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What has disappeared since you were a kid

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BassAle said:
of course mother and daughter are doing dishes in the background while father and son do something fun - they belong in the kitchen after all!
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That's because father and son have jobs while mother and daughter are riding the gravy train and blowing all their money on hair appointments.















;)

BTW, we had that exact Formica table top in our kitchen.
 
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Handheld Tiger electronics games. A simple LED screen and crappy graphics, but they were fun to play and they helped me kill a lot of time.
 
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ShirtlessBob said:
Handheld Tiger electronics games. A simple LED screen and crappy graphics, but they were fun to play and they helped me kill a lot of time.
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I know it was mentioned before, but we still have the Mattel baseball game and the football one as well. Had a few of those Tigers, and I have no idea what happened to them. They really did disappear.
 
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burd said:
Do kids still motorize their bikes with baseball cards? Cards usually came 5 in a pack, I think, with a wide, thin slice of pink bubblegum and a kind of powdery substance in the wrapping. Cheap. Yogi Berrra, Tony Oliva, Yaz--those guys never served as bike motors.
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Not anymore, due to:

1. The price of packs nowadays (IIRC, the cheapest pack MIGHT be a dollar, and you don't even necessarily get 15 cards in a pack anymore).
2. Most of the people into cards (even kids) are in it for the collectibility and possible value. This really started back in 1990/91, when Upper Deck came out, and had the infamous Griffey Jr rookie card. UD was considered one of the first "premium" cards (quality of stock cardboard, pics, style, etc etc). There's more to the story, but I could probably write pages on it.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Not anymore, due to:

1. The price of packs nowadays (IIRC, the cheapest pack MIGHT be a dollar, and you don't even necessarily get 15 cards in a pack anymore).
2. Most of the people into cards (even kids) are in it for the collectibility and possible value. This really started back in 1990/91, when Upper Deck came out, and had the infamous Griffey Jr rookie card. UD was considered one of the first "premium" cards (quality of stock cardboard, pics, style, etc etc). There's more to the story, but I could probably write pages on it.
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3. Kids don't ride bikes anymore.
 
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peanut said:
Good Humor ice cream trucks
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We had a Good Humor guy who parked outside my hs in the fall and spring, mmmmmm toasted almond.

Also, for Chicagoland types (of which I sometimes think I may be the only one around here) I miss Prince Castle (which later morphed into Cock Robin), think of a cross between a burger place and 31 flavors. Think of a milk shake or malted in any flavor you wanted and made fresh in front of you. Or a meal deal featuring a cheeseburger, fries and a banana split. Or an ice cream soda. Or a Blizzard (sherbet, crushed pineapple and soda water). Prince Castle was noteworthy for using scoops that produced perfect cubes of ice cream.

And Stallion cap pistols. The best, most realistic ever made. The Rolls Royce of cap pistols.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
I didn't ride a bike for more than a year. I don't think I've been on a bike since I was about 7 years old. Started riding stuff with motors and never turned back.
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Last time I rode bike was in college. Used to ride the ALA rides in HS (stuff like Mpls to Duluth in two days, etc). But, like bbdl said, once it was motor vehicles I never really looked back.
 
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Tiger Games were awesome.

I remember versions of Megaman, some ninja game, pinball, Sonic, and a few others that I had. So simple, so inexpensive, yet created hours of fun.
 
These 3 kids were outside all day almost everyday this past summer selling lemonade and iced tea for 25 cents a cup. It reminded me when I was younger and having $3 in my pocket made me feel rich.
Brenthoven said:
Lemonade stands. They were rare even when I was a kid, and they are just about non-existent now.

10-cent or 5-cent candies, like Now'N'Laters/Red Hots/Lemonheads/etc. Some of the elders on here mentioned penny candies, well those are the equivalent to my childhood convenience store sprees.

And does anyone make cinnamon toothpicks anymore? A student at my elementary school made a, ahem, "fortune" (relatively) by selling this on the playground. Toothpicks dipped in cinnamon oil.

The quality of an Old Country Buffet. It used to be THE buffet to go to, and a good value. Now? Embarassing.

Chi-Chi's. I don't think they ever recovered from the HepA incident. It was decent food.

Someone mentioned Jarts. When my grandpa sold his house to move into a smaller condo, he obviously needed to get rid of a LOT of stuff. I immediately laid claim on the Jarts set he had. With some research, not only are they dangerous, because throwing metal-tipped darts are indeed dangerous, they are federally outlawed to be sold (even on eBay and such), the set I own have tips that contain lead. Yay! :D
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A new arcade just opened in Pelham NH on 38/Bridge St next to hannaford and chunkys.
leswp1 said:
I forgot about those!

I own a mommy mobile and love it
We cut a real tree at the farm every yr
Hampton Beach has Arcades as does Salisbury Beach.



Hmm, first you are removing me forcibly from the door in the lodge. Now I am an elder!!??

We have metal Jarts at the family Lake house. I don't think anyone died from them yet. Must not be trying hard enough.
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I remember when Boston Market was Boston Chicken, was still restricted to the Boston area, and didn't suck.
 
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Here's another Chicagoland one: There was a time when there was something called "Chicago" Ice Cream, it referred to a three flavors like Neopolitan, only the flavors were vanilla, coffee and orange sherbet. I mean, yummmmmm.

In the old days, every big city had a TV station that showed the old Universal horror flicks, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, etc. Usually on Friday or Saturday night. And usually with some weird dude introducing the flicks. In Chicago it was Shock Theatre, with "Marvin," who, come to think of it, is probably serving life in Statesville for diddling little boys. Plus, you could always count on somebody showing the Stooges and Laurel and Hardy, too. Now it's reruns of "Saved by the Bell," not exactly an improvement.
 
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