Kids...!!!

[Sassy69]

Ranger you are killing me -- Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Lawn darts werent' big, but anyone ever play "Spread" w/ a good pocket knife? We didn't pay $120 for our tennis shoes back then so it didnt' matter as much I guess.

Anything you could shoot or blow up with a bb gun or a ladyfinger was fair game!

Ahhhh, the good ol' days

 

[The Ranger]

Creeks, mudpuddles and streams....the possibilities were endless as a kid.....

Ranger

 

[DBCooper]

What no one going to mention why m-80's were outlawed? It's because kids were letting them explode in their hands/pockets/animals etc. Now that is work!! Hell you used to be able to buy small explosive packs at any store, now you have to go to a special store show I.D.-and sign some crap document . What about school, it used to be the teachers beating ass with a 2x4 not some punk kid trying to bully some weak puny midget kid, also people knew how to shoot rifles and handguns, not this shooting sideways crap. I'm not even bringing up Happy Fun Ball......

 

[Vulgar_Display_Of_Power]

Anybody remember being taken "Snipe hunting" with a burlap sack?

Shit, try doing that to a kid nowadays, DHS would have you locked up in a nanosecond.

 

[The Ranger]

Snipe hunting, playing ghost in the graveyard.....amking out and getting to feel a chix tit's and bragging about it the next day.....hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Hand-be-downs....try that shit with kids today....

And we had play clothes and school clothes....Seems like this is forgotten as well.....

Ranger

 

[catharsis]

kids

Do they even make knee patches for jeans anymore. I don't think I had one pair of toughskin jeans that the knees were'nt worn out of them. I bet moms nowadays wouldn't even know how to sew patches on jeans if they had to.

 

[c3bodybuilding]

DB, I had almost forgotten about firecrackers! I told my friend once, that it had a delayed fuse, and to hold it, if he dropped it, it wouldn't go off. Hold it after the fuse is gone for at least 2 seconds. LMAO His hand was pitch black, and bleeding, nothing too bad though!


And yes Ranger, creeks were an endless source of saturday fun. With trees, the streams, mud, rocks... you could have days loads of fun!

As for the wooden paddles from the teacher, damn I remember that! One of my old teachers had a holes drilled into the paddle, so it would suck up some of your skin when she smacked you with it! This was in the 80s too. Crazy! Today if a teacher used that on you, it would be lawsuit time, but funny, there were no school shootings back then either. Hmmmm, maybe a good ol' ass whupping is what kids need! I know it gave me some character lol.

 

[Optimus B]

great thread!

<sniff>ahhh, the memories....

 

[The Ranger]

Heh heh heh....School Paddles, God does that bring back memories...When we were in the 3rd grade, there was this horrible rumor the Principal had and electric paddel...We believed that shit back then....

Our teachers would march us to lunch, and carry their paddles by their side, it was almost like they were walking a beat on some city corner in New York....

Could you imagine if that went on today in schools!!! My God, 60 minutes would have a field day with that.....

All this shit about kids killing teachers and students because they were picked on by classmates...Boo-Fucking-Hoo....

They don't know what being picked on was....Back in the day, we were down right cruel to fuckers, and yes we fought like hell, but no one ever got shot, no one ever got stabbed, and eventually we became closer friends because of it.....

Easter Sunday....Make a kid go outside today....

Let me ask all of you a question....

When was the last time you even heard of a kid lately bragging about getting stitches??? Back in the day, you were measured by how many stitches you got over the summer....Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

Peace,

Ranger

 

[The Ranger]

How about those wood burning sets...Remember those gems?? I had permenate scars until I was 18 from that Christmas wonder...And nothing ever came out the way shit looked on the box....

And that field goal game where you smash the head of the kicker and he kicks the ball 300 feet.....heh heh heh....or, the football game that just virbrated and the little men just bounced around on that metal playing field....

Ah....The good ole days of fun and wonderment....

Ranger