Different 'How old are you?' thread

[Backtanner]

How old are you?
I'm so old I remember......
1) Drive-in theatres
2) Sat morning cartoons
3) The term “gay bashing”. (It’s what hate crime used to be)
4) Buying and paying off a new boat was realistic for my blue collar old man.
5) My only worry when trick or treating was having a big enough bag.
6) Fist fights at school (It's what shooting sprees used to be)
7) Drunk drivers were simply driven home and turned over to parents or wife.
8) Reel-to-Reel tape decks
9) Buying realistic looking plastic assault gun toys at any toy store.
10) Sports figures were role models not defendants

[Kachina26]

The milk man

[Misogynist]

I'm so old I remember when:
1 Premium fuel was 100 octane and 29.9 cents per gallon
2 If you got in a car accident... it may have been your fault.
3 If you didn't have a job in your field it was because you were lazy
and not because your job is now in China
4 Politicians screwed around on their wives and no one cared.
5 Progress was NOT a dirty word.
6 If a tree needed to be cut to make a house... the squirrel could relocate.
7 Politicians were NOT afraid of offending someone.
8 People WERE profiled because of race and or color.
9 Arguments were settled with words or fists... not automatic weapons.
10 People accelled because of hard work and perseverence... not affirmative action.

[Some Kind Of Monster]

I remember when you could walk down an American street and everyone that wasn't a tourist spoke English!

[throwerb]

I remember when you could walk down an American street and everyone that wasn't a tourist spoke English!
Dude, you are old! :wink:

[Misogynist]

I remember when you could walk down an American street and everyone that wasn't a tourist spoke English!
Si......... :220v:

[LOLLYGAGIN]

Si......... :220v:
That's funny. Si what though? :confused:

[1stepcloser]

1) Fright Night hosted by Elvira
2) Black and white television sets
3) staying outside playing kick the can after the streetlights came on.
4) The police, teachers, etc. were respected.
5) whatever I did, it was my fault.
6) The Holmes bakery truck.
7) Glamis when there were no boundaries.
8) 75% of a vaction budget wasnt for fuel.
9) The school principals "paddle" (with holes drilled in it)
10) being an american citizen was a priveledge, not a right.
11) saying the pledge of allegience every morning in class.
12) being ashamed for my mistakes, and owning up to them.
13) My dads '65 chrysler imperial hemi that could "burn rubber" all the way down the block. :D

[Rod-64]

Don Kirshner's rock concert
Stinking up the house with my Creepy Crawlers set
My prized possesion of 8-track tapes
10 cent pay phone calls. :D

[uvindex]

Stinking up the house with my Creepy Crawlers setThat brings back memories! :)
(1) Cars with analog clocks that never worked.
(2) Cars without shoulder harnesses, or that did have a shoulder harness but it was stored against the headliner in little clips so you could safely ignore it for the life of the car.
(3) Whammo Air Blaster (and all the fun you could have using it in ways it wasn't intended to be used).

[Rod-64]

Rockem' Sockem' Robots!!!

[Rod-64]

http://store1.yimg.com/I/playthingspastllc_1807_20986184

[Rod-64]

[QUOTE=Backtanner]How old are you?
I'm so old I remember......
1) Drive-in theatres
2) Sat morning cartoons
http://members.aol.com/PaulEC2/tenpin.jpg

[HCS]

1) Fright Night hosted by Elvira
2) Black and white television sets
3) staying outside playing kick the can after the streetlights came on.
4) The police, teachers, etc. were respected.
5) whatever I did, it was my fault.
6) The Holmes bakery truck.
7) Glamis when there were no boundaries.
8) 75% of a vaction budget wasnt for fuel.
9) The school principals "paddle" (with holes drilled in it)
10) being an american citizen was a priveledge, not a right.
11) saying the pledge of allegience every morning in class.
12) being ashamed for my mistakes, and owning up to them.
13) My dads '65 chrysler imperial hemi that could "burn rubber" all the way down the block. :D
We must be the same age.
Black & wight TV.
Cars didn't have disc brakes or stereos they had radios. It was a luxury to have AC.
We didn't have AC in our house we used swamp coolers.
Swinn Sting Rays were invented. Then 10 speed bikes.
45rpm records. My parents had 78's.
We burned our trash in the back yard in the incinerator, all houses had them.
Most every one was a democrat.
No one landscaped there houses or had built in sprinkler systems.
You could ride your Taco mini bike and off road toys on the street and no one
gave a rats ass.
Fist fighting was how you settled your differences.
Drive in theaters and the local roundy rounds was weekend entertainment.
All recreational boats were made of wood and had a prop.
I remember when jet boats were invented.

[racecar.hotshoe]

I must be the oldest,I remember when you could walk down the street a peeps would wave or say hi.you didnt worry about getting shot.A mans handshake was his word.fishing w/o a license,And when sex was fun and racing was dangerous.

[6 Dollar Boat]

Creepy crawlers???...that reminds me of my Strange Change Machine, I had one of these...you put a plastic square into the oven and when it heated up it became the shape of some creature...
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/831StrangeMachine.jpghttp://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/831st12.jpg

[Shark In The Pond]

Crash boom pow crash em up derby ( SSP Cars )
Clackkers (sp)
Wild Kingdom
TV trays for TV dinners NOT frozen dinners during combat or Rat Patrol
Attic Fans
Going out to eat was something special
Gas was red not brown

[Some Kind Of Monster]

I remember jet boats.. Anyone remember those?

[Jbb]

I remember the Cox Shrike ...and the funny cars.....No danger from that prop....ouch....I remember how cox fuel stung when the prop banged your finger....lol...we never used the string either....just crank them up and let em go... :D ..oh yeah...Jetex jet engines...anybody remember them...In my early boat design days I built a small wood boat with a pylon to hold the jetex in place......R&D was done in the pool....and the craft promptly went to the edge ....and went around the whole perimeter...... burning the liner and causing quite the tidal wave going down the driveway.....My dad was rather amused....and Upset at the same time...thus went my career in boat design...lol
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/860shrike.jpg
Jetex (http://www.megamodels.co.uk/jetex.htm)

[Some Kind Of Monster]

It's a Cox .049! Yeah!

[Ziggy]

All the Cox airplanes still had strings attached.
Black and White TV's.
NO TV remotes...you had to get your fat ass up to change station or turn up the volume.
Being the last kid out on Halloween..still ringing bells at midnight :p
Able to drive gocart on neighborhood streets, and take a quarter to gas station hoping it wouldn't overflow the gallon tank.
Local Dairy's with drive thru service and where you could go feed the cows.
No CRV charges on cans/bottles.
No freeway gridlock at rushhour.
No Stop signs at many street corners.
:rollside: :rollside: :rollside:

[Krazy K]

I must be the oldest,I remember when you could walk down the street a peeps would wave or say hi.you didnt worry about getting shot.A mans handshake was his word.fishing w/o a license,And when sex was fun and racing was dangerous.
Up here, depending on how old the neighborhood is, you can walk down the street and people wave and say hello. And there are quite a few neighborhoods like that up here. Mainly on the eastside. The westside is where most of the transplants move into the NEW neighborhoods.
Oh, and I remember when it was a luxury to have a cassette tape deck in your car!

[Flyinbowtie]

1)My first bike, a gold Schwinn Stingray, Christmas, 1963.
2)Dad burning the Michelins on the front of our 66 Toronado. Mom yelling at him.
3) Taco Bell when all the menu items were seventeen cents.
4) The big HO model Railroad layouts and 5 cent hot dogs at Dooleys Hardware.
5) Riding in a cabover camper up to Frazier Park for the opening day of deer season, then sleeping in a tent.
6) Listening to Motown records with my cousins on their little 45 record player.
7)Riding a skinny red skateboard with skinny metal wheels.
8)Ditching school, and going to Shady Acres Miniature Golf.
9)Riding my Taco 22 mini-bike with the 3 HP Briggs Motor through Scherer Park, and getting chased by LBPD. Didn't get caught.
10)Fullsize Hershey Bars in my Halloween Bag.

