forgot to mention…..anyone…
grew up in jersey city,…
grew up in jersey city, NJ during the 70’s…..one weapon i learned to use was the “dirt bomb”……balled up a wad of dirt in to a tight ball and throw it….those dirt bomb fights were fun until my friend shelton hit me in the chest one day and yelled out “WIN-CHEST-ER”!!!i was wearing a brown windbreaker as i recall and it stung by boney little chest and i though it’d cave in………………wonder if i can find shelton (back turned, preferably)
lol, for Christ’s sake randy…
lol, for Christ’s sake randy rabinowitz…..you made my day….i used to do the same thing with the half spaldeens…..used to stick them to my face, or stick it around my mouth and try to breath….what a dopey kid i was, lol……..or maybe i was just a normal avg kid back then…..as i’m writing this i have a blue rubber ball on my keyboard…closest thing i could find to a spaldeen…anyhow, i also got a stick in my closet….taped and ready in case at the age of 41 someone wants to challenge me…….take it easy
Anyone ever play a game…
Anyone ever play a game called hot box or it’s also known as pickle. My mom actually taught this to my younger brother and I. If you’re not familar with it I will explain it. First you need 2 bases, a ball and at least 3 players. 2 are the basemen and 1 is the base runner. One of the basemen holds the ball with the runner at that base. The runner heads for the other base as soon as the basemen throws the ball to the other basemen. The basemen try to tag the runner while the runner tries to get safe. If the runner is tagged, the runner and basemen who tagged him/her will switch positions.
To Stephen in Ireland …
I’m German, but growning…
I’m German, but growning up in Rochester, NY, at family get-togethers my parents and my aunt and uncle would get out the bocce set and play in the backyard. It was on grass so I guess you could call it lawn bowling, but they’re all the same game. I’d ask if I could play, and the grown ups would let me throw a couple of balls. On my last birthday I bought a present for myself and got a bocce set. It’s a great game even for the kids.
what a great site!! i grew…
what a great site!! i grew up playing skelly in bklyn in the 70s and i have recently decided to remind some of my old friends about it, maybe teach some new ones about it, and try to bring it back to life here in bklyn. i am also going to try to document any and all of the permanent skelly courts i can find, starting with bklyn, but hopefully covering the entire city. if anyone knows of a few courts in parks or even painted onto the street, please send me an email. thanks so much!
I remember fondly playing…
I remember fondly playing dodgeball in the front yard. We’d divide the front yard in half with a long handle of a rake or push broom. Divide into 2 teams. We’d get 2 nerf balls (you gotta love nerf balls), and give 1 to each team. Teams were like 3 per side, so we did the 3 hit rule. You had 3 hits before you were out. Out was the front steps where you waited to get back in. If someone on your team caught the ball you’d go back in. The winner was the first to force all the other players out on the other team. That’s how we played it in Rochester, NY.
Our Girl Scout Service Unit…
Our Girl Scout Service Unit is having a camping weekend using the 70’s theme. For games, we have decided to use double-dutch jump rope for outdoors with chinese jumprope to be the indoor game if it rains. I’m looking for information on history of both and rhymes to include in the leaders’ packets. Thanks.