Fun & Games You're Older Than Dirt If You Remember....

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  1. Norm03s

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    And Solid Rubber bicycle Tires like my first bike had.
     
  2. Justa Jim

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    Balsa wood, rubber band powered gliders.

    Perterated roll caps, for repeating cap pistols, like the Fanner 50..

    Jim
     
  3. CHKMINI

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    We would take the whole roll of caps and drop a cement block on it for the BIG BANG !!
     
  4. Justa Jim

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    That is funny, as we would do that too. You could also scratch then with a nail and sometimes get a good fire going. :D

    Jim
     
  5. Norm03s

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    Dads hammer.
     
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    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!

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  7. Justa Jim

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    I had forgotten about those Jetex engines. They would give a plane or a car one wild ride. Not much control, but fast. :D

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  8. Jason Montague

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    :cornut: Smoking in the Boys Room at school:Thumbsup:

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  9. Friskie

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    Is quoting song titles legal???
     
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    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]
     
  11. Justa Jim

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    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. :D

    Jim
     
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    I have one in my garage, haven't hooked it up yet.
     
  13. Jason Montague

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    :cornut: 'Suicide' front opening car doors:Thumbsup:

    Jason
     
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    Love those Lincoln's !!!

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    :cornut: Leaf Springs front and rear :Thumbsup:

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    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.
     
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    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
     
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    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.
     
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    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.
     

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