To All The Kids Who Survived the 1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !! (cute email)

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[MotleyGirl70]

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!

Kick the can

Ding-dong-ditch-it (ring someone's doorbell and take off running)

Hide and seek

Kick ball

[mistress_of_tantra]

hahah that was brilliant!
we weren't just to play outside we were told to play outside!
everyone smoked and the only non smokers were the "little ones"
hahaha that was the good life! what the hell happended anyway?

[retrokitten]

There were a ton of kids in my neighborhood and we all really wanted a Slip N Slide, but none of us had parents who would buy it.

So we improvised.

We took wallpaper and aimed the hose down it. Viola! Homemade Slip N Slide, BUT (!) for some totally unknown reason we put it on the driveway! We all had perfectly good yards, so I have no idea why we thought this would be a good idea.

This kept us busy for hours. When one girl got an actual Slip N Slide we didn't like it. LOL!

Then I wonder why I have a bad back now as an adult....

[Millee]

Anyone else remember playing "Smear the Queer"? Now you'd be thrown into sensitivity training for even suggesting it. Sigh...

[LIConFem]

Kick the can

That was my personal fav. We would have played all night, had our parents not called us in after 10:00pm for making too much noise.

Ding-dong-ditch-it

We called it Ring & Run. And there was a slightly different version, called "I Did it", where we'd tell a new kid to kneel on someone's front steps, close their eyes and say, "I did it" 100 times, after which he/she would try to find us -- just like tag. Of course, what really happened was that we'd ring the bell and leave the poor kid kneeling on the porch. Kinda mean, in retrospect, but we thought it was a hoot! ;o)

[LIConFem]

"Anyone else remember playing "Smear the Queer"? ..."

LOL!! Dare I ask?? ;o)

[MotleyGirl70]

Bump to that.

We rode our bikes everywhere.

I loved my bike. It was the best and coolest thing I ever had as a kid. (check your FReepmail)

[missyme]

LOL..! I remember when my mom finally broke down and bought us a Slip and Slide we would put laundry soap all over it..Man we would be sliding all over the place! the soap proably wan't good for the grass but heck parents were more concerned we were having fun! rather than what the grass looked like! anyways my brothers had to mow it with that push lawnmower that you had to empty the bag!

I think the game *TWISTER* was a back problem waiting to happen!LOL...

[Conservatrix]

I think the author's point was that the pendulum has swung too far the other way. I doubt seriously that he or she was advocating the return of lead paint, et cetera. Some things, yes, especially with respect to overbearing government control and "management" of one's personal life. But some things ARE better than they were then! I think we agree on that.

[MotleyGirl70]

Of course, what really happened was that we'd ring the bell and leave the poor kid kneeling on the porch. Kinda mean, in retrospect, but we thought it was a hoot! ;o)

Good one!

That sounds like "hazing" in the new kid on the block :)

[missyme]

That is so cute! That bring back memories! Stingrays were the best bikes! no gears you rode!

I remember the paperboy had a great Stingray and carrying those 2 nap sacks with all the papers were heavy! he's always threw the paper right on the porch!

I had a Stingray and I would ride and ride until I was hungry then went home got a Fried Bologna Sandwich on white Wonder bread, left on my bike again! We were never a bunch of FAT KIDS!

[gubamyster]

[retrokitten]

Slide we would put laundry soap all over it..Man we would be sliding all over the place!

That was a great idea! Much better then our stupid drive-way idea. LOL!

[cowboyway]

And boys acted like boys.

[missyme]

OUR KIDS TV SHOWS!

[MotleyGirl70]

We had a little custard place called Boy Blue and we would ride our bikes up there and get some custard with our allowance for the week. It was so yummy on a hot day.

Now there's a mini-strip mall where it used to be.

We didn't have many fatties in our neighborhood either.

[missyme]

They sure did! Boys now cannot climb trees, fix there bikes or build anything! it's a shame My brothers built everything!
They even built a pool out of plywood and plastic and filled it up with the hose! hey it worked!

[retrokitten]

Some of those are before my time, but growing up in the Chicago area of course I know Bozo! It was a major deal if you were lucky enough to get tickets to a taping.

[missyme]

I know Summer Vacation was so cool, because there was so much to do! we did not have to go on elaboate vacations, you just got dressed in the mornings grabbed something to eat and said BYE MOM! and she would say BE IN BEFORE DARK!

[MotleyGirl70]

We would pitch tents in the back yards and have a camp out. If we had a big thunderstorm, we made a bee-line for the house.

Thunderstorms were still pretty scary when you're nine years old.