Growing up in the 60s and 70s

[Bakersfield]

Always thot ding dong ditch was a universal pastime, among all neighborhoods. Breakin windows and street lamps more of a regional thing. Kick the Can, more of a rural game.

We had dirt clod fights. Kids wood get bloody.
I went through a short phase of breaking bottles in the road. A teen down the street broke me of that habit real quick.

 

[greasemonkeymann]

and the early cable boxes that you could jimmy with a paper clip and get the signal

we had the rotating ones, and if you balanced the channels "in between" you could totally get HBO and such, then it was just wait until the night came so you could get a glimpse of boob
man...
the shit we did to see even side-boobage...
now kids can have any kind of porn they want for FREE, and it's all available on your phone, laptop, etc.
shit...
lil spoiled bastards
hell I remember typewriters, going to the library for BOOKS to do your reports on, having to document which books you got your material from..
writing actual words that are spelled correctly, and doing so with your actual HANDS..

these damn whippersnappers don't know..
they just don't know.

 

[tyler.durden]

heh..
uh... em... I grew up around racists that called it something entirely different....
not even remotely politically correct..

We had a similar name for a game whereby we all jump on each other to form a pile of kids. Strange that no one seemed offended by this moniker, but it was the 70s...

Starts 1:00 in...

 

[whitebb2727]

That was a favorite game of poor inner-city youth. We called it 'Ding-dong-ditch'...

We would run out of alleys and kick the doors in on cop cars and run off. The cops were normally in them.

 

[whitebb2727]

ohhhh yeaaaa
good times right there man
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It was great fun.

 

[Petahet1111]

Kiss was my life in 78, 79. Me and my bros would dress up and get crazy, while their sisters worried about feathering their hair and putting up posters of Peter Frampton from 17 magazine and the like.
I had a big Kiss Army ring a bit like thisView attachment 3859398

that I would wear. I would put my tennis shoes on run my feet back and forth on the shag carpet and shock people, claiming it was a magic ring.
I even smoked pot when I was 8, older brothers were very convincing.

Love it! Kiss was my first concert, 1974 or thereabouts. I was all of 100lbs. Thought I was going to die in a rowdy crowd waiting for the doors to open. It was general admission and I remember fireworks lit in the crowd mid-concert. Strutter!

 

[Dr.Amber Trichome]

there was so much funk and groove in the 70's . oh the clothes were FANTASTIC!!

 

[BarnBuster]

just remembered this, SLOT CARS, just about every town had a track in a strip mall somewhere's

 

[Bakersfield]

We would run out of alleys and kick the doors in on cop cars and run off. The cops were normally in them.

You were bad!!
I'll admit to throwing rocks off the overpass onto the freeway, but no one ever got hurt.
We would also play by the train tracks and put all manner of scrap that was lying around on the tracks.

 

[whitebb2727]

You were bad!!
I'll admit to throwing rocks off the overpass onto the freeway, but no one ever got hurt.
We would also play by the train tracks and put all manner of scrap that was lying around on the tracks.

A judge gave me the choice between jail or the military. I chose the military. I am very thankful I was given a choice.

 

[Sir Napsalot]

 

[BarnBuster]

You were bad!!
I'll admit to throwing rocks off the overpass onto the freeway, but no one ever got hurt.
We would also play by the train tracks and put all manner of scrap that was lying around on the tracks.

if you were lucky, you'd find a track torpedo or 2 laying between the rails

 

[dux]

Didn't read all of the replies but I assume this all leads to,


The pussification of America?

 

[burrheadd]

BB guns and street lights don't mix well with 12 year olds. There wasn't a working street light within 6 blocks of my house

How about elbow tittin go into a large crowd and (accidentally) rub your elbow on hot girls tits

 

[Big_Lou]

I remember me and my buddy cutting into stretch Armstrong and tasting his blood it was sweet like syrup. It was probably made from toxic antifreeze, lol.

Nah, just food grade corn syrup. Remember:







"HEY - You kids quiet DOWN, NOW! And get those lit cigs OFFA the friggin game machines, you gonna PAY for those?! GODDAMMIT!"

 

[Dr.Amber Trichome]

That pizza looks yumsterz

 

[Indagrow]

just remembered this, SLOT CARS, just about every town had a track in a strip mall somewhere's

I used to do that when I was a kid.. Had a bunch of Ill setups won a bunch of trophies haha even had custom fans to rest them on between heats to cool them down. Then I rode a motorized vehicle.

Place is a laundrymat now

 

[Tim Fox]

just remembered this, SLOT CARS, just about every town had a track in a strip mall somewhere's

there is a shop here in Portland Oregon that has the old BIG slot car tracks set up inside, at least 5 of them, the rental cars kinda suck, but there are usually guys there with a whole box full of cars that will loan you one if you buy the track time

 

[Petahet1111]

there is a shop here in Portland Oregon that has the old BIG slot car tracks set up inside, at least 5 of them, the rental cars kinda suck, but there are usually guys there with a whole box full of cars that will loan you one if you buy the track time

We used to have those too. There was a place with 3 awesome tracks. That's how I learned to solder.
I had a group 7 car that they had to turn the track voltage up whenever I took it out. I think its somewhere in my basement now. I should dig that out for yucks.
That was a good place for kids to go to keep from getting into trouble and the owner did alright with it.

 

[electricslide]

You were bad!!
I'll admit to throwing rocks off the overpass onto the freeway, but no one ever got hurt.
We would also play by the train tracks and put all manner of scrap that was lying around on the tracks.

When I was in prison about 5 years ago there was a kid like 18 or 19 in there because he was throwing rocks off a by pass and one went threw a ladies windshield killed her and her 2 kids. He's doing 20 Years hell bout out before he's 40.

Crazy man, the kid wasn't intentionally dropping big ass rocks to hit cars or people so he honestly wasn't try8ng to hurt anyone. Talk about some bad luck