I'll start it off with...
Space food sticks
Then came Bronson
Hodaka motorcycles (Combat Wombat?)
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I'll start it off with...
Space food sticks
Then came Bronson
Hodaka motorcycles (Combat Wombat?)
Also, Harley Davidson's only attempt at a dirt bike...the Baja, truly awful.
Wheelin' buddy Jim had one back in the day, might splain a few things...:laughgray
When boy scouts turned to "weblos"....uhhhh, yeah, you go ahead wit that, I'll be seein' ya...:rolleyesg
My best friend during early high school (like 7th or 8th grade IIRC) got his pant leg caught in the chain & sprocket of his Hodaka dirt bike (don't remember model name) and I had to learn how to extractimicate someone from a tricky situation as he sorta had the bike on him...sorta.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ldub
weird stuff:
1) pet rocks :rolleyes: we were easily entertained!!
1.5) Space (POP) Rocks candy..urban legend has it that Mikey (Life Cereal commercials) died eat'in soda & Space Rocks!
1.75)Lincoln Logs...Tinker Toys....Erector Sets...
2) sea monkeys :rolleyes::rolleyes: they didn't look anything like the caricatures on the box!
2.5) etch 'o' sketch.....look ma...I made a staircase!
2.75) Silly Putty, Play Dough & Slime BABY!!!!
3) buddies AMC Gremlin & my Aunt's AMC Pacer :eek:
4) movie "Deliverance" @ the drive-in...me (6 years old) in backseat...Mom & Dad up front...Mom with hands over my eyes screaming "don't look!"...me hearing some guy squealing like a peeg wondering what the heck is Mom soooo upset about???? :p
5)disco...disco dying...disco dead...in like 6 months...:p
6)urban cowboy movie creates fad....fad dies in like 6 months...Lotta Mechanical Bull :p
7)Six Million Dollar Man...he's super fast but runs in slow motion :_wtf:
8)Bell-Bottom Jeans
9)magic 8 ball.....ASK AGAIN LATER....YES....MAYBE....
10)Pre-Windows edition 'puters using BASIC w/cassette tape storage...Tandy (Radio Shack); Coleco ADAM; Texas Instruments TRS-80/ TI-99; Commodore 64; Apple IIe
BULLTACO motorcycle.......and rainbow stickers to put in your back window of your car ..for peace not for gaypride.....and the funny filters made of plastic for the cigarettes to cut back the tar....so they would be good for you..and when COLOR tv shows came out the shows would say IN COLOR on the title screen ...
#1
THE WHO......
...seven concerts in two years.....:dance:
#2
Losing an ounce (!!??) at a WHO CONCERT....:_brickwal
#3
Dry Humping an unknown hottie..at a WHO Concert....:clap:
#4
Puking in my parents VW Van...After a WHO CONCERT....:thumbdn:
#5
Mom...giving me my old WHO CONCERT posters for Xmas two years ago ( yup..she saved 'em!!)...:thanx:
jo
PS..Yup..Huge Flares ...an Afgan Coat...and My own Roger Daltry Perm....
....Man I rocked!....:eek:
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i went to a B.O.C. concert in germany while i was in the Army..funny thing ..I dont remember much about it ........:cool:
SWEET...I had a Bultaco 250 Pursang towards the end of my mis-spent yout...that thing hauled rocks...:dance:Quote:
Originally Posted by don moore
Also, Wyld Weasel is into Bultacos, though her tastes run more towards the street.
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And yes, I remember the first 4-5 years of TV viewership, were in black & white...3 1/2 channels...I count PBS as 1/2.
THEN the world changed, the first time I saw "In Living Color"...in actual color, instead of differing shades of gray...;)
You STILL rock Brojo...:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by JoFotoz
Some of my favorite fuzzy memories are from a WHO concert I saw in the 80's...yeah, Moon was gone by then, but still a good show.
Also, PINK FLOYD, delicate sound of thunder tour in 94?...:cool:
[quoteJo] "my own Roger Daltry perm" [quote]
LOL...what'd you do before you got your own...RENT?
LOL...MY aunt had a Pacer too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jolly Roger VX'er
I thought disco lasted for decades, musta just SEEMED like ten years in a row...:sighwgray
And speaking of etch-a-sketch...
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Kids today are such wimps. We had the original Lawn Darts. And it didn't take long for us to realize how much more fun they were if we threw them at each other. Then we had the little hand guns that shot silver balls that were filled with chalk. They would break the skin. And caps. We would take a whole roll and hit em with a hammer....what a bang. And Creepy Crawlers had real burners that got to 300 degrees...fun. And the bow and arrow sets with the suction cup.....it was so fun to play cowboys and indians and get to be an indian. In fact it was very popular for a young boy to be "part indian". We would sneek up behind the cowboy and blast him in the back of the neck with the arrow....kids today.
