Boomer check-in

[indyjohn]

My prized possession when I was a kid was the Schwinn bicycle, banana seat, racing slick back tire, lime green.

White seat, banana yellow frame.

 

[red_zr24x4]

My prized possession when I was a kid was the Schwinn bicycle, banana seat, racing slick back tire, lime green.

Mid 70's my brother and I got a pair of bikes from a garage sale.
His was red, mine was blue. 20" rear tire, sissy bar with a banana seat, Springer style front forks with about a 12" front tire. I think they were Schwinn's

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

1960 here. Remember Tang, Space Food Sticks, and Tab.

 

[deo62]

1960 here. Remember Tang, Space Food Sticks, and Tab.

And RC Cola and Fresca

 

[Snapdragon]

Mmmmm, Space Food Sticks.

 

[marvin02]

Kool-Aid and home made popsicles made with kool-aid. My mom's were the favorite on the block cause she used twice as much kool-aid when making popsicles with it. My wife's family drank so much kool-aid (8 brothers & sisters) when she was young that she wouldn't even buy it after we got married.

I also remember in the late 60's and early 70's that you could buy a pretty good used car for $200, sometimes less.

 

[indyjohn]

1960 here. Remember Tang, Space Food Sticks, and Tab.

I couldn't get my mom to buy Space Food Sticks enough. We still drink Tang. Especially right now.

 

[lovemywoods]

I remember watching "The Wizard of Oz" each October. Except in our house, when Dorthy lands in Oz and opens the door of her house, nothing changed......everything was still black and white.

 

[mmpsteve]

Death on a string if you were anywhere near when one of the balls would explode going at full speed. I think this is what gave the original idea for grenades.

Had a cousin lose an eye to one of those string spinner toys. He grew up to be a crazy bastaad - partied himself to death, literally. Had nothing to do with his lost eye. Crazy ran in his mom's family.

.

 

[maxwelhse]

Kool-Aid and home made popsicles made with kool-aid.

I grew up in the '80s and my mom did that. We even had a special little forming tray and plastic sticks for them.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I remember watching "The Wizard of Oz" each October. Except in our house, when Dorthy lands in Oz and opens the door of her house, nothing changed......everything was still black and white.

Same here. I think we were the last in our neighborhood to get color tv...and cable.

 

[Birds Away]

April of 60' here. I remember going to sleep every night listening to my brother's Uriah Heep albums.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

And RC Cola and Fresca

I've got a 12 pack of Fresca in the fridge right now!

 

[obijohn]

August. 1957 here

 

[CindyE]

Who else had the creepy crawlers. You squirted some kind of juice into the molds. Run by electricity. Made edible bugs. They died out pretty quick. I wonder if they were burning houses down, burning children or poisoning them....

I had those!

 

[CindyE]

Remember "Jarts"? Death from above...
Sometimes I wonder how we survived childhood.
Nov '58 here

I loved Jarts. My brother hit me in the leg with one once, when I was climbing up a tree, don't remember why...

 

[Snapdragon]

Guess I'll be first-wife not feeling well, dry cough and achy. No fever though. Keeping fingers crossed and staying home now.

Deo, how is your wife doing?

 

[CindyE]

 

[CindyE]

I was born in 62, husband born in 59, he just celebrated 61 years yesterday. Very low-key birthday. I was going to make him a nice dinner since we couldn't go out, but he ended up working on lighting in the kitchen, so we ordered pizza.

 

[Tomc1947]

Still ticking