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Didn’t see anyone here from…

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Didn’t see anyone here from my Brooklyn… I think that is cause most of the people are still there saying, “Yeah I live in Brooklyn, so F***ing What???” Since I was born (Brighton Beach 1968) till I left (Williamsburg 1999) I lived in Brooklyn all my life. Most of my childhood I lived in the Sheepshead Bay area, From Kings Highway to Graves End to the Bay. Man, it was hard, fun, wild, sad and wonderful. So much to say about it, for the things everyone remembers Wed. fireworks (think it was wed. or maybe Thurs.) at Coney, to the things people would like to forget, like seeing a black guy get his ass kicked, just because he was black or for that matter, me getting my ass kicked cause my friend had a big mouth. Learned a lot growing up there about people and life. I can’t see myself having grown up anywhere else. Miss being young there, skelly and Peas and butter, asses up, off the wall, Also, off the wall in mellet park, kick the can, ringaleavio, War, red rover, all the different tag games, the local drug store that sold the best eggcreams, Wonderful Mr. Iseman (hope I’m spelling it right) who used to run a few movies theaters in Brooklyn like the Kingsway and fortway, who used to let me in for nothing cause my brothers used to work there, to getting my first job that Joe’s Pizza on ave. U (that was a good slice), BLOCK PARTIES!!! Remember those?????? Wow… man… Halloween in Bklyn was always a blast, there was the house on AVE X and 15th or something and they alwasy put on a show, then you have 4th of July, where some blocks you couldn’t even get through because if the big fire in the middle of the street with the mats and block busters going off (got a few wax loads in my gut, from time to time). Anyone remember Sheepshead Bay Roller disco? How about Romeo and Juliet’s Disco? All the bars in Bay Ridge? Calm houses at the Bay? Spumoni Gardens? Man, I can go on and on. I’ll tell you, from 1974 when I was only 6 to about 1988 when I was 18, was some of the best times and the worst I have ever had and I miss it all.

I’ve posted here a few times,…

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I’ve posted here a few times, talking about skelly, (how we called it) and Red Hot Peas and Butter (thought no one knew that one and I was wrong) and lately Skelly came back to mind. Now, I am 33 and I don’t have kids yet but I’d like to soon and maybe that is why skelly has been in my thoughts. That and, I an now living in Los Angeles and I see the kids around my block riding bikes but not doing much else and I thought, ‘Man, these kids could use a skelly board!’ So, I am going to do it. I have built my first skelly piece since I was 12 or so. Felt really good. Been keeping my eyes out for sweet pieces that would make good skelly caps. Now, I’m looking for a nice place to put the board. First I would like to just try chalk but later get a little spray paint and go on a midnight tagging run. I mean, could you think of a better way to do it? I’m sure that some of the kids around would get a kick out of it and I am sure that if people saw us playing, they would want too as well. Also, I thought it might be nice to leave that out here on the west coast before I head back east. Anyone ever hear of Skelly being played in the west??? I doubt it but it’s worth asking. Hey, how about any games that were played out west? Seems to me, from reading this site, that all the cool games where big in the east. Looking forward to showing skelly and a lot of other games to my kid one day. And yes, I had thought that skelly would make a great computer game, what are people waiting for. Damn I wish I knew programing.

I played marbles as a child…

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I played marbles as a child with my brothers. I am a writer and have an idea about a book of fiction with the game of marbles as the central theme. I need people to respond to me with the memories they have of playing the game. I also would like to hear from anyone who is still playing and in one of the clubs across the country. Any input for me would be great. Thank you ahead of time.

