Ahh, The Good Old Days

[Chili Palmer]

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

We drank out of the hose.......fell down and just wiped our scrapes off and kept going............

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Tough little kids that grew up to need spray misters, air conditioning, onboard bbq's and lighted drink holders on their boats . LMAO!

 

[Chili Palmer]

Back in the day the only hand sanitizer that we knew was when Mom sprayed Bactine on our hand after taking a spill on our bike and getting road rash on our palms. And it hurt like hell, but that's how we rolled back then.

 

[4Waters]

 

[boatdoc55]

Back in the day the only hand sanitizer that we knew was when Mom sprayed Bactine on our hand after taking a spill on our bike and getting road rash on our palms. And it hurt like hell, but that's how we rolled back then.

Back another generation we got the red stuff w/ glass dobber. Methiolaid or something like that. Now that shit burned, HOLY FUK.

 

[WhatExit?]

We played outside til the sun went down and there were no computers or cell phones

 

[Lunatic Fringe]

Back another generation we got the red stuff w/ glass dobber. Methiolaid or something like that. Now that shit burned, HOLY FUK.

Not that I'm old enough to remember...

 

[rrrr]

Back another generation we got the red stuff w/ glass dobber. Methiolaid or something like that. Now that shit burned, HOLY FUK.

Merthiolate. Pain in a bottle!

When you got a nice patch of road rash on a knee or elbow, the cure was worse than the injury.

 

[spectra3279]

Merthiolate. Pain in a bottle!

When you got a nice patch of road rash on a knee or elbow, the cure was worse than the injury.

Made you suck it up and keep going so mom didn't find out you were hurt

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[rrrr]

That's for sure. The worst was when my grandmother spotted the bloody scrape. I think she kept a bottle of that Orange Death on her person at all times.

 

[Angler]

Merthiolate. Pain in a bottle!

When you got a nice patch of road rash on a knee or elbow, the cure was worse than the injury.

Mercurochrome was for the Girls, Merthiolate was the good shit! LOL

 

[TITTIES AND BEER]

 

[boatdoc55]

Mercurochrome was for the Girls, Merthiolate was the good shit! LOL

I don't know which one it was but my knees and hands hurt just looking at those pics. Damn that shit was deadly for a kid with a bike or skateboard, the metal wheeled ones.

 

[tazzio]

Can anyone remember roller sakes that you clamped on you shoes?

 

[Go-Fly]

When you went on vacation and there were no cell phones or pagers. When your fellow workers took care of things while you were gone. When you had down time to disconnect and enjoy life. When a trigger word was "beers cold". When we had respect for one and another.

 

[Universal Elements]

My immigrant parents didn’t know the difference so we got the sure treatment. This shit burnt really bad.

 

[Taboma]

Can anyone remember roller sakes that you clamped on you shoes?

The Rite of Passage was replacing your skate key with a church key

 

[musicFunsun]

And the wheels on those skates were metal! If you hit a rock, even a really small one, that was it!!

 

[boatdoc55]

And the wheels on those skates were metal! If you hit a rock, even a really small one, that was it!!

When my brother and I were little kids, early 60's, my dad, woodworker, surprised us with custom built, really cool skateboards. NO metal wheels on these babies, had the newest and greatest fat wheels of the time. We instantly took them out to the sidewalk and hauled ass down the sidewalk. My brother hit a small rock and over the front he went and knocked his two front teeth out on the ground. I was yelling, he was screaming and dad was pissed. Dad took both those custom made boards by him, out into the garage and cut them up in a zillion pieces. Don't know what happened to the newest style tracks but they were NO where like they are today.

 

[Tank]

What was the stuff that fizzed? we'd get that put on cuts and although it stung like hell, it was kinda like watching science work as it fizzed and cleaned the cut lol.

 

[TITTIES AND BEER]

What was the stuff that fizzed? we'd get that put on cuts and although it stung like hell, it was kinda like watching science work as it fizzed and cleaned the cut lol.

Bacteen

 

[Tank]

Bacteen

It was either bactine or hydrogen peroxide. Moms would dump that shit on a cut like it was cure-all!

 

[Chili Palmer]

The Rite of Passage was replacing your skate key with a church key

Now you're really old if you remember calling that item a church key - especially when that was the only way to get the beer out of the can as there were no pull tabs yet.
Damn, I'm old.

 

[was thatguy]

Oh shit, my mom bought peroxide in gallon jugs at the commissary.

