Pickle might be this (although I'd never heard of it either) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickleball

Yeah, that's probably it. Thanks, Patty!

I'm so sorry, Jeff...I knew a few people in my life that was afraid to go swimming, too.   :(

Yep. It wasn't until my teens that I began to take an interest in swimming lessons.


My mother made sure I always had those floaties, too, when I was little.   :)

I don't remember ever wearing them (altho I probably did), but they might've helped me.

My mother made sure I always had those floaties, too, when I was little.

Were you able to go into the pool alone or did you need some assistance? ???

Sounds like you had a good time! :)

What is "pickle" and how is it played?

It's a game where you have 2 people standing about 30 feet apart from each other, those are the bases, then you have kids in the middle and the 2 people throw a ball back and forth to each other, while the kids run back and forth touching the bases withouth getting hit by the ball or tagged before they touch the base. That's it!  :)

Were you able to go into the pool alone or did you need some assistance? ???


Nope, I didn't need any assistance....my mother wanted to make sure I was safe, though.  :)

  Riding our bikes and using a hump in the street as a ramp.  Playing baseball, a manhole cover serving as home plate.  Two-hand touch football - and sometimes tackle football.  Playing SWAT - everyone wanted to be Jim Street.  Playing superheros with the dish towel and safety pin cape.  Hide and seek tag.  Flashlight tag at night. Playing army (or war or whatever) on a nearby hillside with toy machine guns and throwing dirt clods and pine cones at each other.  Someone would get hit with a clod, start crying, run home, game over.  Digging for gold on the same hill with claw hammers, which we did all the time.  We played everything...

  The Dukes of Hazzard was big time, and we had the neighborhood divided-up into counties.  Whenever you rode into someone else's "county" you got chased by the sheriff.  We even played Mork & Mindy, but I don't remember exactly how we did that...

  That hill was cool because several "environments" were represented.  The face of the hill was bare dirt, devoid of any vegetation so could be used as a desert if needed.  The top of the hill was covered in pine trees and eucalyptus trees and could be a forest.  The other side of the hill was lush and green and covered with dense foilage, like a jungle.  The street below and amongst the houses served as the "urban" environment when we needed to be in the city...

  Where the action took place.  Rough guide to 7th Avenue in the 1970s.  John told me last year that when he dies he wishes to be buried on the Hill...

  http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/TheHillon7thAve.jpg

  All the games listed in the poll were games we played mostly at school, not at home...

I remember playing outside in the summer and the heavy thunderstorms came and boy did I run home on my bike as fast as I can.  :o

  Riding our bikes and using a hump in the street as a ramp.  Playing baseball, a manhole cover serving as home plate.  Two-hand touch football - and sometimes tackle football.  Playing SWAT - everyone wanted to be Jim Street.  Playing superheros with the dish towel and safety pin cape.  Hide and seek tag.  Flashlight tag at night. Playing army (or war or whatever) on a nearby hillside with toy machine guns and throwing dirt clods and pine cones at each other.  Someone would get hit with a clod, start crying, run home, game over.  Digging for gold on the same hill with claw hammers, which we did all the time.  We played everything...

  The Dukes of Hazzard was big time, and we had the neighborhood divided-up into counties.  Whenever you rode into someone else's "county" you got chased by the sheriff.  We even played Mork & Mindy, but I don't remember exactly how we did that...

  That hill was cool because several "environments" were represented.  The face of the hill was bare dirt, devoid of any vegetation so could be used as a desert if needed.  The top of the hill was covered in pine trees and eucalyptus trees and could be a forest.  The other side of the hill was lush and green and covered with dense foilage, like a jungle.  The street below and amongst the houses served as the "urban" environment when we needed to be in the city...

  Where the action took place.  Rough guide to 7th Avenue in the 1970s.  John told me last year that when he dies he wishes to be buried on the Hill...

  http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/TheHillon7thAve.jpg

   All the games listed in the poll were games we played mostly at school, not at home...



I know what you mean about playing t.v. shows like SWAT & the Dukes of Hazzard. I remember in first grade playing Lost in Space. (I guess that is dating me again.  :-\\ ) I ALWAYS had to play Penny. If I wasn't Penny, I didn't want to play. One time I was Judy and I was so mad about it.  :D ;D  With my sibs, I remember somewhat playing the Addams Family & the Brady Bunch since there were 6 of us, also. We didn't really play per say, just say to my brother, "You're Gomez" or "You're Greg." Being the youngest, I was Wednesday and/or Cindy.



Cat

We had a phase of playing 6 million dollar man and the bionic woman.

Also Evel Knievel on bicycles, jumping using a ramp made from an old plank and a pile of bricks.

We had a phase of playing 6 million dollar man and the bionic woman.

