4 hours ago, Bklynracer said:

Born and raised in Brooklyn, we called it skelzies

 

5 hours ago, silverado427 said:

I grew up in Ozone Park NY.  We played this  game skully. You used bottle caps and you melted wax, And added it  inside the cap to give it some weight. You played it in the street. you caulk it out on the street. kinda like pool. You flicked the bottle cap with your finger.

 

 

Born in Brooklyn, raised in jersey, we called it skully too. Used to play that in the street as a kid all the time.

7 hours ago, silverado427 said:

 

How often does the dog win??

12 hours ago, njpilot said:

 

Born in Brooklyn, raised in jersey, we called it skully too. Used to play that in the street as a kid all the time.

Born on Long Island, raised in the Bronx and played skully in Harlem......where it was on the blacktop in the street

Every day....

8 minutes ago, silverado427 said:

Man, I remember playing with those for hours!

1 hour ago, silverado427 said:

Now they were fun!

Until you managed to land the rocket on someone's roof, never to be seen again.

(All the roofs in the part of Mt Airy where I grew up were flat)

2 minutes ago, njJoniGuy said:

Now they were fun!

Until you managed to land the rocket on someone's roof, never to be seen again.

(All the roofs in the part of Mt Airy where I grew up were flat)

Or you shoot your brother in the Adam's apple with one and dad kicks your ass and takes it away. Ahhhhhh the good old days

They still sell them:

https://www.scientificsonline.com/product/water-rocket

 

Hmmmmmmm......

5 minutes ago, Displaced Texan said:

They still sell them:

https://www.scientificsonline.com/product/water-rocket

 

Hmmmmmmm......

Shocked there's no warning label, but it does say "Adult supervision is recommended"

Did anyone see this candy dish at their Grandma's house.

When I was a kid , This was the do all healing cure for cuts and scrapes.

And it burned like hell.

 

 

9 minutes ago, silverado427 said:

When I was a kid , This was the do all healing cure for cuts and scrapes.

And it burned like hell.

 

 

From what I can remember, it's orange and smelly also.

3 minutes ago, PK90 said:

From what I can remember, it's orange and smelly also.

It was. With a glass rod in-cap applicator.

But it worked!

4 hours ago, silverado427 said:

I broke our neighbors window with one of those.

On 7/4/2019 at 3:21 PM, silverado427 said:

I grew up in Ozone Park NY.  We played this  game skully. You used bottle caps and you melted wax, And added it  inside the cap to give it some weight. You played it in the street. you caulk it out on the street. kinda like pool. You flicked the bottle cap with your finger.

 

 

Played it on Neptune Ave in Jersey City all summer.  One or two of the older kids painted the board on the street.  We just called it “Bottle caps”.  

2 hours ago, silverado427 said:

When I was a kid , This was the do all healing cure for cuts and scrapes.

And it burned like hell.

 

 

Yup, turned your skin orange.  Haven’t seen it since the 70’s.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merbromin

The FDA considers it a bit toxic.  Although it contains no chromium, it does contain mercury atoms.

Umm..... what was funny about this?  I’m not seeing it.....

Nevermind.....  its a memory lane thing.

37 minutes ago, Kevin125 said:

Yup, turned your skin orange.  Haven’t seen it since the 70’s.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merbromin

The FDA considers it a bit toxic.  Although it contains no chromium, it does contain mercury atoms.

Umm..... what was funny about this?  I’m not seeing it.....

Nevermind.....  its a memory lane thing.

I remember it as Tincture Merthiolate, same orange and same burns like hell!

I had this battery operated Flintstones Dino the Dinosaur toy.  I don't remember it making that whining sound though!

 

 

Anyone remember these?

Had that too!  A hand me down from my uncle I think!  Never much liked it since the screws were a pain in the ass at my young age!  HOLY SHIT!  Were all almost DEAD!  Well THAT SUCKS!!!

1 hour ago, Scorpio64 said:

I know I had the last two kits as a child.

If this doesn't bring a smile to your face, You have issues.

8 hours ago, Sniper said:

Anyone remember these?

I had one of those. Now it's been replaced by an Erection Set.

1 hour ago, silverado427 said:

If this doesn't bring a smile to your face, You have issues.

I used to buy those from the candy truck next to my school. Candy truck, remember those?

3 hours ago, Scorpio64 said:

Ahhhh yes.... remember that well...