Memories of being a kid - Time flies
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Not quite my childhood, but teens:
Ren and Stimpy
Celebrity Deathmatch0 -
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Ha! So true, and into the 80's.0 -
Seriously!! I don't have kids, but it bugs me how many people drive their kids to school every day. NO parents were cool about having to drive their kids, so we had to get our butts to the bus stop even if it meant running full speed. If we missed the bus, there was hell to pay. :laugh:Back when every kid walked to and from school unless the bus went to their neighborhood... hardly any parents drove their kids to school.0 -
OMG, all of those. I loved the sprinkler! And drinking out of the hose! And the ghetto DIY slip-n-slide with a tarp!
When they first introduced the Mighty Kids meal at Burger King and all the kids wanted it because it made them feel older. lol.
I still remember the Creepy Crawlers jingle. Cree-ee-ee-py CRAWL-ERS!
Sock 'Em Boppers, anyone?0 -
Not quite my childhood, but teens:
Ren and Stimpy
Celebrity Deathmatch
CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH! I'd all but forgotten!
Beavis and Butthead.
I was much too young for it, but my brother and I would sneak watching it and hide our giggles in our pillows for fear of being heard.
Same for Space Ghost Coast To Coast and South Park...though I still love SP.0 -
Oh yeah, Beavis and Butthead!
And yup, drinking from the hose in the yard. That nasty warm water on a hot day. LOL
Regarding the school bus, oh yeah there would be hell to pay if we missed it.0 -
Ah, one thing that sticks out in my mind when I take my nephew to the park is that foam ground they have on playgrounds now. For us, it was the real cement. You fell down, and it HURT.
I also remember when we would push each other on the swings and give what we called under dogs. You'd push the person then duck under the swing to make them swing super high.0 -
Oh yeah, and if you got a couple of kids swinging in rythym, you could get the swingset base to come up out of the ground a little bit (kind of like "popping a wheelie", swingset style).Ah, one thing that sticks out in my mind when I take my nephew to the park is that foam ground they have on playgrounds now. For us, it was the real cement. You fell down, and it HURT.
I also remember when we would push each other on the swings and give what we called under dogs. You'd push the person then duck under the swing to make them swing super high.
Most of the playground equipment we had as kids is long gone and considered 'unsafe' by today's standards....
Also, NO kid wore a bike helmet...EVER!!0 -
Oh yeah, and if you got a couple of kids swinging in rythym, you could get the swingset base to come up out of the ground a little bit (kind of like "popping a wheelie", swingset style).Ah, one thing that sticks out in my mind when I take my nephew to the park is that foam ground they have on playgrounds now. For us, it was the real cement. You fell down, and it HURT.
I also remember when we would push each other on the swings and give what we called under dogs. You'd push the person then duck under the swing to make them swing super high.
Most of the playground equipment we had as kids is long gone and considered 'unsafe' by today's standards....
Also, NO kid wore a bike helmet...EVER!!
I remember that abut the swing set! And ours was metal - we only 2 swings and a slide. None of this fancy stuff they have now.
Bike helmet - what's that? LOL0 -
HA! Helmets. You wish!
We had woodchip playgrounds. Still hurt, but probably not as bad as cement!
I miss old, metal playgrounds. It's all plastic now. Boo, safety.
I wanna find a swingset somewhere now.
Trampolines! I loved "double jumping"....where you get someone to jump down next to you just as you're going up. You go SO HIGH! I've fallen off the trampoline a few times doing that. :happy:0 -
Big wheels, Classic Water Slides/Rollerskating, WBBA little league baseball, Doogie Houser, The Wonder Years, Pogs, The Little Mermaid, Slap bracelets, those little shirt clips, double socks with Keds shoes, riding bikes everywhere, SOOOOOOOO many!0
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When cartoons were worth getting up early on Saturdays to watch
Big Wheels
Later "bedtimes" in the summer
Playing at the community pool all day and going to the elementary school for summer lunches
Making witches brew.....srsly..whatever my siblings made that year made the worms jump out of the ground when my mom dumped it out
Catching fireflies
Running around barefoot...even across our gravel driveway.