 

[Hallett_Whacker]

Lol, rubbing alcohol in my household...

and

"... get your ass in the house when the street lights come on ..."

 

[rvrrun]

And the wheels on those skates were metal! If you hit a rock, even a really small one, that was it!!

Clays weren't much better. My dad owned a plastics company and used to get some of the first plastic wheels and decks sent to him for me to "test". I remember how great my board was with its first set of Cadillacs.

 

[rivermobster]

It was either bactine or hydrogen peroxide. Moms would dump that shit on a cut like it was cure-all!

Hydrogen Peroxide. Anytime I got wounded, I would pour that shit on the wound Just to watch it fizz! LoL

Hurt less than that red shit to me...

 

[rivermobster]

Your dad took the belt to you, and you didn't complain to anyone, cause you Knew you deserved it!!

 

[spectra3279]

Then there was this:


Don't make me pull this car over!

And you did. Once.

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[nameisbond]

My brother last night was saying he's worried someone is going to call child services on him. My nine year old nephew just started grade four. He walks to and from school alone...… Plays outside unsupervised and has a paper route he does himself.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Our wounds were treated with water. I still drink from the hose and I got the belt as a kid (only a few times).

 

[musicFunsun]

Then there was this:


Don't make me pull this car over!

And you did. Once.

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Isn’t that the truth!!

 

[DEEZNUTS]

We did try to hide the injuries but sister would rat us out. Water and soap and that was enough. Plenty of stitches. Lots of stitches.

Neighborhood kids would always be beating each others asses, then swimming, riding bikes and hanging with each other the next day. Parents understood and no one made too big of a deal about it.

 

[KENDOG689]

Building super sketchy jump ramps for bikes and ramps for skate boards...Always turned out bad.

 

[lakemadness]

Tough little kids that grew up to need spray misters, air conditioning, onboard bbq's and lighted drink holders on their boats . LMAO!

Yeah, and pull your boats in enclosed trailers. What has the world come too.

 

[Hallett_Whacker]

I remember being sick/hurt a couple of times in middle school. My parents sent me to school with a PE excuse. Coach Oliver never saw the notes because I wanted to play.

 

[rivermobster]

I'm in grammar school...

I got hit by a car crossing the street on my bike. I Kinna saw it coming, jumped off my bike, the car actually just hit my bike, but I fell on my ass jumping off!

I was crossing the street to go to Jack in The Box, cause all my friends were there. I was going to show off my new slot car motor I just bought.

My friends see the whole thing, and of course run over to point and laugh at me! LoL

The driver wasn't laughing...

He is freaked the fuck out! Screaming at someone to call an ambulance, while I'm trying to get the fuck up.

He screams at me, Don't Move!

Which of course makes my friends laugh even louder, and then the fucking ambulance shows up. Great.

They keep me there in the hospital till my parents show up. My dad is pissed and my mom is crying cause she thinks I'm hurt!

All I wanna know is...

Where my new slot car motor is damit!!!

(Nobody was sued btw)

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Yeah, and pull your boats in enclosed trailers. What has the world come too.

That's nothing new! And on top of that, It's much more work!

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Building super sketchy jump ramps for bikes and ramps for skate boards...Always turned out bad.

Not always! We have one now.

 

[MOUZER]

OMG im almost 59 yrs old and u guys made me have a flash back.........10 yrs old we had dirt bikes but when u rode your bmx style bicycle u jumped everything jumped my bike off a planter and my front wheel came off....skinned my palms and knees and chin...mom put that red shit on with a eye dropper and she would blow on it to stop the stinging....i can see her face with a smile......im goona cry...damn brought a tear but a good tear.

 

[KENDOG689]

When you rode your ten speed without gay looking tight shorts and some shirt that doesn't even sponsor you.

 

[KENDOG689]

Not always! We have one now. View attachment 681172

I welded one up for my son when he was young with wheels on it.He was then the coolest kid in the neighborhood.

 

[Rondog4405]

Not that I'm old enough to remember...

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I had nightmares about that shit! My mom to this day still swears that mercurachrome doesnt hurt! Hell no!
. that crap was torture back in the day!!

 

[rrrr]

My mom was on a first name basis with several of the emergency room staff at St Joseph's Hospital in Albuquerque. I had two brothers, and it seemed like between the three of us something was always broken or bleeding.