Also Evel Knievel on bicycles, jumping using a ramp made from an old plank and a pile of bricks.


That sounds like a sweet jump.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HTE1AptM2qk/SVl6sJz3DEI/AAAAAAAAAfo/3uRicPhhRAc/s320/popcorn+tub+napoleon+dynamite.jpg

We had a phase of playing 6 million dollar man and the bionic woman.

Also Evel Knievel on bicycles, jumping using a ramp made from an old plank and a pile of bricks.


did you guys do the super speed run ......by running in slow motion too!  ;D

We had a phase of playing 6 million dollar man and the bionic woman.

Also Evel Knievel on bicycles, jumping using a ramp made from an old plank and a pile of bricks.


Did you get hurt?

We had a phase of playing 6 million dollar man and the bionic woman.

Also Evel Knievel on bicycles, jumping using a ramp made from an old plank and a pile of bricks.

We did as well, I had a Evel Knievel bike ( miniature) and ramp set, and we also did the 6 million dollar man thing.

It's a game where you have 2 people standing about 30 feet apart from each other, those are the bases, then you have kids in the middle and the 2 people throw a ball back and forth to each other, while the kids run back and forth touching the bases withouth getting hit by the ball or tagged before they touch the base. That's it!  :)


We used to play that but we just called it run the bases. Another of my favorite games was kill the man with the ball.

in the summertime we used to swim in the many irrigation ditches that surrounded the orchards and fields. the ditches are about 10 feet wide and the water about 3-4 feet deep, clear clean water from the San Joaquin River.

today I would never let my kid swim in such a dangerous place  ::)

in the summertime we used to swim in the many irrigation ditches that surrounded the orchards and fields. the ditches are about 10 feet wide and the water about 3-4 feet deep, clear clean water from the San Joaquin River.

today I would never let my kid swim in such a dangerous place  ::)

Some of the stuff we did as kids (like climb from the front seat of a car to the back seat when it's going 70MPH..no seatbelt laws back then) we would not let our kids do today.

Nope, I didn't need any assistance....my mother wanted to make sure I was safe, though.  :)

That's what caring parents do. :) My mom always made sure I was safe in the pool too. So did my grandparents, whenever I went to their house (they had a pool in their backyard).

Some of the stuff we did as kids (like climb from the front seat of a car to the back seat when it's going 70MPH..no seatbelt laws back then) we would not let our kids do today.

Sounds too dangerous to even attempt. :o

  Riding our bikes and using a hump in the street as a ramp.  Playing baseball, a manhole cover serving as home plate.  Two-hand touch football - and sometimes tackle football.  Playing SWAT - everyone wanted to be Jim Street.  Playing superheros with the dish towel and safety pin cape.  Hide and seek tag.  Flashlight tag at night. Playing army (or war or whatever) on a nearby hillside with toy machine guns and throwing dirt clods and pine cones at each other.  Someone would get hit with a clod, start crying, run home, game over.  Digging for gold on the same hill with claw hammers, which we did all the time.  We played everything...

  The Dukes of Hazzard was big time, and we had the neighborhood divided-up into counties.  Whenever you rode into someone else's "county" you got chased by the sheriff.  We even played Mork & Mindy, but I don't remember exactly how we did that...

  That hill was cool because several "environments" were represented.  The face of the hill was bare dirt, devoid of any vegetation so could be used as a desert if needed.  The top of the hill was covered in pine trees and eucalyptus trees and could be a forest.  The other side of the hill was lush and green and covered with dense foilage, like a jungle.  The street below and amongst the houses served as the "urban" environment when we needed to be in the city...

  Where the action took place.  Rough guide to 7th Avenue in the 1970s.  John told me last year that when he dies he wishes to be buried on the Hill...

  http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/TheHillon7thAve.jpg

   All the games listed in the poll were games we played mostly at school, not at home...


Really nice neighborhood, Davester!  Looks like a lot of fun!  :)


I remember playing outside in the summer and the heavy thunderstorms came and boy did I run home on my bike as fast as I can.  :o


I wasn't allowed to do anything outside when there was a thunderstorm! Which was fine by me, because thunderstorms used to scare the hell out of me!  :o

did you guys do the super speed run ......by running in slow motion too!  ;D


Yep - complete with the sound effect or theme tune as appropriate!

We did as well, I had a Evel Knievel bike ( miniature) and ramp set, and we also did the 6 million dollar man thing.


With the red wind-up unit?  One of my brothers had that toy

Did you get hurt?


Doing what?

No one was seriously injured that I can recall.  One or two kids got bruised up when one of the younger kids tried the Evel Knievel thing.  We used to lie down next to the ramp so people could see how kids they could jump over.  Jason couldn't manage to jump at all.  He'd ride up the ramp then just drop his front wheel over, landing on whoever volunteered to lie next to the ramp.  After the first time no one dared volunteer!