I'm just saying
LOL...you grew up in my neighborhood...:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by SomeBeach
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And remember croquet? What a sissy came of hitting solid wood balls. Now to spice the game up we would swing like we were golfing and BAM right in the ankle. The other player went down and I was the winner. As far as candy, remember when Sweetarts made the bid candy the size of a yoyo? Man those things made my tongue bleed. And how about the click clacks. The two solid plastic balls on a string. You clicked them together until they hit at the top and bottom. Then they would either explode or bust your wrist. Come on toy makers....bring back the good toys.
I'd totally forgotten about click clacks (took years of therapy...:laughgray ) wow, now THAT was a toy!Quote:
Originally Posted by SomeBeach
Crossman pellet guns, M-80's Cherry Bombs, Silver Salutes...these are a few of my favorite things...:smilewink
Damn, Lbud, that's just spooky!
I was trying to drscribe those to the little lady the other day...
Kind of the consistincy of an old Three Musketeers bar (inside)
I can still taste those Pillsbury space food sticks....
I bet if you could find a box, they would still be edible.
Don't forget to wash it down with a nice glass of Tang!
Best,
Standing in line all day to see this new movie premire. Something about a War in the Stars...
Anyone remember Gatorgum?
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I miss that stuff...and Chocolate Hubba Bubba.
Bart
PS - LDub, I'd start it, but since you're on a roll, how about a thread containing pictures of US, then and now. I would love to see a 12 year old Ldub photo.... :)
Incredible Edibles
GI Joe w/Kung Fu grip
Micronauts
Nice Bart!
Gator gum, a pothead's best friend....
A toy Bart can appreciate, ROM: Spaceknight (scourge of the Dire Wraiths)
x2 for a "then and now pix thread"!
"Fanner-fifty" toy pistols by Mattel, Schwin "Black Phantom" bicycle, Cushman "Super Eagle" motor scooter. I remember when the New Car Dealer would cover his show room windows so you couldn't see the new model cars before the intro date, and the best customers were shown the cars by invitation only. The women wore formals and the men wore tux's. TV shows taught values not the cr...p on TV today. Shows like "Leave it to Beaver", "Father Knows Best", "The Rifleman", "Howdy Dougie" oops something like that. Movie heros were John Wayne, Gene Autry, Gary Cooper etc. However I will say if you remember the 60's "you were'nt there."
I remember when seatbelts were for looks. We would all cram in the front seat while a parent drove. The dash boards were heavy steel...no padding. Parents would go into a store and leave us in the car with the cigarette lighter. It would be 95 degrees and we stayed in the car in the hot parking lot. We didn't have AC in car or at home. Only 3 channels on the TV and no remote. And forget about sunblock. We knew when we went to the beach we were going to be burnt up. And we were given jawbreakers and hard candy but never choked. And best of all the pet stores sold baby alligators. And the music, you could understand the words and the tunes are still around today. And to see a man accidently use profanity in front of a woman, he would turn red nd apologize like crazy. Where have all the good times gone???
tv with no remote...lol.. i remember when we got our fist Curtis Mathes tv with remote.... it had big buttons that when pushed ..it would make a pinging sound ..each button would make a slightly diff. sound ...to change things...it had on-off chanel up-down and volume up-down.... and when dad would wiggly his key chain the tv would turn on or off...lol
A twelve year old Ldub photo?...that'd be me when I was forty.Quote:
Originally Posted by nfpgasmask
Pretty much the same, sans wrinkles & gut...:_confused
Yeh, I know what you meant...like I said before, You first...:smilewink
Getting a REAL gun when you turn 12:yes:(this might be a southern thing)
Cards in your spokes
Drive-in movies
Drive-in movie sex:bgwp:
Sex without protection:cool:
Nascar was actually STOCK car racing
James Bond got ***** Galore and Dr.Goodhead
My Mom telling me to go play in traffic!
Playing in traffic and abandoned buildings and wells(Bart and I still like to do this)
Too many good times to list
DUDE...you ain't gonna believe this, but I STILL have my "Fanner 50's".Quote:
Originally Posted by handeeman
They no longer have the crappy plastic handles, but the rest is ALL there...well, except for the cheap plastic holsters...:rolleyesg
Schwinn Orange Peeler was the object of my desire, never got one, but that rat bastard neighbor kid did...:upsetgray (1/4 mile away was "next door")
And the RIFLEMAN?...values?...you bet!
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Just watched ElDorado the other night...not a Caddy in sight, but Jimmy Caan sure looked young.
Oh, in closing, I'd like to ask, what were these "sixties" you keep talking about?...:_confused
No computers
Computers that didn't block out words you could say on tv;)
And have you ever noticed?...not ONE of the kids you grew up with had allergies! We got to play in real dirt, & eat crickets & chicken poop.Quote:
Originally Posted by SomeBeach
The whole freakin' world wasn't "sanitized for your protection" before we could get our grubby little paws around it.
