Remembering Things Past

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We would launch these into the street annnnnnd over the house. 11 seconds of fun there still is an iteration out

Remember Whizzers?

 

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I used to go see Talas at that Drive-in on Saturday evenings. That was after Hard Rock Quarry closed

I have that CD! Like a See Saw. LOL.

 

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[HipKat]

I was in a band, briefly, that covered that song

 

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I actually MISS these!

 

[sukie]

I actually MISS these!

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Are they gone?

 

[sukie]

Had this bad boy. Super stealthy.

 

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Are they gone?

I haven't seen them

 

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I remember doing this in elementary school

 

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I remember doing this in elementary school

Yup!!! I remember! Also remember lining up to get German measles vaccines… bandoliers and no one died or bitched.

 

[sukie]

I haven't seen them

They are. Google it and enter your zip to find them

 

[sukie]

I have that CD! Like a See Saw. LOL.

Talas played a dance at NT highschool

 

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LOL. Sea monkeys are just brine shrimp. We feed to our tropical fish.

 

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Anyone else remember "Boy's Life" magazine? I think it was offered to Cub Scouts. Loved the ads in the back pages. Was an awesome part of childhood in the 1970s.

 

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[herodotus]

Anyone else remember "Boy's Life" magazine? I think it was offered to Cub Scouts. Loved the ads in the back pages. Was an awesome part of childhood in the 1970s.

hell yeah, I remember these from the early 90s

 

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Anyone remember the Scholastic Book Fair? 20 to 50 bucks and you felt like a king?

Anyone have that giant umbrella during gym class?

What about those smaller square roller carts?

 

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I remember doing this in elementary school

Before my time, we had Reagan/Bush and Gorbachev to thank for not having those anymore when I was a kid. Fuggin shame we no longer have people with vision. Say, do you remember this guy?

 

[herodotus]

Oh and who remembers The Day After? Not The Day After Tomorrow, but The Day After. They showed that on ABC the year I was born and they showed it again in late 1989. Mom told me to not watch it in 89, but I did. Scarred me like you wouldn't believe. Every time they tested the emergency alert siren for years I was afraid that somehow nuclear war had started. So if you wonder why nuclear war scares the living hell out of me and I seem too sympathetic to Russia its not because I particularly want them in Ukraine its because I am genuinely traumatized. Yeah, Kansas City, Lawrence, Sedalia, Joplin, Whiteman AFB, and the scene at the end where Liberty Memorial is is gone except for the very base. . . . holy shit. To you guys those are geographic terms. To me those places are home. The film was basically saying this shit could happen and if it does its gonna kill you!