SUXBNME 1,335 Posted June 15, 2018 Scavenge the house for quarters or any loose coinage that would equal 25 cents or more, get on my bike and ride around 2 miles to Spankys Pizza just to play either Donkey Kong or Pinball. (before I raced my bike professionally, that is) One of my fondest memories was rummaging through my moms closet one day after school and finding two fiddy cent pieces. That's 4 fuckin quarters, dammit also, no helmet was worn during the bike ride. whacha you got? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745 Posted June 15, 2018 One of the arcades in my town used tokens. Sadly for them, tokens of the exact same size and weight were pretty easily commercially available. We played free for quite a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 4,559 Posted June 15, 2018 ... be able to pull the hair down from the top of my head and touch my chin with it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthernVike 2,080 Posted June 15, 2018 Have hope. Are you out of change too? Try sux's mom's closet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,647 Posted June 15, 2018 Rock and Roll all night and party ev-ery day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shotsup 832 Posted June 15, 2018 Me and 2 buddies once played Missle Command for 24 hours straight on 2 quarters for charity. 2 playing at all times one resting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,640 Posted June 15, 2018 Wake up with wood. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patriotsfatboy1 1,432 Posted June 15, 2018 ... do your mom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloaca du jour 2,064 Posted June 15, 2018 Spent from 7am to dark or later outside fishing...riding bikes..shooting bb guns..my tan was so dark and my feet so calloused I could have been a pygmy. I remember actually having to buy new tires for my bike because they were worn out. BmX style was yuuuge when I was a kid. Not a care in the world. Building tree houses...stealing dads playboys.. the list is endless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frozenbeernuts 1,652 Posted June 15, 2018 Hold my poo for as long as i possibly could Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alias Detective 1,179 Posted June 15, 2018 One of the arcades in my town used tokens. Sadly for them, tokens of the exact same size and weight were pretty easily commercially available. We played free for quite a while. Stop. Get em on Amazon too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Filthy Fernadez 2,696 Posted June 15, 2018 Grab my slingshot, go down to railroad tracks and get a pocket full of pig iron (purplish marble looking things the railroad would spill) then walk along the tracks shooting bottles, cans, etc... Under the bridges after a weekend there were tons of bottles from kids drinking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,564 Posted June 15, 2018 Scavenge the house for quarters or any loose coinage that would equal 25 cents or more, get on my bike and ride around 2 miles to Spankys Pizza just to play either Donkey Kong or Pinball. (before I raced my bike professionally, that is) One of my fondest memories was rummaging through my moms closet one day after school and finding two fiddy cent pieces. That's 4 fuckin quarters, dammit did you put on her negligee before or after gypsy came over? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,564 Posted June 15, 2018 Rock and Roll all night and party ev-ery day. Great song at the time and for a long time. When I hear kiss now, I can only think of what a flaming queer Paul is and what many of those songs really mean check out my comment from 6 years ago Ed Junior Paul Stanley was wearing UGG Boots 25 years before Tom Brady thought they were cool Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthernVike 2,080 Posted June 15, 2018 Great song at the time and for a long time. When I hear kiss now, I can only think of what a flaming queer Paul is and what many of those songs really mean check out my comment from 6 years ago There's a reason they wore makeup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,564 Posted June 15, 2018 There's a reason they wore makeup. Check out Vinnie Vincent on the right. He's a woman now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kilroy69 994 Posted June 15, 2018 When I was younger I used to think the weather man pulled a giant slot machine and the thing that popped up the most out of 3 tries was what the weather for that day was going to be. I thought black people were just white people who had been in the sun too long. I thought you could outrun a bee(s). Turns out.....I was very wrong. I thought all animals were nice. That they all wanted to be petted. I am trying to break my son of this right now. I thought that deer stands were where deer went to hunt the hunters who were looking for them on the forest floor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nzoner 936 Posted June 15, 2018 to play Evel Knevel with my friends as we built jump ramps for our bikes,no helmets etc. as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,564 Posted June 15, 2018 to play Evel Knevel with my friends as we built jump ramps for our bikes,no helmets etc. as well. we all did that. my arms took a beating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nzoner 936 Posted June 15, 2018 my arms took a beating. as did my bike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parrot 789 Posted June 15, 2018 we all did that. my arms nuts took a beating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,564 Posted June 15, 2018 That is why they made girls bikes. did it ever make sense the girls bike bar had a bow where the nuts go? shouldn't that have been reversed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patriotsfatboy1 1,432 Posted June 15, 2018 we all did that. my arms took a beating. To this day, my wife finds new scars on my arms or legs and asks, "How did you get that one?" I usually just respond with "I don't remember. I was a boy and we did stupid stuff." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,564 Posted June 15, 2018 To this day, my wife finds new scars on my arms or legs and asks, "How did you get that one?" I usually just respond with "I don't remember. I was a boy and we did stupid stuff." Was an apple tree in the apartment complex I lived in. We were about 7, or 8 and were climbing the tree. One kid fell and landed on his arm. SNAP was gross. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frozenbeernuts 1,652 Posted June 15, 2018 That is why they made girls bikes. did it ever make sense the girls bike bar had a bow where the nuts go? shouldn't that have been reversed? I always wondered this myself Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patriotsfatboy1 1,432 Posted June 15, 2018 Was an apple tree in the apartment complex I lived in. We were about 7, or 8 and were climbing the tree. One kid fell and landed on his arm. SNAP was gross. I have two noticeable scars near the corner of each of my eyes. When I was 4, I was running around the yard with the other kids, tripped and fell into the corner of these metal boxes that housed the trash cans. Cut the corner near my right eye and had to get like 6 stitches. My parents figured that box should be moved because it was dangerous, so they put it away from where we played. About 2 months later, after the stitches are out, I am running around in the yard and I trip and fall hitting near the corner of my left eye. That isn't even half of the times that I got stitches. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,145 Posted June 15, 2018 I always wondered this myself So you're bike curious? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,564 Posted June 15, 2018 I have two noticeable scars near the corner of each of my eyes. When I was 4, I was running around the yard with the other kids, tripped and fell into the corner of these metal boxes that housed the trash cans. Cut the corner near my right eye and had to get like 6 stitches. My parents figured that box should be moved because it was dangerous, so they put it away from where we played. About 2 months later, after the stitches are out, I am running around in the yard and I trip and fall hitting near the corner of my left eye. That isn't even half of the times that I got stitches. Ouch. My brother has a yooge scar on his forehead. Kid threw a smaller tonka truck right off his forehead. was like 14 stitches. what a mess I have 0 career broken bones and my 1st stitches werent till 12, (my lip) someone tripped me on ice at recess and I went face first into the ice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frozenbeernuts 1,652 Posted June 15, 2018 That is why they made girls bikes. did it ever make sense the girls bike bar had a bow where the nuts go? shouldn't that have been reversed? https://www.livestrong.com/article/233028-how-to-size-a-cannondale-bicycle/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,564 Posted June 15, 2018 So you're bike curious? cute Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thornton Melon 544 Posted June 15, 2018 Buy cigarettes for my grandmother at the neighborhood convenience store. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nzoner 936 Posted June 15, 2018 Ouch. My brother has a yooge scar on his forehead. Kid threw a smaller tonka truck right off his forehead. was like 14 stitches. what a mess I have 0 career broken bones and my 1st stitches werent till 12, (my lip) someone tripped me on ice at recess and I went face first into the ice One broken bone here,I was at the top of a large playground slide and thought I'd go faster if I pulled myself up and shot myself down if you will.Everything was fine until I shot my legs out and my feet didn't clear the top of the slide and I basically threw myself off backwards falling a good 10 feet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,564 Posted June 15, 2018 Buy cigarettes for my grandmother at the neighborhood convenience store. I bought them for my mother at the gas station right around the corner. I am guessing this was 1984 why do I want to say they were $1.25 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDC 5,891 Posted June 15, 2018 Hold my poo for as long as i possibly could Didnt it dissolve in your hand after a while? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5-Points 2,729 Posted June 15, 2018 also, no helmet was worn during the bike ride. whacha you got? We never wore helmets as kids. Or any protective gear for that matter. We would roll 3 deep with one guy riding the bike, one guy on the handlebars and we'd tie a rope to the seat post so we could pull a third guy on a skateboard. We were lucky if everybody had shoes on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,640 Posted June 15, 2018 Memories. Our house, we had these huge floor to ceiling drapes. One of them covered a vertical heat grate. And the whole thing was pretty much in a corner that was semi blocked by a large end table. I was small enough that I get past the end table get behind the curtains slide down on my butt and just wait for the furnace to kick on. Obviously especially great on a cold winter day. The biggest bonus, I might as well have been invisible. Nobody would see me notice me, and I could just chill the hell out. heard a whole lot of conversations that I probably shouldn't have. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fandandy 3,311 Posted June 15, 2018 Memories. Our house, we had these huge floor to ceiling drapes. One of them covered a vertical heat grate. And the whole thing was pretty much in a corner that was semi blocked by a large end table. I was small enough that I get past the end table get behind the curtains slide down on my butt and just wait for the furnace to kick on. Obviously especially great on a cold winter day. The biggest bonus, I might as well have been invisible. Nobody would see me notice me, and I could just chill the hell out. heard a whole lot of conversations that I probably shouldn't have. When should we tell little Wiff that Santa's not real? I don't know. I mean, you'd think by 16 he would have already figured it out... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites