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1.) Swamp Fox - 07/09/2013
Just wondered if we have any collectors in this bunch. Fishing lures, old tackle, bows, Indian arrowheads, firearms, books, seashells, marbles, pretty rocks....Whatever...
I came across a couple of items in the last few months that made me think...Okay, made me suck in my breath and check my heartbeat...Books and fishing lures, specifically...
Going back to a conversation I had with Crookedeye on here a month or two ago: Now my question is this: "How high-dollar does your reel need to be to throw a $1020 (and zero cents) crankbait?"
I've got books and tackleboxes strewn everywhere....Oh, yeah, Come to Poppa, baby! Daddy needs a new pair of shoes!
:grin:
I came across a couple of items in the last few months that made me think...Okay, made me suck in my breath and check my heartbeat...Books and fishing lures, specifically...
Going back to a conversation I had with Crookedeye on here a month or two ago: Now my question is this: "How high-dollar does your reel need to be to throw a $1020 (and zero cents) crankbait?"
I've got books and tackleboxes strewn everywhere....Oh, yeah, Come to Poppa, baby! Daddy needs a new pair of shoes!
:grin:
2.) BULLZ-i - 07/10/2013
HOW ABOUT JUST A PAIR OF SHOES??? DO THEY HAVE TO BE NEW? MAYBE ASK BLUE CAT, HE COLLECTS PUMPS DONT HE?
3.) DParker - 07/10/2013
"Collecting"? Yeah, I think I've seen this episode of [I]Hoarders[/I].
I have some duck decoys that have been collecting dust for a couple of years. Does that count?
I have some duck decoys that have been collecting dust for a couple of years. Does that count?
4.) hoyt_em - 07/10/2013
Still have about 7k in baseball cards...the momma tossing them out legend crossed my ears, and that chit ain't happening.
Few odds and ends old lures/tackle box.
Few odds and ends old lures/tackle box.
5.) Swamp Fox - 07/10/2013
I think based on what I've seen on ebay, anything counts....LOL.
My younger cousins raided my comic book collection and baseball cards while I was away at college...Talk about being majorly pissed when I found out!...Not at them; they were just kids...Mom committed a major blunder, though. :bang::rage:
My younger cousins raided my comic book collection and baseball cards while I was away at college...Talk about being majorly pissed when I found out!...Not at them; they were just kids...Mom committed a major blunder, though. :bang::rage:
6.) Swamp Fox - 07/10/2013
I know I had some good stuff...
Do kids still "flip" baseball cards?
Do kids still "flip" baseball cards?
7.) BULLZ-i - 07/10/2013
10.00 BILLS, WHO WANTS TO HELP?
8.) luv2bowhunt - 07/10/2013
I've got zillions of baseball cards in the attic, and all my matchbox cars. Not sure why I kept those all these years but there's probably a hundred of them, most in mint condition.
Also found all of my GI Joe stuff up there too. Space capsule, all terrain vehicle, all the outfits, everything. Forgot I even had that in a box. I'm talking the real GI Joe with the smooth hard plastic head. Not that life-like hair crap or the tiny size Joe.
I'm planning on moving next year so I got to get rid of all this stuff.
Oh, found one of those bedded deer decoys too. The soft one that rolls up, still in the box, never used. Did Flambeau make that one? Not sure, but that should go to a good home too. I've got hunting stuff strewn everywhere in the attic and garage.
Hoarders.......did someone mention hoarders?
Also found all of my GI Joe stuff up there too. Space capsule, all terrain vehicle, all the outfits, everything. Forgot I even had that in a box. I'm talking the real GI Joe with the smooth hard plastic head. Not that life-like hair crap or the tiny size Joe.
I'm planning on moving next year so I got to get rid of all this stuff.
Oh, found one of those bedded deer decoys too. The soft one that rolls up, still in the box, never used. Did Flambeau make that one? Not sure, but that should go to a good home too. I've got hunting stuff strewn everywhere in the attic and garage.
Hoarders.......did someone mention hoarders?
9.) DParker - 07/10/2013
[QUOTE=luv2bowhunt;7775]I've got zillions of baseball cards in the attic, and all my matchbox cars. Not sure why I kept those all these years but there's probably a hundred of them, most in mint condition.[/QUOTE]
The real question is.....do you have any Hot Wheels track segments? When I was in grade school your status on the playground was primarily determined by how many linear feet of Hot Wheels track you had. We knew what mattered back then.
The real question is.....do you have any Hot Wheels track segments? When I was in grade school your status on the playground was primarily determined by how many linear feet of Hot Wheels track you had. We knew what mattered back then.
10.) luv2bowhunt - 07/10/2013
Hot Wheels stuff is all gone. I luved that dragrace track, especially the 'loop'. Those cars were lighter and more destructable than the Matchbox cars.
Hot Wheels built for speed, Matchbox built to last. I found a Johnny West doll up there too. Now that goes waayyyy back.
I had all the cowboy stuff, rifle, fringe coat, chaps. Even had my Dad make a lasso for me. Only thing I ever roped and tied was our dog, but he was like 13 yrs old. Easy target.
Hot Wheels built for speed, Matchbox built to last. I found a Johnny West doll up there too. Now that goes waayyyy back.
I had all the cowboy stuff, rifle, fringe coat, chaps. Even had my Dad make a lasso for me. Only thing I ever roped and tied was our dog, but he was like 13 yrs old. Easy target.
11.) Swamp Fox - 07/10/2013
Excellent! I vaguely remember having a GI Joe Frogman...I was into HotWheels and Matchbox cars like we all were, but never had many of them. I distinctly remember playing Matchbox cars down a dirt bank behind my school.