[HCS]

1)My first bike, a gold Schwinn Stingray, Christmas, 1963.
2)Dad burning the Michelins on the front of our 66 Toronado. Mom yelling at him.
3) Taco Bell when all the menu items were seventeen cents.
4) The big HO model Railroad layouts and 5 cent hot dogs at Dooleys Hardware.
5) Riding in a cabover camper up to Frazier Park for the opening day of deer season, then sleeping in a tent.
6) Listening to Motown records with my cousins on their little 45 record player.
7)Riding a skinny red skateboard with skinny metal wheels.
8)Ditching school, and going to Shady Acres Miniature Golf.
9)Riding my Taco 22 mini-bike with the 3 HP Briggs Motor through Scherer Park, and getting chased by LBPD. Didn't get caught.
10)Fullsize Hershey Bars in my Halloween Bag.
I owned a Taco mini bike. Those things were cool. I modified mine after having
it for about 10 years. I put the Hodoka 100 off of a Bonanza mini bike on it.
Then if was really a kick in the ass.
Remember Steen motorcycles?

[76BARRON]

Mail box on the corner
Helms bakery...then Holms bakery
Sting Ray bikes ..then the badest of the bad ORANGE CRATE,
LEMON PEELER, PEA PICKER,APPLE CRATE any others?
WHEELIE BAR
SISSY BAR
CHOPPER FORKS the list go's on...........

[Desert Rat]

Schwinn Apple Crate,Lemon Crate and Orange Crate stingrays!!!!!

[Rod-64]

My favorite toy of all time...........you're up there if you had this one.... :D ..........and......you just HAD to stick your fingers in the rotor......YEEOW!!!
http://www.nostalgia.condoris.net/images/vertibird.jpg

[1stepcloser]

Are you kidding? I got my first one on my 6th christmas.
later that year I got the "fire fighter" version, with the cardboard building and the water bucket that could be picked up and placed on the building...
Very cool....

[dmontzsta]

You guys are all old, I feel sorry for you all...suckers.
BTW: My son has the vertibird, but I dont think it is called that and has alot of things you can hook to, even has a few boats to land on. ;)

[gramps]

how about growing up in Monterey Park when:
cows walked down our street.
my dad buyin one of the first TVs in our neighborhood.
ALL the sings in Montery Park were in English.
hitch hiking home from school was safe
Helms bakery truck with the slide out drawers of donuts
everyone thought that Shakeys Pizza would never last
my favortie toy store being torn down 'cause they were gonna build the Pomona Freeway
drivig dirt roads to go from Montery Park to Montebello....

[Some Kind Of Monster]

You guys are all old, I feel sorry for you all...suckers.
Yeah, I'm old... LOL

[1stepcloser]

I remember getting one of these christmas morning....it was the happiest day of my short life. :D
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/398crane_2.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/398giant_crane-med.jpg

[HammerDown]

The milk man
Ditto that...I remember as a kid here in Philly Pa. the old milk box's at the front door. In winter time the cream would push the top off the milk bottles.
I also remember steeling chunks of Ice out of the milk mans truck in Summer.

[HCS]

Ditto that...I remember as a kid here in Philly Pa. the old milk box's at the front door. In winter time the cream would push the top off the milk bottles.
I also remember steeling chunks of Ice out of the milk mans truck in Summer.
We use to follow the milk man around and steal the food he put on peoples
porches. :idea: That's when I was 16. :chi:

[77charger]

How old are you?
I'm so old I remember......
1) Drive-in theatres
2) Sat morning cartoons
3) The term “gay bashing”. (It’s what hate crime used to be)
4) Buying and paying off a new boat was realistic for my blue collar old man.
5) My only worry when trick or treating was having a big enough bag.
6) Fist fights at school (It's what shooting sprees used to be)
7) Drunk drivers were simply driven home and turned over to parents or wife.
8) Reel-to-Reel tape decks
9) Buying realistic looking plastic assault gun toys at any toy store.
10) Sports figures were role models not defendants
I can remember all but number 7 and i am 31
I liked number 9 so much then i bought myself a real ar15.But my toy one use to break between the receiver and barrel part dad just got the superglue out and fixed one more time.