Really nice neighborhood, Davester!  Looks like a lot of fun!  :)

Exactly as I was thinking. 8)



I wasn't allowed to do anything outside when there was a thunderstorm! Which was fine by me, because thunderstorms used to scare the hell out of me!  :o

That's good. No one should be outside during a thunderstorm, regardless of the time of year.

I know what you mean about playing t.v. shows like SWAT & the Dukes of Hazzard. I remember in first grade playing Lost in Space. (I guess that is dating me again.  :-\\ ) I ALWAYS had to play Penny. If I wasn't Penny, I didn't want to play. One time I was Judy and I was so mad about it.  :D ;D  With my sibs, I remember somewhat playing the Addams Family & the Brady Bunch since there were 6 of us, also. We didn't really play per say, just say to my brother, "You're Gomez" or "You're Greg." Being the youngest, I was Wednesday and/or Cindy.



Cat


  Television definately had playability.  Annie, like you, needed to play the female role - Mindy, Leia, Daisy or garden variety damsel-in-distress.  Terribly, terribly un-PC ain't it..? :P


Really nice neighborhood, Davester!  Looks like a lot of fun!  :)
 

  Thank you coqueta.  It sure was fun, but 90% of the fun was in our heads.  To have an imagination like that now I could probably write fiction novels...

  The google earth shot was in 2007, I think.  The old hood looks almost exactly the same as it did 30+ years ago...


We had a phase of playing 6 million dollar man and the bionic woman.

Also Evel Knievel on bicycles, jumping using a ramp made from an old plank and a pile of bricks.


  I still bear a very visible scar on my right forearm, about 2½ inches long, from doing just that - Eval Knievel jumps on our bikes.  In the picture you see where our ramp was.  The problem with the ramp was that after you made the jump you had to turn the instant your tires touched the ground or you'd smack into the hillside.  We all did that but my crash was particullarly nasty.  And if I remember correctly that day was my 7th or 8th birthday...


We did as well, I had a Evel Knievel bike ( miniature) and ramp set, and we also did the 6 million dollar man thing.


  From a picture in my bedroom, 1976...

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/Knievel.jpg

With the red wind-up unit?  One of my brothers had that toy

I don't remember. It's been too many years.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/Knievel.jpg

Wow,that's a nice bike. :)

So that must be you right next to it?  ;D

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/Knievel.jpg

Wow,that's a nice bike. :)

So that must be you right next to it?  ;D


  No, that's John's right arm...

Does anyone remember hopscotch in the summertime?

Does anyone remember hopscotch in the summertime?


Yeah and butterscotch candies and a glass of scotch!  :D

I didn't play outside much as a child because:

1--I hate to be outside
2--My father was afraid someone would abduct me.
3--I usually had pageant practice, choir practice or Campfire Girls meetings

But when I could get outside and away from Nickelodeon before it went to hell, I loved kickball. And softball.  ;D Pretty much anything where I coukd hit or kick stuff, I was game.

I didn't play outside much as a child because:

1--I hate to be outside
2--My father was afraid someone would abduct me.
3--I usually had pageant practice, choir practice or Campfire Girls meetings

But when I could get outside and away from Nickelodeon before it went to hell, I loved kickball. And softball.  ;D Pretty much anything where I coukd hit or kick stuff, I was game.


It's interesting to see how things change from generation to generation.  I was a latchkey kid from age 8 on.  In the summer I could go over to friends' houses, go ride bikes, play in the yard, at the schoolyard, go to the arcade etc.  I was brought up in suburban neighborhoods.  I guess my parents didn't worry much about someone abducting us.  We knew not to talk to strangers.  There were homes in my neighborhood with a red 'E' in the window to alert children to run to that house if a situation arose.

That being said, if and when I have children and they're of age to go outside and play, I'll probably want to be close by.

Yeah and butterscotch candies and a glass of scotch!  :D


http://www.mankus.com/images/Hopscotch.jpg


No,this hopscotch.^

It's interesting to see how things change from generation to generation.  I was a latchkey kid from age 8 on.  In the summer I could go over to friends' houses, go ride bikes, play in the yard, at the schoolyard, go to the arcade etc.  I was brought up in suburban neighborhoods.  I guess my parents didn't worry much about someone abducting us.  We knew not to talk to strangers.  There were homes in my neighborhood with a red 'E' in the window to alert children to run to that house if a situation arose.

That being said, if and when I have children and they're of age to go outside and play, I'll probably want to be close by.



