Children of the 70s and 80s

PJ_Soul

eeriepadave wrote:

these "popped" into my head a few days ago :oops:



Popples because where i work we sell something that kinda looks like them and also my sister had one

Wuzzles because I was watching the Phills/Brewers game and the Brewers manager is Ron Roenicke (also played for the Phills in the 80's). Anywho is last name always reminded me of a character on the Wuzzles called Rhinokey and had either a commercial or part of the theme song stuck in my head everytime i heard is name. "Rhinokey up in a tree"

I just happened to see this on a rerun on Robot Chicken tonight!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZNzxFie ... ata_player

norm

afroannnie

norm wrote:

We had that one and another set... maybe encyclopedia britannica ...guess my parents wanted to make sure I became a whale penis..I mean a dork.

rick1zoo2

norm wrote:

awesome. we had those on a shelf - right next to my mom's Barry Manilow 8-tracks. And yes, I know all the words to Mandy, I Write the Songs, Copa Cobana, etc.

goldrush

pjhawks wrote:

we organized and officiated our own games, settled our own disputes during said games..capture the flag, kick the can, wiffle ball, basketball, street hockey, etc. we didn't have play dates, we called, knocked on doors or just went outside and met up with the other neighborhood kids.

our parents didn't know or need to know where we were every second of every day. we went and said we'd be back later...and we came back later.

I was talking to some Australian friends about this when we were all in Dublin last month. They couldn't believe that it was still light outside at 9.30 at night. I told them that when I was growing up in Wales every evening was the same: home from school, quickly throw some dinner down, then grab your BMX (no helmet of course) and head outside.

My parents' only real rule was "Be back before it gets dark" which was usually around 9.30/10pm. We didn't have mobile phones and I never wore a watch so they had no way of knowing where we were as we hadn't really made any plans. We just went from friend's house to friend's house until we decided what we wanted to do. Sometimes we didn't even know all of the people we were hanging out with, we'd start a football game in the park and people would just join in.

I know I won't be able to give my kids the same freedom. Partly because society is more dangerous and playgrounds are more like hunting grounds, and partly because if I send them outside to play they'll be the only ones there!

Damn I feel old.

DS1119

norm wrote:

Those are still sitting on the shelf at my parent's house. Oh the plagiarism that those endured when I was in school.

eeriepadave

PJ_Soul wrote:

eeriepadave wrote:

these "popped" into my head a few days ago :oops:



Popples because where i work we sell something that kinda looks like them and also my sister had one

Wuzzles because I was watching the Phills/Brewers game and the Brewers manager is Ron Roenicke (also played for the Phills in the 80's). Anywho is last name always reminded me of a character on the Wuzzles called Rhinokey and had either a commercial or part of the theme song stuck in my head everytime i heard is name. "Rhinokey up in a tree"

I just happened to see this on a rerun on Robot Chicken tonight!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZNzxFie ... ata_player

I had never seen that before

dimitrispearljam

dimitrispearljam

dimitrispearljam

RKCNDY

I heard on the news today: "The class of 2014 don't know what a plane ticket looks like"

I remember getting that cool folder with the ticket and boarding pass in it...to have that cardboard thing printed with your name and flight on it..."don't lose the other ticket or you can't get home!"

Mamasan23

RKCNDY wrote:

I heard on the news today: "The class of 2014 don't know what a plane ticket looks like"

I remember getting that cool folder with the ticket and boarding pass in it...to have that cardboard thing printed with your name and flight on it..."don't lose the other ticket or you can't get home!"

That and also actually getting hot meals on flights!

cubBEE_girl

RKCNDY wrote:

I heard on the news today: "The class of 2014 don't know what a plane ticket looks like"

I remember getting that cool folder with the ticket and boarding pass in it...to have that cardboard thing printed with your name and flight on it..."don't lose the other ticket or you can't get home!"

I also heard that this year's college freshman never lived in a world where Kurt Cobain was alive. and that Robert De Niro is thought of as Greg Focker's long-suffering father-in-law, not as Vito Corleone or Jimmy Conway. :?

81

Mamasan23 wrote:

RKCNDY wrote:

I heard on the news today: "The class of 2014 don't know what a plane ticket looks like"

I remember getting that cool folder with the ticket and boarding pass in it...to have that cardboard thing printed with your name and flight on it..."don't lose the other ticket or you can't get home!"

That and also actually getting hot meals on flights!

not getting them might not be a bad thing

RKCNDY

81 wrote:

Mamasan23 wrote:

RKCNDY wrote:

I heard on the news today: "The class of 2014 don't know what a plane ticket looks like"

I remember getting that cool folder with the ticket and boarding pass in it...to have that cardboard thing printed with your name and flight on it..."don't lose the other ticket or you can't get home!"

That and also actually getting hot meals on flights!

not getting them might not be a bad thing

I remember getting real utensils when you got your 'chicken or beef' plate. With the airline's name printed on it. YES that was in coach! Back when you could smoke on the plane AND in the airport where ever you damn pleased.

RKCNDY

For some reason we had one of these down the street from where I grew up...

Dissidentman

If you had a pickup, it needed to have a roll bar and KC lights.

Jason P

Dissidentman wrote:

If you had a pickup, it needed to have a roll bar and KC lights.

If you currently own a pickup, it needs to have a roll bar and KC lights. :thumbup:

London Bridge

The Dr. Demento radio show. I believe it was on Sunday nights.

It aired on WYSP in Philly.

DS1119

Dissidentman wrote:

If you had a pickup, it needed to have a roll bar and KC lights.

I wanted that truck in the worst way.

peacefrompaul

RKCNDY wrote:

We are the last generation that learned to play in the street.
We are the first that played video games, see cartoons in color and went to amusement parks.
We were the last to record songs of the radio on cassettes and we are the pioneers of the walkman and chatrooms.
We learned how to program the VCR before anyone else, play with the atari, nintendo, and believed that the internet would be a free world all on a 56kbit modem.
We traveled in cars without seat belts or air-bags.
We rode our bicycles down the road without brakes or helmets.
We never had cell phones or pagers but still kept in touch.
We did not have play stations, 99 television stations, flat screens, surround sounds, mp3s, ipods, computers, and broadband, but nevertheless we had a great time.

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iamica

Was just thinking about this show yesterday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6j8EiWIVZs

JK_Livin

My 10 & 8 year olds don't know how to open a milk carton. It was hiliarious watching them try this past weekend.

Jason P

I was in a 1970 Chevelle with my 10 year old niece this weekend and she asked me what the handle to roll down the window was.

:fp:

Jason P

Anyone ever take a lick'n from a chicken?

eeriepadave

RKCNDY

madtowndave

RKCNDY wrote:

For some reason we had one of these down the street from where I grew up...

I haven't thought about this in years!!

eeriepadave

DS1119

eeriepadave wrote:

Best show ever. Saturdays right before this week in baseball and then the Saturday game. Loved it.