Things we did as kids that no one does anymore...
10 October 2005, 03:11 PM
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How about getting shiney new money (and an orange) in your christmas stocking? My mum and gran used to save up new pennies and 2ps - with that years date on them - for months ahead. Always amused me cos 6 days later they'd be last years date....
10 October 2005, 03:18 PM
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You know what? We should organize an NSR "Back to Childhood" day out. We could all pack a picnic (with jam tarts and egg sarnies!) and head for a big park some place central (Sutton Park?) - the only rule being that you have to play kids games, all day, like kids. No proper organised stuff - just hide and seek, football with jumpers for goal posts - and ladders - remember ladders? Many a badly bruised leg and twisted ankle from that!
10 October 2005, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Drunken Bungle *****
You know what? We should organize an NSR "Back to Childhood" day out. We could all pack a picnic (with jam tarts and egg sarnies!) and head for a big park some place central (Sutton Park?) - the only rule being that you have to play kids games, all day, like kids. No proper organised stuff - just hide and seek, football with jumpers for goal posts - and ladders - remember ladders? Many a badly bruised leg and twisted ankle from that!
Bunch of 19 yr olds vs a bunch of computer jockeys on considerably the wrong side of 30
One chap's just on his first day back TODAY after ripping the hell out of his cruciate ligaments
That put a downer on the evening.
10 October 2005, 04:20 PM
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NOW THATS JUST WHAT I NEEDED TO READ
Originally Posted by KiwiGTI
Go back in time....
Before the Internet or the Apple Mac....
Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack....
Before Sony, SEGA or Super Nintendo....
Way back....
I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park. The corner shop. Hopscotch. Butterscotch Skipping. Handstands.
Football with a stone, an old Coke can or a football in desperate need of pumping up. Jumpers for goalposts.
Swapping bikes. Fingerbobs. Beano, Dandy, Buster and Twinkle. Roly Poly.
Hula Hoops. Jumping the stream, building dams. The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass. Bazooka Joe bubble gum. An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune. Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or perhaps a screwball with the bubblegum at the bottom.
When curly wurly's were as long as your arm and wagon wheels as big as your face.
Remember.... Watching Saturday morning cartoons....short commercials, The Double Deckers, Road Runner, He-Man, Tiswas or Swapshop?,
Banana Splits and Why Don't You? - or staying up for Doctor Who after Saturday tea.
When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like going somewhere. Earwigs, wasps, stinging nettles and bee stings. Sticky fingers.
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro. Climbing trees. Building igloos out of snow banks. Walking to school, no matter what the weather.
Running till you were out of breath, laughing so hard that your stomach hurt. Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights.
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles. Being tired from playing....remember that?
When the second worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. And the worst was having the opposing captains argue about who had you last time. Swapsies.
When water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. Choppers and Grifters.
I'm not finished just yet.....
Remember....
Eating raw jelly. Mr Freeze ice pops. There were only three types of trainers - girls, boys, and Dunlop Green Flash - and the only time you wore them at school was for P.E.
You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends. You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve.
When nobody owned a pure-breed dog. When you still saw the occasional bit of white dog-crap.
When 25p was decent pocket money and a 10p mixture would buy more than two sweets. When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a shiny penny.
When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there. How it was "magic" when dad would "remove" his thumb.
When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him, or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving schoolchild at home.
Remember when....
Decisions were made by going "Ip Dip Dog ****". "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly. 48k seemed like an enormous amount of computer memory.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs. And the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to someone of the opposite sex. All day.
It was unbelievable that "British Bulldog" wasn't an Olympic event. Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult. Nobody was prettier than Mum.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin. Ice cream was considered a basic food group.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true. It used to snow. Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED.
Before the Internet or the Apple Mac....
Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack....
Before Sony, SEGA or Super Nintendo....
Way back....
I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park. The corner shop. Hopscotch. Butterscotch Skipping. Handstands.
Football with a stone, an old Coke can or a football in desperate need of pumping up. Jumpers for goalposts.
Swapping bikes. Fingerbobs. Beano, Dandy, Buster and Twinkle. Roly Poly.