My 10-year-old daughter is just coming round to the idea of sometimes getting home from school and waiting for me to come home a short time later.  Like you I was also a latchkey kid.  I must have been 7 when I went home on my own.  At first it was just to pick up sandwiches and then I went to a friends house.  But later on my older brothers were trusted to look after me!  The neighbours were generally around if we needed an adult.

I didn't play outside much as a child because:

1--I hate to be outside
2--My father was afraid someone would abduct me.
3--I usually had pageant practice, choir practice or Campfire Girls meetings

But when I could get outside and away from Nickelodeon before it went to hell, I loved kickball. And softball.  ;D Pretty much anything where I coukd hit or kick stuff, I was game.


I don't understand number 2?  ???

I don't understand number 2?  ???


Her father (male parent)

was afraid (scared, worried)

someone (person unknown)

would abduct (take, kidnap, run off with) me (Apollonia1986)

Does anyone remember hopscotch in the summertime?


I played hopscotch with my friends on my driveway...my parents were pretty cool about marking up the driveway with chalk.  :)

I played hopscotch with my friends on my driveway...my parents were pretty cool about marking up the driveway with chalk.  :)


Me too! I forgot about that!!!

Her father (male parent)

was afraid (scared, worried)

someone (person unknown)

would abduct (take, kidnap, run off with) me (Apollonia1986)


;D Thank you for clarifying that Karen!

Just for the record, no one has gotten abducted from my niehgborhood.  :-\\ But a fellow did run over a policeman with the squad car during a domestic dispute a few years ago. LOL.
For the most part of I was a latchkey kid. I watched so much TV, I usually scheduled my homework time around my favorite shows. Heck, it's hard trying to do 5 subjects in a 30 minute period (While Wheel of Fortune was on from 6:30-7:-00 pm) And if Michael was on, that was a "sick" day. LOL.
I played softball and kickball in school. I liked kickball until 4th grade when I took the ball to the stomach on the play ground. And I gave up on softball the day I hit the ball over the fence into the forest behind the school and teacher got hung up on the fence trying to go after it. LOL. 

I played hopscotch with my friends on my driveway...my parents were pretty cool about marking up the driveway with chalk.  :)

Mine too.

It would eventually fade away...especially when the rain came.

Mine too.

It would eventually fade away...especially when the rain came.


Either that or my mother would wash it off with a hose whenever she watered the plants in the front yard  ;D (we didn't have automatic sprinklers back then).

I played hopscotch with my friends on my driveway...my parents were pretty cool about marking up the driveway with chalk.   :)


How does one person win in hopscotch?  ???

How does one person win in hopscotch?  ???


we played it that it was the first person to complete all the numbers in order. 

we played it that it was the first person to complete all the numbers in order. 


That's how we played it too ! Is there another way ???

That's how we played it too ! Is there another way ???


The only difference I know of is the different layouts of the numbers.


http://www.mankus.com/images/Hopscotch.jpg







This is the one we used (though not this fancy!)

http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4868907/148791-main_Full.jpg


I also found a 'how to' video! 

http://www.ehow.com/video_4467037_how-hopscotch-winner-determined.html

The only difference I know of is the different layouts of the numbers.



This is the one we used (though not this fancy!)

http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4868907/148791-main_Full.jpg


I also found a 'how to' video! 

http://www.ehow.com/video_4467037_how-hopscotch-winner-determined.html



Thanks Karen. :)

The only difference I know of is the different layouts of the numbers.



This is the one we used (though not this fancy!)

http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4868907/148791-main_Full.jpg


I also found a 'how to' video! 

http://www.ehow.com/video_4467037_how-hopscotch-winner-determined.html



Thanks Karen. :)

The only difference I know of is the different layouts of the numbers.

This is the one we used (though not this fancy!)

http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4868907/148791-main_Full.jpg


I also found a 'how to' video!  

http://www.ehow.com/video_4467037_how-hopscotch-winner-determined.html



This is the configuration we used:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/TiuFeiKei(Hopscotch)_pattern.JPG/800px-TiuFeiKei(Hopscotch)_pattern.JPG

9 was 'home' and the first person to get there was the winner

^ That's the layout they painted on our school playground, and we were all confused.  They needed to check with the kids who'd be playing on it!

This is the configuration we used:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/TiuFeiKei(Hopscotch)_pattern.JPG/800px-TiuFeiKei(Hopscotch)_pattern.JPG

9 was 'home' and the first person to get there was the winner





Yeah, that's the configuration mostly used in the US, too. I like the other kind (with the alternating single- and double- squares) as well, though.

Yeah, that's the configuration mostly used in the US, too. I like the other kind (with the alternating single- and double- squares) as well, though.


