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In the discussion thread: 5 things you had as a kid, but your kids did not have [View all]

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Fri May 4, 2012, 01:23 AM

NYC_SKP (48,890 posts)

89. Time, Peace, Clean Air, Lack of Fear, A Future.

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147 replies	Author	Time	Post
5 things you had as a kid, but your kids did not have [View all]	SoCalDem	May 2012	OP
1. The milkman	trof	May 2012	#1
ArmorAll'd rear bench seats	NightWatcher	May 2012	#2
hahahah	pipi_k	May 2012	#7
Did the "way back" seat face backwards?	Archae	May 2012	#67
It did!!!	pipi_k	May 2012	#94
Almost certainly a Ford Country Squire.	hifiguy	May 2012	#112
You're probably	pipi_k	May 2012	#128
You know about the freeper and the Country Squire, right?	jmowreader	May 2012	#147
We never had a station wagon but I remember sleeping on the ledge between	A Simple Game	May 2012	#64
I was just thinking about how we did that too. Pjs and a pillow on the ledge between the back	SammyWinstonJack	May 2012	#129
childhood	BillStein	May 2012	#3
.	GeorgeGist	May 2012	#4
yikes	SoCalDem	May 2012	#9
OK...	pipi_k	May 2012	#5
Banana bike seats (with the accompanying tall handle bars), rotary dial phones,	riderinthestorm	May 2012	#6
1. Married Parents	YankeyMCC	May 2012	#8
I remember	guitar man	May 2012	#10
We still have a rotary dial phone	cyberswede	May 2012	#41
Wow	guitar man	May 2012	#47
Awesome!	cyberswede	May 2012	#60
But the coolest thing by far....	guitar man	May 2012	#65
My Aunt lived in a ranch style bungelow and there was a little nook in the	snagglepuss	May 2012	#73
The standard ring tone on an IPhone	pink-o	May 2012	#139
Same here; it's a powder blue Princess Phone.	Sequoia	May 2012	#140
Mine have pogo sticks.	HopeHoops	May 2012	#11
Ford Falcon with milk crates for back seats...	JCMach1	May 2012	#12
First car I bought was a 66 Ford Falcon	SCantiGOP	May 2012	#53
I drove to Woodstock with my friends in a Ford Falcon wagon	kwassa	May 2012	#74
It sounds like you were really there.	truedelphi	May 2012	#123
1. Mumps, 2. Measles. (I don't have kids, but thought I'd chime in on this.)	raccoon	May 2012	#13
The "children's table" at dinners with family and friends	LibDemAlways	May 2012	#14
Yeah no tv remotes. Of course there were just a handful of channels so no need to	snagglepuss	May 2012	#75
Having to repeatedly turn the tv dial manually caused it to fail quickly so that	LibDemAlways	May 2012	#77
That is a riot. I had no idea anyone else had to situate the dial between two numbers.	snagglepuss	May 2012	#81
It had to have been a common problem. Those were also the days when	LibDemAlways	May 2012	#86
My Dad's first career was as a TV repairman.	Archae	May 2012	#106
Reminded me of another thing	treestar	May 2012	#121
Interestingly, I was a child of the 80s and lived in SE Asia	RFKHumphreyObama	May 2012	#133
And if sleepless at night - nothing to do but read a book!	treestar	May 2012	#136
1. Curb feelers on cars	geardaddy	May 2012	#15
Bub's Daddy!	cyberswede	May 2012	#36
I hated Green Apple.	geardaddy	May 2012	#38
When I was a kid, hockey players didn't wear helmets.	GoCubsGo	May 2012	#49
I played in the mid-70s	geardaddy	May 2012	#50
Most of the pros were wearing them by the 1970s, too.	GoCubsGo	May 2012	#56
I remember goalies without masks.	geardaddy	May 2012	#59
Gump Worsley	hifiguy	May 2012	#114
Bingo!	geardaddy	May 2012	#115
And as a kid, I don't remember baseball players all	truedelphi	May 2012	#124
Coffee percolators	geardaddy	May 2012	#52
At my grandmother's house	laundry_queen	May 2012	#79
And the Canadian hockey players had no teeth	siligut	May 2012	#66
Yep!	geardaddy	May 2012	#92
Yeah my kids say I sound old	benld74	May 2012	#16
We had UHF channels (14-82) also. PBS and a couple of independent stations.	madinmaryland	May 2012	#24
...	Arugula Latte	May 2012	#17
Don't know if anyone	pipi_k	May 2012	#18
That sounds cool. I don't remember those -- I was a 70s kid.	Arugula Latte	May 2012	#19
Wow! That's a blast from the past. Another...	GoCubsGo	May 2012	#57
oh that brings back memories!!!!	nadine_mn	May 2012	#108
I had one of those but it looked a little more like this:	Gidney N Cloyd	May 2012	#39
I had one that looked like this:	GoCubsGo	May 2012	#58
Pretty damn boss as well!	Arugula Latte	May 2012	#103
Hey, it was free.	GoCubsGo	May 2012	#107
One Was Shaped Like A Rocket	grilled onions	May 2012	#61
I always wanted one of those!	geardaddy	May 2012	#22
It was pretty "boss" if I do say so myself!	Arugula Latte	May 2012	#26
OMG I had one of those!!!	Myrina	May 2012	#35
Had the same thing. Called a 'Toot a Loop'	Populist_Prole	May 2012	#88
Another thing we played with (didn't own, though) ...	Arugula Latte	May 2012	#104