Hula Hoops. Jumping the stream, building dams. The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass. Bazooka Joe bubble gum. An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune. Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or perhaps a screwball with the bubblegum at the bottom.
When curly wurly's were as long as your arm and wagon wheels as big as your face.
Remember.... Watching Saturday morning cartoons....short commercials, The Double Deckers, Road Runner, He-Man, Tiswas or Swapshop?,
Banana Splits and Why Don't You? - or staying up for Doctor Who after Saturday tea.
When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like going somewhere. Earwigs, wasps, stinging nettles and bee stings. Sticky fingers.
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro. Climbing trees. Building igloos out of snow banks. Walking to school, no matter what the weather.
Running till you were out of breath, laughing so hard that your stomach hurt. Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights.
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles. Being tired from playing....remember that?
When the second worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. And the worst was having the opposing captains argue about who had you last time. Swapsies.
When water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. Choppers and Grifters.
I'm not finished just yet.....
Remember....
Eating raw jelly. Mr Freeze ice pops. There were only three types of trainers - girls, boys, and Dunlop Green Flash - and the only time you wore them at school was for P.E.
You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends. You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve.
When nobody owned a pure-breed dog. When you still saw the occasional bit of white dog-crap.
When 25p was decent pocket money and a 10p mixture would buy more than two sweets. When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a shiny penny.
When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there. How it was "magic" when dad would "remove" his thumb.
When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him, or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving schoolchild at home.
Remember when....
Decisions were made by going "Ip Dip Dog ****". "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly. 48k seemed like an enormous amount of computer memory.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs. And the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to someone of the opposite sex. All day.
It was unbelievable that "British Bulldog" wasn't an Olympic event. Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult. Nobody was prettier than Mum.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin. Ice cream was considered a basic food group.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true. It used to snow. Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED.
10 October 2005, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by KiwiGTI
How it was "magic" when dad would "remove" his thumb.
I remember all your list my good man......... I have Lived and to be totally honest when I look at it I can honestly say that by comparison my 12 year old son Isn't living at all.
Damn shame I reckon.
(Minutes Silence for the good old days)
10 October 2005, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Listy
Ah you remember the Len Fairclough incident too eh.........lol or was it Garry Glitter
10 October 2005, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by KiwiGTI
Go back in time....
Before the Internet or the Apple Mac....
Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack....
Before Sony, SEGA or Super Nintendo....
Way back....
I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park. The corner shop. Hopscotch. Butterscotch Skipping. Handstands.
Football with a stone, an old Coke can or a football in desperate need of pumping up. Jumpers for goalposts.
Swapping bikes. Fingerbobs. Beano, Dandy, Buster and Twinkle. Roly Poly.
Hula Hoops. Jumping the stream, building dams. The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass. Bazooka Joe bubble gum. An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune. Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or perhaps a screwball with the bubblegum at the bottom.
When curly wurly's were as long as your arm and wagon wheels as big as your face.
Remember.... Watching Saturday morning cartoons....short commercials, The Double Deckers, Road Runner, He-Man, Tiswas or Swapshop?,
Banana Splits and Why Don't You? - or staying up for Doctor Who after Saturday tea.
When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like going somewhere. Earwigs, wasps, stinging nettles and bee stings. Sticky fingers.
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro. Climbing trees. Building igloos out of snow banks. Walking to school, no matter what the weather.
Running till you were out of breath, laughing so hard that your stomach hurt. Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights.
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles. Being tired from playing....remember that?
When the second worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. And the worst was having the opposing captains argue about who had you last time. Swapsies.
When water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. Choppers and Grifters.
I'm not finished just yet.....
Remember....
Eating raw jelly. Mr Freeze ice pops. There were only three types of trainers - girls, boys, and Dunlop Green Flash - and the only time you wore them at school was for P.E.
You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends. You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve.
When nobody owned a pure-breed dog. When you still saw the occasional bit of white dog-crap.
When 25p was decent pocket money and a 10p mixture would buy more than two sweets. When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a shiny penny.
When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there. How it was "magic" when dad would "remove" his thumb.
When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him, or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving schoolchild at home.
Remember when....
Decisions were made by going "Ip Dip Dog ****". "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly. 48k seemed like an enormous amount of computer memory.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs. And the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to someone of the opposite sex. All day.