While we all played and…

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While we all played and had fun all year long, the Summer months usually brought special memeories. What are some of yours? I remember the distinct smell when it rained on a hot summers day – rain, and concrete and asphalt was a unique experience of the senses that one couldn’t experience anywhere else but in NYC. Remember the steam coming up from the streets? I also remember going to Yankee and Met games with the local PAL…I think we had to pay a buck which included transportation, lunch, and the ticket! I also remember the moths and bugs swirling around the street lights on a steamy, hot, Summer’s night…and Mr. Softee music and the light from its truck in the background. Banana boats were under a buck…wow! I also remember making genies by emptying the gunpowder from leftover firecrackers from the night before on the 4th of July…we called it the 4th. I also remember eating those freeze pops in the plasic sleeves…may favorite was blue ice, what was yours?….not to mention the chocolate eclair or creamsicles from the Good Humor man or Bungalow Bar. And what about jamming ourselves in the boys and girls entrances in the schoolyard until the rain was over….one last powerful Queens memory….going to Weiss’s and Lenny’s clam bar on the way back from Rockaway beach. Oh, Summer in NYC, I wish I could have just one day back again!

I’ve been searching high…

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I’ve been searching high and low for info/references on a game I played a lot in 5th and 6th grade called Goofball. As I remember, it was a played with a wiffleball bat and a tennis ball. No gloves were allowed. First and third base were the same, but second base was like out in center field or even beyond, usually a big tree or piece of playground equipment. The batting team had three outs to work with, supplied the pitcher and generally played by three-pitch rules. However, you could hit it anywhere: in front of you, behind you etc so no such thing as a foul ball. Like three-pitch, you had three pitches total to hit the ball “safely” (meaning not caught by the fielding team or not hitting a runner), and could be called out if you swung/missed or didn’t swing on the third pitch. Outs were made by pop flys or line drives caught, force outs (1st base only as I remember), not hitting safely by the third pitch, being tagged by the ball (with the ball in hand by an opposing team member, or getting hit by a thrown or batted ball), or not returning home before your next at-bat. If you made it to first base, once you left first (or any) base, you couldn’t return to it. However, you could have multiple players on a single base, and it didn’t matter whether the guy/gal that batted behind or ahead of you scored or was called out before you. It made for some crazy chases where runners who left first or second would run all over the place, towards the school corridors, hiding out, until they knew it was safe to advance to the next base. I do remember that you had to get home before your next at-bat or it was an automatic out. If anyone has any additional info on this, or knows where I can go to find some, please email me at gobruins99 [at] yahoo [dot] com. Thanks.

Remember the mars Attacks…

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Remember the mars Attacks cards? I remember trading someone a pen, a dollar, and some baseball cards for the whole set…wish I still had them. When we had the drills where we had to “make like a turtle and crawl into a ball under your desk” in school, I would wonder if we were under attack.

PS 66 in Richmond Hill Queens…

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PS 66 in Richmond Hill Queens had everything from punchball, stickball, slapball (“Slap”). basketball, off the wall, asses up, ringelevio, coco-monster, chinese, handball, whiffleball, errors, 5 boxes, hit the penny, strikeouts, to softball. I even remember the “non athletic” kids playing checkers, chess, or cards off in some corner. Out in the street were skelly games, I Declare War, Tops, and kids doing unbelievable things with yo-yos. Soemtimes we would use nearby Forest park fo ringelevio…and of course one of the Queens meccas, Victory Field. What memories. This experience of playing led me to my wonderful profession – a Physical Educator.

I’m helping with a research…

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I’m helping with a research project that is exploring leisure and pasttimes (and escapism) during the Great Depression. Any memories you might have or heard from parents or grandparents would be appreciated. I know my mother talked about paper dolls, jacks, and hopscotch because they cost little or no money. Any memories you would like to share?

Let’s see…you took off…

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Let’s see…you took off from some region of France (Alsace is one that I remember) and then tried to escort your convoy acroos to the enemy. You could hit a key and release a group of soldiers, tank, or truck on their way. There were missiles which homed in on you and followed you around. Any help? I cant remember the name. It is not chopper command or choplifter, though they are similar. The key is the fact that you started in the regions in France, it might have been regions in the world, but I definitely remember Alsace, France. Thanks for the help. I’d like to know where i could get a copy. -Ben