Remember when...

[beaksnbeer]

Mercurochrome, ah that stinging red dye that could stop a Grand Canyon size cut from bleeding

 

[shutupjojo]

Remember Merlin ? Had one when I was 9. That was 1979

 

[bleme]

Remember Merlin ? Had one when I was 9. That was 1979

I got one for Christmas in '79 when I was 9 also!

 

[Beernik]

Playing Clementine on a Merlin

 

[Airplanedoc]

I was noticing today, that my hand writing had progressed beyond pretty bad. I ask one of my coworkers, said he had noticed his was doing the same. I just don't write anything anymore. My signature especially on those sign on the screen things is closer to make your mark, not sign your name.

 

[Jacob_Marley]

Remember Merlin ? ...

I didn't have Merlin but I had Simon

 

[Tinhorn]

I had a dirt clod and was damn happy to have it

 

[Beernik]

Dirt clod war!

 

[Tinhorn]

Dirt clod war!

Exactly and we didn't even bring our lawyers!!

 

[Rhumbline]

...when the biggest problems in my life were sandspurs and red ant hills.

 

[PLOVE]

Dirt clod war!

+1

Parents built a house in the early 80's and we had three huge dirt and sand piles. We built all kinds of trenches and mini-forts and had epic dirt clod wars. Good times. Amazing someone didn't get killed when the ramparts collapsed.

 

[shelly_belly]

I remember when I had to walk about 1/4 mile to the bus stop. I got behind a bus a few weeks ago and it stopped at almost every house on the street.

 

[Airplanedoc]

I remember when I had to walk about 1/4 mile to the bus stop. I got behind a bus a few weeks ago and it stopped at almost every house on the street.

+1

I'm trying to figure out where the school bus is still taking kids during the week. I was kind of looking forward to getting to work quicker in the am since school was out. For some reason the bus is still picking kids up every damn morning even thou school has been out for almost a month.

 

[Revvy]

I had a dirt clod and was damn happy to have it

So what you're saying is that you're older than dirt.

 

[Tinhorn]

So what you're saying is that you're older than dirt.

Not older then dirt but dirt was still in beta stage lol

 

[Jacob_Marley]

"It was so hard when I was young that I had to walk 5 miles to school.
Barefoot.
In the snow.
Uphill.
Both ways."

 

[Jacob_Marley]

Remember when Yo' Momma jokes were all the rage.

 

[GVH_Dan]

BB gun fights in my neighborhood in Warren.....And we're not talking plastic/rubber airsoft stuff either. That didn't exist in the 70's....talking REAL BB's. And denim jackets were the only protection....

Ha...I remember my dad stopping my brother and me. "Where are you two going with those BB guns?"..."to shoot sparrows?"..."OK, why are you wearing your snowmobile suits and helmets in July?"..."to protect us from the sparrows?"

 

[Revvy]

Remember when Yo' Momma jokes were all the rage.

You mean they aren't still?

 

[Jacob_Marley]

You mean they aren't still?

As long as we love our Mommas, they will always be.

Hubba hubba hubba, heeba heeba heen, yo' momma got a head like a pork 'n bean. Hubba hubba hubba, heeba heeba heen, yo' momma got a head like a washin machine ...

 

[Goofynewfie]

Yo momma so fat she got more chins than chinatown

 

[kingboomer]

Yo mama's so fat when she sits on a bar stool she gets a hang over

 

[GrogNerd]

yo momma so fat she had to let out the shower curtain

yo momma so fat when she wears a blue outfit, people try to stuff mail into her

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Remember when you went to the movies the only things on the screen other than the movie was cartoons & that "Let's go out to the lobby..." ad? Remember when you could go to a Saturday matinee for 50 cents?

I remember BBgun fights, we used to wear saftey glasses borrowed from out dads toolbox & had a rule that if you had a pumpgun, you couldn't pump it more than once.