One afternoon in 1974 I was at the ER getting a cast after breaking my ankle playing football. Later that evening I was at a party, sat down on the lawn, and my hand landed on the base of a broken beer bottle.

It was off to the ER again, had to get about fifteen stitches on my palm. The same staff was still on duty.

 

[KENDOG689]

My older brother would always tell everyone,Oh Kenny can do that.....Sometimes I could and sometimes,well....

 

[OC Mike]

Skate board???
An Adjustable metal wheel shoe skate split apart and nailed to a 2 x 4. Figured out a 2 x 6 was better. But who had one those (2 x 6) laying Around? Made my first real skate board in wood shop in 7th grade.
Mahogany and Ash. Convinced Mom and Dad to pop for a set of ‘Roller Derby’ trucks. Big controversy in our neighborhood which was better. Roller
Derby or Chicago.. Almost a Ford / Chevy thing. Pretty sure the Roller Derby were cheaper....
They would point out the double rubber trucks vs the single rubber trucks for the Roller Derby. At 13 didn’t really understand the function of the double rubber trucks. But I did point out the Chicago wheels were harder, would spin out easier and the smallest pebble would stop them straight up. The Roller Derby were a little softer and would absorb the little pebbles. This is way before polyurethane wheels. I started walking the family dog behind the skateboard. A big Dalmatian. Wasn’t long before he was running pulling me. He kept getting stronger and stronger. I had to be on game dodging the cracks, raised concrete levels, twigs, rocks and hoses pulled over the sidewalk, cars not pulled all the way up, cars backing out.....
One day flying down the sidewalk I felt a presence over my shoulder.
By the way, there was no looking Over shoulder, riding required full attention. So I stopped. How do you do that is careful dismount and tug on the dog to stop. This takes a lot training over time BTW. It’s a Cop in a car pacing me. He’s laughing his ass off and says, I should give you ticket!! Uh, for what? I ask. For speeding. Your going a little over 30 in a 25 MPH zone!!!! Uh, yes sir, am I in trouble?? No carry on. Just be careful and slow it down a little.
You drove away still laughing.
Back to the board. Didn’t take long to discover he benefit of the double rubber trucks. More stability. But the Roller Derby wheels were better because of the Rock thing and making the turn at the end of street, which was usually a controlled slide. Maintenance was a big deal as those wheel bearings were smoking hot at the end of the run. As he got stronger he needed two laps. Well , the first thing started to happen is the races would come loose in the wheel had to stay up on that. And then after awhile, then axles would break. Discovered Titanuim axles. Very cool.. The best there is.... After awhile those would break. I was spending a significant amount of my paper route money on maintaining the board, so the Dog could Go for a walk....
Down at the Slot Car/Skate shop I asked where do we go from here?
No where. That’s the best there is. You’ve outpaced the technology.
This is 1968 BTW!!! way before the Polyurethane technology.

Has to give it up before serious injury came. I do have one broken arm from it. Wasn’t looking forward to any more.
The dog just got too strong.
Started taking Him to the park to run.

Didn’t mean to run so long on the post. But that’s how it was....

 

[KENDOG689]

When you knew where every driveway in town had the best jumping lip.

 

[rrrr]

When I was a senior in high school, we turned up the stupid to a higher level. One of my friend's dad bought a Bill Bennett flat kite, and had never used it. When school let out, we packed up, took the kite, and headed for Elephant Butte.

The kite was nuts. It was roped to my buddy's 18' Tahiti OB with a 150' line. We started in the water with skis on, and after a long drag upwind it would lift off.

Once airborne, it would start oscillating back and forth, and if the motion couldn't be stopped it would do a wingover and head for the water. The observer in the boat would pull the quick release on the rope, and splashdown occurred seconds later, not always right side up.

It was total craziness.

 

[playdeep]

When I was a senior in high school, we turned up the stupid to a higher level. One of my friend's dad bought a Bill Bennett flat kite, and had never used it. When school let out, we packed up, took the kite, and headed for Elephant Butte.

The kite was nuts. It was roped to my buddy's 18' Tahiti OB with a 150' line. We started in the water with skis on, and after a long drag upwind it would lift off.

Once airborne, it would start oscillating back and forth, and if the motion couldn't be stopped it would do a wingover and head for the water. The observer in the boat would pull the quick release on the rope, and splashdown occurred seconds later, not always right side up.

It was total craziness.

I remember you guys skiing in the drainage ditches behind Benny Abruzzo's old Bronco...