Remember when...

"Weed" ? That's the stuff my brother and I had to pull out of the garden every Monday morning before we could go play all summer long, Right?

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: One more bit of awesomeness from my adolescence... Anyone else break a collarbone flipping one of these on the transition from dirt to pavement?

No, but I had one of the little bastards climb the back of my leg. Hurt like a mofo. Not to mention steering; with a solid rear axle no it didn't.

After that experience, no thank you, two wheels for this grumpy young fart.

I'm 32, and I have no recollection of a pop costing .25 cents, or a world without MTV.

Joey

16vCorey wrote: Oh, and I rode my BMX bike everywhere when I was a kid, and I'm not sure that bicycle helmets even existed back then, because I sure as hell never saw one.

I don't think helmets were invented until like..1997. I never had one.

Curmudgeon wrote:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: One more bit of awesomeness from my adolescence... Anyone else break a collarbone flipping one of these on the transition from dirt to pavement?

No, but I had one of the little bastards climb the back of my leg. Hurt like a mofo. Not to mention steering; with a solid rear axle no it didn't. After that experience, no thank you, two wheels for this grumpy young fart.

That's why you learn to tip forward toward the outside - get the inside rear off the ground for a little "air differential" action.

Didn't break anything on one of those trikes, but I did knock my adult front teeth out taking a sweet jump on my XR75. Didn't learn about those crossbar pad things until it was too late. Or closed-face helmets, for that matter.

About a year plus/minus around that time I concussed myself skateboarding down a HUGE hill with no helmet. After that I was ordered to wear my motorcycle helmet when skateboarding. There wasn't any other kind available.

I look at this thread, and it does bring back a lot of memories. I however seem to have done a terrible job growing up. Broke my foot in two places playing airsoft recently. It was a zombie scenario game.

Hal wrote: "Weed" ? That's the stuff my brother and I had to pull out of the garden every Monday morning before we could go play all summer long, Right?

ROFL! And had to help with the harvest. Shelling peas, anyone? OTOH, looks like some kids still have to do that as well.

As far as weed goes--to me, some of our comments are evidence that it should be legalized. Jeez, we're talking about prices 30-40yrs. ago? Frankly & openly on a public forum?

Seriously hoping this isn't a flounder..but jeez, just once, I'd love to get into "old guy" mode and say, "I remember when weed was illegal!" to a group of astonished people before I kick off the mortal coil.

I visited a medical history museum a couple months back. They had a set of displays with a short case history for each of the past dozen decades and display of what the furnishings in a common hospital room would be like. I'm glad I live in the modern era.

Beer Baron wrote: I visited a medical history museum a couple months back. They had a set of displays with a short case history for each of the past dozen decades and display of what the furnishings in a common hospital room would be like. I'm glad I live in the modern era.

Why do you say that?

I'd love to see weed legalized. Personally, never done it. Don't care to. But... it's idiocy to keep it illegal.

Also, I remember when the presets on the car radio were just that, presets. You pushed a button and that was the section of radio you got. None of this digital stuff.

rebelgtp wrote: - I carried a pocket knife to school and the teachers would borrow it when they forgot theirs at home.

I carried a Bowie knife to elementary school, in plain sight on my belt. Some days, I carried two.

friedgreencorrado wrote:

Hal wrote: "Weed" ? That's the stuff my brother and I had to pull out of the garden every Monday morning before we could go play all summer long, Right?

ROFL! And had to help with the harvest. Shelling peas, anyone? OTOH, looks like some kids still have to do that as well.

Oh yeah, did plenty of that when I was a kid! Not only that, my grandmother would come over on Sundays and bring all the fixin's for homemade ice cream, we would put all the stuff in the churn, pack ice and rock salt around it, then we kids took turns working the handle. We were good for maybe 5 minutes each, then swap off with a brother/sister/cousin etc. Man, that was good stuff. I particularly remember the peach. I swear the churn looked just like this one:

friedgreencorrado wrote: As far as weed goes--to me, some of our comments are evidence that it should be legalized. Jeez, we're talking about prices 30-40yrs. ago? Frankly & openly on a public forum? Seriously hoping this isn't a flounder..but jeez, just once, I'd love to get into "old guy" mode and say, "I remember when weed was *illegal*!" to a group of astonished people before I kick off the mortal coil.

