[MuttTheHoople]

I used to have those little green plastic toy soldiers. On days I was sick from school, I'd put them on two sides and then roll marbles to see which ones I'd knock down.

We also had rocket bottle wars and would throw lit firecrackers at each other. Ahhh, Mississippi in the 1960's and 1970's.

[yldstrk]

Oh I totally forgot the toy soldiers, we had a huge picnic basket full of them.

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

We also had rocket bottle wars and would throw lit firecrackers at each other. Ahhh, Mississippi in the 1960's and 1970's.

We'd take apart packs of "lady fingers", un-braid the fuses to get more bangs for our bucks. We held our "wars" in an apple orchard, scrounging up overripe fruit from the ground and sticking crackers in them to make "hand grenades". If one landed close to you you'd get splattered with "apple guts" which was sufficiently gory for our young minds.

One afternoon the dry grass caught on fire and we canceled the war and spent the rest of the day stomping out the flames.

Mississippi has it's warm sun for those perfect days spent out playing with your friends. But Wisconsin has snow forts, snowball fights, sledding, tobogganing, and ice hockey. Summers are shorter here but still fun. Thanks for the memories!

Regards,
GtG

PS There was a guy in my High School class ('61) who lost the sight in one eye to a stray BB shot, Ralphy's Dad was right!

[Northern Yankee]

Did the same thing with bottle rockets and firecrackers when I was growing up in the sixties and seventies.

If we did that today they'd haul our parents away.

How so utterly sad.

[knarf]

What ... no star wars duels with roman candles ??

THAT'S where the fun is, growing up in suburban Boston in the 50's and 60's