The neighbourhood where I lived as a kid had pavement slabs laid out in that alternating design.  That may have been an influencing factor in why we used that pattern

I also used (periodically) a slightly different version with 9 squares, which was symmetrical:


9
8
6 7
5
3 4
2
1


This version is probably not widely used, but there are all kinds of variations.

I also used a variation with 10 squares that is similar to the above:


10
9
7 8
6
4 5
3
2
1

(Basically the standard U.S. version with an additional square on top.)

we used to go to school playfields or big parks and fly kites.

This is the configuration we used:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/TiuFeiKei(Hopscotch)_pattern.JPG/800px-TiuFeiKei(Hopscotch)_pattern.JPG

9 was 'home' and the first person to get there was the winner






I always thought the winner was the person with the higher number in hopscotch.  ???

I always thought the winner was the person with the higher number in hopscotch.  ???


Who knows - we probably made up our own rules!  ::) ;D ;)

Who knows - we probably made up our own rules!  ::) ;D ;)


So you had throw the little ball at a certain number?  ???

So you had throw the little ball at a certain number?  ???


We played it that you threw a small stone.  First played started at number 1.  If the stone landed on that with the first throw then they hopscotched up to the end, turned around on one leg then hopscotched back.  They picked up the stone whilst on places 2 and 3, hopped into 1 and then back.  Then they tried to get 2.  If they missed any number it was the next persons turn.

So you had throw the little ball at a certain number?  ???


A stone


We played it that you threw a small stone.  First played started at number 1.  If the stone landed on that with the first throw then they hopscotched up to the end, turned around on one leg then hopscotched back.  They picked up the stone whilst on places 2 and 3, hopped into 1 and then back.  Then they tried to get 2.  If they missed any number it was the next persons turn.


Same here

Does anyone remember hopscotch in the summertime?


Since you mentioned it first I'm beginning to wonder why we're explaining all this to you.  Did you ever play it?

Since you mentioned it first I'm beginning to wonder why we're explaining all this to you.  Did you ever play it?


I used to watch girls play it but never played it myself.

This is the configuration we used:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/TiuFeiKei(Hopscotch)_pattern.JPG/800px-TiuFeiKei(Hopscotch)_pattern.JPG

9 was 'home' and the first person to get there was the winner






That's basically how we did it, too.  :)

We played it that you threw a small stone.  First played started at number 1.  If the stone landed on that with the first throw then they hopscotched up to the end, turned around on one leg then hopscotched back.  They picked up the stone whilst on places 2 and 3, hopped into 1 and then back.  Then they tried to get 2.  If they missed any number it was the next persons turn.


Didn't you have to hop over the stone on the way up then pick it up on the way back. The playground near our house was segregated in the fact
that the boys would be on one side playing deadbox and the girls would be on the other playing hopscotch. I was interested in one of the girls so
I would watch her play; I think that how they played it.

Didn't you have to hop over the stone on the way up then pick it up on the way back. The playground near our house was segregated in the fact
that the boys would be on one side playing deadbox and the girls would be on the other playing hopscotch. I was interested in one of the girls so
I would watch her play; I think that how they played it.


Yeah, miss out the number the stone is on, on the way up and stop before it to pick up the stone on the way back

Yeah, miss out the number the stone is on, on the way up and stop before it to pick up the stone on the way back

I periodically did that too

Since you mentioned it first I'm beginning to wonder why we're explaining all this to you.  Did you ever play it?

I played it lots, always hung around a bunch of girls back then. I even had my own "ken" doll that the girls bought me. I liked hopscotch and skipping rope too, I got pretty good at it.

http://www.otherlandtoys.co.uk/images/jacks800w.jpg

This was a fun game to play,Jacks.

I played it lots, always hung around a bunch of girls back then. I even had my own "ken" doll that the girls bought me. I liked hopscotch and skipping rope too, I got pretty good at it.


Don't worry,I used to play with Barbie dolls. ;D

Yep - complete with the sound effect or theme tune as appropriate!



that's funny.... we did the same thing!

Her father (male parent)

was afraid (scared, worried)

someone (person unknown)

would abduct (take, kidnap, run off with) me (Apollonia1986)



OMG IF you were here right now I would  :-* you... you made me laugh so hard!!!!  ;D

I always thought the winner was the person with the higher number in hopscotch.  ???


that last person standing was the winner... so if you lost your balance you were out. 

we kept going until there was only one person left "in"

I used to watch girls play it but never played it myself.


:-X



Don't worry,I used to play with Barbie dolls. ;D


I bet you did!  :P

^Hey I was young and curious,what more do you want?  ::)

OMG IF you were here right now I would  :-* you... you made me laugh so hard!!!!  ;D



Me, too.



Cat

Don't worry,I used to play with Barbie dolls. ;D

I did as well, all the girls I hung around had them. Barbie clothes everywhere in my room.

