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You're about to re-live your childhood.
« on: October 17, 2013, 07:00:31 PM »
Some of these things hit so close to home and dug up memories that I thought were long lost.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/things-you-will-never-be-able-to-forget
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2013, 07:07:45 PM »
Some of those...  :hearts:

Some of them were after my time.  Darned youngsters!  :getoffmylawn:
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2013, 07:10:15 PM »
In regards to number 36, I have a box of those in the pantry right now.   :heart
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2013, 07:15:48 PM »
Ha, some of those definitely brought me back.

I didn't have the Disney Channel, though, so at least 1/3rd of them didn't apply.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2013, 07:25:47 PM »
Anyone else have the Goosebumps handheld?

Also, chia pets. And gigapets.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2013, 07:30:35 PM »
how did i know this was gonna be a link to buzzfeed
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2013, 07:31:37 PM »
Only two of those had any significance for me. I remember digging the waterfilled ring toss thing, and since I despised school ever since second grade, staying home sick and watching TPiR. I actually remember the day his hair went from black to white. Clearly there had been a filming hiatus, but who could tell a re-run from a new episode? One day he looked normal, and the next he was 30 years older.

Same thing happened with Trebeck and the mustache. Three o'clock was our smoke break, so we always saw the first 15 (plus a few more) minutes of Jeopardy, and one day there's some new guy hosting the show.  :lol

edit: and that stupid fucking parachute was one of the most annoying parts of an already shitty elementary school experience.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2013, 08:00:17 PM »
Some of these I had completely forgotten about.  Wow. 

Some of these were after my time.

...And who the hell are the people in #4?
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2013, 08:19:23 PM »
Ha! I know most of these.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2013, 08:20:01 PM »
Only Barto could hate the parachute.

I still watch some of those movies in #6 with my daughter. And we still read Little Golden Books together too.

I keep my model building tools in those pencil boxes - #14.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2013, 08:26:06 PM »
Nah, everybody in my school hated that damn parachute. We'd walk in and it'd be in the bag in the center of the gym and the entire class would groan. Add to that, all gym activities were for at least a week, so you were stuck with it for 5 horrible days.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2013, 08:35:27 PM »
Quote from: Cool Chris on October 17, 2013, 08:20:01 PM
Only Barto could hate the parachute.

Nah, not only Barto.  Kowtowboy hasn't posted in the thread yet.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2013, 08:35:47 PM »
Quote from: bosk1 on October 17, 2013, 08:35:27 PM
Quote from: Cool Chris on October 17, 2013, 08:20:01 PM
Only Barto could hate the parachute.

Nah, not only Barto.  Kowtowboy hasn't posted in the thread yet.
Or kari.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #13 on: October 17, 2013, 08:36:25 PM »
Kari doesn't hate everything.  Remember, that...uh...that one thing he didn't hate?
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #14 on: October 17, 2013, 08:48:26 PM »
That was like going in a fuckin' time machine, man. It blew my mind.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #15 on: October 17, 2013, 08:54:49 PM »
To be honest, I'm really surprised that anybody actually liked that thing. A google search suggests that it was actually pretty popular, which is a mystery to me. Did y'all get to like launch little kids skyward with it or something? All I remember was ruffling the stupid thing and walking around in a circle with it.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #16 on: October 17, 2013, 08:55:46 PM »
Quote from: El Barto on October 17, 2013, 08:54:49 PM
To be honest, I'm really surprised that anybody actually liked that thing. A google search suggests that it was actually pretty popular, which is a mystery to me. Did y'all get to like launch little kids skyward with it or something? All I remember was ruffling the stupid thing and walking around in a circle with it.

Honestly, I've never even heard of anyone not liking it.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #17 on: October 17, 2013, 09:00:06 PM »
I took the parachute thing happily. Any day we didn't have to play kickball was a victory to me.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #18 on: October 17, 2013, 09:24:01 PM »
Quote from: Nel on October 17, 2013, 09:00:06 PM
I took the parachute thing happily. Any day we didn't have to play kickball was a victory to me.

This, basically.  I didn't mind kickball, personally, but the point stands: parachute days were days to goof off.  Always welcome. 
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #19 on: October 17, 2013, 09:41:14 PM »
Quote from: El Barto on October 17, 2013, 07:31:37 PM
I actually remember the day his hair went from black to white.

Ditto.

