imsuperman Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Yelling "shotgun" so you could sit in the front seat instead of the back. I eventually got automatic shotgun in high school because I'm 6-4 lol. Imagine me in the back of a Mustang. Link to comment
IAmFCA Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Shortest in my large family and shortest in my grade growing up. Superman you got shotgun. I got the hump in the back seat. Another fun memory pre-seat belts is being in the very back of the station wagon. Lying down with our feet in the back window, making our feet dance in unison to be silly for the driver behind. Link to comment
imsuperman Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 My grandma collecting beanie babies and giving some to us. Playing basketball for hours into the evening/night. Pogs. Kick the can. Ghost in the graveyard. People getting mad in football if you hit them too hard. X-Men animated and Recess and Doug on TV. Saturdays when we were young with my grandparents and they had a domesticated squirrel in their garage for a year or two. He was injured and they rescued him. Pool in the summer all day with my sister and mom. Link to comment
mhowe Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Station wagons --- not SUV's. Sitting on the top of the back seat in a convertible ---- while someone was driving. Yo-yo's When an ice cream cone didn't cost almost $5!!!! Link to comment
Seraphim Posted December 8, 2014 Author Share Posted December 8, 2014 A slinky and LiteBrite for Christmas! Link to comment
happpybear Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 The loooong walk home from elementary school, it was only 1km, but felt like 4! School pizza days and "orange drink" Double dutch and dodgeball The long drive every summer from Ontario to NB and back Picking (and eating) wild berries all day long Playing with crabs, digging for clams, chasing seagulls and skipping stones along the shoreline Prank wars between my brother, grandpa and I. Link to comment
happyfrank Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 10 and Gary Coleman yelling at me to get out of his way.. Link to comment
pippy longstocking Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Me toooooo! LOL. and top of the pops ..thursday nights ..omg could you imagine missing top of the pops hahaha going to the shop with 10p ( sorry no idea in american maybe 15 cents or something like that) and coming out with a crap load of sweets ..most things where 1/2 p ...can you remember 1/2 p hhaahha having a row of proper shops ..a greengrocer , a butcher , a post office , a bank ..all shut on sunday might I add . and at christmas everything really did shut down for nearly two weeks ... and you REALLY did need to buy all your shopping to last ... no sales on boxing day ... boxing day for us was always to visit family with the left overs made into a buffet . Fabulous . Link to comment
journeynow Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 All the kids walked to school, without their parents. Ran home for lunch, and back. Played Red Rover on the schoolyard waiting for the bell to ring. Being a crossing guard was a big deal, reserved for 5th and 6th graders. We wore a sash and carried a flag on a long pole for holding back the kids, then for guarding them while crossing. The ice cream man rode through the neighborhood on summer evenings. Our land line was a party line, shared with 4 other households. Before we had zip codes we had a 2-digit number used between the city and state. The first polio vaccine was a big big deal. I remember cars without seatbelts. Link to comment
journeynow Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 There was no pumping your own gas. The gas station attendant did it, and washed your windshield while the tank filled. Would also check your oil if Mom or Dad asked. You could buy milk at the dairy store, but not at the gas station. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 On Saturday evening's making homemade pizza and watching hockey night in Canada. On Sunday night watching the wonderful world of Disney. My grandmother making me watch Lawrence Welk. Link to comment
journeynow Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Burning trash in the fireplace on Saturdays, and burning leaves in the backyard. Taffy pulls with my grandma. One TV per house at the most. I remember watching it in black and white. Link to comment
Capricorn3 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Going on our annual summer vacations to the "seaside" - a very long 8 hour drive, and stopping every so often at some wayside gas station to "stretch our legs". The biggest treat of all being a stop over at a "roadhouse" and having a hamburger and milkshake. For us kids it was like a million Christmasses all in one, because we never had junk food (mom always cooked). Haven't seen a roadhouse in years ......do they still exist? hmmm... Link to comment
BritterSweet Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Laptops were not a required school supply. Picking seaweed off a rock and feeding it to the sea turtle. Watching my dad and his friends clean the fish they caught. Link to comment
pippy longstocking Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 ahhhh party line on the land line ..yes yes yes ....hahahaha oh these are all great , I am sat here ooooing and arrrring and nodding my head hahahahaah Link to comment
SpottiOtti Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Calling movie theaters for theatre show times. Oh yeah, MovieFone! Link to comment
mhowe Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Collecting firefly's and putting them in a jar. Link to comment
IAmFCA Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Collecting firefly's and putting them in a jar. One of my favorite things! Link to comment
journeynow Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Shopping for toothpaste was simple: 3 brands, one choice each. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 My dad singing Good Morning Starshine to me. Here is the song from 1970.[video=youtube_share;QAOTxAGJUug] Link to comment
pippy longstocking Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 aww vic thats fab xx my dad used to song ... " hey did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world" awwwwww Link to comment
Seraphim Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 aww vic thats fab xx my dad used to song ... " hey did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world" awwwwww Thanks honey bunches!! I remember that song too!! Link to comment
Capricorn3 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Speaking of songs, my fondest memory is my mom and dad always listening and singing to "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong. Link to comment
mhowe Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Frank Sinatra on the stereo.... Link to comment
Seraphim Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 I remember all those! Link to comment
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