In Which Decade Were You Born?

Much love to all

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Originally Posted by Aviza I was born in 74, I remember my big wheel being stolen my playhouse being hit by a tornado that had to be about 1977 my brother was a baby. The 80's were a great decade roller skates, computers being invented. programming games into it to play, horse racing, pilot.

That's horrible, about your Big Wheels being stolen! Oh, I so wanted one of those, but they wouldn't get one for me. Same answer: "That's for boys."

Some things I did get, even though I wasn’t a boy. I got this sort of early version of legos only they were made to look like a brick and came with plastic doors, windows and green vinyl for a roof. You could build different houses with them. I also got a microscope. But I didn’t get chemistry sets or the erector sets I really, really wanted.

I did get a chemistry set, that was fun

I'm not sure what erector sets are (?)

I just looked it up I'd have liked those to, but ''no''

They were strips of metal in different shapes and sizes with holes drilled in them, metal wheels of different sizes and with nuts and bolts to build different things like a crane.

I've never heard of this one. Looks fun

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Originally Posted by Fuzzybear I've never heard of this one. Looks fun

It was fun I don't recall how the game was played, exactly, but I remember collecting little cherries in the baskets, and I liked that.

I don't remember playing hi ho cherry o but based on the picture it looks like you just spin the spinner in the middle and pick off (or add) cherries based on what you land on and the first one without cherries wins.

I was born in the mid 90's. I don't remember much from childhood other than candy land but I remember playing rollercoaster tycoon and tony hawk on xbox later on. And those things where you melt plastic to make spiders.

I don’t know about the 90’s but back in the 60’s there was the thing maker where you put liquids of different colors into a metal mold and heated it up. I had a bug creepy crawlers one. I heard they discontinued those though due to safety concerns.

Well... I was born in the late 1940's. Some things I recall having were Lincoln logs, I had the plastic bricks with the windows & doors you used to build houses, and I had an erector set. I also had Lionel trains. And I had a chemistry set (the smaller one they made at the time.) As a kid, I was very hard on my toys. Over the years I busted them all up, for the most part, and the pieces went to the trash.

One other thing I had was a machine gun! It sat on a tripod and shot rolls of caps. Plus there was a red tube at the end of the muzzle that moved rapidly in-&-out when you fired the gun to simulate flames coming out of the barrel! What a toy!

I used to play Hi Ho cherry O's my first couple years in elementary speech class. Me and the other 2 kids I was with would take turns practicing our R's and S's and then take our turn with the game.

We also played Oreo match up alot. They were plastic oreos that came apart and the cream side had shapes and stuff and you would lay them chocolate side up and whoever got the most matches won.

I had a Wizard Of Oz board game at home I begged my mom nonstop to play with me she probably regretted getting it for me for Christmas.

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Originally Posted by MuddyBoots I don't remember playing hi ho cherry o but based on the picture it looks like you just spin the spinner in the middle and pick off (or add) cherries based on what you land on and the first one without cherries wins. I was born in the mid 90's. I don't remember much from childhood other than candy land but I remember playing rollercoaster tycoon and tony hawk on xbox later on. And those things where you melt plastic to make spiders.

Oh, geez, you are even younger than my kids are. You have a lot of experience in life, no wonder you're such a special person, Boots.

Haha, Candy Land went on for decades. I loved it when i was a kid and I played it with my own children.

I want the making spiders out of plastic thing. That sounds so cool.

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Originally Posted by Skeezyks Well... I was born in the late 1940's. Some things I recall having were Lincoln logs, I had the plastic bricks with the windows & doors you used to build houses, and I had an erector set. I also had Lionel trains. And I had a chemistry set (the smaller one they made at the time.) As a kid, I was very hard on my toys. Over the years I busted them all up, for the most part, and the pieces went to the trash. One other thing I had was a machine gun! It sat on a tripod and shot rolls of caps. Plus there was a red tube at the end of the muzzle that moved rapidly in-&-out when you fired the gun to simulate flames coming out of the barrel! What a toy!

Wow, Skeezyks, that machine gun sounds like a FAB anger management tool. Much better than beating on my pillow Do ya think maybe I can find one on ebay?

You're my husband's age. He remembers dressing up in a cowboy outfit and playing with cap guns that would occasionally shoot out an extra little blast of gun powder that would burn some kid's arm.