Here's an interesting article on the GI Joe... It was a sad day in 1969 when Joe got out of the military (sounds like out of political correctness) and became an "Adventurer." But I was too young to notice. And when the happy news arrived in '74 that Joe had developed a Kung Fu grip, I was too old to do anything about it except make juvenile jokes about which of my buddies also had Kung Fu grips....LOL :wink
[url]http://www.collectorsweekly.com/toys/gi-joe?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=gi%20joe%20collecting&utm_content=385086182&utm_campaign=actionfigures[/url]
One toy I really do wish I still had (I'm sure there are others if I give it some thought) is a Batmobile. I think Matchbox might have made it. It was heavy metal, probably 6 or 8 inches long, had ejector seats, fired rockets out the front and from a launcher on the trunk, and plastic flames came out the tail pipe when you ran it across the floor.
Man, that was cool! :grin:
Here's an interesting article on the GI Joe... It was a sad day in 1969 when Joe got out of the military (sounds like out of political correctness) and became an "Adventurer." But I was too young to notice. And when the happy news arrived in '74 that Joe had developed a Kung Fu grip, I was too old to do anything about it except make juvenile jokes about which of my buddies also had Kung Fu grips....LOL :wink
[url]http://www.collectorsweekly.com/toys/gi-joe?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=gi%20joe%20collecting&utm_content=385086182&utm_campaign=actionfigures[/url]
One toy I really do wish I still had (I'm sure there are others if I give it some thought) is a Batmobile. I think Matchbox might have made it. It was heavy metal, probably 6 or 8 inches long, had ejector seats, fired rockets out the front and from a launcher on the trunk, and plastic flames came out the tail pipe when you ran it across the floor.
Man, that was cool! :grin:
12.) DParker - 07/10/2013
[QUOTE=luv2bowhunt;7778]I found a Johnny West doll up there too. Now that goes waayyyy back.
I had all the cowboy stuff, rifle, fringe coat, chaps. Even had my Dad make a lasso for me. Only thing I ever roped and tied was our dog, but he was like 13 yrs old. Easy target.[/QUOTE]
That rang a bell, so I looked it up. Sure enough...I had one of those!!!
I had all the cowboy stuff, rifle, fringe coat, chaps. Even had my Dad make a lasso for me. Only thing I ever roped and tied was our dog, but he was like 13 yrs old. Easy target.[/QUOTE]
That rang a bell, so I looked it up. Sure enough...I had one of those!!!
13.) Deerminator - 07/10/2013
Never really was a collector more of an accumulator
I do have a bunch of non sports cards and some sports cards. Got a big box of comic books not very old.
No dolls or action figures as you more manly men call them :-). Mom had a tendency of throwing most of my stuff out.
I do seem to look at new knives. Not the eye popping shock and aw kind but the more functional practical type made from good steel.
Unfortunitly they are way to exspencive.
I do have a bunch of non sports cards and some sports cards. Got a big box of comic books not very old.
No dolls or action figures as you more manly men call them :-). Mom had a tendency of throwing most of my stuff out.
I do seem to look at new knives. Not the eye popping shock and aw kind but the more functional practical type made from good steel.
Unfortunitly they are way to exspencive.
14.) Deerminator - 07/10/2013
Ya should look up a value for Jonny West. You could be shocked.
15.) Swamp Fox - 07/10/2013
[QUOTE=Deerminator;7783]Never really was a collector more of an accumulator...Mom had a tendency of throwing most of my stuff out...I do seem to look at new knives. [/QUOTE]
Three things you could say about me, as well. But now, some of the stuff we accumulated...WoooWee! The question is do we still have it? LOL
Three things you could say about me, as well. But now, some of the stuff we accumulated...WoooWee! The question is do we still have it? LOL
16.) Swamp Fox - 07/10/2013
Speaking of Mom throwing stuff out...I found a couple of German helmets (one pith, one steel pot) and a Mauser rifle in the house one time. I recall playing with that stuff for a little while and then it disappeared. Again, talk about pissed :tap:...The story from Mom many, many years later was that I was chasing my little sister around the house with the rifle, so Mom thought she'd better get rid of it...
Sheesh! It didn't even have a bayonet...That I remember, anyway....LOL
Sheesh! It didn't even have a bayonet...That I remember, anyway....LOL
17.) luv2bowhunt - 07/10/2013
[QUOTE=DParker;7782]That rang a bell, so I looked it up. Sure enough...I had one of those!!![/QUOTE]
As did any aspiring cowboy. I had a lever action rifle that 'fired' and smoke came out of the barrel. I wonder if anyone still has one of those anywhere. It was a sad, sad day when the stock snapped off.:td:
As did any aspiring cowboy. I had a lever action rifle that 'fired' and smoke came out of the barrel. I wonder if anyone still has one of those anywhere. It was a sad, sad day when the stock snapped off.:td:
18.) Deerminator - 07/10/2013
Very true Swampy
.
Just before the cancer thing hit me a bought a early 70's S&W 4" 44 for $700. It's in mint shape. I did buy it with a collecting thought in mind and
I really wanted one. Gun is still at the shop waiting for me to pick it up. Which I will once I get a little stronger walking on un even ground and climbing stairs. It has a value of $1000 - $1500. I forget what dash number it is right now but that leans it more twards 1500.
.
Just before the cancer thing hit me a bought a early 70's S&W 4" 44 for $700. It's in mint shape. I did buy it with a collecting thought in mind and
I really wanted one. Gun is still at the shop waiting for me to pick it up. Which I will once I get a little stronger walking on un even ground and climbing stairs. It has a value of $1000 - $1500. I forget what dash number it is right now but that leans it more twards 1500.
