maqroll Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 When I was a kid, a Muslim family from Trinidad lived next door. The kids were roughly my age. They had a swimming pool in their back yard. One summer, their aunt was staying with them. On one day that summer, my father heard screaming coming from their yard. He went over there and found the aunt floating downwards in the pool, dead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 16 hours ago, maqroll said: When I was a kid, a Muslim family from Trinidad lived next door. The kids were roughly my age. They had a swimming pool in their back yard. One summer, their aunt was staying with them. On one day that summer, my father heard screaming coming from their yard. He went over there and found the aunt floating downwards in the pool, dead. Seriously...have you got ANY memories that don't involve death, divorce or cruelty? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 i didn't realise New England was so bleak! I thought it was all sweeping forests, lighthouses and lobsters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 19, 2020 Moderator Share Posted March 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Xela said: i didn't realise New England was so bleak! I thought it was all sweeping forests, lighthouses and lobsters! Maybe he's just looking for another girl? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Xela said: i didn't realise New England was so bleak! I thought it was all sweeping forests, lighthouses and lobsters! Salem witch trials. They’ve left quite a shadow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, rjw63 said: Seriously...have you got ANY memories that don't involve death, divorce or cruelty? Of course, but they're just not as interesting! Except for the squirrel story. Edited March 19, 2020 by maqroll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) I used to love to play frisbee outside, I had no one to play with so just used throw it up and down the garden running from one end to the other. I don't think this is related to that but also remember at one stage asking for a boomerang, which I didn't get. Edited March 22, 2020 by useless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 On 22/03/2020 at 09:26, useless said: I used to love to play frisbee outside, I had no one to play with so just used throw it up and down the garden running from one end to the other. I don't think this is related to that but also remember at one stage asking for a boomerang, which I didn't get. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted March 23, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted March 23, 2020 On 22/03/2020 at 09:26, useless said: I used to love to play frisbee outside, I had no one to play with so just used throw it up and down the garden running from one end to the other. I don't think this is related to that but also remember at one stage asking for a boomerang, which I didn't get. The best toy we had growing up was a dart. No dart board, just a dart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Good times (this follows on from my post in the 'cheer you up' thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 1, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 1, 2020 In the 1970's power cuts I was in the living room on my own eating boiled eggs with soldiers, watching Big John Little John on the telly and the power went out leaving me in complete darkness. I screamed so badly I was completely terrified. I also remember in my infant school there was some kind of tree or large Bush that had long thin thorns on it. We used to pierce the outer layer of skin on our finger tips with them and wear them like a fashion piercing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 I know I've mentioned it before, but i've been helping my Dad catalogue some of my old toys and eBaying them. When doing it, had a few nostalgia pangs remembering playing with them when i was young. I've kept the Star Wars figures and started to add one or two originals to my collection via eBay. I've only got about 25-30 (perhaps one for the Hobbies thread) Made me look at what toy lines I was into. The main ones were: Masters of the Universe, Star Wars, Thundercats, M*A*S*K, Zoids and TMNT. After the turtles, I got into consoles at about 11 years old and that was it for 'toys'. It was all Street Fighter II and Super Mario then! I've also found odd other toys as well; A-team figures, the Knight Rider car, a solitary Action Force figure and a few Transformers and Go-Bots. So, what toy lines did you play with as a kid? What was your favourite? Do kids even play with toys anymore? Or is it all computer games now? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 In light of the above post, we're still having problems identifying the following figures: The first figures are small - about 3". The second is about 6" - don't have the exact dimensions as I haven't got them to hand. I'd assume they are 80's figures. @Chindie @GarethRDR @Ginko @wazzap24 - any idea chaps? Thinking maybe they'e cropped up in a comic over the years? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 22 minutes ago, Xela said: In light of the above post, we're still having problems identifying the following figures: The first figures are small - about 3". The second is about 6" - don't have the exact dimensions as I haven't got them to hand. I'd assume they are 80's figures. @Chindie @GarethRDR @Ginko @wazzap24 - any idea chaps? Thinking maybe they'e cropped up in a comic over the years? Cheers. The yellow dude on the left I believe is a Fisher-Price Construx Spaceman 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Xela said: So, what toy lines did you play with as a kid? What was your favourite? Guns. Lots of guns. Preferably the old west type, and preferably as close as possible in appearance to the real Colts, Remingtons, Winchesters, etc. I'm a child of the early 60s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted November 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2020 On 01/11/2020 at 22:32, sidcow said: In the 1970's power cuts I was in the living room on my own eating boiled eggs with soldiers, watching Big John Little John on the telly and the power went out leaving me in complete darkness. I screamed so badly I was completely terrified. I also remember in my infant school there was some kind of tree or large Bush that had long thin thorns on it. We used to pierce the outer layer of skin on our finger tips with them and wear them like a fashion piercing. Did it contain porno mags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: Did it contain porno mags Almost certainly, of dodgy looking tarts with pubes that looked like Brian Blessed's beard. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted November 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2020 What ever happened to white dog shit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2020 13 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: Did it contain porno mags No but there was a Den in Highbury Park which had tons of them and whatever remained of our 10 Benson and Hedges pack. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 hour ago, tonyh29 said: The yellow dude on the left I believe is a Fisher-Price Construx Spaceman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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