I still have one.I was thinking the same thing about the rolled up measuring tape. Don't tailors and seamstresses still use those?
Maybe they should have put a picture of a coffee percolator in there instead.
Or a Betamax tape.
I still have one.I was thinking the same thing about the rolled up measuring tape. Don't tailors and seamstresses still use those?
I was thinking the same thing about the rolled up measuring tape. Don't tailors and seamstresses still use those?
This?I believe those rolled up items are not a measuring tap but paper roll caps View attachment 644377
Did anyone take a whole roll and hit it with a hammer? (Asking for a friend.) ;-)I believe those rolled up items are not a measuring tap but paper roll caps View attachment 644377
I remember as a kid I was curious and pushed hard on a cap with my thumbnail.Did anyone take a whole roll and hit it with a hammer? (Asking for a friend.) ;-)
Many times. Now speak up, I can barely hear you.Did anyone take a whole roll and hit it with a hammer? (Asking for a friend.) ;-)
How about an entire box? Steel plate on the ground and a large concrete block. Yes, that block flew. How we managed to not get hit I'll never know.Did anyone take a whole roll and hit it with a hammer? (Asking for a friend.) ;-)
My cousins and I would search the lawn on New Years Day looking for firecrackers that didn't go off.One of those instances where "It's a miracle we even reached adulthood."
Honestly, I wouldn't mind the return of hand-cranked car windows. They probably break down less.View attachment 644375
I'm thinking that the nutcracker set must still be around.
People still have to crack nuts.
I thought that was called a "ding-a-ling..."Clackers.
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Yes, that's right.Many times. Now speak up, I can barely hear you.
I thought it was "25 or 6:4".
Did anyone take a whole roll and hit it with a hammer? (Asking for a friend.) ;-)
We would build miniature cities out of paper. Punch a few holes to stick unexploded firecrackers in, and set the city on fire. As the fire reached buildings with crackers, they'd explode.My cousins and I would search the lawn on New Years Day looking for firecrackers that didn't go off.
We would light the short fuses with a punk and toss them in the air and watch them go off before hitting the ground.
I still have all my fingers.
I remember as a kid I was curious and pushed hard on a cap with my thumbnail.
Never did that again.
There were also the circular self adhesive caps..
You would stick it on the end of toy bullets and fire them in the cap gun.
Dick Tracy snub nose 38 I believe,
Anybody remember those?
(I wonder if there was ever a particular day that Chicago was playing in Boston, and Boston was playing in Chicago.)
Spent this past Sunday Playing Return to Dark Tower with my sister and wife. My sister and I used to play Dark Tower in the very early eighties so I had to get it. It was a great time (My wife had never played the original, she was born the last week of 81), but she loved it. We are going to do it again before this month is out. The old game was much more casual and you could be done in an hour. The new one is a commitment, both in time and in learning it, but it was worth it to me.Monopoly is a terrible game,* but board games in general have made a huge comeback over the past decade or so, and are not the province of the 70's. Board games are my other big hobby, I have a pretty decent collection of them, most of them made in the last 10-15 years, and play them on a weekly basis. There's even a company called "Restoration Games" that acquires licenses to old, classic games and releases updated versions of them, like "Return to Dark Tower" and "Thunder Road: Vendetta."
Heh, I have an automatic record player (most arm movements are automatic) and that's still hard.
*The biggest problem with Monopoly is that there's little hope for other players to catch up when one player is way ahead, combined with the fact that it usually takes a long time to actually bankrupt a player, meaning that the winner is typically decided long before it's official. I'm pretty sure that's deliberate, as the game was supposed to send a social message about the danger of monopolies, but it's not very good game design.
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I'm thinking that the nutcracker set must still be around.
People still have to crack nuts.
I often wonder, when hearing that song, if anyone younger than about 30 even knows what he was talking about. RIP Jimmy."I blew out my flip-flop; stepped on a pop top;
Cut my heel, had to cruise on back home..."
What you're referring to is cooperative rather than competitive games. They have become more PC recently, especially for children, because no losers are singled out. They have their place, but I prefer more luck-based games with a little strategy. They can be unpredictable such that a player who looks like they're going to win can end up losing, and I think this adds some excitement to the game.I think what you are thinking of is more in terms of design choices...
Here are some things that people try to incorporate nowadays that improves games:
-People still being involved in play when it isn't their turn.
-Shorter turns with less downtime for everyone.
-No player elimination, or only player elimination towards the end of the game.
-Important choices to make on every turn.
-Less luck-based mechanics
-More interesting themes
Yeah, I believe you're right. (I saw it wrong at first too.)I believe those rolled up items are not a measuring tape but paper roll caps View attachment 644377
Sure, but I wasn't satisfactory. I put a box of five roles on a rock and hit then with a big hammer. It actually left the cardboard box on fire.Did anyone take a whole roll and hit it with a hammer? (Asking for a friend.) ;-)
Yup, did that. 2nd degree burn over a very small area. Healed up easy., no harm no foul, but lesson learned.I remember as a kid I was curious and pushed hard on a cap with my thumbnail.
Never did that again.
Speaking of which, anybody remember Cracker Balls?
Like percussion caps but round colorful paper balls you would throw down onto a hard surface and make them pop.
I had little paper packages that exploded like that. They were all white and called Party Snappers. They came is a small box packed with saw dust to keep them from banging together. I squeezed those in my fingers too, and it was surprisingly painless. So I kept doing it.I thought that was called a "ding-a-ling..."
My 38 Snub Nose cap gun took yellow circular "clips" that loaded all chambers at once. Then you closed the cylinder back in just like the real one.
That would certainly make more sense in the meme.Yeah, I believe you're right. (I saw it wrong at first too.)
No, I am not entirely referring to cooperative games. Competitive games have these same advantages nowadays. It is true that cooperative games are on the rise as well though, and they are popular among people who prefer to work together to accomplish a goal rather than compete. I have a bunch of cooperative games myself.What you're referring to is cooperative rather than competitive games. They have become more PC recently, especially for children, because no losers are singled out. They have their place, but I prefer more luck-based games with a little strategy. They can be unpredictable such that a player who looks like they're going to win can end up losing, and I think this adds some excitement to the game.
You should see what these have evolved into....I had little paper packages that exploded like that. They were all white and called Party Snappers. They came is a small box packed with saw dust to keep them from banging together. I squeezed those in my fingers too, and it was surprisingly painless. So I kept doing it.
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Oh man. Reminds me of the good old days of selling Phreak boxes.Collect calls in the 1970's?
Amateurs.
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(and, yes, I do have a lifetime subscription to 2600)
...Sure, but I wasn't satisfactory. I put a box of five roles on a rock and hit then with a big hammer. It actually left the cardboard box on fire.
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Yup, did that. 2nd degree burn over a very small area. Healed up easy., no harm no foul,
Spent this past Sunday Playing Return to Dark Tower with my sister and wife. My sister and I used to play Dark Tower in the very early eighties so I had to get it. It was a great time (My wife had never played the original, she was born the last week of 81), but she loved it. We are going to do it again before this month is out. The old game was much more casual and you could be done in an hour. The new one is a commitment, both in time and in learning it, but it was worth it to me.
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