, and my dad just wanted to get us in the car and off the ferry before people yelled at us… and zip! five minutes later the pain hit amy’s brain through the initial shock and she cried for the next hour. this is what i think of when i think “zipper.” a psychiatrist would have so much fun with me and word association.

]]> http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/16/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood/comment-page-1#comment-2353 dinane Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:33:15 +0000 http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/16/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood#comment-2353 Oh man! I remember getting my chin stuck in zippers! But I never had a zip-front sweater before. As I recall, it was the footed jammies that caused my chin skin pain. Oh man! I remember getting my chin stuck in zippers! But I never had a zip-front sweater before. As I recall, it was the footed jammies that caused my chin skin pain.

]]> http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/16/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood/comment-page-1#comment-2340 Laura Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:06:27 +0000 http://www.dinane.net/2006/10/16/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood#comment-2340 see, my childhood was twisted. when you said this: <i>But my deep childhood memories can only associate a zip-front sweater with one thing.</i> i thought this: "chin skin stuck in the zipper!" poor mr. rogers didn't even cross my mind. but your childhood memory is ever so much HEALTHIER than mine... see, my childhood was twisted. when you said this:
But my deep childhood memories can only associate a zip-front sweater with one thing.
i thought this:
“chin skin stuck in the zipper!”
poor mr. rogers didn’t even cross my mind. but your childhood memory is ever so much HEALTHIER than mine…

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