Memories of being a kid - Time flies

Dr_Flo
Dr_Flo Posts: 465
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Atari - Asteroids

Baseball cards (I had binders full)

Big Wheel <-- Loved that thing.

Nintendo Powerpad .. oh yeah baby. The original Wii Sports.
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  • Some_Watery_Tart
    Some_Watery_Tart Posts: 2,250 Member
    Pogs. Tear Jerkers & Warheads. Pogo Balls.
  • harleydall76
    harleydall76 Posts: 586 Member
    Playing outside and not wanting to come back inside

    Cabbage Patch and Garbage Pail Kids

    Atari

    watching The Fall Guy, Dukes of Hazzard, Greatest American Hero

    call boxes on sides of teh highway cuz we didn't have cell phones

    riding in the way back of the station wagon

    seatbelts or car seats - what were those???
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    being 5'10" 180 lbs in the 6th grade and elementary school being my beotch.
  • PoopieMonster
    PoopieMonster Posts: 295 Member
    Pooping in the outhouse and bathing in the river every day.
  • xvxCelticWandererxvx
    xvxCelticWandererxvx Posts: 2,890 Member
    Big Wheel - rode that thing until there were holes in the wheels!
    Jump rope
    Riding bikes
    Staying outside all day until the sun went down
    Roller skating
    Hopscotch
    Playing records on portable record player outside
    Upgraded to a Walkman - I was the shiz then! lol
  • Dr_Flo
    Dr_Flo Posts: 465
    Oh yeah .. staying outside.. I remember being a sweaty mess just laying in the grass exhausted from the full day of playing. That smell that the grass had on a warm day... the way the hose would always have that scalding hot water for the first few seconds when you turned it on.
    ants biting your barefeet .. hahaha..

    Man, kids today just have no idea what its like to really enjoy the outdoors.

    I asked my daughter if she wanted to play outside the other day... she took her itouch out with her.

    REALLY ?! SERIOUSLY?!
    UNPLUG THE KIDS
  • harleydall76
    harleydall76 Posts: 586 Member
    Yup, I remember all us kids would play til dusk. We knew we had to be home at dusk, but it was so hard to get us to stop playing. I remember our parents calling us (as in shouting throught the neighborhood) all home, and we (at least my brother and I) only got the one call. If my dad had to call again or come after us, we'd get grounded.

    I remember Big Wheels, I used to pedal really fast and make the tires spin. LOL

    I remember my first bike, a pink Huffy.

    I remember paper dolls, and Shrinky Dinks, and my Easy Bake Oven.
  • Dr_Flo
    Dr_Flo Posts: 465
    I think they just came back out with it .. but do any of you remember FunDip ?

    OMG that stuff was crack to us.. hahaha.
  • PepperWorm
    PepperWorm Posts: 1,206
    When cartoons were actually good.
    Playing outside and investigating life.
    Riding my bike around the block.
    Walkman, then CD players.
    90's music/rock.
    Sprite Remix.
    Ring/Baby Bottle pops.
    Eating whatever I wanted without gaining an ounce.
    When cup ramen was good. Now it tastes like styrofoam.
    Slap bracelets.
    Collecting gel pens.
    Lisa Frank school supplies.
    Windbreakers.
    Being in love with Saved By The Bell, Boy Meets World, Full House, etc.
    John Stamos.

    I dunno. I'm younger than some here. :3
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,173 Member
    I think they just came back out with it .. but do any of you remember FunDip ?

    OMG that stuff was crack to us.. hahaha.

    My kids are all about the Fun Dip, still. Yesterday, they were outside all afternoon (I'm thinking the apocalypse is near).

    And, I still have my binders of baseball cards :) Although my Barry Bonds rookie isn't worth the paper it's printed on now :angry:
  • PepperWorm
    PepperWorm Posts: 1,206

    I remember paper dolls, and Shrinky Dinks, and my Easy Bake Oven.

    I was robbed of a childhood 'cuz I never got to actually play with my Easy Bake!

    My dad had a bell. If he rang it and you weren't home, he'd be pissed. The typical rule was you came inside when the street lights came on. :)
  • harleydall76
    harleydall76 Posts: 586 Member
    I think they just came back out with it .. but do any of you remember FunDip ?

    OMG that stuff was crack to us.. hahaha.

    Yup!!!! I can find it in certain stores around here, the ones that carry that "old" candy. My nephew loves it.

    I remember candy cigarettes, having a sticker book.