We had dirt clod fights sometimes, but we also had walnut fights with black walnuts, with steel trashcan lids for shields. The outer husk would turn dark brown & get kinda mushy, and would stain anything it touched; like your hands & clothes; my Mom still hates black walnuts.

We used to fish with M80's & Cherrybombs, for some reason the fuses were waterproof; just light 'em & toss 'em in the pond.

I can remember gathering & eating poke weed as a kid. I remember when you could order up a plate of eggs & brains at the truckstop. I remember tobacco curing in the barn in the autumn.

Remember getting so excited when the county/state fair was being set up? We used to watch the trucks roll in & the carnies setting up the rides & game booths & we were so excited we could hardly stand it. We knew we'd soon be riding the tilt-o-whirl, tossing rings at bottles & trying to kiss that cute girl on the ferris wheel.

Remember saving up for something out of the Sears catalog? You'd save that 50 cents or $1 a week, you'd mow lawns & rake yards & pull weeds all spring & summer, so you could finally afford whatever it was by October? Then waiting for the mail every day till there was a box that came?

Remember the 1st meal you cooked for your family? I cooked baked macaroni & cheese with smoked sauages & a potatochip crust. Remember "Goober Grape"?
Regards, GF.

 

[ronsky]

Remember when we thought we would never be as old as we are now?

 

[glenn514]

^^^ Indeed! My father died at age 58 and 3+ months. I worked out the number of days after his 58th birthday, and when I hit the very same day, I felt kind of weird that I had outlived my father [I'll be 67 in a few months]. My mother died at age 94 and 3+ months. If I get that far, it will be interesting!

glenn514

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Remember when we thought we would never be as old as we are now?

Remember when we thought 30 was old?

 

[beaksnbeer]

Remember when we thought 30 was old?

30 year HS Reunion WTF!!!!

 

[gratus fermentatio]

30 year HS Reunion WTF!!!!

I wonder if Ron Jeremy went to his 30 year HS reunion; and if so, how it turned out?
I can only imagine the conversation(s) going on.

 

[unionrdr]

2015 will be 40th reunion for us. I'll be 59...damn. Money gone,& the damage done...

 

[Revvy]

30 year HS Reunion WTF!!!!

Mine too, except none of the 2 classmates I actually care to keep in touch with has heard anything about a reunion. Not that I'd care to go anyway.

 

[beaksnbeer]

Mine too, except none of the 2 classmates I actually care to keep in touch with has heard anything about a reunion. Not that I'd care to go anyway.

Nobody, worth the 2800 mile round trip..........although the grain and hops are cheaper

 

[kingboomer]

Remember if your Lab got a hold of the neighbor's Poodle the result was called a mutt instead of a "designer breed"? I saw a labradoodle the other day for 800 bucks!!!

 

[Beernik]

Those dogs look like they've been upholstered with shag carpet.

 

[kingboomer]

LOL, and not even 10 years ago they were still considered muts! Couldn't even give one away!

 

[passedpawn]

Bell bottoms. Man, I couldn't wait to get mine. Big whales. With some nice swede earth shoes.

And I can't remember seeing an ordinary person, outside of golf, wearing plaid pants. They were a staple when I was a budding lad.

 

[MaxStout]

Bell bottoms. Man, I couldn't wait to get mine. Big whales. With some nice swede earth shoes.

And I can't remember seeing an ordinary person, outside of golf, wearing plaid pants. They were a staple when I was a budding lad.

Polyester suits with big lapels, wide ties. Corduroy slacks. Guys wearing shirts unbuttoned down to their navels. Eyeglasses with lenses as big as drink coasters. Weren't the '70s great?

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Polyester suits with big lapels, wide ties. Corduroy slacks. Guys wearing shirts unbuttoned down to their navels. Eyeglasses with lenses as big as drink coasters. Weren't the '70s great?

And a pair of Hushpuppies to go with those cords!

 

[Tinhorn]

Hush puppies were awesome and comfy

 

[unionrdr]

I still remember when my wife & I were dating,she'd wear a halter top & hip hugger elephant bells with espidrills.