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unruhjonny · 05-09-2012, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by form74

Ain't that the True.

Bicycle Helmets were non-existent then.

would you believe that this past weekend I had some pre-teen (or maybe 13yo) kids try to scold me for not having a helmet on!?!

LOL

stupid ignorant kids apparently didn't know that these retarded laws don't apply to people over 18 years of age...
(at least that 's the case around here)

goatwgn · 05-09-2012, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by unruhjonny

would you believe that this past weekend I had some pre-teen (or maybe 13yo) kids try to scold me for not having a helmet on!?!

LOL

stupid ignorant kids apparently didn't know that these retarded laws don't apply to people over 18 years of age...
(at least that 's the case around here)

I used to go up into tree houses without helmets and fire escape plans as well.

Do any kids play in these anymore?

The Boss · 05-10-2012, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by goatwgn

I used to go up into tree houses without helmets and fire escape plans as well.

Do any kids play in these anymore?

Some of us do.

68lemansman · 05-10-2012, 08:58 AM

I remember having the bottlerocket wars. We would sit at the end of the street and a few other friends would be down the other end a few yards. We would lay them on the ground and light them. I also remember if you worn a hole in your pant in the knee area then your mom would put a patch on it and you could still wear them favorite pair of pants. It was still cool to wear a patch on your pants back then.

boater bill · 05-10-2012, 09:28 AM

This is a great thread.
I cut the forks off parts bikes I would find to make choppers, record was 8 sets long and the front so high you fell off the back. Learned to weld using my dad's 50 amp sears cracker box and cut up frames to make higher ground clearance, longer wheelbase, upside down frames, custom handlebars etc.
I would also take a roll of caps or maybe it was 3-4 and smash with the 5 pound sledge hammer for fun amd noise. Mom wasn't liking that so much.
Bottle rocket wars escalated in college. With a 3/4 inch 6 foot long PVC, I could get a star burst rocket into a guys room through his broken window pane at 30-40 feet.
About 4 years ago my step son was 11 and he came home with an aluminum bike frame and not much else and asked if we could build a bike. I said sure, whats your budget? He said I have to pay for it. uh, no this is your project. I have no money he says, so we went to the scrap yard and got the wheels, handlebars, seat and pedal of bikes heading for the shreddar for free. He stripped it and painted it lime green with left over paint from his sisters Mustang stripe. Best bike ever in his mind! He learned to strip and shoot paint, and working on a bike as well.
My kids still run off to the tree fort they built 5+ years ago and throw rocks and stuff at each other. Their friends just don't get it and would rather play Nintendo.
We are kind of looked down upon by some ofthe frilly neighbors we have. I think it is jealosy because we have fun dang it!

TEG · 05-10-2012, 10:13 AM

Yes, some kids play outdoors, jump 1973 Schwinn's off culverts (sometimes forgetting to wear a helmet), shoot BB guns, get grass stains, and collect frogs.

Old Blue 66 · 05-10-2012, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by The Boss

Some of us do.

Sure they do. Just not that nice! We played in one that had the foor falling out and use to loose out Hot Wheels cars through

goatwgn · 05-10-2012, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by The Boss

Some of us do.

That has to be the nicest treehouse I have ever seen.

Did you build that one yourself? I could retire in that thing.

goatwgn · 05-10-2012, 09:09 PM

Mikenoun, I had the Evel Knievel "wind up" bike. I think I wore it out.

Used to get it cranked up pretty fast. I had the "Stretch Armstrong" as well. On rainy summer days I would build model cars. Still actually have a lot of those. Keep them in a glass curio cabinet. The plastic chrome has faded off a lot of them.

I also made a "trailer" for my bike one time out of an old Radio Flyer wagon. Used it to haul around who knows what. Including my little brother.

76WS4 · 05-11-2012, 08:50 PM

I remember all the cool musclecars that were around during the '70's. They were just used cars then. Neighbor up the street had a bright red '67 Grand Prix 428 convertible. The son would do 100 ft burn outs in it down the other end of the street. Cops didn't seem to be around as much back then. His own '64 Tempest wasn't tagged. A buddy of his would come around in a '70 Z-28 blue with black stripes an do burnouts. A young family living in the trailer park across the tracks had a black with red interior '66 GTO hardtop. One of my best friends dad had a '70 Plymouth Fury GT 440. The guy was 60 years old then and still kickin around right now at 90 something. But he doesn't have the Plymouth anymore. We had a red '70 Impala 4dr with a 454 in it.

goatwgn · 05-12-2012, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by 76WS4

I remember all the cool musclecars that were around during the '70's. They were just used cars then. Neighbor up the street had a bright red '67 Grand Prix 428 convertible. The son would do 100 ft burn outs in it down the other end of the street. Cops didn't seem to be around as much back then. His own '64 Tempest wasn't tagged. A buddy of his would come around in a '70 Z-28 blue with black stripes an do burnouts. A young family living in the trailer park across the tracks had a black with red interior '66 GTO hardtop. One of my best friends dad had a '70 Plymouth Fury GT 440. The guy was 60 years old then and still kickin around right now at 90 something. But he doesn't have the Plymouth anymore. We had a red '70 Impala 4dr with a 454 in it.

This was probably my favorite thing about growing up in the late 1960's-1970's.

Even when I was a kid, I could identify most all of the cars going down the road back then,and the year of the car, from about 1955-1977 model years. May be why I am still intrigued by them today. I service vehicles for a living, yet could not tell you what most of this newer stuff is (or what year, or in some cases what decade it was made in-(and don't care) unless I read the emblem or nameplate on it.