Ok, so I'm laying in bed last night and began thinking of my childhood and of all the fun things back then. I finally fell asleep after going through TONS of different things (ahhh arent the "mind spins" great when you're tired? ) - Let's see how many of you remember the things that you did when growing up! Feel free to add to the list!
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Licking the bowl and beaters of batter w/out dreading "raw eggs"
Eating raw hotdogs
13 Channel TV's and NO remote or cable
Rabbit ears (tin foil was optional)
Actually only having ONE TV in your house and having to take turns to watch your favorite show!
School House Rock
Afterschool specials
Little House on the Prarie
Grizzly Adams
HEE HAW
Saturday morning cartoons
8 Track tapes
33 and 45 LP's (you were lost when you lost the little disc to play a 45!)
Reel to Reel
Drive In Movies
Your first scary movie (mine was Jaws)
Mud Pies
Playing outside til the street light came on (dinner time!)
Playing outside PERIOD
Frying an egg on the sidewalk or street to see if it worked
Sharing sodas and candy with your friend w/out fear of catching something
Hopscotch
Recess
DodgeBall
RedRover
Freeze Tag
Red light - Green Light
Mother May I?
Postoffice
Playing House
Doctor
Spin the Bottle
Your first kiss
Your first love (and subsequent heartbreak)
Your first REAL paycheck and how proud you were!
Penny candy
DOTS (the candy that came on a roll of paper..ya know..the little dots!)
Squirrels (nut chews)
Soda in glass bottles without twist off caps
Collecting those glass bottles to exchange for money (for candy you know!)
Building your OWN tent out of sheets, chairs, tables and blankets
sleepovers
Dippity-Do
Aqua Net (ozone didnt stand a chance!)
Disco night at the roller rink
Couples skate
Your first slow dance
Disco PERIOD
Goucho pants (what WERE we thinking?!)
Skorts (not quite as bad as goucho's!)
Days of the week underwear
Stuffing your bra to see what you'd look like (LOL - I didn't have to stuff mine... lol)
MERCURY Thermometers - and breaking them and playing with the "cool silver stuff" inside (I"m surprised we're all still alive!)
Baby Aspirin (they didnt have Childrens Tylenol back then)
Macurachrome with the little glass stick - (If you have to ask - you never had it used on you! - It was worse than the cut/scrape OUCH!)
Scraped knees weren't a big thing and you proudly showed off your scab
Puppy Love and Disco Duck
Recording music off the radio and missing the first part of the song... lol
Ok...there's a TON of other things but I'll let ya'll add your "trips down memory lane" to the list...
Isnt this fun?!! Brings back so many memories....
P.S... And my sister pointed out that I didn't remember hide and go seek... lol!