Back in my day...

[Unforgiven]

We had an old maple tree that blew over in a hurricane. It was uprooted and laid down along the river bank behind my house. That was our pirate ship, our fighter jet, or anything else we needed. It's still there, about 400' from my mothers house.

 

[olbriar]

There isn't much better than a downed tree to play in unless it's a pile of downed trees.

I had a pair of thongs when I was a kid... and I wore them on my feet.

 

[EarlyMon]

I made fishing sinkers by melting down lead wheel weights. The previous generation that passed that trick down to mine flew space vehicles that you could kick a hole in (or out as the case was).

We now know that lead makes you crazy.

And I still don't have an aircar. I was promised an aircar.

 

[olbriar]

That brought back a great memory. My buddy had a set of molds for army men. We'd make lead army men, plink them with our bb guns until they were so disfigured that they could no longer stand, melt them down, and do it again.

A home made sling shot out of inner tube and a good Y branch was a wicked weapon. A lead ball/sinker took it to a whole new level.
Two properly shaped Y branches will make a great set of stilts..

 

[Mikestony]

I remember spending hours shooting flies that landed on the ground with rubberbands
Burning stuff with a magnifying glass! (fun--especially bugs )
Finding bugs and throwing them in spider webs and watch Mr. spider wrap it up for dinner.

Geez, I'm disturbed lol

 

[EarlyMon]

Ladies and gentlemen, Mikestony, give it up!

Mike's here every Thursday and is the poster boy for joining the staff!

 

[olbriar]

I had a magnifying glass salvaged from a set of bath scales. I remember burning my initials in a piece of wood but... I wasn't skilled at insect elimination. Every neighborhood needed a Mikestony.

 

[Mikestony]

Flattening coins on railroad trax? Who of us here has done that?
Ah, the fun we had

Super gluing coins to the floor at school...entertaining.

Taking the little plastic coated wire ties on loaves of bread, stripping the plastic off, wrap it around a pencil and have the 2 ends exposed. Stick it in the electrical outlet to blow the fuse and subsequently the lights go out. Teacher walks in, giggles ensue, class delayed, SUCCESS!

Now I'm a mod here. yikes.

 

[EarlyMon]

Crystal radios wired inside pens (buy one, copy design), earphone wire up one sleeve, ground wire out other sleeve to the radiator. Misbehavior got you sat by the radiator. Listen to the preseason ball games in class.

Get busted when five guys erupt cheering the big play.

My first personal media player - a crystal radio.

We didn't need no stinking batteries!

 

[olbriar]

We had a beautiful piece of furniture that was a record player when I was young. It would only play 78's and Buddy Holly records were released on 45s. I remember that great Christmas that my sister and I got a record player so we could play something besides Glenn Miller. It looked similar to this:

 

[Revenant Ghost]

Well, the internet didn't really exist until I started my middle school years as an early teen. Talk about impeccable timing.

 

[Thatdad]

We had a beautiful piece of furniture that was a record player when I was young. It would only play 78's and Buddy Holly records were released on 45s. I remember that great Christmas that my sister and I got a record player so we could play something besides Glenn Miller. It looked similar to this:

My uncle and I (uncle only 6 months older than I) had found an old record player including some old records.

Wouldn't believe the size of my eyes when I found Pearl by Janis Joplin record
We also found an old Johnny Cash record and even found Yellow Submarine by the Beatles.

 

[Unforgiven]

I had an old Johnny Horton 45 with The Bismark on side A and Battle or New Orleans on Side B. I damn near wore that sucker out.

 

[EarlyMon]

I had an old Johnny Horton 45 with The Bismark on side A and Battle or New Orleans on Side B. I damn near wore that sucker out.

I had that!

 

[Unforgiven]

In 1814 we took a little trip...

 

[EarlyMon]

In 1814 we took a little trip...

Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip!

 

[zuben el genub]

We took a little bacon and we took a little beans;

 

[AMOCO]

Respect your elders,Which I don't see anymore.

 

[Unforgiven]

The money lyrics are at the 1:40 mark or so.

 

[EarlyMon]

I don't even have to play that to know exactly what you picked out - but I'm going to play it anyway!

 

[olbriar]

I highly suspect I still have that 45 I also bet it's in bad shape from the many times it was played. I was too poor as a child to have a great collection but I still have them.

 

[EarlyMon]

45 adapters - who saved them?

Our Decca suitcase player had a 45 popup and it was at that precise moment that we didn't need no stinking adapters.

Prior to that, stealing 45 adapters was punishable in blood.

 

[olbriar]

I revisited my 45s from the shed. The mice have eaten the corners off of many of the sleeves. I went all the way though the box and didn't find the Battle of New Orleans. I didn't find North To Alaska either. I know I had both 45s of Horton. I did find many 45s that had old friend's names on them. I guess that's the way it was back then and I'm certain it all evened out.

 

[Unforgiven]

 

[EarlyMon]

Lmao!