The things you remember doing when you were young?

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  • blackcomaro
    blackcomaro Posts: 796 Member
    jtegirl1 wrote: »
    I remember Saturday morning cartoons. Best time of the week. Bugs, road runner, Taz, woody..... innocence

    Yesssssss!!!!! Sat morning cartoons and sitting super close to the tv.

    OMG this and on my bean bag!

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  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    kaizaku wrote: »
    Going to the arcades was my favourite thing to do. Sadly we no longer have any arcades here.

    We have an old skool arcade here in town.
  • CoffeeandDumbbells
    CoffeeandDumbbells Posts: 161 Member
    Fishing in the summer and boarding in the winter with my Dad.
    Those stretchy wwe action figures
    Bobbys world
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    jtegirl1 wrote: »
    Almost exactly like ^^^^ We rode bikes, skate boards, roller skated in the street, going to the roller and ice rink, went to the pool. We were outside all day.

    Same..I never came home till dark.. We still only had 1 tv..lol

    A black and white TV?

    Anyone remember rotary antennas? We lived in the same town as mt grandparents to but we were higher and on good days got channels from Ohio. They got nothing "foreign"
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    jtegirl1 wrote: »
    jtegirl1 wrote: »
    I remember Saturday morning cartoons. Best time of the week. Bugs, road runner, Taz, woody..... innocence

    Yesssssss!!!!! Sat morning cartoons and sitting super close to the tv.

    OMG this and on my bean bag!

    lol I just sat on the floor.

    Floor here too.
    If anyone is from northern NY..the commander Tom show with Davey and Goliath. That was my Sunday school

    Or running home from school at lunch to catch as much of the Flintstones as possible and spiderman
  • CoffeeandDumbbells
    CoffeeandDumbbells Posts: 161 Member
    synchkat wrote: »
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    jtegirl1 wrote: »
    Almost exactly like ^^^^ We rode bikes, skate boards, roller skated in the street, going to the roller and ice rink, went to the pool. We were outside all day.

    Same..I never came home till dark.. We still only had 1 tv..lol

    A black and white TV?

    Anyone remember rotary antennas? We lived in the same town as mt grandparents to but we were higher and on good days got channels from Ohio. They got nothing "foreign"

    For years all we had was a rotary antenna. My Dad would come and put tin foil on the one in my room cause the main antenna was only attached to one television. I grew up watching soap operas cause that's all that was ever on my 2 channels.
  • kaizaku
    kaizaku Posts: 1,039 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    kaizaku wrote: »
    Going to the arcades was my favourite thing to do. Sadly we no longer have any arcades here.

    We have an old skool arcade here in town.

    Really? WoAh, lucky you. Do you know the game that is on it?
  • kaizaku
    kaizaku Posts: 1,039 Member
    Way before cds, we use to have a vinyl, and video/tape cassettes. Remember when I liked a song on the radio I would wait till the dj shut his mouth so I could record the song.

    Sadly some of the new generation never even seen what a video/tape cassettes look like. I. Have a whole stash somewhere, I think I should sell it as retro collection. Might make something :=)
  • blackcomaro
    blackcomaro Posts: 796 Member
    Louise1491 wrote: »
    Sliding down the banister of the stairs.

    Crazy bones, anyone remember those?l4jbf8nxxuwc.jpg

    I still have a scare on the back of my head from sliding down the stair banister and splitting my head open.

  • Nitroalley2
    Nitroalley2 Posts: 3,419 Member
    edited February 2017
    Played sports all the time. Basketball outside in the winter with a net mounted on a telephone pole under a streetlight. Rode my Schwinn all over. 26" no gears, no hands. Stickball at the elementary school with a strike zone painted on the wall. Softball at the little league field. I had an uncle who lived across the street. He could whistle so loud that you could hear him anywhere and it was the signal to come home. Marathon pinnacle games with friends and their parents. Summers at the Jersey Shore - body surfing, fishing crabbing, going to the boardwalk at night.
  • kaizaku
    kaizaku Posts: 1,039 Member
    Louise1491 wrote: »
    Sliding down the banister of the stairs.

    Crazy bones, anyone remember those?l4jbf8nxxuwc.jpg

    Oh yea, those. Nice. Still in good condition ☺
  • kaizaku
    kaizaku Posts: 1,039 Member
    I remember before we had mobile phones since it was expensive, pager was the stuff. Thinking about it, the mobile phone use to have a 3'' green screen. In 25+years look how things changed. I guess seeing the change makes you cherish the old stuff since that is where it all began.
  • nolan44219
    nolan44219 Posts: 1,221 Member
    I had a black Space Invaders bicycle as a kid but had no idea what space invaders was until later. This black bicycle was Zorro's horse Tornado to me. I rode it around with a transistor radio antenna shoved through my belt and drew Z's on everything I could think of. I can't remember how many ladies or peasants I saved.
  • Nitroalley2
    Nitroalley2 Posts: 3,419 Member
    Aurora slot cars! You could buy stuff at the hobby shop to make them go faster. Silver contacts, special armature motors, sponge slicks.
  • LittleLionHeart1
    LittleLionHeart1 Posts: 3,655 Member
    Climbing way up a tree in the front yard, & falling down. Dad comes to the rescue.
    When my parents would hit the garage door button, as the door would go up, I would grab & hang on the door as it lifted me in the air a couple times.
    I was facinated with Sally Field in The Flying Nun. I made myself a lame little hat. And would jump off the brick flowerbed area. And wondered why I couldn't fly like she did.