[racecar.hotshoe]

I have you all beat,I remember when Michael Jackson was a Boy. :confused:

[Rod-64]

I had one of these when I was young...........Do they still make them?
It was more fun putting it together than playing the actual game.
http://store1.yimg.com/I/creativetoy_1810_9610158

[77charger]

how about growing up in Monterey Park when:
cows walked down our street.
my dad buyin one of the first TVs in our neighborhood.
ALL the sings in Montery Park were in English.
hitch hiking home from school was safe
Helms bakery truck with the slide out drawers of donuts
everyone thought that Shakeys Pizza would never last
my favortie toy store being torn down 'cause they were gonna build the Pomona Freeway
drivig dirt roads to go from Montery Park to Montebello....
Dude that is my dads era there.He told me that they use to ride their minibikes on the 60 freeway when under constuction.As for me i lived my first 13 years there.My favororite times where the playdays carnival at barnes park.We lived of isabella st and my dad grew up on ynez st near the hospital.Both of us went to repetto elementary school my uncle even had the same teacher as i did mrs fergusen.But how times have changed there.atlanticsquare all new.I think the shakeys on atlantic is still there,remember andys pool hall too?

[MsDrmr]

and out of curiosity,,,what dinasours roamed back then :D

[Dribble]

If you had a boat you were rich (and it was an outboard).
You could hitchhike and live to tell about it.
The cops would take your pot and beer (for themselves) and let you go.
There was no such thing as unlawful sex with a minor.
Dirtbikes were air-cooled, had three inches of travel and lasted about a week.
Fast cars had V-8's and rear drive.
Roger Decoster was "The Man".

[Rod-64]

and out of curiosity,,,what dinasours roamed back then :D
There kind :D
http://www.cobbaut.be/a1b2c3d4/funpics/1/dinlove.jpg

[Rod-64]

Had one of these original Big Wheels............used to take the seat off, stand on it, and take it down the steepest hill in town. :D
http://store1.yimg.com/I/playthingspastllc_1807_21623571

[MsDrmr]

There kind :D
http://www.cobbaut.be/a1b2c3d4/funpics/1/dinlove.jpg
That was toooooo cute, is that a family pic? or is that one of the sisers of someone here on the thread?
I know. I am too mean

[Napanutt]

I had rock 'em sock 'em and vertibird...couldn't play with vertibird,though,for a while on christmas day cause dad and uncles we're in the way...

[mike37]

http://store1.yimg.com/I/playthingspastllc_1807_20986184
now that was a fun toy

[mike37]

My favorite toy of all time...........you're up there if you had this one.... :D ..........and......you just HAD to stick your fingers in the rotor......YEEOW!!!
http://www.nostalgia.condoris.net/images/vertibird.jpg
hey had one of them am I old or what

[mike37]

how about this hi tech game
http://www.pong-story.com/pics/intro/apong.jpg

[H20bug]

I'm so old I remember.............
1.) no MTV network period
2.) tastee freeze... mmmmmmm, the best rootbeer floats
3.) no such thing as "Van's" tennis shoes
4.) H.R. puff in snuff
5.) the electric company on t.v.
6.) when ocean pacific was the hot clothing(remember lightning bolt?)
7.) when morey boogie boards came out
8.) when you could drive the old cars around knott's berry farm
:D :D :D :messedup:

[cave]

Sizzlers and the high bank tracks.
GT skate boards
65mm red kriptonics, Z flex, Tony Alva & Dog Town
Dudes & chicks that never bathed, I mean Hippies. Pachuly stench.
Dr Pepper in huge bottles. At least as alittle kid they looked huge.
Paul Mal gold cigs were .25 cents a pack with no warnings on the side and I could pick them up for my pops.
The quarter back was a football player that was tackled if he had the ball.
No skirts on em back in the day. Roughing the passer. What a joke.