I did as well, all the girls I hung around had them. Barbie clothes everywhere in my room.


I loved undressing them and looking at their plastic boobies.  ;D

I loved undressing them and looking at their plastic boobies.  ;D


wow....that's surprising I'm sure no one here thought that's what you liked to do with barbies...  ::)

wow....that's surprising I'm sure no one here thought that's what you liked to do with barbies...   ::)


But you replied and read it so you're one example.  ;)

I loved undressing them and looking at their plastic boobies.  ;D


for howard.....
barbie pron

please don't post the picture or describe it..... I don't want you to get into trouble  

for howard.....
barbie pron

please don't post the picture or describe it..... I don't want you to get into trouble  


Ok Snoz I won't. ;)

Ok Snoz I won't. ;)


thanks

thanks


your welcome.

Baseball soccer. Anyone play that? It's like baseball, but with a soccer ball. The Pitcher would roll the soccer ball from the pitching mound, and the *batter* at home plate would kick the ball and then the same rules applied as in baseball.

http://www.otherlandtoys.co.uk/images/jacks800w.jpg

This was a fun game to play,Jacks.



We used to play Jacks/Knucklebones - but with these:


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/131805178_6617d7fde2.jpg?v=0



And with these rules:

    * Over hand ones, twos, threes, fours - first "jockey" then eliminate all you have caught except one. Throw this one up and whilst it is in the air quickly pick one (two, three, or four) up off the ground, and then catch the one you threw up. Repeat with remaining knucklebones. You are able to sweep the knucklebones prior to picking them up.

    * Scatter ones, twos, threes, fours - Scatter all five, select and pick up one, throw it up and without "sweeping" proceed as above.

    * Dumps - hold five knucklebones in the palm, then dump them in a heap on the ground. Select one which you must take away without disturbing any others. Throw this one up, pick up other four, and catch the first one.

    * Over hand scatter ones, twos, threes, fours - first "jockey" then proceed to scatter remaining knucklebones.

    * Clicks - first "jockey" then proceeded as with over hand ones. When catching the one you threw up the knucklebones must click.

    * No click - same as above but knucklebones must not click

    * Little jingles - first "jockey", continue as over-hand ones, but keep all jacks caught in your hand at all times (including those caught while jockeying).

    * Big jingles - same as above but all jacks must be thrown up each time.

    * Juggles - First "jockey". If you say catch one, you throw the three in the air and whilst they are in the air pick up another, thrown that second one up, then catch the first, then catch the second. Proceed until all the jacks have been completed.

    * Horse in the stable - First "jockey". Then put the tips of your five fingers of one hand on the ground, so as to make four arches. If, in "jockey" you catch say two, you put one in the 'stable' formed by your hand. Throw the other one up and whilst it is up 'sweep' another jack through one of the arches so that it stays in the stable. You can 'sweep' as many times as you like. Proceed until all 4 are stabled (each jack MUST go through a different arch!)When the 4 are in the stable take the hand away throw the fifth jack in the air and whilst it is up pick up the four and catch the fifth.

    * Through the arch - As above, but only make one arch with the thumb and forefinger, and allow only one 'sweep' to get each jack through.

    * Over the line - First "jockey". Place your (left)hand down on the ground. Put all the jacks caught except one, on the left side of the hand. Throw your jack up in the air and whilst it is up quickly move a jack from the right to the left hand side of the hand. Do this until all four jacks are on the left side and try and keep them together.... There must be no sweeping. When the four jacks are in the position to throw the fifth up and pick up the other four and catch the fifth.

    * Over the jump - as above except your put you hand vertically on its edge instead of on the ground so it makes it harder :)

    * Thread the needle - Same as above except the jacks have to be dropped through a circle made by the thumb and forefinger that is held about 8 inches from the ground. Once all have gone through - pick them up.

    * Eggs in the basket - Same as above except the your hand is cupped palm up to form the basket, the jacks have to be placed in the "basket" without clicking, as this will break the eggs

    * Catching flies - As 'scatter ones' but the catch must be done with a quick snatching downward movement making it much harder than  the ordinary system of catching with palms upwards.

Other challenges include:

    * Down the chute

    * In the cave

    * Playing golf

    * This is the house that jack built - the house that jack built is when you separate your knuckle bones into a square form. Then you go around the square with your finger saying this is the house that jack built then you throw it up in the air catch it and put it in the middle. but if you land in a empty space, your turn is over.

    * Camels - Lie the 5 jacks on the ground in a row so there are no gaps between them. Then move the second one to the end, the fourth one to the end and then pick up the second one from the end. Jockey this one onto the back of your hand. Then pick a finger to use and with the jack on the back of your hand move the finger in and out and around the jacks on the ground without touching them or dropping the one on the back of your hand. Once you have weaved through them all, throw the one on the back of your hand into the air and pick up ALL of the others (in one movement), and catch the fifth.

