Balsa wood, rubber band powered gliders. Perterated roll caps, for repeating cap pistols, like the Fanner 50.. Jim
That is funny, as we would do that too. You could also scratch then with a nail and sometimes get a good fire going. Jim
When I was a kid, we used to make firecrackers with those roll caps. We would stick a pin through the center of each cap, folding the roll back and forth over the pin as we went. Then, we'd wrap the whole thing in scotch tape and put a fuse for a Jetex rocket motor on the end, before pulling the pin out. Jetex fuse, Jetex.org: Jetex fuse They popped pretty good! Dave
I had forgotten about those Jetex engines. They would give a plane or a car one wild ride. Not much control, but fast. Jim
Interactive TV show, Winky Dink and You [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wolnhfwwr9I&feature=share]Winky Dink and You (1/3) - YouTube[/ame]
My parents wouldn't by me the magic window (maybe because we didn't have a TV at the time) so, we would meet at a friends house (who did have a TV) and put plastic wrap on the screen. Jim
Riding down to the soda fountain at the corner drug store (with the nickle juke box selectors at each booth) on the running board 'cause you can't get eight people in a '40 Ford sedan. Selecting "I tawt I taw a puddy tat". I wasn't very old and all those kids including the one on the other running board would have been sent up to Leavenworth these days for not having me buckled in to my federal nanny car seat.
Ordering a 'Chocolate Soda' at a Texas soda fountain and being asked,"what's that?" Ordering a 'Malt' North of the Mason Dixon and being told,"We only have Milk Shakes. Malt is malt liquor." Jason
A Root Beer Float at A&W delivered to you by a car hop on a tray that hung on your car door by slightly putting the window up.
When I visited the Grandparents during the summer, this was the Sunday meal after church. Root beer never tastes as good as when it's from a frosty glass mug on the bench seat of your grandfather's Buick when you are 5 years old.