Remember being a kid? this should help!!

[Billy Boy]

I don,t know if some of you guys can relate to this because of age/growing up in different locations but anyone from the UK should.

Close your eyes and go back in time....
> >Before the Internet or the Apple Mac.
> >Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack....
> >Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
> >Way back........
> >I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park.
> >The corner shop.
> >Hopscotch.
> >Butterscotch.
> >Skipping.
> >Handstands.
> >Football with an old can.
> >Fingerbobs.
> >Beano, Twinkle.
> >Roly Poly.
> >Hula Hoops, jumping the stream, building dams.
> >The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass.
> >Bazooka Joe bubble gum.
> >An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune -
> >Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan. Wait......
> >Watching Saturday morning cartoons....short commercials, The Double Deckers, Road Runner, He-Man, Tiswas or Swapshop?, and Why Don't You or staying up for Star Trek.
> >When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like going somewhere.
>> Earwigs, wasps and bee stings. Sticky fingers. Cops and
> Robbers,Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro. Climbing trees. Building igloos out of snow banks.
>>Walking to school, no matter what the weather. Running till you were out of breath, laughing so hard that your stomach hurt.
> >Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights.
> >Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
> >Being tired from playing....remember that? The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon
>>Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
>>I'm not finished just yet..... Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops.
> >Remember when...There were two types of trainers - girls and boys, and Dunlop Green Flash and the only time you wore them at school was for "gym".
>>You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents.
> >It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
> >You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve.
> >When nobody owned a pure-bred dog.
> >When 25p was a decent allowance.
> >When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny. When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there.
>>It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb. When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
> >When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
>>When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home. Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! - And some of us are still afraid of them!! >>Didn't that feel good? Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that! Remember when.... Decisions were made by going "Eeny- meeny-miney-mo." "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly".
>>The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs. And the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to one.
>>It was unbelievable that British Bulldog wasn't an Olympic event. Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult.
>>Nobody was prettier than Mum. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin.
>>Ice cream was considered a basic food group. Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.
> >If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED.

Life was so simple when you were a kid!!

[PaPaPumP]

When nobody owned a pure-bred dog.

How do we have pure bred dogs now then?

> >When 25p was a decent allowance.


Ahhhh....25 pence, that was the day....


> >When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny. When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there.

I'm confused, is this ONE of those tidbit's together?? Or seperate?

[Billy Boy]

Picky LOL

Its an english thing what more can I say?

[Pete235]

I remember Atari, Intellivision and Colecovision.

I remember The Love Boat, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Facts of Life, Differen't Strokes, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirly, Mork and Mindy, The Muppets and Donnie and Marie.

I remember watching the U.S.A. Mens Olympic Ice Hockey team winning a Gold Medal in Lake Placid in 1980 with a bunch of University Hockey players.

I remember seeing "Star Wars" in the theatre (5 times).

I remember Big Macs in the old fashioned non-biodegradable styrofoam containers.

Pete

[PaPaPumP]

Originally posted by Billy Boy
Picky LOL

I HAD to f*ck with ya. Everyone does it to me...i need to get back!

Nothing personal though, i loved the post.

[dumbells101]

Walking 5 miles to school in the snow, uphill both directions with holes in my sneakers.

[lextheflex]

esagfdreqargfe

[partyboynyc]

i remember the first time i got busy in this in this girl's treehouse.wow last summer was fun.hahaha

[primodonna]

whatever happened to weeble wobbles?

[partyboynyc]

magic garden
pitfall harry
q-bert
strawberry shortcake
archie comic books
poundpuppies
chuck taylor converse allstar sneakers
slap braclets
jelly braclets
transformers
picture pages
flock of seagulls
hall and oates
shenna easton
olivia newton john
frankie goes to hollywood
rubik's cube
lincoln logs
eddy grant's "electric avenue"
jem
snoopy snow cone machines

i'll stop before i get out of control

[primodonna]

add: betty crocker bake-your-own-cake oven

quite a list there partyboy...i feel old now...thanks

[partyboynyc]

there's more where that came from!!!

[Pete235]

I remember The "A" Team (I'm sure Excess does as well), CHiPs, TJ Hooker, Dynasty, Dallas, Hawaii 5 - O, Emergency and The Six Million Dollar Man.

On Saturday mornings I remember School House Rock, Bigfoot and Wildboy, Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, Grape Ape, Jabberjaw, Electrowoman and Dynogirl (starring Mary Hart), Dr. Shrinker, The Kids from Caper, Space Ghost, The Herculoids and Land of the Lost (the original with sleestacks).

I remember Rom - Space night (they made that into a comic book), The Micronauts (they made those into a comic book as well), Cabbage Patch Kids, Care Bears, GI Joe's Search for the stolen idol (the real doll...not the tiny action figures), Big Jim, Evil Kenevels stunt bike, Steve Austin the Six Million Dollar man doll, Rock em Sock em Robots, Kenner SSP smash up derby, Hungry hungry hippos, ants in the pants, Hang on Harvey, battle ship, trouble, Clue, Risk and Operation.

[dumbells101]

Originally posted by primodonna
add: betty crocker bake-your-own-cake oven

My daughter has an Easy Bake Oven. Made me a cake just a couple months ago! hmmmmm goood!

[primodonna]

all by yourself you did? just kidding

was it mmmm mmmmm good?

or is that the slogan for campbell's soup...?

[PaPaPumP]

Originally posted by Pete235
battle ship, trouble, Clue, Risk and Operation.

Man, those came out like 5 years ago...you ain't THAT old...start your damn cycle already, you're way too despressed for my comfort...you need some sust..... I'm sure Bert won't mind the "extra test" flowing in your system...hahahaha...

Well maybe when she lets you come sleep in the bed again, until then...you're on the couch with your chili and burrrrrrritos. Steer Clear AR members, PETE's gonna explode!

[primodonna]

what color is the sky in your world?

i was playing doctor...i mean operation when i was 7

[partyboynyc]

big poppa were you raised in a cave??those games are so oldschool 80's!!!hahaha

[Billy Boy]

The Incrediable Hulk and hiding behind the sofa when he changed and Dr Who , Metal Mickey and the weird space things from Smash Mash advert.

Exploding candy where you would empty a whole packet in your mouth and see if you could keep your mouth shut and hot jawbreakers that you could buy a pack of 3 for 10p and you had to eat all 3 within 20mins!

Those were the days !!

[dumbells101]

Originally posted by primodonna
all by yourself you did? just kidding

was it mmmm mmmmm good?

No Dear "She" made the cakes...I can't play with anything that might burn me! That oven has a 100watt light bulb in it!

[primodonna]

it's good to be safe you know...just looking out for you

[dumbells101]

And I'll wear the big mittens if I handle anything hot.

[primodonna]

my little boy is growing up so quickly!!!

[dumbells101]

...but I'm still not going tee tee on the poddy unless you buy me a new hotwheels car!

[primodonna]

[dumbells101]

OK The pullups are gone. That was good Primo...very good!

[primodonna]

I try

[PaPaPumP]

Originally posted by partyboynyc
big poppa were you raised in a cave??those games are so oldschool 80's!!!hahaha

Blow me whorebag, i was being sarcastic.

[primodonna]

it took you 4 DAYS to come up with that comeback?

[dane26]

that was alot to take in all in at once. i'm not sure if any one mentioned it, but does anyone remember POP ROCKS?

[partyboynyc]

as a goof one time in college some slut i met while i was out at a club in rochester had them in her dorm room and i went down on her and had them on my tongue!!hahahaha.id still remember that!! guess what her last name was too?Krak!!jackie krak.so if you knew a girl named jackie krak at nazareth college she was a total whore.she was hot though.my friend was fuckign her roomate in teh next bunkbed across the room and was watching us go at it just so he could stare at her!haha.ahh kids, but yeah i remember pop rocks to answer your question Dane.sorry to get off topic.the whole story will be in my book

[primodonna]

partyboy- ever have some when you're rolling? takes you from a 5 to a 10 in 10 seconds... just a friendly tip from me to you...no charge

[partyboynyc]

never tried that.i take ripped fuel sometimes when i'm rolling just for fun but never tried pop rocks.i'll have to try it