Born in ‘69 on the same date as R. Lee Ermey, Steve McQueen and Houdini.
Rode (And crashed) bikes through the Colorado foothills.
Thought Pong was awesome.
Couldn’t afford skis, so I melted the rubber soles of my shoes with a Zippo, and slid down the snowy hills during school lunch break -because it looked rather cartoonish.
Built a go cart out of scrap wood....with wings.
Gone by sunrise, back by sunset.
Listened to old Cheech and Chong, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor records.
Made audio tapes quoting said records on a tape player with low batteries, then put new batteries in it to listen to our voices. Sounded like The Chipmunks.
Played with Micronauts and Shogun Warriors toys.
Believed human flight was possible if the cape was long enough....jumped off a few rooftops.
Electrocuted myself in Grandpa’s back yard trying the old metal spikes hammered into the moist ground wired to house current, and I grabbed one of the spikes. When Grandpa saw this, he unplugged it and chased me around the backyard swinging a shovel, spewing profanities.
“YA G-D CRAZY KIDS!!!”
Had toys with actual mercury in them.
I was thinking about my old Shogun Warrior just yesterday.