Things you enjoyed as a kid (That are no more)

Yes it was! I was trying to remember the name of the flavored peanut butter by mom used to get me. Thanks Lamour for jogging my memory!

 

Nope, before the Un*****d period.

EDIT: OK...why is the word "masked" censored??????
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Snow in Knoxville. Sledding on the street...all night long.

 

playing ball hockey on the road! nowadays I hardly ever see a group of kids playing a game of ball hockey on the streets in T.O.........CARRRRRR

 

I had one, great toy.

Life: everything before politcal correctness, neighborhood games like kick the can and dirt clod wars, Black & white TV (only), Chubby Checker's 'The Twist',

Toys: Wham-o Air Blaster, Tonka trucks, Cox gas tether planes, Tinkertoys, Topps baseball cards (plus gum), Viewmaster, Lincoln Logs, Marbles, Slinky (always got tweeked)

TV: Mighty Mouse, Fireball XL-5, Stingray, Peabody & Sherman, McHale's Navy, Hogan's Heros, Gilligan's Island, Bonanza, Get Smart, Voyage to the bottom of the sea, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Lawrence Welk (barf), Rockford Files (the best)

Food: Jiffy Pop, Ho Ho's, independent drive-in's, Trader Vic's in San Francisco, Coke with the date & city cast in bottom of bottle, Pull tab cans, .....

 

Right next to that, on an old Imperial, was another floor button to change the radio station. That was in the days of the push-button automatic tranny, the left pedal parking brake, the rectangular steering wheel, and the "thermometer" speedometer.

 

Nah, just a radio-button arrangement to move the cable. (The button set on the left.)
(Not my car -- a pix I found on the web of a '63 Imperial.)

By '63, they had a 5 mph reverse button lock-out. But my cousin's '57 had a posi rear and no lockout. He accidentally shifted to reverse instead of 2nd once while we were on a double date. Both rear tires turned backwards despite the car's forward motion (about 15-20 mph), resulting in the back end hopping up and down, and my date and I piled on the floor of the rear seat after bouncing off the fronts.

A couple of years later, he accidentally shifted from 2nd to reverse. He wrapped the car around a tree, and walked away with nothing except a sprained thumb (when it got mashed against the reverse button as he got thrown forward -- no seat belts).
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I loved Quisp cereal!

I still have my old Metal Tonka Trucks!!! Turns out my mom had saved them along with my oold Legos. Actually thought about pulling the Legos out and playing with them, but then started to feel guilty about sitting around and playing with toys, so they are still packed away.


Still have one toy 26 years later that lives in the garage: 1983 Datsun 280ZX Turbo 5-speed. teehee.

 

2 and half months of summer vacations.

 

RC Cola and a Moon Pie

 

Peanut butter Twix and peanut butter fudge haagen daz!

 

They still have PB Twix. I'll buy some and PM you if I see them next time, you can get your fix.

Weird, Wikipedia says they stopped in 2007. I bought some on my birthday last year/6 months ago, so that was probably the last stock. No idea.

 

Haha that brought back some good memories, as well as made some great hockey players. I have a handful of neighborhood friends that are continuing to play in the OHL and a few CCHA college teams. A couple have the potential to go to the show, and we all agree it was the countless hours of play at our local schools parking lot where the skills developed.

 

They're probably the fake ones from China that has that weird ingredient that makes one impotent...

 

Did I really consume dog food?

 

Ken, I just saw the commercial for PB Twix!

But take your chances, peanuts are still under that salmonella case. If it's even real peanuts.

 

That's what I had! I miss it.

 

This I miss from when I was a kid compared to what kids do today:

1) Playing with Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars.

2) Plastic Army men.

3) Riding my bike EVERYWHERE.

4) Watching GOOD Saturday morning cartoons.

5) Visiting EVERY gas station in search of STP stickers, etc.

6) Playing unorganized 'team' sports with other kids in the park (or in the street) damned near every day/evening until the street lights came on.

7) Tree Houses.

8) Mall ? Go to a Mall ? What's that ?