Mom's hot cocoa after sled riding for hours
Building caves in my mom's forsythia bushes
Kick the can
Blanket forts on rainy days0 -
Was anyone else addicted to these? I remember sneaking one into the movies in my jacket, and it exploded all over when I opened the cap...spraying the people in front of me :laugh:
MMMMMMM black cherry was the ultimate!0 -
OMG, making forts!!!!! I loved doing that!
That was THE best!0 -
How about astro pops? Anyone remember these? They took them off the market because they were too dangerous? I hear they are bringing them back though.... I miss those!
Also bazooka gum and having my parents freak when I ate a whole bunch and had the tattoos all up and down my arms. Dad made me scrub them off! Ha... now the kids all have real ones!
Anyone remember Martha Fracois Gerbaud? hahaha0 -
Bazooka gum, fireballs, cigarette vending machines in restaurants.
Penny candy, or five cent candy.0 -
How about Hubba Bubba or Bubblicious gum. Do they still make that??0
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what? How is THIS dangerous? oh wait...yeah, I see it now........:laugh: :laugh:How about astro pops? Anyone remember these? They took them off the market because they were too dangerous? I hear they are bringing them back though.... I miss those!
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what? How is THIS dangerous? oh wait...yeah, I see it now........:laugh: :laugh:How about astro pops? Anyone remember these? They took them off the market because they were too dangerous? I hear they are bringing them back though.... I miss those!
In all the times we ate them as kids, we NEVER had any injuries from them.... just goes to show that 1 bad apple can really mess things up for everyone else! haha0 -
Thunder,thunder,thunder cats Hhoooooooooo0
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Thunder,thunder,thunder cats Hhoooooooooo
Cannot believe I forgot about them!
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OMG, making forts!!!!! I loved doing that!
That was THE best!
I was just heading back in here to talk about forts... and somebody beat me to it!
I was going to say: remember when your neighbor would get a new appliance, like a fridge or a stove, and your first thought was NEW BOX FORT!!!
We would connect a few huge boxes together and feel like we made a palace. :laugh:0 -
yeah, and one money-grubbing parent with an ambulance chasing lawyer.... sad!
what? How is THIS dangerous? oh wait...yeah, I see it now........:laugh: :laugh:How about astro pops? Anyone remember these? They took them off the market because they were too dangerous? I hear they are bringing them back though.... I miss those!
In all the times we ate them as kids, we NEVER had any injuries from them.... just goes to show that 1 bad apple can really mess things up for everyone else! haha0 -
Yup!!!
When my parents added onto our house, it was like striking gold. All the boxes and whatnot from new materials, that we played with.
Whatever happened to that imagination?0 -
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Another memory of childhood is when we used to have those rhymes that we would would do with a friend. You know, where you would clap your hands together and sing some song to it.
Someone help me out, WTH do you call that? Hopefully someone knows what I'm talking about.0 -
Miss Lucy had a babyAnother memory of childhood is when we used to have those rhymes that we would would do with a friend. You know, where you would clap your hands together and sing some song to it.
Someone help me out, WTH do you call that? Hopefully someone knows what I'm talking about.
She named him Tiny Tim
She put him in the bathtub
To see if he could swim.
He drank up all the water
He ate up all the soap
He tried to eat the bathtub
But it wouldn't fit
Down his throat.
Miss Lucy called the doctor
The Doctor call the nurse
The Nurse called the lady
With the alligator purse.
In walked the doctor.
In walked the nurse
In walked the lady
With the alligator purse.
"Measles," said the doctor.
"Mumps," said the nurse.
"Nothing," said the lady
With the alligator purse.
Miss Lucy kicked the doctor.
Miss Lucy kicked the nurse.
Miss Lucy paid the lady
With the alligator purse.
THANK YOU GOOGLE :laugh:0
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