Weird stuff you remember from your mis-spent yoot

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

Hodaka motorcycles (Combat Wombat?)

My best friend during early high school (like 7th or 8th grade IIRC) got his pant leg caught in the chain & sprocket of his Hodaka dirt bike (don't remember model name) and I had to learn how to extractimicate someone from a tricky situation as he sorta had the bike on him...sorta.


weird stuff:

1) pet rocks we were easily entertained!!
1.5) Space (POP) Rocks candy..urban legend has it that Mikey (Life Cereal commercials) died eat'in soda & Space Rocks!
1.75)Lincoln Logs...Tinker Toys....Erector Sets...
2) sea monkeys they didn't look anything like the caricatures on the box!
2.5) etch 'o' sketch.....look ma...I made a staircase!
2.75) Silly Putty, Play Dough & Slime BABY!!!!
3) buddies AMC Gremlin & my Aunt's AMC Pacer
4) movie "Deliverance" @ the drive-in...me (6 years old) in backseat...Mom & Dad up front...Mom with hands over my eyes screaming "don't look!"...me hearing some guy squealing like a peeg wondering what the heck is Mom soooo upset about????
5)disco...disco dying...disco dead...in like 6 months...
6)urban cowboy movie creates fad....fad dies in like 6 months...Lotta Mechanical Bull
7)Six Million Dollar Man...he's super fast but runs in slow motion
8)Bell-Bottom Jeans
9)magic 8 ball.....ASK AGAIN LATER....YES....MAYBE....
10)Pre-Windows edition 'puters using BASIC w/cassette tape storage...Tandy (Radio Shack); Coleco ADAM; Texas Instruments TRS-80/ TI-99; Commodore 64; Apple IIe