Topic: Those were the days

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[Mr. Mike]

   Of course every kid today wants a tree house, when I was a  kid we  had  underground forts  ....an abandoned  stone cellar with a make shift roof about 4 feet tall. Lots of camp outs with neighborhood kids in the summer., later it was the secret place to party .  It seemed every neighborhood we visited had one somewhere. Haven't heard of any around here , but I guess being a secret  was part of the charm. Wonder if kids do that stuff any more.

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I’m guessing they don’t. I’m not even sure if kids ride bicycles anymore.
We made our “razor” scooter out of the steel trucks we stole off of our little sisters skate and of 2x4’s. We figured it out.
We ran our bikes into the wall...just for fun.
We bought 3/4” EMT and extended the forks on our Stingray bikes.
We also put a rear wheel generator on with a bullet headlight. We figured out how to do it.
We had rock fights...each “side” building their fort wall out of big dirt clods after the county plowed the open fields.
I grew up in the mid 50’s.
My grandkids irritate me because when they come over, they bring their hand held games. They don’t engage in conversation, they bring their at home environment to their grandparents house. They sit in a corner and “game”. This is sad. It’s like a drug for them.
My own kids can be disappointing in some areas of raising their kids. They don’t even know where their shoes are when it’s time to go. Mom does everything for them...still.
Our Slip ‘N Slide was our driveway. The finish was sooo smooth we’d run the hose continuous and once you figured how to “dive” onto your belly, it was fun.
Cardboard tanks? Yep. Rolled inside that big box right down the hillside.
We were into building models, cars or airplanes. I remember drizzling Testors model glue onto any plastic model (or army man) and burning it. Kids today? Not so much interested in the brand of fun I enjoyed “when I was a kid”.
Remember that “Parachute Army Man”? We’d get over to the local dry cleaners and get one of those thin plastic bags. Then we’d make a real parachute for that Army Man. That guy would fly like there was no tomorrow! He used to be made of some solid material so it was easier to throw higher. Today’s same toy is junk.
We’d buy two Guillows biplane gliders and make one tri-wing plane. We figured it out.

Yep, those were the days.

[rb550four]

  My grand daughter and daughter live in my house now, when they first got here electronic toys came with them,. I won't have it, taught them to play real cards ...solitaire, kings, crazy eights....she's in 1st grade learning how to count, was goin' slow , so I introduced her to blackjack. now she is getting good at counting numbers....I'll introduce coins  for counting change later. we play electronic games on Sunday as a family thing. We need to know each other while we are still here and this works at my house.
  Toys...yeah I have to agree with you there, the ones I've seen are garbage, like the parachute man used to be made much better than today. Now you throw it once....in the trash.
   I grew up in the 70's , it was all about Evil Knievel and Don Garlits, if we weren't jumping ramps, we were making wooden dragsters with the typical rope and 2x4 steering...we graduated to enclosed plywood cockpits like the dragsters of the 60's , with a belt for a seatbelt..... get rollin' down the hill and pull that rope hard to one side to see how may times we could roll it without  getting an ambulance ride . Lots of fun.
   Of course we didn't have anything that could do a burn out but we thought we found the next best thing, remember those nail on metal taps for your shoes....We rode bikes at night allot and thought it was cool to see how far we could throw sparks down a hill. Not quite a burnout , but that scratched the itch.
   There was just no end to the stuff that kids could think of to occupy time back then.

[Don R]

 My Dad built my little sister a playhouse out back, it never got a door or window.  No way, we thought it was a C47 and we were paratroopers. I must have bailed out of that thing a million times. Always landed safely and got the bad guys. I didn't know until much later a couple of my Uncles were the real deal, Dad didn't seem to mind us playing Army but when my Vietnam draft lottery number came in low and I was going to see the recruiter he said no F/N way, the army already got my brother, (a different uncle in the pacific)  they don't get my kid. You're going to wait and see. I waited, it wound down and I didn't go. He was happier that I got a plumbing apprenticeship. Asked me one day where I got my shoulders, never had them before. Iron pipe wrenches Dad.   

[dave500]

board games with the family!my younger sister bought me this a coupla years ago,i havent opened it yet its a keeper!!

[Stev-o]

board games with the family!my younger sister bought me this a coupla years ago,i havent opened it yet its a keeper!!

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[dhall57]

Found this old photo while going through some old boxes. Had to look at it a couple times just to be sure who it was I don't remember this or have any idea where the picture was took. Had to be the early 70's. I did let my hair grow out some way back than Yeah boy those were the days!

[dhall57]

Took the 2nd picture yesterday, same location, my grandparent's backyard, but a whole lot has changed since the 1st pic was took over 60 years ago. Sorry the 1st pic isn't straight.

[grcamna2]

Dwight,that 2nd pic at your Grandparents yard looks like you've got some vines to clear? or are they flowering vines ?

[dhall57]

Dwight,that 2nd pic at your Grandparents yard looks like you've got some vines to clear? or are they flowering vines ?

Haha, yeah you right! A lot of good times and fond memories in that yard as a little kid. Rope swings, big sandbox, family gathers, and a fishing pond(not there anymore) but to the right and out of site in 1st pic. I think the property was sold around 2010 and the new owner hasn't done anything with it so its just growing up. I live on the other side of town and drive by it every now and than. But the other day was the first time I stop and walked around since around the time it was sold and took the 2nd photo.

[grcamna2]

Dwight,that 2nd pic at your Grandparents yard looks like you've got some vines to clear? or are they flowering vines ?