19.) DParker - 07/10/2013
OK, I'm declaring a "favorite toys nostalgia" sub-thread. This is really going to stir up some long-dormant memories. Here's the earliest one that I remember spending hours and hours playing with. Different sets of the same basic components went by different names, depending on what the set was geared toward building. I had this "Girder & Panel" set, but there were also "Beams & Girders" sets that let you build highway bridges and the like...
20.) DParker - 07/10/2013
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;7788]Speaking of Mom throwing stuff out...I found a couple of German helmets (one pith, one steel pot) and a Mauser rifle in the house one time.[/QUOTE]
At least you had a pot to pith in.
At least you had a pot to pith in.
21.) Swamp Fox - 07/10/2013
Isn't it you that says Do a pun, go to jail? Or something like that? ...LOL
But that was a good one, I have to say...
:clap:
But that was a good one, I have to say...
:clap:
22.) Deerminator - 07/10/2013
lol good one DP.:-)
23.) bluecat - 07/10/2013
Nice one DP. Whenever someone tells me that are going to dissect a frog I always say, isn't that going to pith them off?
I collected pop and beer cans starting in about fourth grade. I would find them walking to and from football practice and thought they were really cool. After a while I just focused on the beer cans because there were so many pop cans I couldn't even display them all.
I had hoped to one day have a bar in my basement and display all the beer cans but it just never worked out. I ended up selling them a few years ago. The odd thing about it all, is I don't drink beer.
Now, as BULLZ_i mentioned, I just collect women's pumps.
I collected pop and beer cans starting in about fourth grade. I would find them walking to and from football practice and thought they were really cool. After a while I just focused on the beer cans because there were so many pop cans I couldn't even display them all.
I had hoped to one day have a bar in my basement and display all the beer cans but it just never worked out. I ended up selling them a few years ago. The odd thing about it all, is I don't drink beer.
Now, as BULLZ_i mentioned, I just collect women's pumps.
24.) bluecat - 07/10/2013
[QUOTE=DParker;7791]OK, I'm declaring a "favorite toys nostalgia" sub-thread. This is really going to stir up some long-dormant memories. Here's the earliest one that I remember spending hours and hours playing with. Different sets of the same basic components went by different names, depending on what the set was geared toward building. I had this "Girder & Panel" set, but there were also "Beams & Girders" sets that let you build highway bridges and the like...
[/QUOTE]
My friend had one of those and we played with it. Do you remember the erector sets too?
[/QUOTE]My friend had one of those and we played with it. Do you remember the erector sets too?
25.) Swamp Fox - 07/10/2013
If anyone's interested, here's a pic of what the pith helmet looked like, roughly. My memory is that it did not have a swastika emblem. Whether it was removed, (or even removable) or just never had one, I don't know. Plenty of steel pots, perhaps the majority, did not have one. I assume not every unit wore it, for whatever reason.
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/German-WW2-Afrika-Korps-DAK-Pith-Helmet-/141012013101?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20d4f8902d[/url]
Naturally, ebay has a PC rule crossing the line of stupidity regarding showing what some war "memorabilia" really looks like. From the item description:
Original helmet. Estate sale find. Bought from a family who's uncle brought it back from the war. Complete except for the metal band is coming through in some places. It DOES have the other ensignia on the other side but not allowed to show it.
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On Jul-09-13 at 08:21:22 PDT, seller added the following information:
The other ensignia is black with an eagle hold you know what.
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/German-WW2-Afrika-Korps-DAK-Pith-Helmet-/141012013101?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20d4f8902d[/url]
Naturally, ebay has a PC rule crossing the line of stupidity regarding showing what some war "memorabilia" really looks like. From the item description:
Original helmet. Estate sale find. Bought from a family who's uncle brought it back from the war. Complete except for the metal band is coming through in some places. It DOES have the other ensignia on the other side but not allowed to show it.
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On Jul-09-13 at 08:21:22 PDT, seller added the following information:
The other ensignia is black with an eagle hold you know what.
26.) luv2bowhunt - 07/10/2013
Enough about helmets, you're starting to pith me off.
I liked Lincoln logs. But was there anything you could build BESIDES a rectangular cabin?
I liked Lincoln logs. But was there anything you could build BESIDES a rectangular cabin?
27.) bluecat - 07/10/2013
[QUOTE=luv2bowhunt;7799]Enough about helmets, you're starting to pith me off.
I liked Lincoln logs. But was there anything you could build BESIDES a rectangular cabin?[/QUOTE]
Are you serious? There was so much you could build with those things. You could build rectangular out-buildings that looked like cabins.
I liked Lincoln logs. But was there anything you could build BESIDES a rectangular cabin?[/QUOTE]
Are you serious? There was so much you could build with those things. You could build rectangular out-buildings that looked like cabins.
28.) Swamp Fox - 07/10/2013
Rectangular?
Mine always came out rhombus...
Mine always came out rhombus...
29.) Swamp Fox - 07/10/2013
Rectangular?
Hell, it almost killed him!
Hell, it almost killed him!
30.) DParker - 07/10/2013
[QUOTE=bluecat;7796]My friend had one of those and we played with it. Do you remember the erector sets too?[/QUOTE]
Yep. In fact building-stuff types of types were probably my all time favorite general category. I had an Erector Set (can you imagine the legal liability for something like that today?), Legos, Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys...and probably some ones I can't even remember.
Yep. In fact building-stuff types of types were probably my all time favorite general category. I had an Erector Set (can you imagine the legal liability for something like that today?), Legos, Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys...and probably some ones I can't even remember.
31.) DParker - 07/10/2013
[QUOTE=DParker;7803]Yep. In fact building-stuff types of types were probably my all time favorite general category.[/QUOTE]
"types of types"? The hell? He probably meant "types of toys". Probably.
"types of types"? The hell? He probably meant "types of toys". Probably.