I thought of another couple.	geardaddy	May 2012	#20
Isn't it amazing to think we only had 4 flash pics on there! And a roll of 24 pics was awesome.	MatthewStLouis	May 2012	#33
I loved those cameras.	geardaddy	May 2012	#40
and the Flip Flash!	cyberswede	May 2012	#42
Yes!	geardaddy	May 2012	#44
Yes!	pipi_k	May 2012	#97
"It's more than a camera, it's almost alive, only nineteen dollars and ninety-five"	Gidney N Cloyd	May 2012	#127
Open space.	Baitball Blogger	May 2012	#21
A healthy respect for machines with moving parts	gratuitous	May 2012	#23
1. A mother	Bruce Wayne	May 2012	#25
Lawn darts.	Archae	May 2012	#27
My brother had the "Thingmaker"	geardaddy	May 2012	#28
Okay	Broken_Hero	May 2012	#29
Atari, Big Wheel, Sit n Spin,Typewriter, and records. n/t	RiffRandell	May 2012	#30
I so badly wanted a Big Wheel and a Sit n Spin.	geardaddy	May 2012	#45
My son got a big wheel for Xmas one year.	RebelOne	May 2012	#55
There's a company that makes adult-version Green Machines	SoCalDem	May 2012	#62
Holy crikey.	geardaddy	May 2012	#90
a few links to try	SoCalDem	May 2012	#110
Thanks!	geardaddy	May 2012	#111
more stuff	JustABozoOnThisBus	May 2012	#31
I'd replace 4 with Saturday Morning cartoons; now they can be 24/7.	MatthewStLouis	May 2012	#32
Free time & the ability to go exploring alone or w/other kids ...	Myrina	May 2012	#34
Let's see if I can come up with 5 without hints from others	wysimdnwyg	May 2012	#37
Afternoon TV	WhoIsNumberNone	May 2012	#43
That's my childhood, baby!	geardaddy	May 2012	#51
1. Learning to drive on back roads and your neighbors smiled and waved	MerryBlooms	May 2012	#46
I learned to drive on I-35	SoCalDem	May 2012	#63
Beaut!	MerryBlooms	May 2012	#68
Wow.. these lists really take me back	solara	May 2012	#48
Quality food products that were locally made,	hifiguy	May 2012	#54
I'm too young to have watched Axel	geardaddy	May 2012	#95
I remember Clancy the Cop and Willie Ketchum like it was yesterday	hifiguy	May 2012	#98
Allan's He's a super nice guy and a complete liberal	geardaddy	May 2012	#100
ooh ooh, I remember Axel !	mysuzuki2	May 2012	#141
1960s, but I got a full dose of Axel.	hifiguy	May 2012	#142
In the front yard before the street lamp came on!	MerryBlooms	May 2012	#69
Black & White portable tv	Tabasco_Dave	May 2012	#70
A Chatty Cathy doll.	grntuscarora	May 2012	#71
Hmmmmm, let's see.........it wasn't all skittles and beer.......	Burma Jones	May 2012	#72
Cassette tapes	Taverner	May 2012	#76
ok..	one_voice	May 2012	#78
1. Stationery	laundry_queen	May 2012	#80
omg yarn bows! I haven't thought of those for years. I didn't know	snagglepuss	May 2012	#82
Yarn bows! LOL	cyberswede	May 2012	#96
dial up internet	fizzgig	May 2012	#83
1. Rabbit ears	madamesilverspurs	May 2012	#84
Not being able to go swimming in August because of polio.	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2012	#85
Oh lord do I remember	pipi_k	May 2012	#99
let's see..	madmom	May 2012	#87
Time, Peace, Clean Air, Lack of Fear, A Future.	NYC_SKP	May 2012	#89
Lack of fear? Not entirely. Remember fear of nuclear war? nt	raccoon	May 2012	#102
I remember. One nun told us in second grade that none of us would live to see our	truedelphi	May 2012	#125
Not so much the clean air.......	hedgehog	May 2012	#119
When was that? When I was a kid we had:	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2012	#126
German Measles.	HopeHoops	May 2012	#91
They first came out with the vaccine when I was in the 3rd grade.	GoCubsGo	May 2012	#113
Friends And Family Members Stricken With Polio.	Paladin	May 2012	#93
Well maybe not polio, but I could see a lot of those infectious diseases	4th law of robotics	May 2012	#105
so true. that's why i find the anti-vac folk so insanely dangerous. nt	La Lioness Priyanka	May 2012	#109
Maybe they're just hopelessly nostalgic	4th law of robotics	May 2012	#117
I remember the Shriners hospitals caring for children with polio.	schmice	May 2012	#122
realistic looking toy guns	TrogL	May 2012	#101
I had a	TheCentepedeShoes	May 2012	#130
Sports games that lasted for hours	SwissTony	May 2012	#116
record player, 8-track tapes, transistor radios.	lastlib	May 2012	#118
Deliveries from milkman / milk box on front porch	treestar	May 2012	#120
I know where 5 drive-ins are here in TN.	Lars39	May 2012	#134
Are they still in business?	treestar	May 2012	#135
Yep. :-)	Lars39	May 2012	#137
Push button gear shift	TheCentepedeShoes	May 2012	#131
1. An antenna rotator for the tv	noamnety	May 2012	#132
Lots of free time.	yellerpup	May 2012	#138
1. Cap guns!	chrisa	May 2012	#143
Wow...	LASlibinSC	May 2012	#144
Record Stores	alphafemale	May 2012	#145
Phone #s with two letter prefixes. BEachwood 4,5,7,8,9 You can call me up and have a date	OffWithTheirHeads	May 2012	#146

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