Has anybody played “pinners”…
We played a game like that…
We played a game like that but we called it “pinners”. Basically it was baseball,if the ball landed before the sidewalk that passed the front of the house it was a base hit, if the ball landed on the sidewalk it was a double, if the ball landed in the grass between the sidewalk and the street it was a triple if the ball landed in the street it was a homerun. the foul lines were the width of the steps. also if you catch the ball on a fly and you throw the ball and hit “only the second step” it was a double play.
Remember the guys that would…
Ruby the Knishman was more…
Yippee. Others who remember…
Yippee. Others who remember skully. I thought it was skully. Try telling people in Florida about skully. They think I am nuts. We had fun with our creatively designed bottle caps. We played in Brooklyn, in the playground of our projects — which was the Harry Silver’s Butcher’s Coop. I kind of remember the layout, with the border around the center square, but it would be nice if someone knew exactly how it was set up and how to play. I’d like to bring back some fun times.
I my first two wheel bike…
I my first two wheel bike was a black Schwinn Typhoon. It was a regular bike (not a Stingray) and had 20″ Wheels. It came with training wheels. Somehow I managed to lose a training wheel and thats how I learned to ride a two wheeler. I think for several weeks I rode leaning to one side until I eventually learned to do it. My parents later converted the bike to a Stingray because that is what every other kid was riding. It had a white banana seat, Stingray handlebars and a Sissy bar on the back.
Water Pistols, Cap Guns,…
Capture the Flag was always…
Capture the Flag was always a favorite. We had two teams that were responsible for defending their own flag while trying to capture their opponents flag at the same time. The game was played thru the whole neighborhood so we were running thru everyones backyards causing all kinds of destruction. Long Island NY in the 1960s-70s.