[gramps]

Dude that is my dads era there.He told me that they use to ride their minibikes on the 60 freeway when under constuction.As for me i lived my first 13 years there.My favororite times where the playdays carnival at barnes park.We lived of isabella st and my dad grew up on ynez st near the hospital.Both of us went to repetto elementary school my uncle even had the same teacher as i did mrs fergusen.But how times have changed there.atlanticsquare all new.I think the shakeys on atlantic is still there,remember andys pool hall too?
ANDY's Pool Hall!!!!!! I made all my extra money there when I was in school. I still have a cue that I bought there!!!!!!

[HammerDown]

Old time TV, Black+White only, they were puppet's (ya could see the strings) :rollside: ...they rode around on cool jet scooters and the show was called...The Thunder Birds. :cool:

[Keithb87]

TCR Race track
Evil Kenivel Stunt Cycle
Wizzer's and the cars that they powered
The Wet Willie Lawn Water Toy and the original Klacker-Kracker Balls..
(The ones that were outlawed due to injuries to kids)
:D :D :D :D
Yeah, I'm old... LOL
I know how old you are not.... Kiddo :D

[v-drive]

It isn't even funny. :rolleyes: v-drive

[Some Kind Of Monster]

I know how old you are not.... Kiddo :D
I didn't say it, They did....
I remember my first 8086 computer :smile:

[steelcomp]

Mcdonalds was a walk up, and you got burger, fries and a coke, and change back from your DOLLAR! Shakey's pizza with the Player piano, and yeah, Sizzler with the checkerboard tablecloths and saw dust on the floor. And Johnny Quest on Wed. nights. And Dennis the Mennace.
Oh Man! :boxed:

[ratso]

Mcdonalds was a walk up, and you got burger, fries and a coke, and change back from your DOLLAR! Shakey's pizza with the Player piano, and yeah, Sizzler with the checkerboard tablecloths and saw dust on the floor. And Johnny Quest on Wed. nights. And Dennis the Mennace.
Oh Man! :boxed:
They had a Shakeys here in Waco too...
Went there after graduation in 78...
Closed down soon after. Those were the days... :D

[XtrmWakeborder]

I had one of these when I was young...........Do they still make them?
It was more fun putting it together than playing the actual game.
http://store1.yimg.com/I/creativetoy_1810_9610158
I had one of those and i'm only 20...i remember when the words gun and river werent in the same sentence.... :confused:

[Dr. Eagle]

9-12-2004, I turn 43 !!!!!!!!! :D :D :D
Sheesh a virtual teenager!
:rollside:

[Dr. Eagle]

1) Fright Night hosted by Elvira
2) Black and white television sets
3) staying outside playing kick the can after the streetlights came on.
4) The police, teachers, etc. were respected.
5) whatever I did, it was my fault.
6) The Holmes bakery truck.
7) Glamis when there were no boundaries.
8) 75% of a vaction budget wasnt for fuel.
9) The school principals "paddle" (with holes drilled in it)
10) being an american citizen was a priveledge, not a right.
11) saying the pledge of allegience every morning in class.
12) being ashamed for my mistakes, and owning up to them.
13) My dads '65 chrysler imperial hemi that could "burn rubber" all the way down the block. :D
Yep, I'd say we are of the same general point in time... I remember most of that stuff... not the 65 Chrysler Imperial. Those do rock for Demo Derby cars though!!!!!!!!!!!

[Misogynist]

I remember chomping on the bit while watching Neal Armstrong walk on the moon.... on a black and white tv.... exciting.... didn't matter..... the feed was b and w.... :D

[JustMVG]

I remember just about all of the things mentioned, now what about
Bahne Fiberglass Skateboards
G+S Fiberflex boards with Tracker Trucks
The Red Road Rider Wheels
Cadillac Wheels with the hard plastic center and the lip of the wheel would "flex" to give you more grip.
Vertibirds by Mattel airplane hot wheels you "flew" down a nylon line to an "Airport" cardboard runway, still have those in my garage as well as my GI Joe Space Capsule that floated just like the real ones!!!
Bennett Wheels and Trucks for skateboards.
Bazooka bubble gum was a penny!
There wasn't anything "Sugar Free" until Fresca came out
When there was a Jack in the Box Head you spoke into to order, and getting a free bunch of balloons.
Bobs Big Boy in Burbank actually had a Drive in and waitress service to the car and those huge trays that sat magically to the car window sill.
When the Blue Angels flew F4 Phantoms!!!
Mike VG yup guess that would make me old

[UBFJ #454]

Hmmm ... Now what was it I was going to say???
Hmmm???
Must be getting Old.

