Spinning and Tops (was Auties in Cinema....)

[Guest guest]

I had a metal top as you describe except it had thin

stripes going around it instead of circus animals.

I would look down at it as it spun around to watch the

stripes blur together then I would go into what I

think was an altered state. The whirling sound of the

spinning top was part of the sensation.

On car trips I would look out the window down at the

street blurring below me in a similar way and go into

a similar state only not as deep.

When the car trips took us into the country I would

look directly at passing fields or pastureland until

my focus blurred like the stripes on my top. Again I

would go into another state but not as deeply as when

staring at the top.

Even now when I am a passenger in a car on long trips

I will look out the window and if my height and the

angle of the window are right I will look down at the

street in the city or out at passing fields in the

country to return to that familiar state.

~~Bonnie

> 3. I just bought a singing top on ebay, with a red

> handle

> you push down, and it makes the top twirl 'round.

> Holes in

> the side make it sing. I used to have one when I

> was three,

> but I think I drove my mother nuts with it, and she

> threw it

> away when I wasn't looking. I just thought of it

> the other

> night, and decided to see if I could find one on

> ebay. Only

> $4.95! Very colorful, with circus animals on it.

> Looks like

> the one I lost.

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[Guest guest]

Neat coincidence...

Before I saw anyone on this list talking about metal tops, I dug mine out to

look at it. I collect vintage toys, and it was given to me by sister in law, who

owns an antique store. I was looking at it yesterday and saw this thread today.

It has circus animals and it is from the 50's. I was also looking at them on

ebay, not to buy one but to see how much mine might be worth.

Spinning and Tops (was Auties in Cinema....)

I had a metal top as you describe except it had thin

stripes going around it instead of circus animals.

I would look down at it as it spun around to watch the

stripes blur together then I would go into what I

think was an altered state. The whirling sound of the

spinning top was part of the sensation.

On car trips I would look out the window down at the

street blurring below me in a similar way and go into

a similar state only not as deep.

When the car trips took us into the country I would

look directly at passing fields or pastureland until

my focus blurred like the stripes on my top. Again I

would go into another state but not as deeply as when

staring at the top.

Even now when I am a passenger in a car on long trips

I will look out the window and if my height and the

angle of the window are right I will look down at the

street in the city or out at passing fields in the

country to return to that familiar state.

~~Bonnie

> 3. I just bought a singing top on ebay, with a red

> handle

> you push down, and it makes the top twirl 'round.

> Holes in

> the side make it sing. I used to have one when I

> was three,

> but I think I drove my mother nuts with it, and she

> threw it

> away when I wasn't looking. I just thought of it

> the other

> night, and decided to see if I could find one on

> ebay. Only

> $4.95! Very colorful, with circus animals on it.

> Looks like

> the one I lost.

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