I'm so old I Remember when:

[paintedChix]

Yard Darts

Red Rover & Green light Red light - played on the lawn.

Staying outside until street lites came on.

Having the neighbors report their corrections for your shenanigans.

Banana seats on bicycles (before we had horses). Pretending those bikes were "Trigger", "Fury", "Buttermilk", "Topper", "Champion", "War Admiral", Secratariat", "Ruffian", "Big Red", "Man O' War"... I know there were others, memories not as sharp, LOL

Koolaid & drinking from the hose (but I still do - our well water is ice cold & sweet)...

Saturday morning cartoons, afternoons with "The Mousketeers"...

 

[Bsmac]

If you try to use the middle finger emoji on BYC it turns it into a smiley.

Hahaha lol!

 

[kikiruru]

I remember when Castro overthrew Batista.

Before that happened Cuba was a great high school graduation trip

I remember older relatives and friends talking about it when I was a kid

 

[paintedChix]

I remember full service gas stations. They would pump your gas, check your fluids and air, and clean your windshield. I really miss those.

I was remembering those often while dealing w/ my broken leg & dislocated ankle that have taken almost a full 18 months to heal...

 

[paintedChix]

I'm not old, but it's great to read what you remember
To me, everything seems like it was way cheaper back then

But at the time, it was expensive to us, LOL

 

[paintedChix]

This thread is full of old people that go to bed at 8:00 isn't it?

Nah, I often take a nap now in the afternoons & then "do stuff" until 1-3 am. Been driving my hubs crazy lately...

"Do stuff" - read, watch movies, crochet, spend lots of time on forums...

Does not usually include any type of house work...

 

[paintedChix]

even better than etch a sketch was spirograph
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& they are BAAACCKK!!

 

[paintedChix]

I was trying to think what they were called when I was a kid. I only remember there were nerds or spazzes, scuzz buckets or scum buckets, but nothing I recall quite fits.

Busybodies or town gossips... but you're right - doesn't quite fit

Edit - to fix spelling

 

[paintedChix]

the memories just keep flooding, don't they?

Chiffon margarine: "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!"
"It's Slinky! It's Slinky! Oh what a wonderful toy..."
Playtex bras: "It lifts and separates!"
"My bologna has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R, ..." or,
"Oh I wish I was an Oscar Meyer weiner, that is what I truly wish to be-ee-ee..."
"Two all-beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun"
"It's Rice A Roni, the San Francisco treat!"
"I'm not gonna try it, you try it. I'm not gonna try it. Hey, let's get Mikey...!"
"I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony....."

Oh please make me stop.

Is it bad or wrong that I started singing almost all of those... instead of just reading them??

 

[Bigdumogre]

Red Rover & Green light Red light - played on the lawn.

Staying outside until street lites came on.

Having the neighbors report their corrections for your shenanigans.

Banana seats on bicycles (before we had horses). Pretending those bikes were "Trigger", "Fury", "Buttermilk", "Topper", "Champion", "War Admiral", Secratariat", "Ruffian", "Big Red", "Man O' War"... I know there were others, memories not as sharp, LOL

Koolaid & drinking from the hose (but I still do - our well water is ice cold & sweet)...

Saturday morning cartoons, afternoons with "The Mousketeers"...

I miss the banana seats!!! Always like a horrible gold color too.