The "Back in my day" thread.

[nnnnnate]

Oh man... We had some gnarly BB gun fights... No rules on how many pumps. We'd all bundle up in winter clothes in the middle of summer, like armor. Which worked, except then we were all trying for head shots. And I actually preferred the old Red Ryder. While some poor schmuck was loading and pumping his Crossman I was running by just peppering the eff out of him with the Red Ryder. One of our favorite places was a pasture with a tree with a tree fort in the middle of it. Guys would try and get up in that fort with their Crossman pump up rigs and snipe. Until, I figured out how to shoot through the doors and windows and bounce BB's off the ceiling. Only got to really do that once, the other kids caught on and we were all pouring BB's in at the same time. Kid was balling his eyes out begging to be let down. Nobody ever even tried to get up in there again after that...

- DAA

We actually weren't allowed guns (none in the house either) but I did play this with a couple friends a few times.

 

[lhracing]

A couple more, not as old as my previous picture. 1981 Hilux and 1985 4Runner, both were purchased new.

 

[Gravy]

We shot BB guns at pop cans and slept out in the trampoline, rode bikes to swim team and played in the creek every day of the summer. Come home when the street lights turned on. When "The Mighty Ducks" came out we all played roller blade hockey for years out in the street. My first MTB was a green Kawasaki from Sam's club.
I got my first snowboard in '92 and loved being the rebel of the family. Arapahoe Basin day passes were like $10 or $15 bucks.
We had 4 TV channels and one year my dad brought home a fancy top loader VCR with a wired remote. We had a rewinder that would spin in back at like 4x or 6x (to save the wear on the VCR).

 

[Rot Box]

Back in my day we wore out the Crusty Demons of Dirt video tape from playing it too much 😂

 

[glockman]

We used to rent a vcr at the pizza place. The nice one had a remote with a 25ft cord.

 

[ID Bronco]

Back in my day we wore out the Crusty Demons of Dirt video tape from playing it too much 😂

This! I was in about 9th grade but we played that sucker over and over. We would take our cr250's to the St. Anthony dunes all the time in High school, and most days while at Ricks College.

 

[Vonski]

Back in my day we wore out the Crusty Demons of Dirt video tape from playing it too much 😂

Rag doll Seth. 😳🤘

 

[jeeper]

I realized this week that I am so old that I talk the weather to my wife more than I should..

 

[UNSTUCK]

Back in my day we used to take the leftover sacrament bread across the street to the lake and feed the ducks while skipping Sunday school.

 

[Vonski]

Back in my day we used to take the leftover sacrament bread across the street to the lake and feed the ducks while skipping Sunday school.

Back in my day, the Mormon church had us attending 2 hours on Sunday and 1 hour on Thursday night. 🤷‍♂️

 

[Hickey]

Back in my day, the Mormon church had us attending 2 hours on Sunday and 1 hour on Thursday night. 🤷‍♂️

I remember that. I also remember that church let out for summer just like school did. That may have been just my family, though…

 

[Rot Box]

I was working with our controls engineer on a problem at work and he said something about 1999…. I said oh sweet is that what year you graduated? He said NO that’s what year I was born…. 😐 uggghhhh

 

[Herzog]

 

[UNSTUCK]

I can say “me too” to too many of these posts.

I was filling out an application for a passport the other day. It asked for hair color. I asked my wife. She said I need to start putting gray on these things. 😡

 

[Herzog]

She said I need to start putting gray on these things. 😡

Better than purple

 

[Houndoc]

When I was a kid, Van Halen was not a classic rock band.

 

[Stephen]

When I was a kid, Van Halen was not a classic rock band.

Back in my day The Offspring wasn't being played on oldies stations (but Van Halen was... ).

 

[DAA]

I remember being outraged at paying $12 a ticket for a Van Halen concert.

- DAA

 

[DAA]

And I remember first hearing of Sammy Hagar with Montrose.

- DAA

 

[DAA]

And seeing Def Lepard at the Salt Palace, but not in the arena, in the convention hall.

- DAA