    I also remember cartoons were on ONLY Saturday morning. If you slept in, you missed them and had to wait til next week. There was no choice of 800 channels that played them 24/7.
  • tuckerrj
    tuckerrj Posts: 1,453 Member
    Our first window air conditioner

    The first colored television

    our first car with power steering

    watching "I Spy" through the crack in the living room door, while my parents thought I was asleep

    getting our first phone that wasn't a (shared) party line

    and dang it, I'm only 54.
  • harleydall76
    harleydall76 Posts: 586 Member
    Trapper Keepers!!!!

    Or do they still make those?
  • PepperWorm
    PepperWorm Posts: 1,206
    Game Boy.
    Nintendo.
    Super Nintendo.
    N64.
    Playstation 1 & 2.
    Sega. < Ew, my phone autocorrected that to swag. *barf*

    Loved it!
  • Dr_Flo
    Dr_Flo Posts: 465
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSNMzMMRCWSfcXzu6MlZbKGnB5yfDzD3yypA-bfZQVcdcIYv8RuQbklsmNCmA[img]OMG this girl blew my mind!!! ******* Somebody help me post this, my work computer sucks*********** KELLY Kapowski .. ugh .. I miss you.. :flowerforyou: :heart: hahaha[/img]
  • PepperWorm
    PepperWorm Posts: 1,206
    Trapper Keepers!!!!

    Or do they still make those?

    YES. I had one. :heart:
  • KendleX
    KendleX Posts: 275 Member
    Pogs. Tear Jerkers & Warheads. Pogo Balls.

    Zots!
  • harleydall76
    harleydall76 Posts: 586 Member
    rotary phones

    car phones that were gigantic and weighed about 50lbs and were in a "bag".
  • PepperWorm
    PepperWorm Posts: 1,206
    I fricking loved those I Spy books.
    Goosebumps.
    Babysitter's Club.
    Are You Afraid Of The Dark?
    Keenan & Kel
    All That
    Kablam! The original Robot Chicken
    Figure It Out
    Cootie catchers!!!
  • PepperWorm
    PepperWorm Posts: 1,206
    Landline phones.
    Dial up Internet & AOL. The original Dubstep! :laugh:

    This is fun.
  • Dr_Flo
    Dr_Flo Posts: 465
    Hey can somebody help me post my Kelly Kapowski pic?

    I still love her!

    http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSNMzMMRCWSfcXzu6MlZbKGnB5yfDzD3yypA-bfZQVcdcIYv8RuQbklsmNCmA


    My work computer blows .. so I cant post it on my own.
  • PepperWorm
    PepperWorm Posts: 1,206
    I think they just came back out with it .. but do any of you remember FunDip ?

    OMG that stuff was crack to us.. hahaha.

    Yup!!!! I can find it in certain stores around here, the ones that carry that "old" candy. My nephew loves it.

    I remember candy cigarettes, having a sticker book.

    I also remember cartoons were on ONLY Saturday morning. If you slept in, you missed them and had to wait til next week. There was no choice of 800 channels that played them 24/7.


    I remember they saved the best cartoons for Saturday, at least! Everything else mentioned I totally remember.

    Dunkaroos, too. Zomg.
  • KendleX
    KendleX Posts: 275 Member
    He-Man Slime Pit
    GI Joe
    Zubaz
    Atari/Commodore
  • Maribel_1986
    Maribel_1986 Posts: 457 Member
    I loved FunDip
  • Dr_Flo
    Dr_Flo Posts: 465
    Ducktails .............hahaha .. YES!

    or was it Duck Tales ?

    Well you know what I mean.. I bet you can still remember the song.
  • PepperWorm
    PepperWorm Posts: 1,206
    Hey can somebody help me post my Kelly Kapowski pic?

    I still love her!

    http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSNMzMMRCWSfcXzu6MlZbKGnB5yfDzD3yypA-bfZQVcdcIYv8RuQbklsmNCmA

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSNMzMMRCWSfcXzu6MlZbKGnB5yfDzD3yypA-bfZQVcdcIYv8RuQbklsmNCmA

    Just use [IMG][/IMG], sandwich the link between the two words but use all lowercase.
  • lorieric5037
    lorieric5037 Posts: 97
    Party Lines! When I was a kid everyone in the neighborhood could just randomly pick up the phone & listen to your conversation! Also, shows like Land of the Lost, The Bugaloos, Zoom, Dallas, and the really GOOD Saturday Night Live!
  • PepperWorm
    PepperWorm Posts: 1,206
    I can probably still name all 150 original Pokémon...in order, to a certain extent.
  • Linli_Anne
    Linli_Anne Posts: 1,360 Member
    Pepsi Clear
    Popples
    Colecovision
    Slap Bracelets
    Duck Hunt
    Zelda (The shiny GOLD cartridge)

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