    * Picking Apples

    * Car Parks

    * Boats in the harbour - The same as "Horse in the stable" except hand is flat to the ground with fingers wide apart.

    * Cut the cabbage - The same as "catching flies" except instead of a downward swipe, a horizontal swipe is performed when catching the jack - as if a whole cabbage is in front of the player and is being sliced through the middle.

    * Flush the Toilet - Like "Big Jingles" except you must hit the ground twice (flush the toilet) each time you throw the knucklebones up.

Baseball soccer. Anyone play that? It's like baseball, but with a soccer ball. The Pitcher would roll the soccer ball from the pitching mound, and the *batter* at home plate would kick the ball and then the same rules applied as in baseball.



I think I remember seeing that being played.

Baseball soccer. Anyone play that? It's like baseball, but with a soccer ball. The Pitcher would roll the soccer ball from the pitching mound, and the *batter* at home plate would kick the ball and then the same rules applied as in baseball.


It sounds like kickball (as my daughter explained that game anyway)



We used to play Jacks/Knucklebones - but with these:


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we used to play a similar game with 5 clay stones.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/51146-large.jpg

As you can see the game is sometimes called Dibs.  My mum called it snobs and I've also heard it called 5 stones.

I think we just did overhand ones, twos, threes, fours and through the arch.

It sounds like kickball (as my daughter explained that game anyway)


It is kickball,  :) but back in the 70's we didn't have a name for it, so we called it "baseball/soccer"

It sounds like kickball (as my daughter explained that game anyway)

we used to play a similar game with 5 clay stones.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/51146-large.jpg

As you can see the game is sometimes called Dibs.  My mum called it snobs and I've also heard it called 5 stones.

I think we just did overhand ones, twos, threes, fours and through the arch.





That looks like a pretty neat game Karen,Is it easy to play?  ???

That looks like a pretty neat game Karen,Is it easy to play?  ???


We used to play it all the time as kids, so the rules are pretty easy to understand.

I remember those summer days in the early 80's when our neighborhood used to have a block party.Anyone remember those? Man,those were fun.  :)

Baseball soccer. Anyone play that? It's like baseball, but with a soccer ball. The Pitcher would roll the soccer ball from the pitching mound, and the *batter* at home plate would kick the ball and then the same rules applied as in baseball.

That sounds similar to what I know in the US as "kickball". I often played that at recess in elementary school. However sometimes when I pitched, I would duck whenever the ball was kicked towards me because I was afraid of getting hit by it, especially in the face. Now that I look back on it, I'd wished I'd tried to catch it and/or field it (i.e., throw to first base for the putout).

When I played it in the 5th grade and the 6th grade, we usually had less than nine players on each side (partly because my class was so small), so we would lack a catcher and possible infielders/outfielders. And the side that came up to "bat"; if we got successive singles and there were less than four of us on a team, the kicker who's up would have to leave his/her base, and everybody would move up a base, leaving a "ghost" runner on 1st.
One time when I was in the 6th grade, my team of 3 boys won a game 33-nothing! How did it happen? Well, to start, the first two of us got on base via singles, and the third guy kicked a home run; this cycle repeated 11 times. :D :o (After the 11th cycle, the bell rang.)



It is kickball,  :) but back in the 70's we didn't have a name for it, so we called it "baseball/soccer"

It is often played with a soccer ball too...but I suppose any kind of ball would do. ;)

I remember those summer days in the early 80's when our neighborhood used to have a block party.Anyone remember those? Man,those were fun.  :)


I don't think they have block parties in California Howard....well none of the places I've lived anyway... I cant really speak for the whole state  ;)

I remember those summer days in the early 80's when our neighborhood used to have a block party.Anyone remember those? Man,those were fun.  :)

We had some block parties, but they were in the early 1970s. They were fun.

We had some block parties, but they were in the early 1970s. They were fun.


I remember a few in 1981 and 1983 when times were fun and kids like me being a 9 year old was all about enjoying yourself,talking to the neighbors too as you walked up/down the street and having ice cold soda or lemonade during those hot summer days.

We had a block party in 1987 for neighbors on our street.  My mom & stepdad let me try some beer.  I was 15.  Good times. :D

I don't think they have block parties in California Howard....well none of the places I've lived anyway... I cant really speak for the whole state  ;)

As a life-long Californian, I cannot recall any myself. I just know that I never experienced or witnessed any.

We had a block party in 1987 for neighbors on our street.  My mom & stepdad let me try some beer.  I was 15.  Good times. :D


I didn't have beer at that age.