32.) Deerminator - 07/10/2013
[QUOTE=luv2bowhunt;7799]Enough about helmets, you're starting to pith me off.
I liked Lincoln logs. But was there anything you could build BESIDES a rectangular cabin?[/QUOTE]
This was probably the time when I got into knives. With a little enginuity and a kitchen knife I could make 45 deg notches and get triangle shaped cabins:-) Although ma wasn't to keen on the idea.
Occasonaly a lincon log was brought to the dinning table to assist in some of my table manners:-)
I liked Lincoln logs. But was there anything you could build BESIDES a rectangular cabin?[/QUOTE]
This was probably the time when I got into knives. With a little enginuity and a kitchen knife I could make 45 deg notches and get triangle shaped cabins:-) Although ma wasn't to keen on the idea.
Occasonaly a lincon log was brought to the dinning table to assist in some of my table manners:-)
33.) bluecat - 07/10/2013
[QUOTE=DParker;7804]"types of types"? The hell? He probably meant "types of toys". Probably.[/QUOTE]
That guy is a piece of work isn't he?
That guy is a piece of work isn't he?
34.) luv2bowhunt - 07/10/2013
I liked operation alot too. That game was scary, never knew when the buzzer was going off.
Rock'em Sock'em robots were another favorite. More fun than German helmets even.
Rock'em Sock'em robots were another favorite. More fun than German helmets even.
35.) Swamp Fox - 07/10/2013
LOL...
I remember Tinker Toys...I liked throwing the round wooden hubs across the room.
I had an inflatable clown with a round base and sand or something in it, so when you punched him in the nose he popped back up again.
Also an inflatable cartoon gator that I liked a lot, but he wasn't a punching bag. More like Rodan to my little sister's tea parties...:wink...It was a sad day when he developed a leak...
Hmmm, now I'm wondering if I have to have a talk with my sister.
I remember Tinker Toys...I liked throwing the round wooden hubs across the room.
I had an inflatable clown with a round base and sand or something in it, so when you punched him in the nose he popped back up again.
Also an inflatable cartoon gator that I liked a lot, but he wasn't a punching bag. More like Rodan to my little sister's tea parties...:wink...It was a sad day when he developed a leak...
Hmmm, now I'm wondering if I have to have a talk with my sister.
36.) bluecat - 07/10/2013
The worst it ever got for me (I'm talking my whole life) is when I played barber on my sisters Thumbelina while she was gone. I took a little off the top and then a little off the side and then more of the top and then more off the side and ...
It wasn't long before that thing was bald. It was a doll with nubs for hair. Scarred my sister for life. I was grounded forever and to this day she brings it up. She still has it somewhere although she won't let anyone look at it. While I was cutting I remember laughing as hard as I'd ever laughed. Boy, what came after really sucked.
It wasn't long before that thing was bald. It was a doll with nubs for hair. Scarred my sister for life. I was grounded forever and to this day she brings it up. She still has it somewhere although she won't let anyone look at it. While I was cutting I remember laughing as hard as I'd ever laughed. Boy, what came after really sucked.
37.) Swamp Fox - 07/10/2013
:laugh:
38.) bluecat - 07/10/2013
How bout those miserable electronic football games eh? You draw up a really cool play and then turn it on and all the players end up backwards in the endzone just spinning around. Cool man.
39.) bluecat - 07/10/2013
But the hockey game was killer. And I didn't even like hockey. I could dominate anyone with the pass behind the net and then to one of my waiting men ready to score.
40.) Swamp Fox - 07/10/2013
I never had one of those (the football game, or the hockey, either). They just looked cheesey even when I was nine, LOL.
I always wanted a knock-hockey game but the 'rents fell down on the job there, too. :tap::shocked:
I always wanted a knock-hockey game but the 'rents fell down on the job there, too. :tap::shocked:
41.) bluecat - 07/10/2013
[QUOTE=luv2bowhunt;7807]I liked operation alot too. That game was scary, never knew when the buzzer was going off.
Rock'em Sock'em robots were another favorite. More fun than German helmets even.[/QUOTE]
:laugh:
Rock'em Sock'em robots were another favorite. More fun than German helmets even.[/QUOTE]
:laugh:
42.) bluecat - 07/10/2013
I was kinda into the whole disassembly thing. Get a toy (preferably someone else's) destroy it somehow. Move to the next toy.
43.) bluecat - 07/10/2013
I remember a model tank that my dad and I built. Oh, who am I kidding? Okay I watched my dad glue all the pieces together. It took forever. After completion I placed some ordnance (blackcat) in the bowels of it.
Structurally it just couldn't take that large of a charge.
Structurally it just couldn't take that large of a charge.
44.) bluecat - 07/10/2013
I also remember nailing my brothers Gumby and Pokey to a board.
Not without a trial though and sufficient evidence of wrong doing.
Not without a trial though and sufficient evidence of wrong doing.
45.) bluecat - 07/10/2013
I also melted all his army men into a pie tin and served it to him with a crabapple on top.
He didn't like that.
He didn't like that.
46.) DParker - 07/10/2013
[QUOTE=bluecat;7817]I also remember nailing my brothers Gumby and Pokey to a board.
Not without a trial though and sufficient evidence of wrong doing.[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure which is more disturbing; this, or you playing extreme hairstylist with your sister's dolls.
Not without a trial though and sufficient evidence of wrong doing.[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure which is more disturbing; this, or you playing extreme hairstylist with your sister's dolls.
47.) bluecat - 07/10/2013
Meh, it's all disturbing.
Kids today are too high maintenance. They lack creativity.
What happened to the simpler times when kids could spend an entire afternoon shooting mulberry's out of their wrist rockets to passing car's windshields. Give a boy a magnifying glass and satisfy his curiosity of the insect world for hours.