    https://youtu.be/qhQaoVcaAa8
  • KyleGrace8
    KyleGrace8 Posts: 2,205 Member
    jnco jeans.... I thought they looked ridiculous but all the rocker boys wore them right before the skinny jean came into effect in high school. That super gelled down pony tail with the two slicked strands on either side of your face like mentioned earlier, yep. Tamagotchi, yep. Ferby!? Lindsey Lohan vs Hillary Duff. Backstreet boys Vs NSYNC. MASH the game that was really a ploy for your friends to know which boys you liked at school. Gel pens. Me and my whole family collected Pokemon cards. Beanie babies were big at some point.
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  • kaizaku
    kaizaku Posts: 1,039 Member
    edited February 2017
    I remember watching Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan movies. Then use to push and kick the pillow, doors like I was the man :o)
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    kaizaku wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    kaizaku wrote: »
    Going to the arcades was my favourite thing to do. Sadly we no longer have any arcades here.

    We have an old skool arcade here in town.

    Really? WoAh, lucky you. Do you know the game that is on it?

    1943
    Altered Beast
    Asteroids Deluxe
    Battletoads
    Centipede
    Dig Dug
    Donkey Kong
    Frogger
    Galaga
    Gauntlet

    Gyruss
    Ivan “Ironman” Stewart’s Super Off Road
    Joust
    Killer Instinct
    Mario Bros.
    Marvel vs. Capcom
    Mortal Kombat II
    Ms. Pac-Man
    NBA Jam

    Ninja Gaiden
    Punch Out
    Q-Bert
    Rampage
    The Simpsons
    Simpsons Bowling
    Smash T.V.
    SNK Collection
    Spy Hunter
    Street Fighter II: Champion Edition

    Street Fighter III: Third Strike
    Sunset Riders
    Super Mario Bros.
    T2 Judgement Day
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
    Tekken Tag Tournament
    Track ‘n’ Field
    X-Men

  • djwar9858
    djwar9858 Posts: 43 Member
    Playing outside, drinking from the hose, mom yelling to come for dinner, and be home when the streetlights come on.
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  • kaizaku
    kaizaku Posts: 1,039 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    kaizaku wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    kaizaku wrote: »
    Going to the arcades was my favourite thing to do. Sadly we no longer have any arcades here.

    We have an old skool arcade here in town.

    Really? WoAh, lucky you. Do you know the game that is on it?

    1943
    Altered Beast
    Asteroids Deluxe
    Battletoads
    Centipede
    Dig Dug
    Donkey Kong
    Frogger
    Galaga
    Gauntlet

    Gyruss
    Ivan “Ironman” Stewart’s Super Off Road
    Joust
    Killer Instinct
    Mario Bros.
    Marvel vs. Capcom
    Mortal Kombat II
    Ms. Pac-Man
    NBA Jam

    Ninja Gaiden
    Punch Out
    Q-Bert
    Rampage
    The Simpsons
    Simpsons Bowling
    Smash T.V.
    SNK Collection
    Spy Hunter
    Street Fighter II: Champion Edition

    Street Fighter III: Third Strike
    Sunset Riders
    Super Mario Bros.
    T2 Judgement Day
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
    Tekken Tag Tournament
    Track ‘n’ Field
    X-Men

    Wow, I feel like going to the arcades. Do they have metal slug too?
  • kaizaku
    kaizaku Posts: 1,039 Member
    -Building mud pies in the garden when I was really little.
    -Running along the trains trying to jump into the train cart.
    -Picking fruit or veggies from the garden and dissecting them (I was a weird kid)
    -Going into the forest behind my house and studying the trees. I know now essentially every tree that grows in Canada and what can grow beside them and what can't.
    -Racing home when the street lights came on so I didn't get grounded
    -Spending summers at the fire station where there was an awesome wave pool (no longer there)

    You seem like a normal hyper active child :o)
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Living in a smallish town and riding my bike all over the place

    swimming in the lake

    water skiing on Sundays after church with family friends that had a boat

    going to the drive in movies with my dad to watch kung fu movies

    sneaking out of bed late at night to watch MASH with my dad and falling asleep in his lap

    my own paper route at the age of 10 and I could just do it by foot or on my bike

    getting up to turn a dial on the t.v. to change the channel...also adjusting the bunny ears as necessary

    destroying my dad at Pac Man on our Atari 2600 and instead of cursing he'd always say, "Goodnight Nurse" for some reason...

    Riding in the back of my uncle's pick-up truck

    watching Happy Days with the family while we ate t.v. dinners that were heated in the oven because microwaves were a novelty that only wealthy people could own...

    Going to the video store with dad on Fridays after work to rent movies...and to rent a VCR that was about the size of a grand piano....

    Helping my dad mow the lawn (we had a huge yard that took hours) and him giving me just a tiny bit of his Coors Light afterwards while we sat on the patio grilling burgers for dinner on beautiful summer evenings.

    Wearing short cut off shorts...

    wearing parachute pants all day, every day


  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    Playing floppy disk games on an apple 2
  • Nitroalley2
    Nitroalley2 Posts: 3,419 Member
    Making a skateboard out of roller skates and a board. Going to a roller rink to skate. Bowling in th junior leagues.
  • Aetheldreda
    Aetheldreda Posts: 241 Member
    edited February 2017
    Building 'dens' in our local woods, having a tree house in a huge oak tree (in the same woods), summer evenings swimming in the river, roaming the fields surrounding our village.
    Riding ponies every day
    Chips (the bike cop show)
    Airwolf
    Blue Thundersley

  • finny11122
    finny11122 Posts: 8,436 Member
    Playing football in the park . Jumpers for goal posts .
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