The statute of limitations has expired.

In reply to Duke:

I did learn how to tip the trike to the outside, but that screws the weight distribution up so bad it ain't funny. Plus, it runs counter to everything I learned on two wheels, i.e. to put my weight on the INSIDE of the turn. Nope, was never a big fan of those things.

mndsm wrote: I'd love to see weed legalized. Personally, never done it. Don't care to. But... it's idiocy to keep it illegal. Also, I remember when the presets on the car radio were just that, presets. You pushed a button and that was the section of radio you got. None of this digital stuff.

Trivia: what were the little 'triangles' (sometimes dots, like this one) in the AM band for?

JARTS!!!!

Curmudgeon wrote: Trivia: what were the little 'triangles' (sometimes dots, like this one) in the AM band for?

To throw off the terrorists!
http://www.kalkaskacounty.net/homepage8083078.asp The Federal Government mandated that in event of an attack, the CONELRAD system would be activated. This meant that non-essential radio stations would stop transmitting. To keep vital information flowing to the public, though, some regional stations would continue broadcasting, but they would move to one of only 2 frequencies - those frequencies marked by a triangle on the radio dial.

The hope was that this would confuse and deter enemy bombers, by throwing them off course. The radio station they thought would be on a certain frequency and guiding them to their target, wasn't, and the stations still broadcasting were all crowded on just a pair of channels.

They would have flown over the pole, expecting to hear Elvis, or the Top 40 being played, but instead would have heard a jumbled cacaphony of warning messages packed on just 2 channels, with the rest of the AM band dead silent...

neon4891 wrote:

Banned on eBay!

Curmudgeon wrote: Not only that, my grandmother would come over on Sundays and bring all the fixin's for homemade ice cream, we would put all the stuff in the churn, pack ice and rock salt around it, then we kids took turns working the handle. We were good for maybe 5 minutes each, then swap off with a brother/sister/cousin etc. Man, that was good stuff. I particularly remember the peach.

Now I'm ROFL. My wife just made some homemade peach ice cream on Saturday and I was eating some when I read your post. Except that our ice cream maker has an electric motor these days.

Yeah, those were the good ol' days indeed! Here are some more things to remember:

• "Handling mods" to your car meant keeping your bias-ply tyres properly inflated
• You couldn't get a job if your hair was cut wrong, or if you weren't white
• Even if you could get a job, you didn't get paid much if you were a woman
• Doctors touted the health benefits of lead, mercury, and cigarettes
• Your neighbours reported you for communism if you didn't salute your American flag every morning (or if you spelt "neighbors" with a 'u')
• Long haul flights cost $3000... which was your annual pay
• If you made an intercontinental trip more than once in your life, you were a jet-setter playboy
• Talking to foreigners was an exotic luxury, and even people the next county over were "long distance"
• The sleazebag behind the counter got to sneer and judge you for the porn you bought
• You had to call a building to see if the person you want was in it
• You had to imagine what the surface of Mars looked like

...On second thought, I'll take modern times, with all our lumps, thanks.

Woody wrote:

neon4891 wrote:

Banned on eBay!

Seriously?

Though I don't know a single person that didn't own a set of those (myself included) that didn't change the game from "lawn darts" to "throw it as high in the air as humanly possible and then run or else get impaled by a rusty spike with a plastic feather array attached"

In reply to Jay:

You know there are modern versions of most of those issues today. Way to be a stick in the mud.

I remember playing with lawn darts and I don't think we actually played the way you were suppose to.

Jay wrote: - Talking to foreigners was an exotic luxury, and even people the next county over were "long distance"

Wow - I was blessed then. I was surrounded by eyetalians and pollocks who talked funny.

And last I checked - it cost $6500 to fly to Singapore on 3 days notice.

Oh yeah. Iam all up in yo lawn now. Not gettin' off! (not a Freudian slip regarding any sexual inadequacy... )

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: (not a Freudian slip regarding any sexual inadequacy... )

So you are simply saying you are sexually inadequate?

Budum tsh

joey48442 wrote: I'm 32, and I have no recollection of a pop costing .25 cents, or a world without MTV. Joey

You must be from the midwest.