I remember those summer days in the early 80's when our neighborhood used to have a block party.Anyone remember those? Man,those were fun.  :)


I've been to a few block parties....it's a nice way to get to know your neighbors a little bit.  :)

I've been to a few block parties....it's a nice way to get to know your neighbors a little bit.   :)



and go on the rides with your friends.

I've been to a few block parties....it's a nice way to get to know your neighbors a little bit.   :)

We got to know our neighbors in other ways...such as talking to them outside. :)

I've been to a few block parties....it's a nice way to get to know your neighbors a little bit.   :)


We used to have those and neighborhood volleyball games. :)

We used to have those and neighborhood volleyball games. :)

I love to play volleyball. But I think it's been 5 years since I last played any. It's lotsa fun, though.

There was an episode of Saved By The Bell in which the gang played a game of volleyball against a rival beach club (it was one of those "Malibu Sands" episodes, with Mr Carosi); that one was interesting. 8)

We had a block party in 1987 for neighbors on our street.  My mom & stepdad let me try some beer.  I was 15.  Good times. :D


like that was your first taste  ::)  I bet you faked it well tho right?  ;)

I didn't have beer at that age.


hmmm new topic?

hmmm new topic?


http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=37965.new#new

We used to have those and neighborhood volleyball games. :)



and also that ride that went swinging up and crashed down then went back up again?

and also that ride that went swinging up and crashed down then went back up again?


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Oh ! Another thing we played on were our Billy Carts  8)

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and also that ride that went swinging up and crashed down then went back up again?




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make that double  ??? ???

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I can't think of the name of that amusement park ride that I used to go on. ???

Oh ! Another thing we played on were our Billy Carts  8)

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....and cocky lora 1-2-3...and..who could forget backyard cricket (me obviously ;D) ! :D

I can't think of the name of that amusement park ride that I used to go on. ???

I went on lots of amusement park/carnival rides as a youngster.

I can't think of the name of that amusement park ride that I used to go on. ???


I think you're still on it. :D

How about those summer barbeques we used to enjoy the franks,hamburgers,corn,fried chicken and having fun with friends. :)

How about those summer barbeques we used to enjoy the franks,hamburgers,corn,fried chicken and having fun with friends. :)


I enjoyed those too, whether it was in my own backyard or at a friend's house.  :)

I enjoyed those too, whether it was in my own backyard or at a friend's house.   :)



What did the food consist of?

My favorite was hide-and-seek.  I'd give anything to go back and play that right now!

What did the food consist of?


At my house, it was usually burgers, chicken, and different salads (potato, pasta, etc..).  Anywhere else it varied from hot dogs to burgers to even fish (my former neighbor can really grill up a good salmon!).  :)

At my house, it was usually burgers, chicken, and different salads (potato, pasta, etc..).  Anywhere else it varied from hot dogs to burgers to even fish (my former neighbor can really grill up a good salmon!).  :)

ooh that sounds yummy!! :D ;D

As for salmon, we tried cooking one on the barbecue last year for a couple of friends we had over, and it came out really good! :)

At my house, it was usually burgers, chicken, and different salads (potato, pasta, etc..).  Anywhere else it varied from hot dogs to burgers to even fish (my former neighbor can really grill up a good salmon!).  :)


I remember toasting marshmallows,those were delicious when you have the top of the marshmallow all burnt.

My favorite was hide-and-seek.  I'd give anything to go back and play that right now!


I'll play with you!

I also used to run around with a friend and a toy gun and we'd be Charlie's Angels... we made her brother be Bosley-  He's a bad ass, hard core rapper now and I always threaten to "out" this sordid past on his my space page  ;D


sometimes we'd take the barbies out and play love boat, or chips. depending on the mood.  ;D

How about those hot summer days with the water spray guns?

I remember toasting marshmallows,those were delicious when you have the top of the marshmallow all burnt.


Oooh, those were really good too!  And the s'mores.....love s'mores!!!  :D  :)

Oooh, those were really good too!  And the s'mores.....love s'mores!!!  :D  :)



and you had to toast the marshmallows to get them burnt in order to make them stick to the graham crackers.

Yep. It wasn't until my teens that I began to take an interest in swimming lessons.
I don't remember ever wearing them (altho I probably did), but they might've helped me.

And now that I have a pool in my backyard, I have been able to get better at swimming as a grown man.

Its fun playing outside....... Sadly there isnt many out there now to have fun with :(

In addition to exercising in the pool, sometimes my family and I even play some games. (In fact, we just purchased a floating basketball hoop structure.)

I used to play outside in the summer but nowadays I've been just staying inside with my AC.

For me, it was playing with the earth worms, and making pretend cakes out of soil. I had toys. But I enjoyed playing outside more!

kickball
baseball
and going to the park to play handball.