I wish to make this a forum for nostalgic memories of times gone by, where
one can reflect on the past wthout any fear of being labeled as an old
fart. I'm sure its going to happen anyway, but until then, lets kick up
our wheelchairs and gather round the prunes!
The other day I was watching TV, a rare ocurrence in my life. The channel,
Noggin'. The show, The Adventures of Pete & Pete. *leans back in his
wicker rocking chair* It's been so long since I've seen an episode. So
anyway, here I was, watching one of the best shows from my youth, and I
still got all the jokes, and I had myself a righteous good old time. But
then the theme song came on. For those of you who don't know, the house
band for the show was called Polaris, which was really Miracle Legion minus
a member. My alzheimers seems to be kicking in right now... The theme
song is called "Hey Sandy." I thought it was just another catchy tune,
until I started doing research into the band, and the show. As it turns
out, the song is dedicated to Sandy Shuer, one of the people to die at the
Kent State shooting back in 1970. It was then that I realized that the
show wasn't exactly meant to be a kids show.
Well, now that the flashback is over, I guess I feel obligated now to say
that Polaris no longer exists, and the last Pete & Pete episode aired in
1995. I think I'm done now... Time for my mid-afternoon nap...
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dead-cell
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posted on 2/10/2003 at 07:56 PM
I had a simular experiance a couple years ago going through my dad's
recocrd collection. Bahh!! I can't remember exactly but I think I saw an
Alice Cooper vinyls. I would have never peged my dad as a fan.
Kate Bush rings a bell...damn my fading memory.
Speaking of old shmeng...remember Shmengology?
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chameleon
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posted on 2/10/2003 at 05:41 PM
Alright, get this!
My dad ordered new carpet for the entire house, and we had to move
basically everything to the basement. Oh, the amazing things unearthed in
those days or rearranging the house!
First of all, all the clothes my dad wore in his biker days. Imagine, a
white collar worker, shuffling out of his closet leather jackets and boots
well worn and still smelling of the exhaust of his three Harley-Davidsons.
(all of them were sold soon after I was born ) And then
we uncovered a masive collection of vinyls, and of course a record player
to go along with them. By far, the greatest discovery was the collection
of Kate Bush cds that I haven't seen since I was a wee little one.
Kate Bush is goth as fuck, as we used to say in the olden days of shmeng
If you don't
know who she is, check her out. Note to another member: Arthegarn, being
European, you should know who she is.
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nothing.
It reflects but does not hold. Therefore, the perfect man can act
without
effort.
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MystryssRavynDarque
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posted on 16/9/2003 at 05:04 PM
I had a Duplo Lego Bunny. We still have it. Furry and red. With little
white rope handles so that you could carry it on the go. My sister and I
fought over who's it was, we still do. Now she has given it to her
kids...but they don't play with it too much.
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Ironboots
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posted on 8/9/2003 at 06:49 PM
Yeah, chameleon... Old school legos rocked. There were castle dudes and
cool outerspace dudes and city dudes, and it all made sense.
Nowadays they have weird sets. I get confused when I see them on tv
nowadays. But you say they're still selling the good ol' legos? Well, maybe
there's hope yet.
As for the PETA, I'm alright with that... I hear they teach you how to
blend into shadows and travel amongst the treetops... And that could come
in handy sometime...
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chameleon
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posted on 7/9/2003 at 06:51 PM
(I didn't think this forum would attract all the attention it gets I am happy!)
Legos legos legos, I still have all my old legos. I laugh every time my
little brother gives me a Lego catalogue and they have this section called
"Classic Legos," of which I own every set. And damn those erector sets,
with all those metal pieces! I gave mine away several years ago to a
goodwill, hoping that someone somewhere would succeed where I could not.
I don't remember the sticker craze, but I do remember the Garbage Pail
Kids! Those things were awesome! Sick as hell, but awesome.
And Ironboots, be careful what you say, PETA has operatives everywhere and
might try to recruit you after that boisterous outburst of anti-fur
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It reflects but does not hold. Therefore, the perfect man can act
without
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Ironboots
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posted on 5/9/2003 at 07:23 PM
GAAHHH! FUR IS MURDER! FUR IS MURDER!
Okay, I realize that those stickers probably never had anything to do with
animals...
BUT STILL! Its the principle!
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posted on 5/9/2003 at 08:47 AM
FURRY STICKERS!!
I would make my mum buy me shit loads of normal stickers so I could trade
them in for furry stickers. Furry stickers were the coolest of the cool.
You were no-one if you didn't have furry stickers! I plastered my bedroom
in them - I had a heart attack the other day cause my dad's moving house
and he threw out my bedside table with my best furry stickers on. *sniff*
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Merry_Widow
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posted on 29/8/2003 at 07:56 PM
Oh god, the sticker books. I had almsot completely forgotten about those. I
still have a couple of those books around at my grandmothers house or
something. I used to be soooo fanatic about stickers. I still have these
giant rabbit stickers in one of my moms nursey medical books. I put it
there so it wouldn't get crinkled before I could out it in one fo my books.
