Remember when.

[harleybug88]

Who remembers these?

 

[WI_Wino]

How about these:

 

[harleybug88]

Yup! I remember the candy cigarettes.

We had one of these too.

 

[Zuljin]

I don't recall mine having those U shaped bars. That plastic horse lasted for me and my little sister.

We used to eat Quik out the can. Our folks hated that! If I did it today, I'd weight 500 pounds.

 

[Zuljin]

Natural tasting my ass, but we drank it up.

 

[1977Brewer]

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[1977Brewer]

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[Zuljin]

And also that color interior.

 

[Floored]

And also that color interior.

With the dimmer switch on the floor. Vinyl seats that would freeze your soul in the winter too.

 

[Fedora]

Natural tasting my ass, but we drank it up.

Who doesn't love some tang?

Remember when you could smoke in bars?

 

[Fedora]

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One of the worst ideas ever.

How bout this. I still have my original NES, with the gun AND the power pad.

 

[Zuljin]

Who doesn't love some tang?

Remember when you could smoke in bars?

I remember people smoking in Winn Dixie.

 

[1977Brewer]

I remember people smoking in Winn Dixie.

My dads doctor smoked in the office.

 

[edues]

simpler times. When babies were kept safe in plastic wrap and bad words now didn't mean the same.

 

[slym2none]

 

[gratus fermentatio]

I remember there used to be a candy made from LME, about the size & shape of a luden's cough drop, it was just solidified LME, harder than a caramel, but softer than hard candy, molded into an elongated shape & wrapped in wax paper. Anybody else remember these? I've looked for them for years, but nobody seems to know what they were called or who made them.

Here's a couple of other things I remember.

 

[Homercidal]

I remember this. It only seems like it was a few years ago...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=397069

 

[Peruvian802]

Child of the 70s here.

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[Melana]

This...

 

[WI_Wino]

This...

I wasted so many hours playing bump and jump.

 

[NickTheGreat]

I'm only 32 but remember a lot of this thread! :fro:

 

[AkBrew907]

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[Zuljin]

I had a banana seat, but not a frame tube shifter.

Wore more Rustler and Husky than Toughskins. Damn. Those jeans would stand up by themselves.

 

[Fedora]

I had a banana seat, but not a frame tube shifter.

Wore more Rustler and Husky than Toughskins. Damn. Those socks would stand up by themselves.

Ah, youth.

 

[smurfjuice]

I remember there used to be a candy made from LME, about the size & shape of a luden's cough drop, it was just solidified LME, harder than a caramel, but softer than hard candy, molded into an elongated shape & wrapped in wax paper. Anybody else remember these? I've looked for them for years, but nobody seems to know what they were called or who made them.

Here's a couple of other things I remember.

Named after the movie of the same name ...

 

[passedpawn]

I remember a lot of things that I can't talk about here. Magical. Who do you tell those to? Mostly stuff with girls.

But yea, all the stuff above is great. Jarts! When I was little, in the 70's, we really didn't have name brand stuff, we just played in the woods and stuff. But I do remember Randy Dinkens describing the greatest thing that ever happened, a football game in your hand. You could run, pass, and the crowd would cheer when you scored. When I finally got one, it was so much less than what he said, but regardless I loved it and played it endlessly.

 

[Zuljin]

I grew up in a city with a bunch of open canals. We used to go play by them all the time. We went looking for fish, snakes, turtles and frogs. We'd walk across the pipes. One time, we built a raft out of a large campaign sign and some wooden stakes. It was good for one crossing.

Then, inspired by TMNT, and frightfully enough, CHUD, we took to exploring the storm drainage. It's a damn wonder we didn't get lost, drowned or die from poor atmosphere.

 

[unionrdr]

How about sticky finger? That's an old one. Or the Mattel lever action rifle & colt pistol that had cartridges with the red plastic bullets that fired when you stuck the round caps on them? I used to shoot my brother & lil sis with'em when I was 1 or 2...I might be a red neck...

 

[Zuljin]

Didn't have that one. I had plastic ring and paper strip cap guns. I had a spring loaded gun that shot discs. That thing was bad ass! I did have to go hunt all the discs after shooting it though. Those were the only discs I was ever going to get.

 

[Homercidal]

How about sticky finger? That's an old one. Or the Mattel lever action rifle & colt pistol that had cartridges with the red plastic bullets that fired when you stuck the round caps on them? I used to shoot my brother & lil sis with'em when I was 1 or 2...I might be a red neck...

I didn't get a sticky finger till I was about 20.

We used to get our bikes up to a good speed and then slam on the coaster brake and let the tire make out a long, loud squeal, and leave a long swervy mark on the pavement by our house.

My friend had an old bike with a banana seat. It was pretty choice.

 

[slym2none]

I remember a lot of things that I can't talk about here. Magical. Who do you tell those to? Mostly stuff with girls.

But yea, all the stuff above is great. Jarts! When I was little, in the 70's, we really didn't have name brand stuff, we just played in the woods and stuff. But I do remember Randy Dinkens describing the greatest thing that ever happened, a football game in your hand. You could run, pass, and the crowd would cheer when you scored. When I finally got one, it was so much less than what he said, but regardless I loved it and played it endlessly.

I had the "lesser" one, where you could only run... (or it is possible my 10-YO self didn't know how to make it throw a pass - either way, I could demolish this game):

 

[gratus fermentatio]

I had the "lesser" one, where you could only run... (or it is possible my 10-YO self didn't know how to make it throw a pass - either way, I could demolish this game):

I had that game too, I thought it was pretty cool at the time. You know there's a sound from this game in the Logical Song by Supertramp? Can't remember if it's the TD sound or the tackled sound, but either way, it's the same sound as the game.
Regards, GF.

 

[passedpawn]

I had the "lesser" one, where you could only run... (or it is possible my 10-YO self didn't know how to make it throw a pass - either way, I could demolish this game):

I started with that one too. You're right, you couldn't pass.

 

[Homercidal]

I had the first one passedpawn posted. I don't remember playing with it very much. I do remember taking it apart and my mom got mad at me. There wasn't much interesting inside.

My friend (The one with the banana seat on his bike) also got a football game, but it was shaped like a football and had controls on each end so you could play against a friend too.

You could figure out the moves the game would make and always beat it after a few hours of practice.

 

[passedpawn]

Remember real football in the street? 2 completions was a 1st down? (or smear the queer?)

 

[Homercidal]

Remember real football in the street? 2 completions was a 1st down? (or smear the queer?)

Kids played smear the queer when I was in elementary school, but i never played. It was a rough game! We had one Girl (kinda) who was really tough. She kicked ass! She was probably bigger and tougher than nearly all the boys out there.

 

[mikeasu]

Here's one...my favorite TV show back then...(remake was really good for the first two seasons, hit and miss after IMO)

 

[slym2none]

I see that and raise with this:

 

[unionrdr]

Remember real football in the street? 2 completions was a 1st down? (or smear the queer?)

Ah, memories. We played football once in place of a boyscout meeting, & I was quarterback. They tried playin' smear the queer with me. Little did they know i was/am part redneck & could bound like a scared dear! I beat them to the inzone by 40-some yards,. Damn, i wish I could still do that. But My oldest buddy Dave was about 6' behind me the whole way!

 

[Hammy71]

Yup! I remember the candy cigarettes.

We had one of these too.

Still have my wife's in the garage. Against all parenting safety books....we actually put it together and let both my kids play on it when they were young. Miraculously they some how survived.