When I Was a Kid....

WIWAK my mom used to pack a lunch for me every day. It consisted of a sandwich of some type, a piece of fruit, and a Tastykake! Loved the butterscotch krimpets, and the creme filled cup cakes. :)

Just thinking that now we have to explain Tastykakes to the "bikkie" eaters.....:D:rolleyes:



WIWAK, you didn't have to take out a loan to take four people to the movies, and 3D films were something unusual that gave you a massive headache after fifteen minutes of watching them.
 
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When I was a kid...

it was safe to go inside neighbors homes during trick or treating. :)
 
WIWAK My doctor once said " You've more cuts, scars, burns than any boy your age I've examined." To which I replied "I guess they don't play "
 
WIWAK I had the cutest little strawberry shortcake purse filled with all sorts of awesome things. A mirror, fake lipstick, even a perfume bottle that smelled like lovely sweet strawberries when you squeezed it. I took it with me when we went out to eat at a restaurant and forgot it there. My mom drove me back to get it after we realized I forgot it. When we got there we asked the staff and looked all around the booth we sat at. My strawberry shortcake purse and its awesome treasures was no where to be found. :( *sniff* :(
 
Just thinking that now we have to explain Tastykakes to the "bikkie" eaters.....:D:rolleyes:



WIWAK, you didn't have to take out a loan to take four people to the movies, and 3D films were something unusual that gave you a massive headache after fifteen minutes of watching them.

I had to explain Tastykakes to someone in TX on this board a couple years ago. In fact:

WIWAK my grandmom used to send Tastykakes to my uncle who was living in FL because he missed them.
 
WIWAK - everyday was a new adventure and every adventure a surprise
 
WIWAK:

My teacher would call me to the chalk board at the most inopportune times.

Wore Superman underoos with the cape religiously

Woke up extra early Saturday mornings to te half a box of golden Graham's cereal and watch cartoons.

Played every sport imaginable.

Woke up every morning without any aches or pains.

Loved when there was snow on the ground and lived for days when classes got cancelled.

Jerked off to squiggly lined porn constantly praying for something like the Internet to come along I wanted to know what a pussy without the military green hue looked like.
 
WIWAK I had the cutest little strawberry shortcake purse filled with all sorts of awesome things. A mirror, fake lipstick, even a perfume bottle that smelled like lovely sweet strawberries when you squeezed it. I took it with me when we went out to eat at a restaurant and forgot it there. My mom drove me back to get it after we realized I forgot it. When we got there we asked the staff and looked all around the booth we sat at. My strawberry shortcake purse and its awesome treasures was no where to be found. :( *sniff* :(

I still have a Strawberry Shortcake doll from when I was little and when you squeezed her she smelled like Strawberries ... She STILL smells like Strawberries to this day I found her the other day it brought back SO many memories of playing with her
 
WIWAK I remember being nine and going to my first pro baseball game and the Milwaukee Brewers were the visiting team. I wish I could remember who the player in the Brewer bullpen was that was giving baseballs away to the kids for running to the concession stand to get the players drinks and hotdogs.

When I was eight, the Red Sox and Yankees battled for last place. (The Yankees won -- hooray!)

And there were NO Milwaukee Brewers, or even divisions in the two leagues.



When I was a kid, we could actually celebrate Christmas in class at school. (There were no Jewish kids in the town I lived in, and only a few in the bigger city across the river.)

When I was a kid, young men from my home town died in Vietnam.

When I was a kid, Memorial Day and Veterans Day were actually big celebrations in my home town.

When I was a kid, we played pickup games of ice hockey on a small pond in the woods near my home. And because we had no face masks, there was no "lifting" (because we all had to play goalie at some point).

When I was a kid, you HAD to take shop class if you were a boy, and Home Economics if you were a girl.

When I was a kid, you actually had to study and know colonial and Revolutionary War times in American history ... now they are often glossed over quickly in high school.

When I was a young kid, the Cuba missile crisis had a direct impact upon my family.

When I was a kid, my grandfather seemed to be this enormous giant of a man. Of course, when I turned 21, even though I was 6' 2" I was still dwarfed by him, so I guess my initial perception was accurate.

When I was a kid, probably around 10, Hawaii Five-O had an episode about a gay man (a politician maybe?) being blackmailed because it was a terrible secret to have. And I have to admit, I had to have my Dad explain the whole concept to me, because I did not know what it meant, nor did I get the plot. He was a little embarrassed when he did so. (We didn't have Glee in the 1960's.)

When I was a kid, animated movies were a rare treat.

When I was a kid, the Charlie Brown holiday specials were NEW.

When I was a kid, and we did our math homework, we actually turned it in. (This won't mean much to most of you. Lucky you.)

When I was a kid, an NFL player scoring a touchdown and saluting the troops on Veterans Day weekend would not have earned a fine.

When I was a kid, you could talk about Bigfoot rather than about "the podiatrically challenged."
 
WIWAK I was the only kid I knew that pulled for Cobra and the Decepticons...
 
I still have a Strawberry Shortcake doll from when I was little and when you squeezed her she smelled like Strawberries ... She STILL smells like Strawberries to this day I found her the other day it brought back SO many memories of playing with her

I still have that doll too!!! :D

Mine doesn't really smell like strawberries though. booo!
 
WIWAK, we had The Green Hornet and Rat Patrol, Mod Squad and Get Smart, and afternoons with Sid & Marty Kroft silliness.
 
WIWAK we had The Donna Reed Show, The Patty Duke Show, The Danny Thomas Show, and The Dick Van Dyke Show (but they were all on Nick at Nite)
 
summers were made to stay outside until the streetlights came on without worry of any dangers in the neighborhood
 
WIWAK we had The Donna Reed Show, The Patty Duke Show, The Danny Thomas Show, and The Dick Van Dyke Show (but they were all on Nick at Nite)

Wait...let me get my reading glasses so I can see what you typed, young whipper-snapper!!!:D
 
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