[Uplink]

I remember getting one of these christmas morning....it was the happiest day of my short life. :D
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/398crane_2.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/398giant_crane-med.jpg
OH MY GOD, I HAD ONE OF THOSE CRANES! I loved that thing, I think I was about 5 years old, and wore that thing out. I freaked out when I saw those pics. thanks, 1stepcloser.
I remember...
-Lidsville
-Wonderama
-Land of the Lost
-Shazam
-Op cord pants
-Getting ice cream at Thriftys
Same here w/ the Creepy crawlers and Electric Company. Blue Angels w/F4'
s, now THAT is old!
I feel old too. (thanks Dad for the great toys)
Mark
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/194troubleshooter.jpg
I loved my GI joes too...
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/194gijoe.jpg
remember these shirts too..
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/194keep_on_truckin.jpg

[sizzlingcell]

Going to Bullhead City and you could drink at 19
Going to Laughlin when only the Pioneer, Riverside and Edgewater were there
Telling Arizona girls you were from Hollywood and Sliding right in...
Bayne Skateboards, Chicago Trucks, and Cadillac Wheels
Wishing they made Big Wheels for Teenagers
K2 710 comp snow ski's were the baddest...
People actually Slalom Water Skied at the River and you did not have to look over your sholder for jet skis snaking your turn
Getting bitched out when trying to ride a wave on a knee board at County line

[dc96819]

Gas was 80 cents a gallon :hammer2:

[UBFJ #454]

Oh Yeah ... Gas was 11 cents a gallon.

[cave]

11 cents? wow.

[Cheap Thrills]

I remember when you could actually run over your Tonka trucks with a full sized pick up and not hurt it .
and orange colored gas at .35 a gal.
C.T. :wink:

[ahhell]

walking to White Front to buy the orange hot wheels track that you usaually had swords fights with then mom whipped you with it
dad putting 2 one gallon cans on your handle bars tossinig you a 50 cent piece and telling you to get lawnmower gas...and you got 2 gallons
5 cent ice cream cones at Thrifty's
growing up on the corner of eastend and riverside drive when there were ranches and it wasnt Chino hills

[UBFJ #454]

Was Very Upset when it went to 19 cents ... Had a 1953 Military Surplus Jeep that I put a 409 RAT in and it didn't get that good of mileage ... an 8 cents a gallon jump was Not Good for a Teenager working for under $3 an Hr..

[6 balls]

Orange groves
Saddleback Park
Escape Country
Orange County International Raceway
Lion Country Safari
and...
Sundance (in a tent)
Rock Palace
as for a game, you can't forget Jarts

[gramps]

"buy the orange hot wheels track that you usaually had swords fights"
if I remember right, you still do that..................

[Flyinbowtie]

Schwinn Apple Crate,Lemon Crate and Orange Crate stingrays!!!!!
Still have most of my 63 Stingray. Looking for some parts to restore it. Seat, forks, handlebars, etc. My kids got ahold of it a few years back... :notam:

[mike37]

OH MY GOD, I HAD ONE OF THOSE CRANES! I loved that thing, I think I was about 5 years old, and wore that thing out. I freaked out when I saw those pics. thanks, 1stepcloser.
I remember...
-Lidsville
-Wonderama
-Land of the Lost
-Shazam
-Op cord pants
-Getting ice cream at Thriftys
Same here w/ the Creepy crawlers and Electric Company. Blue Angels w/F4'
s, now THAT is old!
I feel old too. (thanks Dad for the great toys)
Mark
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/194troubleshooter.jpg
I loved my GI joes too...
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/194gijoe.jpg
remember these shirts too..
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/194keep_on_truckin.jpg
holy shit I loved my GI joes too I have all that GI joe stuff in storage

[6 balls]

:cool:
http://members.cox.net/dla/images/bikes/64_stingray.jpg

[Flyinbowtie]

Yup, mine was that gold color, but the seat was the Solo-polo plain white.
Found a source for the paint, but need the stuff I listed first.

