{"id":3433,"date":"2010-05-25T04:04:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T04:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3433"},"modified":"2025-09-29T01:53:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:53:43","slug":"a-day-after-his-birthday-damians-gift-to-me-turns-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3433","title":{"rendered":"A day after his birthday, a Damian gift to me turns up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Actually it turned up in my basement a few days ago. My friend Damian, <a href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/folly\/2010\/05\/damians-birthday-today-and-its-a-big-one.html#tp\">who had a big birthday yesterday<\/a>, gave me this talking doll thing of Ronald Reagan several years ago. I never opened it, and now, as Hope and Change becomes Hype and Who Knows, people are pining for the good ol&#8217; days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134819a2c37970c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134819a2c37970c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134819a2c37970c-500wi-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what the little bubble says &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20133ee690ff5970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20133ee690ff5970b-500wi\" alt=\"IMG_5058\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The likeness of the doll is not so hot, and I don&#8217;t know what it says, but in an&nbsp;unopened box, it&#8217;s probably worth something to collectors. Thanks&nbsp;Damian! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">UPDATE:<\/span><\/strong> Rats! I checked <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/shop.ebay.com\/?_from=R40&amp;_trksid=p3907.m570.l1313&amp;_nkw=ronald+reagan+talking+doll+&amp;_sacat=See-All-Categories\"><em>ebay<\/em><\/a><em>. Not worth so much. Will have to hold onto him for the grandchildren.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134819a3463970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134819a3463970c-500wi\" alt=\"IMG_5057\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actually it turned up in my basement a few days ago. My friend Damian, who had a big birthday yesterday, gave me this talking doll thing of Ronald Reagan several years ago. I never opened it, and now, as Hope and Change becomes Hype and Who Knows, people are pining for the good ol&#8217; days. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3433"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12310,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433\/revisions\/12310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}