When I Was a Kid....

[TarzanOfTheApes]

WIWAK I used to play with cap guns and lawn darts. And no one got upset over it.

 

[elusive_buttrfly]

I was a child of the 80s. So it was cool when your thighs made that zip zip noise when you wore parachute pants.

 

[tincup2004]

When I was a kid we played neighborhood baseball games by picking our own teams, called our balls and strikes, and if there was a dispute we had a "do over". No parents were there to yell at umpires and act entitled. Damn it was great then!

 

[TwoShades]

When I was a kid... I used to use the fine tuning on my dad's satellite dish to find the black and white blurry negative images on the porn channels.

 

[JudasIscariot]

When I was a kid

I was half the size and twice as brave

 

[lionguy1975]

WIWAK our "multi-purpose stadium" was the street, with first down markers being the street signs, and the home run fence being where the flat part of the street ended.

 

[papadoc19]

WIWAK we never got Memorial Day off as a holiday.

 

[Greeneyedcanadian]

WIWAK we actually walked to our friend's house and knocked on their door to see if they wanted to play outside.

 

[BreezySnow]

WIWAK if I told my mom I was bored she would give me a chore to do.... and yes I would do the same thing with my own kids!

 

[Ellafun]

Wow, I can't believe it's been over a year since I posted on this thread!

Simple blurt concept: Just tell us something that you did as a kid that is outdated now, like having to actually pop popcorn on the stovetop instead of putting a bag in a microwave oven!

Anybody wanna play?

 

[spliffpolitikz]

WIWAK it took a minute just to dial a number on those rotatory phones and get through

 

[papadoc19]

WIWAK, you have to press a button on the cable box to change channels

 

[Arielsdream]

WIWAK, you could give a note to your grammar school crush without getting reported for sexual harassment.

 

[beachbaby179]

WIWAK, you could give a note to your grammar school crush without getting reported for sexual harassment.

WIWAK teachers could hug us without getting fired.

 

[emsway]

Wow, I can't believe it's been over a year since I posted on this thread!

Simple blurt concept: Just tell us something that you did as a kid that is outdated now, like having to actually pop popcorn on the stovetop instead of putting a bag in a microwave oven!

Anybody wanna play?

That is the only way I make popcorn.

When I was a kid I would take a flashlight to bed with me so I could continue reading my book after bedtime.

 

[Leigh81]

WIWAK music was awesome, shame I was to young & not into music

L

 

[respeito]

yay, Ellafun's thread is open again!

when i was a kid, i went through a phase where all i wanted with my sammies were tato skins.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/400x/a3/7f/b0/a37fb0d640f88162d4b43c2c72cb829e.jpg

 

[vavavaVoom]

WIWAK my favourite sammich was marmite with potato chips... I still do

 

[papadoc19]

WIWAK everything from Australia was a big deal...Mad Max, Crocodile Dundee, Men at Work, Adventures of the Little Koala...

 

[FaithWhite]

WIWAK I would love to ride in the trailer to the tip

 

[Cymru6969]

WIWAK I would spend most of my days in the out of doors

 

[FaithWhite]

Isn't everything in Aus still a big deal? LOL

 

[jameslewis]

WIWAK I used to pick purple clover and suck the sweet nectar out of the flowers.

(I did it again this morning. It's still just as sweet. )

 

[Ellafun]

WIWAK I used to pick purple clover and suck the sweet nectar out of the flowers.

(I did it again this morning. It's still just as sweet. )

We used to do that with the honeysuckle blossoms! I still do that, too!

 

[beachbaby179]

We used to do that with the honeysuckle blossoms! I still do that, too!

Wow - the flood of memories THAT brought back!

WIWAK we used to pick forsythia flowers and twirl them between our fingers before letting go to watch them 'helicopter' to the ground.