ID religious? or fraternal? insignia on a ring

Same here on Vancouver Island, Bev.

 

You call this a GUMBALL ring! This is not an ordinary GUMBALL ring! This is a MAGIC ring!



From the summer day in 1953 (in front of the A&P) when it forced it’s way past the little pink rubber ball and the plastic cowboy right into eight year old Bobby Garner’s hand this bit of plastic has been SO much more………….


It’s the ring Bobby was wearing when he fought alongside Davy Crockett at the Alamo – it’s the ring Bobby was wearing when he and Buck Rogers saved humanity from the Evil Martian King – it’s the ring that allowed Bobby to translate the secret clues of the Wicked Mountain Troll and win the Golden Treasure – it’s the ring that turned a simple tree house into the ship that took Sinbad through six of his Seven Journeys – when Bobby lost at eenie-meeny-miny-mo and had to be the loosing “Indians” when the battle of Little Big Horn was re-fought on Mrs. Clegg’s front lawn, it allowed him to be The Noble Savage with Thunderbird powers and shoot his arrow straight and true into General Custer’s (Marty Thompson’s) heart and vow vengeance before he died at the tip of a saber - it’s the ring he let his little brother Timmy wear for two whole agonizing days when the doctor put him in that cool but scary bridge table tent to cure his whooping cough – and it’s the magic ring Bobby was clutching in the pocket of his slightly out-grown blue serge suit when he asked Sue McDonald if he could sit next to her at Buddy Miller’s ninth birthday party (she said YES!!!)…………………….

A GUMBALL ring? Would a gumball ring rate a place in Bobby’s cigar box treasure chest next to his best two aggies, the Barlow with the broken blade, the stone that looked like a gold nugget, and the Dixie cup top with the photo of Annette? Would a lowly GUMBALL ring stay in the treasure chest for the next 60 years until Bobby’s grandson was cleaning out Granddad’s attic? NO! A magic ring would stay in the treasure chest knowing that even if Bobby’s grandson tossed the treasure chest and ALL of it’s precious contents into the skip, it would some day find it’s way on to the finger of another eight year old who would set off to conquer the world and all of its scary unknowns with faith and imagination…………….



A gumball ring???????????

 

Translates to "youse guys" in old New York..............................

 

Manson,
Thank you so much for your trip back down memory lane. I hate to admit it but it brought a tear to my eye. I lied, the tears are streaming down my cheeks and my cat is looking at me like I lost my mind and forgot his breakfast.
love,
greg

 

Awww, Mansons, what a terrific story!!!!! You are an amazing writer. Who wouldn't want this magic ring ring after reading a story like that??!! Thank you for making my day brighter.
Thanks everyone for all the help.

 

What a lovely thing to wake up to!
Thank you, Mansons.

 

Same in the Midwest - or, most of it anyway, depending on how you define the Midwest area.

 

Me too, Greg (minus the cat.)

 

Mansons, I find myself clicking "Like" on more and more of your posts. ...

 

Mansons, great post. Love ya!

 

Mansons -- I just adore your mind!

 

However, about "guy." It is a proper name; it is a word meaning to tease. It has become, unfortunately, a slang synonym for the Male of the species. And, even beyond that travesty, "guys" is often used to refer to a group of people of both sexes.

At my very academic, all female college, the president of our class began nearly every meeting with, "Hey, you guys!"



I will now go iron my stuffed shirts.

 

Well, rats! The first sentence up there was to thank Mansons! Profusely!