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    Memories of being a kid - Time flies

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    edited January 26 in Chit-Chat
    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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      Pogs. Tear Jerkers & Warheads. Pogo Balls.
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      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???
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      being 5'10" 180 lbs in the 6th grade and elementary school being my beotch.
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      Pooping in the outhouse and bathing in the river every day.
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      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
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      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
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      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.
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      I think they just came back out with it .. but do any of you remember FunDip ?

      OMG that stuff was crack to us.. hahaha.
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      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
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      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:
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      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. :)
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      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.
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      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.
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      Trapper Keepers!!!!

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

      Loved it!
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      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]
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      Trapper Keepers!!!!

      Or do they still make those?

      YES. I had one. :heart:
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      Pogs. Tear Jerkers & Warheads. Pogo Balls.

      Zots!
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      rotary phones

      car phones that were gigantic and weighed about 50lbs and were in a "bag".
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      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!!!
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      Landline phones.
      Dial up Internet & AOL. The original Dubstep! :laugh:

      This is fun.
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      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.
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      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.
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      He-Man Slime Pit
      GI Joe
      Zubaz
      Atari/Commodore
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      I loved FunDip
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      Ducktails .............hahaha .. YES!

      or was it Duck Tales ?

      Well you know what I mean.. I bet you can still remember the song.
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      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.
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      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!
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      I can probably still name all 150 original Pokémon...in order, to a certain extent.
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      Pepsi Clear
      Popples
      Colecovision
      Slap Bracelets
      Duck Hunt
      Zelda (The shiny GOLD cartridge)
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