You know you're old when...

[3.0L]

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[M_Six]

^^^I have the modern version of those pedals, so I don't need to "remember" getting whacked in the shin years ago, I need to remember to be careful to not whack my shins with them every time I ride the bike with those pedals.

[vreihen16]

...and I spent half an hour with a Torx driver taking the skin-ripping grip studs out of a brand new set of pedals last week, before they had a chance to tear my shins.....

[Artemis]

No locks needed.

[ipso_facto]

You know you’re old when … you buy a skateboard, when you shouldn’t (but you get excited, because your son was telling you about his skating exploits). You go skating and have an awesome session … then, 30 feet from the edge of the park, you push and your calf goes “POP”. You end up on the floor. Three weeks later, you finally get to the hospital and they x-ray you, then put you in a raised boot for a month, so the muscles can bind back to your Achilles tendon.

Day one in the boot

[ramman434]

Originally Posted by dscabra

Because the kids are glued to a screen of one type or another.

Sadly, the parents are too now

[Artemis]

The M Performance Exhaust from childhood days...

[RelaxIN2]

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by ipso_facto

You know you’re old when … you buy a skateboard, when you shouldn’t (but you get excited, because your son was telling you about his skating exploits). You go skating and have an awesome session … then, 30 feet from the edge of the park, you push and your calf goes “POP”. You end up on the floor. Three weeks later, you finally get to the hospital and they x-ray you, then put you in a raised boot for a month, so the muscles can bind back to your Achilles tendon.

Day one in the boot

Ouch

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by RelaxIN2

Street hockey FTW!

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by RelaxIN2

We played baseball in the street. We played kick the can in the street. We flew control-line airplanes in the street. We flew hand-launched gliders and rubber-powered airplanes in the street. We threw rocks, lemons and water balloons in the street. Or mud balls. We drove coasters in the street.

And we sometimes shot-out street lights with our BB guns or wrist-rocket sling-shots.

[RelaxIN2]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Street hockey FTW!

Street hockey for me as well... Are Team names were the names of the two streets at the end of the block, and we use to play other teams in the neighborhood by loading up all of our hockey gear and nets in Food Shopping carts and rolling it over..

[RelaxIN2]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

We played baseball in the street. We played kick the can in the street. We flew control-line airplanes in the street. We flew hand-launched gliders and rubber-powered airplanes in the street. We threw rocks, lemons and water balloons in the street. Or mud balls. We drove coasters in the street.

And we sometimes shot-out street lights with our BB guns or wrist-rocket sling-shots.

Just out of curiosity... but I'm thinking this is a Philadelphia thing.. but did you guys ever hear or play the street game called Freedom..? If so, hit the appreciate button... I'm curious to see if this is just a Philly thing... or maybe it was called something else where you grew up...

But, it was like a Giant game of hide & seek outside... the teams were anywhere from 5 to 10 people on each side. The boundaries were 2 blocks by 2 blocks, and the Capture Zone was a manhole cover at the end of one of the blocks... The object was... the other team had 2 minutes to run and hide within a 2 block radius. Then your team would go out and try to find and tag them.. (no, not tag them like a Dolphin), just had to touch them and count 1,2,3. Then they had to walk back to the manhole cover (Capture Zone) and stay there until one of their teammates ran up, stepped on the manhole cover and Yelled...FREEDOM..!! WITHOUT being tagged before he got there... Then they were allow to run off again.

Man... some of the games we used to make up and play when we were younger... and I have to say, I wouldn't give that up for any video game in the world..

[upstatedoc]

Originally Posted by ipso_facto

You know you’re old when … you buy a skateboard, when you shouldn’t (but you get excited, because your son was telling you about his skating exploits). You go skating and have an awesome session … then, 30 feet from the edge of the park, you push and your calf goes “POP”. You end up on the floor. Three weeks later, you finally get to the hospital and they x-ray you, then put you in a raised boot for a month, so the muscles can bind back to your Achilles tendon.

Day one in the boot

Saw that happen to a guy on the basketball court. His Achilles tendon looked like mush. Immediately told him he needed to go to the ER. He could barely walk. By any chance are you taking any antibiotics?

[Artemis]

Down at the playground during school break:
kid 1 to kid 2: "And a speedometer up to 140mph !"
kid 2: "Whoa, no kidding ?!"

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Artemis

Down at the playground during school break:
kid 1 to kid 2: "And a speedometer up to 140mph !"
kid 2: "Whoa, no kidding ?!"

Which reminds me, you're old if you remember when cars had speedometers that only went to 85 in a vain attempt to get people to drive slower during the 55MPH national speed limit days. My mid-60's Dodge Dart had such a speedometer. Not that it could get anywhere close to 85MPH.

[fiveohwblow]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

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I’ve a fair amount of shin scarring from these very units.

[Chihuahua]

Your favorite rock album turns 30...

https://www.spin.com/featured/nirvan...h-anniversary/

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by RelaxIN2

Just out of curiosity... but I'm thinking this is a Philadelphia thing.. but did you guys ever hear or play the street game called Freedom..? If so, hit the appreciate button... I'm curious to see if this is just a Philly thing... or maybe it was called something else where you grew up...

But, it was like a Giant game of hide & seek outside... the teams were anywhere from 5 to 10 people on each side. The boundaries were 2 blocks by 2 blocks, and the Capture Zone was a manhole cover at the end of one of the blocks... The object was... the other team had 2 minutes to run and hide within a 2 block radius. Then your team would go out and try to find and tag them.. (no, not tag them like a Dolphin), just had to touch them and count 1,2,3. Then they had to walk back to the manhole cover (Capture Zone) and stay there until one of their teammates ran up, stepped on the manhole cover and Yelled...FREEDOM..!! WITHOUT being tagged before he got there... Then they were allow to run off again.

Man... some of the games we used to make up and play when we were younger... and I have to say, I wouldn't give that up for any video game in the world..

We played something like that but called it Manhunt.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Chihuahua

Your favorite rock album turns 30...

https://www.spin.com/featured/nirvan...h-anniversary/

My favorite rock album turned 48 last March.

[JJ 911SC]

54 Years and a few month ago...

[3.0L]

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