And school was a six mile walk, up hill, both ways, in a blizzard if it was after Oct 28...:rolleyes:
Damn straight I miss the good ol' days, but I wouldn't go back if I could, I'm having too much fun NOW!
And I still apologize to a lady for profanity, if the situation warrants...that's just good manners...:smilewink
"Ldub" or excuse me "Ldud" (as Dougie/SomeBeach) referred to you. I can't believe you've still got those guns. In Okla. we were able to get real leather holsters for ours. They looked real. LMAO "Not a caddy in sight" in the movie ElDorado. Yep, I've read a lot about the "60's" and strangest thing, a lot of what they talk about, I've dreamed. It's like DejaVu all over again.
Freedom!
Oh, and my Commodore 2001 PET.
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Oh HELL yeah!...I was taught to shoot straight when I was 7-8 yrs. old. Had free reign of the gun cabinet (not safe, as in, NO-ONE would dare try steal your guns, cuz they knew if they broke in, they'd have a one way trip back to town, with a sheet over their face), by the time I was 12-13.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Harness
My Mom told us to go out & "stink off!", so, depending on season, we'd go down to the river & catch crawdads & water beetles, or build snow forts if it was the other season.
i still have my winchester 22 my dad gave me back in the day......
Yes! I was shooting before 12,just got my OWN gun when I was 12:cool:
I miss my old 10/22 Ruger.:(
You guy's got me missing my old guns too. Sometimes I even miss my ole M-60. Usually it's when some of our Fl. drivers forget common courtesy. Been thinkin about my 1st mod being a sunroof and tripod. J/k Didn't mean to hijack the thread. I'll go put this under Mods.
Oh do I hear THAT!...:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by SomeBeach
I learnt to drive in several vehicles (the first being a 47 Chev grain truck...4 on the floor with a three speed brownie OD, learned to double clutch before I found out about synchromesh), ALL with a metal dash.
The first car I owned, had seat belts, but I wasn't wearing them the night I rolled it on a perfectly straight road, in excess of 90 mph, snapped all four ET IV's off at the lugs...:sighwgray
Went to work the next day with a few scratches on my back.
There was a pet store on the way home from church/sunday school, & Mom would usually give in to our begging & stop for a while. (I'm sure the owners just LOVED seeing us coming, since we couldn't afford to actually buy anything)
They had the NASTIEST chimpanzee in there...just completely "CAGE RAGE" (peta hadn't been invented yet)
We would dare each other to get closer to his cage, (OK, Mom didn't play that) & he'd invariably either spit water at us, or try & pee on us...can't imagine why nobody ever bought the filthy little bugger...:_confused
DAMN, I'm enjoying this WAY too much, but I've gotta get my beauty sleep...:rolleyesg
See y'all round midnight...central time zone...:naughty:
There is NO such thing as a jacked thread in Dubworld...it just flows...:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by handeeman
Did I say Ldud??? not intentional. Well I am very dissapointed that computers take longer to start up than a 19" 60s Zenith TV. I will never get over disco dying. I mean it was the perfect music. Thank goodness I have every disco song.
What gets me is how we GUARD our children from violence yet our generation grew up on violence. All the nursery rhymes were violent. The three blind mice were cut up, when the cradle rocked the bough broke causing a baby to fall from a tree, Humpty Dumpty got busted up, London Bridge fell (imagine the cost), and that poor itsy bitsy spider.
Then the cartoons were rabbits shooting and blowing up people and other animals. And no one knew what an anvil was used for. I thought it was made for dropping on heads. How many times can a cayote be hit by bus or train.
I'm just sayn
Yes SomeBeach/Dougie you did say Ldud in a past post. I kindda like it and everyone knew immediately who you were referring to. I do think from some of the stories I've heard, "Ldud" has been appropriate in the past. Especially after no sleep and several "Moonkees". Speaking of which, I may get to try my 1st "Moonkee" tonight.( I asked the wifey to pick up the stuff to make them). So If ya'll don't hear from me for a few days you'll understand. I am a rookie.Quote:
Originally Posted by SomeBeach
I'd have to say my favorite memory is going to the movie theater and not having a bunch of Jack-Aces talking/texting on their cell phones. Well, that and racing home from school to watch G.I. Joe and Transformer cartoons. Then going outside and playing with said G.I. Joe and Transformer action figures. Who says those were just half hour long commercials???:rolleyes:
going out with our bb guns and playing army man ..the USA verses the gerrys or japs or RUSSIA.and everyone could see us ..and it was ok.. to play in the fields or around the houses playing in makeshift army clothes...the rules were dont shoot above the chest....and nobody freeked out ...or said we were wrong or that we would grow up being psycos...lol but I do own a VX..hmmmm
I just got one of those a few months ago! Love it!Quote:
Originally Posted by kodiak
Bart