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Remember click-claks, footsie,…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on May 3, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsMay 3, 1999

Remember click-claks, footsie, hula hoop?? The click-claks were sometimes made out of glass, and they occasionally would break and injure kids. Footsie is very similar to skip-it of today.

Posted in Toys | Tagged tops and yo-yos

I grew up on Olinville Avenue…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on May 3, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014

I grew up on Olinville Avenue in the 60’s-70’s.

Posted in Bronx, Locales | Tagged I grew up...

My boyfriend and I couldn’t…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on May 3, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsMay 3, 1999

My boyfriend and I couldn’t go to each other’s houses to “fool around”. We used to fool around in the stairwell of my building. It doesn’t sound very romantic….but when I was 16, it was the best place to be! There was a separate entrance from the front of my building, with it’s own tiny foyer area, and then the door to the stairwell. It seemed like our own private little getaway!

Posted in Young romance | Tagged young love locations

My first kiss took place…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on May 3, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014

My first kiss took place while hanging out in a parking lot with friends. We must have been in 7th grade, and I had a crush on the boy (since he had kissed me on the cheek in kindergarten). We were playing “truth or dare”…and that’s how it happened! (Nothing else ever happened between us after “the kiss”.)

Posted in Hanging Out, Young romance | Tagged first kiss

I loved hanging out in the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on May 3, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014

I loved hanging out in the playground by my building in the Bronx. When I got older (like 16 or 17) my friends and I would hang out on the back benches (so my parents couldn’t see from the windows), and drink beer that we bought at the local bodega!

Posted in Bronx, Hanging Out, Playgrounds

if you want to lose money…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on May 3, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 16, 2019

if you want to lose money open a great school. Pay the teachers adequately.Or pay them what athletes and superstar actors get. If you need to lose more money, franchise the idea! Just think, excellent schools in every state, where teachers are paid great salaries. This money losing idea is so fantastic, the government might get wind of it! But the government already knows how to lose billions on war-oriented, death oriented enterprises. Let’s give money losing opportunities in life-oriented, hope oriented, help-oriented and education-affirming projects.

Posted in Site suggestions | Tagged "The Projects", Streetplay business goals

The kids today have so many…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on May 3, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014

The kids today have so many sophisticated toys, and are bored stiff. We were fully occupied with so many games utilizing nothing more than a rubber ball, or bottle cap. I would love it if someone could refresh my memory on how to play the game of skelly and how to draw the court. I would love to teach my kids.

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Celan, We have great…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on May 3, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsMay 3, 1999

Celan, We have great respect for the teaching profession and appreciate that you are good at losing money (with the y even). But the question is, How can we lose lots of money? Not small time stuff – we need to lose millions to get really big. Any thoughts?

Posted in Site suggestions | Tagged Streetplay business goals

Professionals are called…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on May 3, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsDecember 4, 2019

Professionals are called “speliologists.” Amateur enthusiasts are called “spelunkers.” Bored high school kids from Pennsylvania are called “cavers.” I grew up in the part of Pennsylvania that sits on top of limestone caves. My friends and I would go exploring the caverns between Kutztown and Reading. Never mind what went on down there. Suffice to say, whatever county police department had jurisdiction above us, no law enforcement official ever got his uniform dirty following us down our hobbit holes. You had to wear old clothes. Cave dirt cakes on and doesn’t come out. We’d bring down flashlights and candles, tunes (cassettes, or course, as CDs hadn’t been invented, 8-tracks were so-last-year, and radio was obviously out), lunch, and whatever else we needed. The acoustics were perfect for Rush, Foghat or Richie Blackmore’s Rainbow. There was a reputedly bottomless well of near-freezing spring water. I wouldn’t say we were environmentalists, but we did endeavor to leave the caves pretty much as we found them. There were some kids — from the colleges I think — who didn’t have the same level of respect. Graffiti, cigarette butts, garbage — OK, this doesn’t sound so terrible to anyone who grew up in the five boroughs, but out in America it was kind of disgraceful.

Posted in Locales | Tagged I grew up..., Pennsy Pinkie

How do I get ahold of Ira…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on May 3, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014

How do I get ahold of Ira Mevorah or his brother Marvin? I want to talk about Kitland, Building 18, and other “old days” stuff? fasteddy [at] connect [dot] net

Posted in Member spotlight | Tagged Ira Mevorah, Rochdale Jets

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