Children of the 70s and 80s

catefrances

norm wrote:

hooper is one of my favorite movies

me too.


what if it falls out

it aint gonna fall out

but what if it does

drewdawgq

The "hip-hop" I grew up on.

Weab76

norm wrote:

hooper is one of my favorite movies

along with 2 of burts other classics

smokey and the bandit

and

cannonball run

Hooper

Dissidentman

drewdawgq wrote:

One of my favs growing up.

We are a LONG way from Airwolf, aren't we Jan?

DS1119

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODGA7ssL-6g

Would be a sweet PJ cover.

eeriepadave

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"

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"

Wow! I forgot about those! Awesome!!

The Waiting Trophy Man

markymark550

rival. wrote:

never left the house without my ghostbusting gear! i think i even wore it to church one sunday.

:thumbup:

Nice! I had those too. My grandmother took one of my granddaddy's old work suits and made me the jumpsuit to go along with it. That was awesome!

iamica

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"

Sweet! I LOVED Popples. I think I still have mine in storage somewhere.

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

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