Kids today are too high maintenance. They lack creativity.
What happened to the simpler times when kids could spend an entire afternoon shooting mulberry's out of their wrist rockets to passing car's windshields. Give a boy a magnifying glass and satisfy his curiosity of the insect world for hours.
48.) bluecat - 07/10/2013
Now be honest. How many of you have spent an entire afternoon unwinding a golf ball? All the way?
This of course after you've sneaked across the highway and fished them out of the ninth hole water hazard the night before while your parents think you are in your room sleeping. Huh? Who's with me? Guys?
This of course after you've sneaked across the highway and fished them out of the ninth hole water hazard the night before while your parents think you are in your room sleeping. Huh? Who's with me? Guys?
49.) Deerminator - 07/10/2013
Bluecat and I think alike. Blackcats were great. Hard to find around here anymore. I can't count the number of ordnance related afternoons. Sticking crab apples on the sharpened end of a long willow branch and launching them 2-3 houses away at stuff. Snow balling cars and trucks. Millions of insect life up in flames. BUAHAHAHA!!!!
50.) DParker - 07/10/2013
[QUOTE=bluecat;7818]I also melted all his army men into a pie tin and served it to him with a crabapple on top.
He didn't like that.[/QUOTE]
Michael Richards...is that you? [I]Fridays[/I], 1981...
[video=youtube;GIUxoytpcxE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIUxoytpcxE[/video]
He didn't like that.[/QUOTE]
Michael Richards...is that you? [I]Fridays[/I], 1981...
[video=youtube;GIUxoytpcxE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIUxoytpcxE[/video]
51.) Deerminator - 07/11/2013
Excellent DP
By the way we played with army men.
No dolls or what they call action figures. We made our own action.
Built forts shot our bb guns at the army guys. Tossed blackcats at them.
Made boobie traps. Some with blackcats.
By the way we played with army men.
No dolls or what they call action figures. We made our own action.
Built forts shot our bb guns at the army guys. Tossed blackcats at them.
Made boobie traps. Some with blackcats.
52.) luv2bowhunt - 07/11/2013
[QUOTE=bluecat;7821]Now be honest. How many of you have spent an entire afternoon unwinding a golf ball? All the way?
This of course after you've sneaked across the highway and fished them out of the ninth hole water hazard the night before while your parents think you are in your room sleeping. Huh? Who's with me? Guys?[/QUOTE]
I'm with you on the golf ball unwinding. I grew up next to a golf course, and would routinely cut up golf balls. Some had liquid in the center of the little rubber ball. Not sure what that was and man is there a ton of rubber bands wrapped around those things.
When I was supposed to be sleeping, I would sneak out the bedroom window onto the porch roof, hop over to the maple tree, go to the shed and grab my fishing rod and head out to the golf course pond and fish for largemouths. Those were fun times and the best fishing I ever enjoyed.
Thanks you stirred the memory banks this morning.:tu:
This of course after you've sneaked across the highway and fished them out of the ninth hole water hazard the night before while your parents think you are in your room sleeping. Huh? Who's with me? Guys?[/QUOTE]
I'm with you on the golf ball unwinding. I grew up next to a golf course, and would routinely cut up golf balls. Some had liquid in the center of the little rubber ball. Not sure what that was and man is there a ton of rubber bands wrapped around those things.
When I was supposed to be sleeping, I would sneak out the bedroom window onto the porch roof, hop over to the maple tree, go to the shed and grab my fishing rod and head out to the golf course pond and fish for largemouths. Those were fun times and the best fishing I ever enjoyed.
Thanks you stirred the memory banks this morning.:tu:
53.) bluecat - 07/11/2013
Good times. Each core was different depending on the brand of ball. Some were squishy black rubber with a gel inside. I know cause I got squirted in the face by one. Others were brown and rather hard with a gel inside too. We were so curious as to what was in the middle. It was like opening a Christmas present for hours.
Baseballs were fun to unravel too.
Baseballs were fun to unravel too.
54.) luv2bowhunt - 07/11/2013
I liked gliders too. And army tanks, had lots of those.
55.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
Golf ponds are some of the best fishing!:tu:
What about rockets? Anybody have rockets? I was in awe of the kids who got their hands on rockets.
I didn't find out about potato guns til I was too old to have time to play with them, LOL...but I'm still trying to find the time....:grin:
What about rockets? Anybody have rockets? I was in awe of the kids who got their hands on rockets.
I didn't find out about potato guns til I was too old to have time to play with them, LOL...but I'm still trying to find the time....:grin:
56.) luv2bowhunt - 07/11/2013
Golf course and private ponds are the best fishing I've ever done. There's a Boy Scout camp lake we used to sneak out to and fish.
It's up in the mountains and took a bit of a hike to get to. But man were there largemouths in there. I wish I could find the old picture, but I had one of me and my old buddy with a 5 1/2 pounder he got. At the time the state record was a little over 6 pounds.
That place was awesome until we got caught sneaking in one night. Someone had stole a bunch of tents and they were watching the trails for theives. Walked right into the trap and got marched to the headquarters.
Interrogated, threatened, warned, cussed at, the whole 9 yds. On the way back out they said "don't ever come back here again."
.....my buddy and I left and snuck right back to the lake and started fishing. It was late May, bass were in full spawn. You can't just walk away from that.
True story.
It's up in the mountains and took a bit of a hike to get to. But man were there largemouths in there. I wish I could find the old picture, but I had one of me and my old buddy with a 5 1/2 pounder he got. At the time the state record was a little over 6 pounds.
That place was awesome until we got caught sneaking in one night. Someone had stole a bunch of tents and they were watching the trails for theives. Walked right into the trap and got marched to the headquarters.
