The 70s & 80s Nostalgia Thread...

[Cotton]

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Wow, I haven't thought about those since I was about 8 or something.

 

[Cotton]

Wow, I haven't thought about those since I was about 8 or something.

I remember them being a lot of fun until you throw it up in the air and the wind blew it onto the top of the house or into a tree.

 

[NoDak]

I remember them being a lot of fun until you throw it up in the air and the wind blew it onto the top of the house or into a tree.

That was half the fun. Go on a rescue mission climbing the tree, or go on a stealth mission trying to climb on the house without catching an ass whoopin’.

 

[Cotton]

That was half the fun. Go on a rescue mission climbing the tree, or go on a stealth mission trying to climb on the house without catching an ass whoopin’.

Definitely true for the tree. But, around the time I would have been playing with something like that we lived in a house I couldn't get on top of. Dad didn't have ladders tall enough and nothing close enough to the house to use as a "stepping stone" per se.

 

[Cujo]

Those were awesome. Always lose them in a tree though

 

[boozeman]

Ours was right across the street, off school property, a place called Hodge's Corner. I didn't smoke then (yet) so I never hung out there.

We had them on school grounds. There were a handful of teachers that eventually mingled in.

 

[Cotton]

I know what it is. It is the machine we used to make shadow puppets with our hands.

 

[Cotton]

Lincoln Logs.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Lincoln Logs.

Walking to your friend's house by yourself and knocking to see if he's home.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Walking to your friend's house by yourself and knocking to see if he's home.

That's my real memory of childhood. People actually knocking on our door or me going to a friend's house and knocking on their door. It wasn't weird. It was just normal daily life as a child especially during summer.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

Definitely true for the tree. But, around the time I would have been playing with something like that we lived in a house I couldn't get on top of. Dad didn't have ladders tall enough and nothing close enough to the house to use as a "stepping stone" per se.

That's why you would climb onto a roof to drop them, (or from a second story window)

 

[Cotton]

People actually knocking on our door or me going to a friend's house and knocking on their door

Reminds me of this.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

 

[Cotton]

 

[roughneck266]

I know what it is. It is the machine we used to make shadow puppets with our hands.

I still remember the smell of mimeograph ink. Gentle Jesus I am ancient.

 

[Cotton]

Gentle Jesus

 

[Cotton]

Only the richies had one of these.

 

[Cotton]

 

[Irving Cowboy]

I had a Diamondback Silver Streak that I saved up like 2 years for, only to give it away to some kid I felt bad for because he was walking to school every day.

I still kick myself to this day.