Children of the 70s and 80s

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  • jlaustin
    jlaustin Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,355
    eeriepadave wrote:
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    Loved getting Dynamite! Does anyone remember how often it was issued? Monthly, maybe?

    Other good memories - Pong, Electric Football, "come home when it gets dark", "mixed" tapes recorded off the radio, chemistry sets, View Master - Good times!
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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    jlaustin wrote:
    eeriepadave wrote:
    $(KGrHqZ,!joE1J3JY!8NBN(tJfJ)3!~~0_35.JPG

    Loved getting Dynamite! Does anyone remember how often it was issued? Monthly, maybe?

    Other good memories - Pong, Electric Football, "come home when it gets dark", "mixed" tapes recorded off the radio, chemistry sets, View Master - Good times!
    awesome
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,806
    This was my absolute favourite toy in the 80s

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    It only had 3 levels and one volume - LOUD! The 'alien invaders' changed colour as they got closer to the bottom of the screen - but only because the plastic on the screen had different colours on it! If you tilted it you could see different colours. I still have it somewhere and, apart from the tape holding the batteries in, it still works fine :)
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

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    (Tim Rogers)
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,138
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  • pjradio
    pjradio Posts: 6,704
    Free wrote:
    I love this thread. :lol:

    Who else drank a shitload of this growing up?

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    I'll see your Orange & raise you a Grape...anyone remember this one?
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,316
    This game makes the iPad look like a hobo.

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    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    goldrush wrote:
    This was my absolute favourite toy in the 80s

    grandstand-invader-from-space-06.jpg

    It only had 3 levels and one volume - LOUD! The 'alien invaders' changed colour as they got closer to the bottom of the screen - but only because the plastic on the screen had different colours on it! If you tilted it you could see different colours. I still have it somewhere and, apart from the tape holding the batteries in, it still works fine :)
    i'd sell my ass for a working speak & spell
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    pjradio wrote:
    I'll see your Orange & raise you a Grape...anyone remember this one?
    dvrrqg.jpg


    :shock: Was it any good?
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    BinauralJam wrote:
    pjradio wrote:
    I'll see your Orange & raise you a Grape...anyone remember this one?
    dvrrqg.jpg


    :shock: Was it any good?

    if my memory serves...no

    but at the time, i probably loved it :lol:
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    Get_Right wrote:
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    :lol: at the expiration date. that slays me. june-06-75

    jonnypistachio would still eat it, yes/no?
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
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    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,289
    Apparently i had this as a kid (sister posted a photo from Christmas with this in it, i don't remember it at all)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcwbNmk3k_0
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • SD48277
    SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    eeriepadave said:

    Apparently i had this as a kid (sister posted a photo from Christmas with this in it, i don't remember it at all)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcwbNmk3k_0

    ^^That just makes me think of:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=010KyIQjkTk
    ELITIST FUK
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Lmao!! Criss Cross'll make you jump jump!! Thanks for that giggle!! I needed it!!
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Kida now a days won't ever have the joy of watching cheezy simplistic kids shows...Amazon is going to revamp Sigmund and the Seamonsters. I loved that show as a kid, along with Land of the Lost...in all its cheezy silly glory.

    https://tv.yahoo.com/news/amazon-pacts-with-tv-kidvid-producers-sid-and-marty-krofft-for--sigmund-and-the-sea-monsters--reboot-162420391.html

    I don't expect much from the new show, but I suddenly felt really old when I saw this.
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,289
    Heard these were making a comeback
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    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • Gillycw
    Gillycw Sydney Posts: 524
    My brother had a Commodore 64 computer and we used to buy computer magazines with game codes. I would sit there and type 50 pages of code in just to be able to play a simple game of pong. Kids these days don't know our struggles of the 80's!!
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    edited February 2015
    Gillycw said:

    My brother had a Commodore 64 computer and we used to buy computer magazines with game codes. I would sit there and type 50 pages of code in just to be able to play a simple game of pong. Kids these days don't know our struggles of the 80's!!

    Hahaha! I remember the first computer I used was a Commodore PET, it was just a big expensive word processor.

    I learned coding on an Apple IIe
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    I even coded the pixellated pictures in color despite the screen being in phosphorus green. When the school finally was able to afford 4 Apple IIgs computers (for the entire school to share) I got to see my pics in color, I was so excited. They even required the kids to earn a 'computer licence' to have the privilege of touching/using the new compunters...I spent way too much time playing ' The Oregon Trail'.
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    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,316
    The shit ....

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    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    My dad used to have me ride behind him and my brother in front of him on this motorcycle when he had to go to the liquor store to get another 6 pack. I would hold it against my side so tight so I didn't drop it. One arm holding my dad, one arm holding the beer. What were helmets?

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