I'm so old I Remember when:

[Rick589]

Not in public, no.
Pull on each finger about an inch from one end to the other - pointer to pinky. Repeat several times. You didn't want to stretch the fingers out.


Live shells??? Did this leave holes in the floor? And the parents allowed this?

Never mind, wrong post.

Ever mind again. I should just quit.

 

[Rick589]

Does seem as though a lot of the games we created in our youth were focused on risking injury to ourselves or our friends.

 

[Rick589]

Remember when you and friends had the spooky house in the neighborhood that you used to try and scare and dare each other.

 

[Rick589]

Who did you dress up as when a kid. I dressed up as Dracula one time and Batman another. Now that I think about it there seems to be some weird connection between the two. Well, I don’t know, I guess……., well I was just a weird kid.

 

[SkyAJK]

I'm so old, I remember when I actually could stay awake until midnight on NYE!

That is precisely my case, I did not see much on TV about new year event. I fell asleep on the couch before I know it.

 

[notabitail]

Does seem as though a lot of the games we created in our youth were focused on risking injury to ourselves or our friends.

Don't try this at home. Try it at a friend's house.

 

[LaurenRitz]

Live shells? Did this leave holes in the floor? And the parents allowed this?

Hm. Grandparents, actually. He said live shells, but if anything had exploded I think that would have been part of the story. Maybe they stopped him. Who knows? This story usually preceeded the "guardian angel" bit. From all accounts (and my own experience), Dad was highly intelligent, totally fearless, insatiably curious and with no common sense whatsoever.

 

[LaurenRitz]

My question is: where were the adults during this game?

Probably elsewhere. This was a working farm.

 

[jxp]

That sounds fun.
I remember making ‘dolls’ using a bed spring for the body and ping-pong balls for their heads.

That's cool, to. One thing previous generations of kids (like us) had in spades was imagination.

 

[jxp]

I remember making a dress in home economics class in junior high school. It turned out ok and I had t wear it in a style show the class was doing. I never wore it again because I felt homemade that I made wasn't very good. My mom bought me a leather coat, light blue with red lining when I was about 6 or 7 years old. She said it was expensive. Well, I had to wear it but I HATED it. It was so stiff that I could barely put my arms down like in the movie The Christmas Story.

Light blue leather with a red lining?!? Did your mother hate you?