Interrogated, threatened, warned, cussed at, the whole 9 yds. On the way back out they said "don't ever come back here again."
.....my buddy and I left and snuck right back to the lake and started fishing. It was late May, bass were in full spawn. You can't just walk away from that.
True story.
57.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
You outlaw, you!
58.) bluecat - 07/11/2013
So what did you do with the tents? :grin:
59.) luv2bowhunt - 07/11/2013
I told the Einstein that if I had just stole a bunch of your tents, I wouldn't be standing here with a fishing rod and tackle box in my hand.
60.) bluecat - 07/11/2013
You know if your demeanor keeps up you might have to change your avatar to "You're making me slightly irritated".
Your meds are working.
Your meds are working.
61.) luv2bowhunt - 07/11/2013
We never had rockets. That was what them rich kids had. Fancy things would lift off, climb to a certain height, deploy parachute, and float gently back to the earth.
I did have an Army guy with a parachute that unfolded when you threw him. Had to climb to the top of the maple tree and heave it out, watch if float down until it got caught in a branch.
But at least that gave me something to do the rest of the day. Trying to get it out of the tree.
I did have an Army guy with a parachute that unfolded when you threw him. Had to climb to the top of the maple tree and heave it out, watch if float down until it got caught in a branch.
But at least that gave me something to do the rest of the day. Trying to get it out of the tree.
62.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
I had that same Army guy! :-)
63.) luv2bowhunt - 07/11/2013
We had a potato gun, but we called it a 'polish cannon'. That was big fun and slightly dangerous, which amped up the excitement factor.
64.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
I had the monkeys in a barrel and the Thing Maker...I can't believe somebody remembered the name of the Thing Maker...But since it was Bluecat, it all kinda makes sense...
Can you imagine the horror of letting kids melt rubber/plastic in a mold these days? :re:
Can you imagine the horror of letting kids melt rubber/plastic in a mold these days? :re:
65.) bluecat - 07/11/2013
No kidding.
I think there was even an edible Thing Maker too. At least the goop I believe was edible. So after you made your creature you could then eat it. I bet there were some carcinagens in that stuff. I have a memory of eating it anyway. :wink
I think there was even an edible Thing Maker too. At least the goop I believe was edible. So after you made your creature you could then eat it. I bet there were some carcinagens in that stuff. I have a memory of eating it anyway. :wink
66.) luv2bowhunt - 07/11/2013
Listen, let's get this straight. When you're 5, everything is edible.
67.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
Yes, there was something like that that was edible. I remember something like centipedes and scorpions and palmetto bugs. LOL
How about woodburning kits? You traced a picture with an electrified fountain pen-looking thing...You could make the wood smoke if you wanted to...:tu:
How about woodburning kits? You traced a picture with an electrified fountain pen-looking thing...You could make the wood smoke if you wanted to...:tu:
68.) bluecat - 07/11/2013
Well I had the wood burning kit and thank God I did. I didn't use it at all until I was a sophomore in high school in Latin class. I realized I could burn all the different endings (declensions I think you called them) for all the different persons (1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person) into the pencil. At any rate I flunked everything I ever did in that class but aced the final. I just sat that pencil in the pencil tray and it was octagonal. I could move the pencil to the next flat side for the possible answers.
The teacher was perplexed.
If you remember the scene from Life of Brian I believe "Romans Go Home"? Yeah, I lived that scene. Don't ever take Latin. Ever.
The teacher was perplexed.
If you remember the scene from Life of Brian I believe "Romans Go Home"? Yeah, I lived that scene. Don't ever take Latin. Ever.
69.) bluecat - 07/11/2013
This is the level of frustration.
70.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
LOL...I took Latin and struggled with it. About the same as chemistry, but nothing like my struggle with calculus.
These days, I appreciate my Latin classes because I can say humorous things that no one understands without looking them up....Try getting someone to look up a humorous calculus riddle...
:wink
These days, I appreciate my Latin classes because I can say humorous things that no one understands without looking them up....Try getting someone to look up a humorous calculus riddle...
:wink
71.) Deerminator - 07/11/2013
Remember the old chemistry sets. They had charcoal, saltpeter and sulfer. Black power.
I loved that combonation. Then we made fuses from blue tip match heads. What a blast.
Anyone make any of there own explosives to play with.
I loved that combonation. Then we made fuses from blue tip match heads. What a blast.
Anyone make any of there own explosives to play with.
72.) bluecat - 07/11/2013
The thing about school that I quickly learned was you can take all the classes that really help you in life or you can take the other classes with the really hot girls.
73.) luv2bowhunt - 07/11/2013
[QUOTE=Deerminator;7900]Remember the old chemistry sets. They had charcoal, saltpeter and sulfer. Black power.[/QUOTE]
I remember the 'black power' sign.:hb: Like that with a closed fist and no head bobbing.
The chemistry sets took too much thinking. I liked toys that let me pretend to be things, not actually have to strive to BE something or someone.
I remember the 'black power' sign.:hb: Like that with a closed fist and no head bobbing.
The chemistry sets took too much thinking. I liked toys that let me pretend to be things, not actually have to strive to BE something or someone.
74.) Deerminator - 07/11/2013
Imagination
75.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
[QUOTE=luv2bowhunt;7902]I remember the 'black power' sign.:hb: Like that with a closed fist and no head bobbing.
[/QUOTE]
:-)
I had a chemistry set but rarely played with it. Came in a sheet metal box with a clasp closure, glass vials, a metal test tube rack and a bunch of other stuff. Quality-built. I'm not sure what its equivalent in contemporary toys would be, if there is any equivalent.