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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed .... I had a Wizard Of Oz board game at home I begged my mom nonstop to play with me she probably regretted getting it for me for Christmas.

A Wizard of Oz board game...that sounds incredible.

I was born in 1970 in Moscow and we had those exact sets to build and I loved them. They were called "constructors". I was not a girlie girl and played with stuffed animals and those "constructor" toys, not dolls, for the most part. I did have one cherished girl, Marina. She was dressed in a green pantsuit. She had long medium brown straight hair. She wore a faux fur coat over the pantsuit. The fur was grey-brown and instead of buttons there was a black faux leather double belt with two round buckles. I adored Marina.

And then my older cousin, without asking for my permission, used felt pens to paint Marina's nails and I could not take off the color. I was devastated. She ruined my doll.

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Originally Posted by Tart Cherry Jam ...I did have one cherished girl, Marina. She was dressed in a green pantsuit. She had long medium brown straight hair. She wore a faux fir coat over the pantsuit. The fir was grey-brown and instead of buttons there was a black faux leather double belt with two round buckles. I adored Marina.

Ohhh, Marina sounds beautiful! I am so sorry your cousin molested her nails. Rotten

December of 1978,day before New Years day becoming 1979.Mom remembers being in the hospital on New Years day recovering after giving birth to me.

Now I have the word for it. Molested!! Yes. I have never forgiven my cousin for that .

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Originally Posted by Stronglady1 December of 1978,day before New Years day becoming 1979.Mom remembers being in the hospital on New Years day recovering after giving birth to me.

I'm a December 28th baby and there's a member here who is January 1st - twins! A Capricorn sun...no wonder your name is Stronglady.

The world was overhauled when you were a year and a day old.

So what do you remember about the '80's?

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Originally Posted by Tart Cherry Jam Now I have the word for it. Molested!! Yes. I have never forgiven my cousin for that .

"me molesta" - it bothers me

A lot, a couple were watching my two younger brothers being born in October of 1980 and September of 1982.Wore my I am a big sister shirt my dad got me

60s. I grew up far away from the US so some stuff is similar and some is very different. We played board games a lot. Like chutes and ladders. One was called circus. I remember how it looked. It was cute.

1953 model here. I remember flying on an airplane across the US FROM L.A. To Kansas. It was pre-jets & had 4 engines. Going through a thunder storm one of the engines went out & they shut down the other one on the other side to balance it out....me, I was sure we wete going to crash....happy landing....no problem.

I remember the black & white tube TV before electronics....no color TV in our house till mid 60's.

Party line phones were so much fun to find out what your neighbors were up to.

Don't remember a lot about my childhood. School was fun & an escape from home. My mom didn't drive so had no way to do anything outside the neighborhood so school was my escape & learning was what I was sure was my way to a better life

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Originally Posted by eskielover 1953 model here. I remember flying on an airplane across the US FROM L.A. To Kansas. It was pre-jets & had 4 engines. Going through a thunder storm one of the engines went out & they shut down the other one on the other side to balance it out....me, I was sure we wete going to crash....happy landing....no problem. Haha! Ohhh, noooo! I do remember when people began talking about "jet airplanes." My parents used to take me to visit family in NYC when I was young and (of course you'll remember this) people got dressed in their finest to fly. It was nice. And the stewardesses were so cute, all matching with little hats. Geez, the most recent time I flew I wore pajamas on the plane. I remember the black & white tube TV before electronics....no color TV in our house till mid 60's. We had an old B&W until 1976. My mom never watched TV and she wasn't about to spend money on a "new one." That B&W was older than I was, no kidding. But the new color TV had pong on it Party line phones were so much fun to find out what your neighbors were up to. We didn't ever have party lines here, but my best friend in La Vernia (near San Antonio, TX.) did. When I visited her she'd let me listen in on the party line. So strange! I'd never experienced anything like it. I still can't understand...how can people have a private conversation when they have to know others are listening? But my party line experience was in the late '80's and '90's. Don't remember a lot about my childhood. School was fun & an escape from home. My mom didn't drive so had no way to do anything outside the neighborhood so school was my escape & learning was what I was sure was my way to a better life Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane, eskie.

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Anybody here in their teens during the '70's? I was in high school between 1976 and 1981. The music was fabulous! A fascinating era.