[PHOTOGLOU]

9-12-2004, I turn 43 !!!!!!!!! :D :D :D
Happy birthday 2-17-2970 so that makes me 34 today yesterday and tomorrow

[24ROD]

How old are you?
I'm so old I remember......
1) Drive-in theatres
2) Sat morning cartoons
3) The term “gay bashing”. (It’s what hate crime used to be)
4) Buying and paying off a new boat was realistic for my blue collar old man.
5) My only worry when trick or treating was having a big enough bag.
6) Fist fights at school (It's what shooting sprees used to be)
7) Drunk drivers were simply driven home and turned over to parents or wife.
8) Reel-to-Reel tape decks
9) Buying realistic looking plastic assault gun toys at any toy store.
10) Sports figures were role models not defendants
11) The Milk Man.
12) The Helms Bakery Truck.......

[Sleek-Jet]

"buy the orange hot wheels track that you usaually had swords fights"
if I remember right, you still do that..................
My brothers and I had miles of that stuff, and boxes of cars...
I also had a Criss-Cross Crash... from Mattel of course, Matchbox sucked. :devil:

[Mrs.Racer277]

Beta video tapes
Atari video games
crazy car
Orange County had Orange groves
Playing kick ball in the street.

[Mohavekid]

1. Ahdore farms milk man delivering milk in glass bottles.
2. Black and white TV with no remote control. We did'nt need one, we only got five or six channels.
3. The 101 freeway being only 2 lanes from Agoura out to Ventura.
4. Katherine's landing having only 1 set of docks.
5. Laughlin did not exist, the Riverside was the only thing there and it had just a few slots, a couple of tables a small resturant and a dirt parking lot.
6. Eldorado Marina on Lake Mohave before the flash flood wiped it out.
7. The Chevron station in Searchlight that posted pictures of all the bad wrecks on Hwy 95.
8. The hotel at Katherine's Landing had only 16 rooms and was never booked up.
9. Metal lunch boxes.

[Mandelon]

Old enough to remember the last time we did this thread.... :D

[Krazy K]

Shakey's had a player piano and LONGGG tables
Going to sleep listening to the drags at OCIR
Riverside Internatonal Raceway
Badenoch's was a gas dock and had a waterslide
the Waterslide park up by the old Rock Palace!
S.W.A.T. on TV!
Wonderama and Romper Room
The New Zoo Revue
Hot Seat! (like a Big Wheel, but better!)(and bigger!)(it looked like a 3 wheel chopper)
You could actually go for decent boat ride on the strip w/o a gut belt!
There weren't no lake lice
When JetSkiis came out
You could have your own trailer (not a mobilehome) at Castle Rock
When "Minitrucks" were in (and convertible, at that!)
When Sundance burned down and had a tent for a couple years
........

[Infomaniac]

Dude - I got spanked with hot wheel track by my mom.
One I wish I still had: Hot Wheels Snake and Mongoose drag race set.

[Mrs. casean]

The first T.V. show I remember watching was Dukes of Hazard
The big wheel was the shit
I wore underroo's as pajamas
We never locked the door until we went to bed and we could play outside until dark
Cabbage patches were the dolls to have!
Stand up jet skis were cool to ride and (I still enjoy them on certain waters) and the sit downs weren't such a problem on the water.
I think I might be young after reading all the prior posts to mine! But many of them fit in to my childhood.

[Kim Hanson]

Im not old, only 43.........Spring Chicken and still looking young, must beer the beer :D .........( . )( . )..........I drink lite, not litley! :mix:

[Keithb87]

Games like:
Knip-Knop
Pick-up sticks
The original Operation
Atari and Activision
I actully had a Pong game that hooked to the 2 screws on the back of the tv
The first computer I had used a cassett tape and also hooked to the back of the tv.
:D

[TheLurker]

O.K. Who remembers the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach.

[Uplink]

Dude - I got spanked with hot wheel track by my mom.
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LMAO!!! :D :D :D just the visual cracks me up!
Mark