You know you're old when...

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by Soul_Glo

I burned my hands climbing down one in a race. The skih was peeling on my hands. The teacher was proud as we’d won. No health and safety forms filled out. Went home. Told the folks I’d won. Got an atta boy. Watched the packers and had some pizza. Mom dressed the wounds. Back to it the next day.

Yeah, the olden days. Weren't they grand?!

[Esteban]

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[vreihen16]

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[sygazelle]

...when you go to your high school reunion and the parking lot looks like this!

[3.0L]

77 Sunset Strip.

[3798j]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

77 Sunset Strip.

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[Boomer 2019]

"You'll find most every kind of gal and guy, including a private eye."

I loved it and watched every episode. This played from elementary school to high school for me, and I am still mildly ashamed of how much Brylcreem I smeared in my hair in those days. Had the Kookie wave and everything going on.

"The girls will all flock to ya, they love to run their fingers through your hair".

Not the girls in my neighborhood. Though I did eventually have a girlfriend (we went on to marry), it was not until 1965, after 77SS had ended and the axle grease look with it. Have been going au naturel ever since.

[wdb]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

You flew one of these.

I built several, but only ever succeeded in watching them smash into pieces shortly after launch. I had much better success with a triangular kite with a tail.

Originally Posted by 3.0L

Loved climbing the rope in the gym. Our coach marked the rope with
tape at the 10 foot level as a “that’s high enough” but I always climbed
right up to the beam the rope was fastened to. Coach watched, but never
told me to stop. However, my coach did tell my dad on parent’s visit day
that it worried him a bit. That was about the only thing I was good at
in P.E. Got C’s in all the other sports activities.

I was a 91 lb. "weakling" in high school with toothpick arms. But my back and legs were strong; I had a good power-to-weight ratio if you will. I couldn't haul myself up that rope arms-first with any kind of speed, so one day I got the crazy idea to flip my legs up above me and go that way. ZOOM! I beat the guy with samson arms to the top! However he still won, because I had to flip back the other way before going back down. After another skinny friend of mine had similar success the phys ed teacher declared our method "dangerous", and that was that.

[Esteban]

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[M_Six]

^^^Football and street hockey.

For baseball, we played in an actual sandlot. Not a lot of ground ball hits there.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

^^^Football and street hockey.

For baseball, we played in an actual sandlot. Not a lot of ground ball hits there.

Even my kids in the late 80s/early 90s played in the street. Mostly kickball and soccer.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by M_Six

^^^Football...

The "hump" between driveways was 1st down, the tree one direction was a touchdown and the light pole the other direction was a touchdown. NO KICKING! It was a very short "field."

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

The "hump" between driveways was 1st down, the tree one direction was a touchdown and the light pole the other direction was a touchdown. NO KICKING! It was a very short "field."

We also used to play football in a friend's back yard which sloped downhill, had a level area, then sloped down again. The top of the slope on the uphill side was one boundary. The fence at the bottom of the hill was the other. There was a willow tree near one end zone that you had to work around. Not the best football field by far.

[Esteban]

For our resident Lucy fan...

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by Esteban

For our resident Lucy fan...

And the answer is - Every Single Freakin Day!

And my facial expression is probably the same as hers too.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

And the answer is - Every Single Freakin Day!

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[Esteban]

You know you're old if you know what the 7-Eleven store's name stands for: It stands for when it used to be open; 7am to 11pm.

It's significant because today is 7/11. 7-Eleven is giving away free Slurpees today in honor of the date. Yay!

"The convenience store chain traces its origin to 1927, when several icehouse companies merged to form the Southland Ice Company in Dallas, Texas. To reflect their extended hours of operation, the stores were renamed in 1946 as 7-Eleven: open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m."

[M_Six]

When we first moved here 22 years ago I was writing a check (shame on me) at a CVS store and asked the cashier if CVS was ok to write on the check or did it need to be Consumer Value Stores? She said CVS was fine and then said she had never known what CVS even stood for until then.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by M_Six

^^^Football and street hockey.

For baseball, we played in an actual sandlot. Not a lot of ground ball hits there.

And control line gas model airplanes. 😀

[Lady Jane]

GenZ...

[Boomer 2019]

Originally Posted by Esteban

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We all called out "Graveyard" when a vehicle was coming down the street and interrupting our game.

[Esteban]

The year I was born.