Haha, yeah you right! A lot of good times and fond memories in that yard as a little kid. Rope swings, big sandbox, family gathers, and a fishing pond(not there anymore) but to the right and out of site in 1st pic. I think the property was sold around 2010 and the new owner hasn't done anything with it so its just growing up. I live on the other side of town and drive by it every now and than. But the other day was the first time I stop and walked around since around the time it was sold and took the 2nd photo.

I keep thinking,if I could purchase our original family place from when I was growing up I would:I like to dream big  $.

[Alan F.]

Same here but it'd never be the same. I'll find something that fits my wants and needs instead and make some new memories there.

Never stop dreaming big.

[Steve F]

   Of course every kid today wants a tree house, when I was a  kid we  had  underground forts  ....an abandoned  stone cellar with a make shift roof about 4 feet tall. Lots of camp outs with neighborhood kids in the summer., later it was the secret place to party .  It seemed every neighborhood we visited had one somewhere. Haven't heard of any around here , but I guess being a secret  was part of the charm. Wonder if kids do that stuff any more.

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I’m guessing they don’t. I’m not even sure if kids ride bicycles anymore.
We made our “razor” scooter out of the steel trucks we stole off of our little sisters skate and of 2x4’s. We figured it out.
We ran our bikes into the wall...just for fun.
We bought 3/4” EMT and extended the forks on our Stingray bikes.
We also put a rear wheel generator on with a bullet headlight. We figured out how to do it.
We had rock fights...each “side” building their fort wall out of big dirt clods after the county plowed the open fields.
I grew up in the mid 50’s.
My grandkids irritate me because when they come over, they bring their hand held games. They don’t engage in conversation, they bring their at home environment to their grandparents house. They sit in a corner and “game”. This is sad. It’s like a drug for them.
My own kids can be disappointing in some areas of raising their kids. They don’t even know where their shoes are when it’s time to go. Mom does everything for them...still.
Our Slip ‘N Slide was our driveway. The finish was sooo smooth we’d run the hose continuous and once you figured how to “dive” onto your belly, it was fun.
Cardboard tanks? Yep. Rolled inside that big box right down the hillside.
We were into building models, cars or airplanes. I remember drizzling Testors model glue onto any plastic model (or army man) and burning it. Kids today? Not so much interested in the brand of fun I enjoyed “when I was a kid”.
Remember that “Parachute Army Man”? We’d get over to the local dry cleaners and get one of those thin plastic bags. Then we’d make a real parachute for that Army Man. That guy would fly like there was no tomorrow! He used to be made of some solid material so it was easier to throw higher. Today’s same toy is junk.
We’d buy two Guillows biplane gliders and make one tri-wing plane. We figured it out.

Yep, those were the days.

OMG Mr.Mike !!!  I'd swear you just were writing about me and what I did as a kid.... except for the rock fights and driveway sliding, but yeah.... that was me and the neighbor kids too.

[Johnie]

Found this old photo while going through some old boxes. Had to look at it a couple times just to be sure who it was I don't remember this or have any idea where the picture was took. Had to be the early 70's. I did let my hair grow out some way back than Yeah boy those were the days!

Hall...I swore that pic was of Robby Benson from the movies One on One, Ode To Billie Joe, Ice Castles, etc. Seriously...you look like him back then.

[dhall57]

Found this old photo while going through some old boxes. Had to look at it a couple times just to be sure who it was I don't remember this or have any idea where the picture was took. Had to be the early 70's. I did let my hair grow out some way back than Yeah boy those were the days!

Hall...I swore that pic was of Robby Benson from the movies One on One, Ode To Billie Joe, Ice Castles, etc. Seriously...you look like him back then.

Yeah Johnnie I watched those movies of his back in the day also. Really liked Ode To Billie Joe. Never entered my mind that we looked some what a like though.

[dhall57]

Love going through old pictures, you never what you'll find. This pic was took back in 1962 at a family reunion. I'm the cute kid in the back. the blonde girl is my cousin Marsha. the other little girl I don't recognize. The man in the pic is my uncle Andy. He is the uncle I talk about in the Vintage Tractor thread that had the 1949 John Deere M. No doubt those were the days

[dhall57]

Those were the days no doubt

[Don R]

 There was a Belscot discount store that had a decent automotive department, the guy that ran it drove a late 60's Galaxy white 2 door with a Ford 427 Cammer engine in it with a top loader 4 speed. It had angel hair in the back window shelf and most of the usual show car trinkets. It had the sun "captain america" tach hose clamped to the steering column, I somehow don't remember what the wheels were. 
 That was when a department store mechanic could have a bit of spendable income.

[Medyo Bastos]

Those were the days no doubt

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[dhall57]

 
Yeah got my a$$ blistered more than once. Still remember those 3 famous words - Grab your ankles.

[scottly]

Yeah got my a$$ blistered more than once. Still remember those 3 famous words - Grab your ankles.

Those were the days when I could actually grab my ankles!

[Medyo Bastos]

Let’s hope you can still reach your sack


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[Johnie]

We all know why they call them the good ol' days. Glad to have lived them and really glad I can still remember them :-)

[Don R]

 We used to cruise the back row at the car dealers, there were chevy II's, Camaro's, big block Impalas, you name it. I even remember a Plymouth Superbird sitting new on a lot. I thought it looked ridiculous but now know I should have bought it. 
I really considered buying a used Mark Donahue Javelin until I opened the hood. It looked just like the Rambler classic engine next to it. The 304 two barrel did not impress me. Now I know it should have had a 360 or 390 engine with the go package. Maybe it did,

[dhall57]

I found my Battle Kit lunch box that I carried to elementry school in the 60's. It's in great shape and still has the thermos. Yep those were the days! I think I might start taking my lunch to work in it