I also had an environmental kit of some type that I did play with a lot. Testing the acidity of water and that kind of thing. In fact, I don't know if there was any other kind of thing, LOL. I had big honkin' E-flag stickers ("environment") on it and some other of my stuff, which probably drove my very conservative dad nuts, because that would have been the late-60's /early 70's equivalent of your kid running around with a global warming/save the whales/meat is murder/hope and change/Che Guevera t-shirt today.
LOL
[/QUOTE]
:-)
I had a chemistry set but rarely played with it. Came in a sheet metal box with a clasp closure, glass vials, a metal test tube rack and a bunch of other stuff. Quality-built. I'm not sure what its equivalent in contemporary toys would be, if there is any equivalent.
I also had an environmental kit of some type that I did play with a lot. Testing the acidity of water and that kind of thing. In fact, I don't know if there was any other kind of thing, LOL. I had big honkin' E-flag stickers ("environment") on it and some other of my stuff, which probably drove my very conservative dad nuts, because that would have been the late-60's /early 70's equivalent of your kid running around with a global warming/save the whales/meat is murder/hope and change/Che Guevera t-shirt today.
LOL
76.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
Ecology flag:
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecology_Flag_(American)[/url]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecology_Flag_(American)[/url]
77.) bluecat - 07/11/2013
The best toys were a wiffle ball and wiffle bat and frisbee. Bar none.
78.) bluecat - 07/11/2013
I remember the whole black power thing too. 'Black is Beautiful' was the motto. When a black kid from my 6th grade class kept saying it I told him "Yes and White Is Wonderful". He hit me in the stomach.
79.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
I bet you secretly wanted a closed-fist 'fro pick even more after that....
LOL
LOL
80.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
Apparently, they still make them...Who knew?
[url]http://www.amazon.com/Afro-Black-Metal-African-American/dp/B0030UMYPQ[/url]
[url]http://www.amazon.com/Afro-Black-Metal-African-American/dp/B0030UMYPQ[/url]
81.) bluecat - 07/11/2013
:laugh:
82.) DParker - 07/11/2013
[QUOTE=luv2bowhunt;7861]We never had rockets. That was what them rich kids had.[/quote]
I never had any either...mostly due to parental fear regarding what I'd likely do with them, I suspect. But that's one of the great things about eventually having your own kids: You get to buy them the fun, dangerous stuff you desperately wanted and never got, and then play with them too.
[QUOTE=luv2bowhunt;7861]I did have an Army guy with a parachute that unfolded when you threw him. Had to climb to the top of the maple tree and heave it out, watch if float down until it got caught in a branch.[/QUOTE]
I had one of those guys too. But growing up in the desert we didn't have tree hazards. We had to deal with un-impaling him from cactii instead.
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;7887]I had the monkeys in a barrel and the Thing Maker[/QUOTE]
I had both as well. There's nothing more fun than getting 2nd degree burns on your fingers for the sake of creating a tiny plastic T-Rex.
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;7895]Yes, there was something like that that was edible. I remember something like centipedes and scorpions and palmetto bugs. LOL[/QUOTE]
My buddy had that one. But I preferred to the cute little girl down the road who had an Easy Bake Oven. Or was that the easy girl with the Cute Bake Oven? No...I think that was high school.
I never had any either...mostly due to parental fear regarding what I'd likely do with them, I suspect. But that's one of the great things about eventually having your own kids: You get to buy them the fun, dangerous stuff you desperately wanted and never got, and then play with them too.
[QUOTE=luv2bowhunt;7861]I did have an Army guy with a parachute that unfolded when you threw him. Had to climb to the top of the maple tree and heave it out, watch if float down until it got caught in a branch.[/QUOTE]
I had one of those guys too. But growing up in the desert we didn't have tree hazards. We had to deal with un-impaling him from cactii instead.
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;7887]I had the monkeys in a barrel and the Thing Maker[/QUOTE]
I had both as well. There's nothing more fun than getting 2nd degree burns on your fingers for the sake of creating a tiny plastic T-Rex.
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;7895]Yes, there was something like that that was edible. I remember something like centipedes and scorpions and palmetto bugs. LOL[/QUOTE]
My buddy had that one. But I preferred to the cute little girl down the road who had an Easy Bake Oven. Or was that the easy girl with the Cute Bake Oven? No...I think that was high school.
83.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
:p....
84.) bluecat - 07/11/2013
I never had a problem with the girls and their easy bake ovens. I figured they were getting the necessary skills so that when I get home supper is on the table.
85.) DParker - 07/11/2013
[QUOTE=luv2bowhunt;7902]The chemistry sets took too much thinking.[/QUOTE]
Mine didn't...especially when I ditched the experiment guide that came with it and just started mixing chemicals at random in test tubes over the little kerosene burner that came with it. I found the uncertainty and surprise factor far more educational and exhilerating. My mom...not so much.
[QUOTE=Deerminator;7900]Remember the old chemistry sets. They had charcoal, saltpeter and sulfer. Black power.[/QUOTE]
Really handy knowledge if you're ever stranded on a rocky alien planet needing to fight off a big-assed reptilian guy.
[video=youtube;IDD3-2_wLR8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDD3-2_wLR8[/video]
Mine didn't...especially when I ditched the experiment guide that came with it and just started mixing chemicals at random in test tubes over the little kerosene burner that came with it. I found the uncertainty and surprise factor far more educational and exhilerating. My mom...not so much.
[QUOTE=Deerminator;7900]Remember the old chemistry sets. They had charcoal, saltpeter and sulfer. Black power.[/QUOTE]
Really handy knowledge if you're ever stranded on a rocky alien planet needing to fight off a big-assed reptilian guy.
[video=youtube;IDD3-2_wLR8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDD3-2_wLR8[/video]
86.) bluecat - 07/11/2013
Uhura was hot but not as hot as that big-assed reptillian guy in the rubber suit in the California sun.