It was unbelievable that "British Bulldog" wasn't an Olympic event. Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult. Nobody was prettier than Mum.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin. Ice cream was considered a basic food group.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true. It used to snow. Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED.
Before the Internet or the Apple Mac....
Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack....
Before Sony, SEGA or Super Nintendo....
Way back....
I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park. The corner shop. Hopscotch. Butterscotch Skipping. Handstands.
Football with a stone, an old Coke can or a football in desperate need of pumping up. Jumpers for goalposts.
Swapping bikes. Fingerbobs. Beano, Dandy, Buster and Twinkle. Roly Poly.
Hula Hoops. Jumping the stream, building dams. The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass. Bazooka Joe bubble gum. An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune. Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or perhaps a screwball with the bubblegum at the bottom.
When curly wurly's were as long as your arm and wagon wheels as big as your face.
Remember.... Watching Saturday morning cartoons....short commercials, The Double Deckers, Road Runner, He-Man, Tiswas or Swapshop?,
Banana Splits and Why Don't You? - or staying up for Doctor Who after Saturday tea.
When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like going somewhere. Earwigs, wasps, stinging nettles and bee stings. Sticky fingers.
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro. Climbing trees. Building igloos out of snow banks. Walking to school, no matter what the weather.
Running till you were out of breath, laughing so hard that your stomach hurt. Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights.
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles. Being tired from playing....remember that?
When the second worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. And the worst was having the opposing captains argue about who had you last time. Swapsies.
When water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. Choppers and Grifters.
I'm not finished just yet.....
Remember....
Eating raw jelly. Mr Freeze ice pops. There were only three types of trainers - girls, boys, and Dunlop Green Flash - and the only time you wore them at school was for P.E.
You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends. You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve.
When nobody owned a pure-breed dog. When you still saw the occasional bit of white dog-crap.
When 25p was decent pocket money and a 10p mixture would buy more than two sweets. When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a shiny penny.
When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there. How it was "magic" when dad would "remove" his thumb.
When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him, or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving schoolchild at home.
Remember when....
Decisions were made by going "Ip Dip Dog ****". "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly. 48k seemed like an enormous amount of computer memory.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs. And the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to someone of the opposite sex. All day.
It was unbelievable that "British Bulldog" wasn't an Olympic event. Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult. Nobody was prettier than Mum.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin. Ice cream was considered a basic food group.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true. It used to snow. Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED.
10 October 2005, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Brendan Hughes
...serious bit of copy/pasting more like...
Shame if it was..... actually brought a tear to my eye. Thanks none-the- less Kiwi.No mention of wham bars, scrambles for doubled Pannini stickers, Piiiiilllllleonnnnns! Wearing your school tie back to front (Slim Jim?), flourescent socks sometime worn deliberatly odd (and occasionally with a piano tie). Heuy Lewis and the News at the disco, necking, being able to run manicly for hours without ever feeling tired, kiss-chase, Roy of the Rovers, the Lamborghini Countach (in red) was THE car and the Impreza
.......... never 'eard of it mate
10 October 2005, 06:34 PM
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loading your favourite spectrum game before you went to school, waiting impatiently all day only to get home and find symtac error
putting cling film over the toilet bowl and listening to your mother scream as she p*ssed all over herself
breaking your teeth on blackjacks
putting cling film over the toilet bowl and listening to your mother scream as she p*ssed all over herself
breaking your teeth on blackjacks
10 October 2005, 06:37 PM
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Folding back the mudguard on your Raleigh Grifter to make it sound like a motorbike.
Breaking your fingernail playing Daley Thompsons Decathlon in the arcade.
Desperately trying to disguise the sneaky shove you gave the machine in the arcade that had 2p pieces on two moving levels in the hope of knocking some more off the edge.
Wham bars.
Breaking your fingernail playing Daley Thompsons Decathlon in the arcade.
Desperately trying to disguise the sneaky shove you gave the machine in the arcade that had 2p pieces on two moving levels in the hope of knocking some more off the edge.
Wham bars.
10 October 2005, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by brezhnev
Folding back the mudguard on your Raleigh Grifter to make it sound like a motorbike.