tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post6581882879738275532..comments2024-03-23T17:49:56.783-07:00Comments on oldfoolrn: The Untold Story of Cherry Ames' NightmaresOldfoolrnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-8371977517370381542020-09-23T18:46:17.441-07:002020-09-23T18:46:17.441-07:00I knew that I wanted to be a nurse in 3rd grade af...I knew that I wanted to be a nurse in 3rd grade after witnessing a friend of my Dad's die of a heart attack in a Piggly Wiggly parking lot. Cherry Ames books were one of my secret reads as a young boy. I had the good sense to disguise Cherry's missives in Hardy Boys book covers as a disguise. Boys absolutely were not supposed to to read stuff like that. I had a crush on her as a young teen. I think it was something about those eyes.<br /><br />I started reading Cherry Ames books as a young personOldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-89763292052794874032020-09-23T15:09:05.919-07:002020-09-23T15:09:05.919-07:00Well, and I mean, this...
https://www.goodreads.co...Well, and I mean, this...<br />https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/439472.Ghost_of_the_Hardy_Boys<br /><br />I have doubts that Cherry ever emptied a bedpan, administered Kayexalate enemas, loaded needle drivers two at a time, or had the local gang member watch out for her when she walked to work late at night. Still, she never stopped smiling, and you know, the hair.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762411508019700960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-13546371428967940802020-09-23T15:01:58.583-07:002020-09-23T15:01:58.583-07:00OFRN, there is no doubt in my mind that Cherry has...OFRN, there is no doubt in my mind that Cherry has a checkered past, and most likely never even sat for boards. She quite obviously has never endured the assault to aesthetics that chewing one’s fingernails to the quick entails, while casually glancing out the window to see if the mailman had delivered BON verdict.<br />The indignity of knowing one’s future depended upon the dependability of a number 2 pencil and the ability to concentrate on arcane questions after having your dignity handed to you every other day in clinicals, was not a burden she bore.<br />I like her hair though.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762411508019700960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-45660191507482338552016-04-23T08:17:39.029-07:002016-04-23T08:17:39.029-07:00I've never worked OR, but I got chills and shu...I've never worked OR, but I got chills and shudders at the "Lactulose enemas" for old drunks...<br />UGH!!!bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353836074794786357noreply@blogger.com