Weird stuff you remember from your mis-spent yoot

[Ldub]

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[JoFotoz]

Ditto Dubs sentiment...

This thread has been a lot of fun and brought back a lot of memories. I'd probably remember more from my yoof, but... well... the city used to have trucks drive through my neighborhood and they sprayed out a chemical fog to get rid of mosquitoes. We kids used to think that was pretty amazing so we ran after them in the summer twilight. Running through fog, laughing, jumping playing. Then the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di's clothes. I couldn't believe it.

Wait... what? Maybe those last few sentences were from the movie Airplane II, I can't be sure due to the chemicals.

My sister - only 5 years older than me - still calls the TV remote control "the clicker" (I laugh, but I do remember when they actually clicked.)

I went to a Joan Jett concert and was in the front row. She looked me dead in the eye and winked at me. ME... PERSONALLY! I still get tingly whenever I think of that.

Prodigy / CompuServe AOL.

In high school, I chose to have my Vo-Tech classes in the afternoon because that would be the first time I spent time in a classroom that had air conditioning. No biggie except it only hit 100+ degrees here EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL YEAR SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME!!!

I was sitting in front of a TV the first time MTV went live. It was weird, they played music way back then.

....that right there is ....

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[Ldub]

I went to a Joan Jett concert and was in the front row. She looked me dead in the eye and winked at me. ME... PERSONALLY!

Yeh but...do you have an autographed strat from Lita Ford...






































Me niether...

[BigSwede]

I went to a Joan Jett concert and was in the front row. She looked me dead in the eye and winked at me. ME... PERSONALLY! I still get tingly whenever I think of that.

I always thought she was hot, the fact that she is gay not withstanding...

[BigSwede]

Water rockets.

[EVO]

Flashing Thunder Roman Candles - They shoot out M80's, big fun until I got nailed in the head by my best friend!! ROFL!!! Why is it the most memorable moments in my life end with me going to the hospital!!!! Ouch!! That hurt just thinking about it!!!!

[Hcloud13]

Dog poop turning powder white if you let it alone for a couple days.

[ND92]

Holy smokes... I think my generation (90's) is the last to have ever actually played outside during the "younger years".
I think it was just me cause I went through a faze of about 14 years were I only listened to the who, led zeppelin, Pink Floyd, CCR, etc... And them there was disco..... Oh sweet Jesus, now that was a faze, I was always the outcast for not listening to whatever new "boy band" there was . I still listen to all of them but as time moved on my music library changed to include (and I know you guys and gals hate it) Dubstep which had led me to start Dj'ing.
I remember the original Adam West batman, soo cheesy but still awesome.
The rise of "transformers"
Living with "dial-up"
Brick cell phones
Sony Walkmans then CD players (still have both)
Sesame Street
LEGO!!!
Trampolines!!!
Oh and let's not forget... The amazing VEHICROSS (I was 10 when they came out) bet you all feel old by now.... Sorry
I miss all the simplicity of being young. But most of all I miss having time and that spark to go play outside in the dirt or snow like when I was young. I miss the "Guinea pig" days where I was the test subject for my brothers toboggan ramps or trampoline ninja fighting moves.
It's the days where you come home on a Saturday night covered in dirt, grass stains and bruises that were the best.
The new generation has no idea what it's like to make a slip and slide out of garbage bags, or slide down a snow covered hill on a metal snow shovel with no thought of what at the bottom of the hill you will have to dodge or what is going to suddenly stop you.
Too much technology in the world for kids today.

[Ldub]

I miss all the simplicity of being young. But most of all I miss having time and that spark to go play outside in the dirt or snow like when I was young. I miss the "Guinea pig" days where I was the test subject for my brothers toboggan ramps or trampoline ninja fighting moves.
It's the days where you come home on a Saturday night covered in dirt, grass stains and bruises that were the best.
The new generation has no idea what it's like to make a slip and slide out of garbage bags, or slide down a snow covered hill on a metal snow shovel with no thought of what at the bottom of the hill you will have to dodge or what is going to suddenly stop you.
Too much technology in the world for kids today.

You said a mouth full right there Bro...

We made snow forts in the drifts of the shelter belt on the N side of our farm. We'd dig a tunnel in about 10', then hollow out a big room, then hollow out a fire place into the wall with a chimney going to the surface.

We would be out there all day, only taking a break for grilled cheese & tomato...

Thanks Mom...

[evillecutter]

amongst many, many other things i remember when we couldnt find or buy a lighter to light off our m80s would use steel wool and a nine volt battery to light them - those ground hornets never stood a chance - and i dont know if anyone remembers lazer tag - the original outside version not the ones in the mall they have now - man, you strap that lazer tag thing on your chest and grab your blaster and you were an intergalactic mercenary

[tom4bren]

One can NOT out run the skateboarding neighborhood bully if one has a shirt full of plums recently stolen from a neighbor's tree. When shirt-tail comes untucked & load of pilfered plums litters the ground, plum pits WILL create a dead stop for said bully's skateboard (you remember the kind made out of 2x4's and strap on skates with steel wheels).

[Scott Harness]

(you remember the kind made out of 2x4's and strap on skates with steel wheels).

I had that kind LOL