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  • domwilson
    Moderator
    • Apr 2007
    • 4408

    #1

    I want to go back to the times when...

    I want go back
    to the time when.....

    Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney- mo."

    Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming ,"do over!"

    "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.

    Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly."

    Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.

    It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.

    Being old, referred to anyone over 20.

    The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to play volleyball and rules didn't matter.

    The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties"

    It was unbeleivable that dodgeball wasn't an Olympic event.

    Having a weapon, meant being caught with a slingshot.

    Nobody was prettier than Mom.

    Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.

    It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park.

    Abilities were discovered because of a "double- dog-dare."

    Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30 minute ads for action figures.

    No shopping trip was complete unless a new toy was brought home.

    "Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.

    War was a card game.

    Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.

    Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.

    Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.

    Ice cream was considered a basic food group.

    Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.

    If you can remember most, or all, of these, then you have LIVED !!!!!
    Government Moto:
    "Why fix it? Blame someone else for breaking it."
  • raptor347
    Fast Electric Addict!
    • Jul 2007
    • 1089

    #2
    I agree.

    But then I'm living it again through my daughter. She makes the simple things fun again.

    Family and friends make the world a brighter place no matter what your age.
    Brian "Snowman" Buaas
    Team Castle Creations
    NAMBA FE Chairman

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    • Simon.O.
      Fast Electric Addict!
      • Oct 2007
      • 1521

      #3
      Hundreds spent on Barbie dolls and accessories, I'll not even count the coins spent on the toy horses but on a fine day she can be found outside swinging and doing gymnastics on an old steel swing frame that is older than me. There is a long and beautiful story that goes with that frame that we have had at 3 houses now.

      It is true, our children do appreciate some of the simple things in life and help us to relax by sharing them.
      I enjoy kicking a soccer ball up and down the lawn with her as she prepares for her first season next term. Hmmmmm Soccer mums

      I guess I am about as old as Dom or a little older, his OP was a real hoot and I still enjoy some of the simple things in life. A good book is priceless especially when you read it again.

      I'll stop raving on now.
      See it....find the photos.....sketch it it....build it........with wood

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      • ozzie-crawl
        Fast Electric Addict!
        • Sep 2008
        • 2865

        #4
        this is my 5 year old who still carries her ugly old doll around she has had since a baby, she was given a expensive doll that talks etc as a birthday present, that goes in the toy box at night but ugly dolly gets to share her bed
        i think christmas may bring her first rc boat
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        • egneg
          Fast Electric Addict!
          • Feb 2008
          • 4670

          #5
          I want go back
          to the time when.....

          Kids would go out the door in the morning and didn't come home till dinner time with no worries.

          Nary a house didn't have the porch light on for Halloween night and home made cookies, caramel apples, popcorn balls were a real treat.

          Penny candy.

          50 cents for the Saturday matinee bought a ticket, popcorn, and a drink.

          Pea shooters.

          You played cowboys and indians.
          IMPBA 20481S D-12

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          • ncornacchi
            Senior Member
            • Jul 2009
            • 251

            #6
            When we were kids, we grew up on the Charles River here in New England. Our summers consisted of going to the local dump and dragging back an old 225 gallon home heating oil tank to the local guy who promptly cut it in half the long way with his cutting torch. Then we would have 2- river boats! We were modern day Thom Saywers. If a kid ever did that today, he would end up in jail with a $100,000 fine from the EPA....

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            • ncornacchi
              Senior Member
              • Jul 2009
              • 251

              #7
              By the way....Ozzie-Crawl, I liked your avitar so much that I am air brushing it onto one of our UL1's...hope you don't sue me for patent infringment....Norm

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              • ozzie-crawl
                Fast Electric Addict!
                • Sep 2008
                • 2865

                #8
                its not me you have to worry about, its the guy i stole it from

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                • domwilson
                  Moderator
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 4408

                  #9
                  Originally posted by egneg
                  I want go back
                  to the time when.....

                  Kids would go out the door in the morning and didn't come home till dinner time with no worries.

                  Nary a house didn't have the porch light on for Halloween night and home made cookies, caramel apples, popcorn balls were a real treat.

                  Penny candy.

                  50 cents for the Saturday matinee bought a ticket, popcorn, and a drink.

                  Pea shooters.

                  You played cowboys and indians.
                  You were taught to respect your elders and never call them by their first name.

                  Everybody who talked to themselves were "weirdos" and not on a cell phone.

                  People knew their neighbors.

                  It was safe to go "exploring" in canyons or forests.

                  There were "Boys Clubs" and "Girls Clubs" it seemed like everywhere.

                  If you got lost, there was always someone to help you home.

                  If you took a short trip to the store, you didn't have to lock your house up.

                  If you got in a fight, you lived to become friends. No driveby shootings.

                  The milkman delivered milk.

                  Five dollars was alot of money.

                  Flying Kites was a thrill.

                  You almost never stayed in the house playing with your friends.

                  You dressed up to go to Sears or Montgomery Wards.

                  Horror movies scared you not by what you saw, but by what you imagined.

                  You were scared of the "Boogieman" but no one ever saw him.

                  You were "cool" if you had a B.B. gun.

                  Where I live, the city sponsored free carnivals and fairs.

                  Ringling Bros. circus, Harlem Globetrotters were "must see" special events.

                  Capt. Kangaroo, Bozo the Clown were icons.

                  Golfers wore funny clothes.

                  You said the "Pledge of Allegence" before class started.

                  TV shows had "Cliff Hangers".
                  Government Moto:
                  "Why fix it? Blame someone else for breaking it."

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                  • Flying Scotsman
                    Fast Electric Adict!
                    • Jun 2007
                    • 5190

                    #10
                    When, I was young and wise, I was able to go to the park by myself and try my latest boat creation and in the summer with my brothers, sister and cousins we took off for the day and did kids stuff with no nanny watchers. I was 7 years old. The park was in Glasgow and the summer retreat, Elie...both in Scotland one a major city and the other a small town

                    Douggie

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                    • NorthernBoater
                      Senior Member
                      • Apr 2007
                      • 811

                      #11
                      When you could actually talk about Easter and Christmas in school.

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