87.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
That right there is why I never got into Star Trek. :wink
I can watch it now with some giggle juice in me, though...
I can watch it now with some giggle juice in me, though...
88.) bluecat - 07/11/2013
I didn't know corn meal was explosive.
89.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
Was part of that in slow motion, or what? Where'd the lizard guy go while all that construction was going on?
I bet The Professor built his coconut radio faster than that...
I bet The Professor built his coconut radio faster than that...
90.) DParker - 07/11/2013
[QUOTE=bluecat;7922]Uhura was hot but not as hot as that big-assed reptillian guy in the rubber suit in the California sun.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;7923]That right there is why I never got into Star Trek. :wink
I can watch it now with some giggle juice in me, though...[/QUOTE]
Orion slave girls for the win.
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;7923]That right there is why I never got into Star Trek. :wink
I can watch it now with some giggle juice in me, though...[/QUOTE]
Orion slave girls for the win.
91.) DParker - 07/11/2013
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;7907]I had a chemistry set but rarely played with it. Came in a sheet metal box with a clasp closure, glass vials, a metal test tube rack and a bunch of other stuff. Quality-built. I'm not sure what its equivalent in contemporary toys would be, if there is any equivalent.[/QUOTE]
This looks like it could yield some possibilities for fun mayhem.
This looks like it could yield some possibilities for fun mayhem.
92.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
From the Amazon review on that chem set...LOL
My 14-year-old loves this. He is kind of an extreme geek in both science and tech. His only complaint is that he wishes there were some materials he could play with without having to follow directions for everything. [COLOR="#FF0000"]Hell, yeah, I'll bet he does! He's probably been stuck in organized activities since he was six.[/COLOR] I think once we get all the way through this set, we can visit The Science Company here in Denver. I keep telling him that it is important to know all the basic rules (especially safety) before branching out on your own. [COLOR="#FF0000"]Oh, c'mon , Mom! Where's your sense of adventure?[/COLOR]
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I know other homeschool moms who have used this kit and it came highly recommended. When my son decided he wanted to be a physicist, I knew we needed to kick our study of math and science into a whole new gear. [COLOR="#FF0000"]What are you gonna do next year when he decides he wants to be a rap star?[/COLOR]This chemistry set is so exciting to work with. We haven't done all of the experiments yet, but I am very pleased so far.
My 14-year-old loves this. He is kind of an extreme geek in both science and tech. His only complaint is that he wishes there were some materials he could play with without having to follow directions for everything. [COLOR="#FF0000"]Hell, yeah, I'll bet he does! He's probably been stuck in organized activities since he was six.[/COLOR] I think once we get all the way through this set, we can visit The Science Company here in Denver. I keep telling him that it is important to know all the basic rules (especially safety) before branching out on your own. [COLOR="#FF0000"]Oh, c'mon , Mom! Where's your sense of adventure?[/COLOR]
++++++
I know other homeschool moms who have used this kit and it came highly recommended. When my son decided he wanted to be a physicist, I knew we needed to kick our study of math and science into a whole new gear. [COLOR="#FF0000"]What are you gonna do next year when he decides he wants to be a rap star?[/COLOR]This chemistry set is so exciting to work with. We haven't done all of the experiments yet, but I am very pleased so far.
93.) DParker - 07/11/2013
OK, I've even impressed myself with this bit of detective work. I managed to track down a photo of the exact same Porter "Chemcraft" set I had. It was the same general configuration you described, Swampy. Tri-fold metal case that opened up into a stand-up set of adjustable shelves containing plastic bottles of chemicals, the metal test tube rack (with glass test tubes), scale and various and assorted other paraphenalia. It's amazing how vivid my memory is of what this thing looked like after more than 40 years....
94.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
Twerps today...
95.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
[QUOTE=DParker;7929] .... It was the same general configuration you described, Swampy.... It's amazing how vivid my memory is of what this thing looked like after more than 40 years....
[/QUOTE]
The scale! I forgot about the scale!
I had a different set, but same general idea. :tu:
[/QUOTE]The scale! I forgot about the scale!
I had a different set, but same general idea. :tu:
96.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
How old were you when you had a chemistry set? I was well under 14. I'd say 11-12. Thirteen at the very outside, but I really think younger.
97.) DParker - 07/11/2013
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;7933]How old were you when you had a chemistry set? I was well under 14. I'd say 11-12. Thirteen at the very outside, but I really think younger.[/QUOTE]
I'm thinking 10 or 11. And adult supervision? Fuggedaboudit.
I'm thinking 10 or 11. And adult supervision? Fuggedaboudit.
98.) Swamp Fox - 07/11/2013
Yeah, that's more like it. I think by 12 I was on to other things. Just going by what grade I was in then and what I remember about what was cool, LOL.
99.) Deerminator - 07/11/2013
My set was similar but an older version.
I highly recommend the safety aspect of working with chemicals.[B]HIGHLY[/B]
I don't think the newer sets contain the ingredients for black powder however if they happen to have some iodine crystals..........:grin:
I highly recommend the safety aspect of working with chemicals.[B]HIGHLY[/B]
I don't think the newer sets contain the ingredients for black powder however if they happen to have some iodine crystals..........:grin:
100.) luv2bowhunt - 07/12/2013
I heard you could mix salt peter and sugar to make a smoke bomb. We did, it did, I got in huge trouble. Wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't added just a touch of gun powder.
I got the snot beat out of me by my Mother.
You guys ever get a boom-a-rang to work? They always just kept going semi-straight for me.
I got the snot beat out of me by my Mother.
You guys ever get a boom-a-rang to work? They always just kept going semi-straight for me.
101.) Deerminator - 07/12/2013
Nope, never had any luck with them.