I always loved stickers with sparkley stuff, or, better yet, scratch and
sniff. Oh yeah. I remember the stickers.
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Ironboots
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posted on 29/8/2003 at 01:32 PM
Yeah man, erector sets were bomb... Except I could never create anything
decent with them... It all ended up flopping around or not fitting quite
right... Oui, I got so frustrated... I must have stripped a hundred threads
on a hundred nuts...
But I hoarded the pulleys... 'cause everyone knows that pulleys are
magical... *glee*
I had more luck wtih legos... They were easy to make...
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Xaoswolf
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posted on 29/8/2003 at 07:03 AM
I need to bring my legos over to my apartment...
I remember making scenes with off shore oil rigs and highrises and then
having my Godzilla figure tear them apart.
Speaking of building thingies. Anybody else play with Constructs? Or
their predicessor, the Erecotr Set?
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Monolycus
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posted on 29/8/2003 at 12:07 AM
I still wear my moonboots that I have owned since I was 14 every time it
snows. I don't even think they make them anymore, but I have found nothing
better for keeping your toes toasty in inclement weather. And I love how
they make me look all hip, hop and happening.
oh man I just remembered....anyone else have sticker books and trade
stickers? I had a HUGE book of stickers and me and my sisters and friends
would trade them obsessively, and for a while you could even order a
sticker set that came with markers so you could color them in yourself.
We'd sit in her room listening to guns and roses and madonna, eat those
jumbo flavored chapsticks and trade stickers *sigh*
Oh, and hypercolors. Eegads, hypercolors. I had hypercolor everything.
Even moonboot looking snowboots that had stars that would change colors in
the cold. My mom took them away several times during the summer because
she'd keep mysteriously finding them in the freezer. I thought it was the
coolest thing in the world and hey, that's what freezers in the summer are
for right? Making your winter boots change color in august!
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Oh man my sister had a whole crapload of those that she kept hidden from my
mother, and did the shit ever hit the fan when she DID find them. She had
the whole series, and I throw it in her face to this day that she threw out
$800 today's worth of cards.
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Merry_Widow
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posted on 28/8/2003 at 09:45 PM
Oh geez, you don't remember them? Now I really feel old....
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dead-cell
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posted on 28/8/2003 at 08:38 PM
*raises hand* I remember Garbage Pail Kids. They were "Anti-Cabbage Patch
Kids." In fact Merry_Widow I know of someone who is trying to collect them
all. She usally finds a good supply on ebay. As for me legos are always a
good nostalgia trip.
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Ironboots
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posted on 28/8/2003 at 06:37 PM
Garbage Pail Kids? I don't remember them...
But I didn't mind the Muppet Babies and I loved the Tiny Toons.. Maybe it
was because I was their target age at the time or something... Who knows.
All I know is that Tiny Toons was a damn funny show. I mean, Plucky Duck
pleads his heart out to be taken with Hampton to a theme park for the
summer, endures a grueling road trip, and once he gets there, the Hampton's
only go on the monorail ride before leaving because "They don't want to do
it all the first time."
That show rocked.
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Merry_Widow
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posted on 28/8/2003 at 05:56 PM
Oh oh oh! Who remembers the Garbage Pail Kids?! Dead Ted, Hairy Mary,
Jason Basin... oh man I loved those things. I used to have so many of those
cards, I think they are trying to bring them back....
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MystryssRavynDarque
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posted on 28/8/2003 at 09:29 AM
Wow Bettie! I remember the baby phase of cartoons, it also annoyed the
hell out of me. I remember saying "This is the most horrible garbage
ever." Unfortunatley it was the only thing on and I had a baby sitter who
let the television watch us. Yes, I agree
Ironboots, the other guys truly were annoying. Give me a nerd over any of
them any day! Though I did have a crush on the guy with the long hair,
yumm for me back then, now I have another long haired guy who is nerdy in
mind.
The Power Rangers went from the original, to some ninja garbage after their
movie, then to some time force, and to some outer space shit at one time,
but two seperate shows. *Shudder*
____________________ "People always say what we are looking for is a meaning for life…I don't
think that's what we're looking for. I think what we're looking for is
the
experience of being alive." -Joseph Campbell
Oh and if you wanna hear something kind of funny, I remember when I was
working at a college radio station with the music director, we got in an
artist photo, bio and a sampler CD from one ms. Brittany Spears and we were
like "who the fuck is this?" and had a good laugh over it. I think we
gave it to someone, and they were like "who's this?" and we said "Oh, just
some pop chick who's manager is trying to get her air time."
If only we knew *sigh*
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