Didn't know any of the Disney movies in #31, but why did my eyes instantly go to "Double Teamed".  :zydarscouch:

Man, we could list 50 pages of shit like this.  Let's get it started.



hhhmmmm, one of the early 'no brake' models.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #20 on: October 17, 2013, 09:45:49 PM »
Our house was littered with those small Tupperware cups. That 'twas a small trip down memory lane.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #21 on: October 17, 2013, 09:50:18 PM »
About half of those were too US-centric to be relevant to me, about half of the remaining ones were too recent for me, and the rest were mostly just Disney. :lol
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #22 on: October 17, 2013, 09:55:24 PM »
I hated dropping my pencil box, especially when it had pencil shavings in it.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #23 on: October 17, 2013, 10:07:14 PM »
Oh man, so many memories here. I didn't understand 4, 7, or 25, and like others said some I recognize but were after my time. Also didn't have the Disney Channel or any interest in it as a kid.

11: OMG THAT WAS MY FAVORITE THING  :heart

I spent lots of time sniffing those markers, busting my ass on those roller skates, and getting torn up inside about what to order from the book fair. The Crossfire jingle stayed in my head for years. YEARS. I can still hear it.
Homeward Bound was also one of my favorite movies... not as good as The Adventures of Milo and Otis, though  :heart :heart

Quote from: El Barto on October 17, 2013, 08:54:49 PM
To be honest, I'm really surprised that anybody actually liked that thing. A google search suggests that it was actually pretty popular, which is a mystery to me. Did y'all get to like launch little kids skyward with it or something? All I remember was ruffling the stupid thing and walking around in a circle with it.

We would get to go under it! That was very exciting!
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #24 on: October 17, 2013, 11:19:52 PM »
I remember every once in a while in the gym, they'd have this inflatable... dome thing. We'd all crawl inside and the teacher would read a book. Awesome.

I miss elementary school. I can vividly remember the feelings and details of the first day - taking everything out of my brand new backpack and stashing it inside my desk. I can remember the smell of fresh colored pencils and books of construction paper. I'd settle my little first grade butt down into the plastic chair and lay my arms across the top of the cold desk. I especially enjoyed the atmospheric days - any time the lights would turn off, whether it be for a movie or even for the teacher to throw down a transparency on the overhead projector.

My fondest memories were in third grade. At recess, the kids would be kids. My best friend and I didn't bother playing. We casually strolled giant loops around the playground just chatting. Making jokes that were ahead of our time, jokes that the other kids wouldn't get. Third graders just shooting the shit and discussing life. We weren't caught up in the playground drama, or how everyone was afraid of the kid who "knew karate."
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #25 on: October 17, 2013, 11:29:32 PM »
I remember winning coupons for taking off your shoes in class, skipping a homework, getting to go to lunch 5 minutes early, etc.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #26 on: October 17, 2013, 11:37:41 PM »
wait wait wait wait wait wait wait


People actually liked the parachute thing? This is the first I've heard of this.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #27 on: October 17, 2013, 11:49:25 PM »
yeah, going under the chute was cool, but I loved the tent thing where we'd see stars and shit.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #28 on: October 18, 2013, 12:56:44 AM »
The parachute was lame. Now if you walked in and saw a net sack of these bad boys, it was for sure gonna be a painfully awesome day...

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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #29 on: October 18, 2013, 05:30:27 AM »
Quote from: lonestar on October 18, 2013, 12:56:44 AM
The parachute was lame. Now if you walked in and saw a net sack of these bad boys, it was for sure gonna be a painfully awesome day...



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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #30 on: October 18, 2013, 05:44:10 AM »
Nostalgia post on buzzfeed? NO WAY!
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #31 on: October 18, 2013, 06:05:25 AM »
 :lol

Although as nostalgic Buzzfeed posts go, this one was better than the usual generic "WE LIVED IN THE 90S LOL" crap.
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« Reply #32 on: October 18, 2013, 06:13:54 AM »
Oh i hated those facebook posts :lol

LOL IF YOU WERE BORN IN THE 80's THEN YOU REMEMBER ALL THIS!!!!!!111ONE

Um...Yes? Because I was alive when that stuff was around ? Whoop de fucking Do..... ::)



Anyway _ I think most of that stuff is American-centric as I don't recognise most of it :lol
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« Reply #33 on: October 18, 2013, 07:11:31 AM »
I loved the book fair.
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Re: You're about to re-live your childhood.
« Reply #34 on: October 18, 2013, 07:14:52 AM »
But the catalogues were the best - oh the possibilities they foretold.
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