I remember when,.......

[noyd666]

we used the biggest old wheel bearings we could get and fitted them to home made wooden axles, they were fast down the concrete pathways down long streets, now the goodie two shoes would have you arrested lol.place is fuked.

 

[Betterhaff]

Yep, small rocks where a problem with those metal wheels…instant brakes and you went flying.

 

[Betterhaff]

We used to mount Briggs & Strattons on those little Stingrays…fast.

 

[dddaver]

I remember when I had to have a pare of these.

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Showing my age here. But me and my brother took the wheels off a pair of these, screwed them onto a couple wood remnants from one of my Dad's projects out in the garage, and each made a skateboard. Had hours and hours of fun on them. That was way back in the early 60s.

 

[HazyBulldog]

Men were men, and women were women, and that was the only options. Too confusing these days for this old fart!

 

[Snook]

Men were men, and women were women, and that was the only options. Too confusing these days for this old fart!

i'm with you HB.
back in the day, daily vitamins were just that, daily vitamins... today there are daily vitamins for men, women, seniors, OH! and children, probably more types... used to be able to buy mens underwear, boxers or briefs. Now there are many, many types and finding just oxers or briefs isn't as easy as it used to be.


WTF is this guy (me) getting to? confusion.


I can put on lip stic and use any bathroom I like.

 

[Kook]

no camera on every corners

 

[aridbud]

Showing my age here. But me and my brother took the wheels off a pair of these, screwed them onto a couple wood remnants from one of my Dad's projects out in the garage, and each made a skateboard. Had hours and hours of fun on them. That was way back in the early 60s.

Yep, did that, too! It could go straight and fast....turning corners was another challenge.

 

[DocTim420]

Ahhha....found a pic of the skateboard with a handlebar that is almost like the ones I made for my little sisters--

Add a white basket full of dolls and there you have it....lol


And pics of what many us built back in "the day"--

 

[420somewhere]

Ahhha....found a pic of the skateboard with a handlebar that is almost like the ones I made for my little sisters--

My dad made me one in the 50's, but put a wooden produce box with handlebars on top.

It was so loud I couldn't ride it early on the weekends.

Those were the days.

 

[Betterhaff]

My dad was in the Sporting Goods business and jumped on the phenomena he saw in the neighborhood. He saw what the kids were building and bought roller skate wheel assemblies and had a guy that had a woodworking shop make and finish off the boards and assemble them. He then sold them to his clients. This was in the early 60’s.

 

[prune]

I remember carrying the skate key around in my pocket.
Where I lived, only the girls wore the key around their neck like a necklace...


Of course, by less than 10 years later I was wearing "love beads" around my neck!

Aw Geez, I had forgotten all about that... I have a lockbox somewhere with a few of her "love beads" rolling around the bottom. I can't remember her face anymore, or even her name - but I remember the feeling...

 

[Stan G.]

I remember not being a felon.

 

[WelderDan]

I remember when "social media" was going outside and riding bikes with my friends.

I remember when the only mobile phone I knew of was the one Frank Canon had in his Lincoln Continental Mark IV

I remember when we had 3 TV channels, and you got the news at 5:00 and 10:00 pm.

I remember Walter Cronkite, and you got NEWS, not opinion disguised as fact.

 

[k-s-p]

I remember party lines
I remember NFL games on AFN Television
I also remember Walter Cronkite
I remember Colombian and Mexican weed coming to the peninsula and the 665th via Stroh's and Bosch cases

 

[resin_lung]

I remember when "social media" was going outside and riding bikes with my friends.

I remember when the only mobile phone I knew of was the one Frank Canon had in his Lincoln Continental Mark IV

I remember when we had 3 TV channels, and you got the news at 5:00 and 10:00 pm.

I remember Walter Cronkite, and you got NEWS, not opinion disguised as fact.

Those were the days. Journalists were at the desk. I hated hated heated it!

We didnt live as lavishly as you it seems. We only had one TV in the house.

That's the only reason I remember Kronkite, because kids didn't get there way back then.

I also rember him watching a couple of shows on Sunday morning. One had a big sun design backdrop and a news desk and the other was a dude driving around the country in a motor home meeting folks.

 

[noyd666]

I remember no tv, pop with his big open fire going with the wireless going.

 

[resin_lung]

I remember being itchy as hell from sweating all day in the sun and front lawns.

I remember when you made damn sure you were sitting in front of the tv when a show you wanted to watch was scheduled to be on or you were never gonna see it and there was nothing you can do about it.

I remember when you could start a 4 hour convo by wondering out loud because it was interesting enough and we had time to talk about nothing. Wondering out loud these days gets you an answer.

 

[Snook]

I remember when we used to come to the web to learn about growing weed and trolls would intentionally lead you astray..
now there aren't as many..

 

[HazyBulldog]

I remember when........

I thought a fart was just a fart....... but it was also poop.