Do You Remember When?

[Hackett]

I hear that. Mother would drop us off and we skated all afternoon. What fun that was.

 

[Hackett]

Gee I have visited many of those places (sign of old age) but the one that struck me the most today is the skating rink.
My mother would drop my sisters and I off at the town skating rink and we would spend the day there with each other and friends. That was back in the day you could leave your young children in a public place. Nice memory for me.

Yes!! We could skate all afternoon. What fun that was.

 

[fieldlily]

A neighbor boy who was the mature age of 13 invited me (when I was the same age) to my first ball game in a ball park. It was a softball game. I liked it so well I started practicing and later joined a girl's team. I was a catcher. Fun! Presently I am a Mariners' fan!

 

[AngelDove1]

Hi everyone....missed ya'll...was in and out yesterday.Have been busy,taxing my son till he gets his car.We should know something 2morrow.

Last Saturday my hubby and I went to our 8th grade sch. reunion....

Wow ....and double wow...I never seen so meny bald headed guys and wrinkles in one place at the same time.

Danced oldies but goodies all nite long.Had so much fun.

I seen guys that had crushes on me and I them.Glad it never went any wheres...lol

The funnies thing was,when people came up to us,and this was going on all over the room....
"Do you remember me"? And you had a blank look on your face.....LOL

Man do people change in 45 yrs....LOL

Had lil memory relaps several times there.
I Had to dig deep to remember...

Have any of you had funny experiances with school reunions...?

Oh come on now do tell?

 

[pilgrimgal]

Skating rinks. Oh, yes, memories of skating rinks and floor burns.

High School Reunion. I never went to an 8th grade reunion but at one of my high school reunions one of my old boyfriends hugged me so tightly it hurt. My husband was standing next to me, so I introduced them.

 

[Larry_Fout]

Skating rinks were special. I can remember the voice saying "everybody skate". The odor was very different, must have been all that wood and the materials on the floor???

Reunions: believe it or not I have never been to one of mine. Most of my friends were older than I was.

 

[Hackett]

The aroma of the skating rink was a mixture of leather, socks, peanuts, and popcorn. What wonderful memories.

I have been to 3 reunions. The last was the 40th... Who were all those old people ..... actually everyone had weathered quite well. It was fun seeing everyone.

 

[Larry_Fout]

Skating Rink - As I fumbled around the floor trying to keep both feet under me I can still see some of those guys flying by at a gazillion miles an hour forward, backward, doing jumps, etc...

 

[Hackett]

I know what you mean. On one occasion we convinced mother to skate with us. She had just been around the rink once when one of those guys flew right into her. He broke her leg in 2 places....needless to say...she hung up her skates for good.

 

[Larry_Fout]

Ouch - I've been knocked down a few time but luckily no injuries to speak of except maybe embarrassment.

 

[angelwind]

The aroma of the skating rink was a mixture of leather, socks, peanuts, and popcorn. What wonderful memories.

I have been to 3 reunions. The last was the 40th... Who were all those old people ..... actually everyone had weathered quite well. It was fun seeing everyone.

LOL...those smells are good memories...

 

[AngelDove1]

Did we already mention...
hola hoops?
and Jute boxes?


Bazooga bubble gum?

 

[mightywarrior77]

I remember me and my girlfriend going out on a date with a couple of guys. We had to go back to one of the guys dad's house which was about 7 miles out in the country. Needless to say on the way back to taking me home we had a flat tire. The guy didn't have a spare tire so we drove on the tire until it was just the rim until he could get me home. We also got us a coke with 2 straws because we didn't have the money to buy 2 cokes instead of just one. That was really something to remember....Just silly teenagers back in the 60's!

 

[AngelDove1]

Skating rinks. Oh, yes, memories of skating rinks and floor burns.

High School Reunion. I never went to an 8th grade reunion but at one of my high school reunions one of my old boyfriends hugged me so tightly it hurt. My husband was standing next to me, so I introduced them.

I interduced everyone to my hubby.
Exes and all.
Our high sch. reunion is coming up.

The 8 grade reunion was my 1st time going.This was the 4th.

They raise money to help the graduating 8th graders.

 

[AngelDove1]

I remember me and my girlfriend going out on a date with a couple of guys. We had to go back to one of the guys dad's house which was about 7 miles out in the country. Needless to say on the way back to taking me home we had a flat tire. The guy didn't have a spare tire so we drove on the tire until it was just the rim until he could get me home. We also got us a coke with 2 straws because we didn't have the money to buy 2 cokes instead of just one. That was really something to remember....Just silly teenagers back in the 60's!

Wow! that was cool....

I remember crusin with friends down central ave. seeing cars packed with teens.

Then going to big boy bob's for hambergers.

 

[keeptrying]

I know what you mean. On one occasion we convinced mother to skate with us. She had just been around the rink once when one of those guys flew right into her. He broke her leg in 2 places....needless to say...she hung up her skates for good.

I can't even imagine my mother on a pair of skates! Your poor mom, but how nice of her to want to do something with her children that they enjoyed, just wished it would have turned out better for her.

 

[Hackett]

I can't even imagine my mother on a pair of skates! Your poor mom, but how nice of her to want to do something with her children that they enjoyed, just wished it would have turned out better for her.

She did too. She had been a very good skater in her day.... alas. Here I am at this age and skating sounds like so much fun... but then I remember:
creaky knees
squeaky hips
and a strong desire to NOT end up on the floor. LOL

 

[Larry_Fout]

She did too. She had been a very good skater in her day.... alas. Here I am at this age and skating sounds like so much fun... but then I remember:
creaky knees
squeaky hips
and a strong desire to NOT end up on the floor. LOL

I can identify with that

 

[fieldlily]

The aroma of the skating rink was a mixture of leather, socks, peanuts, and popcorn. What wonderful memories.

Ie.

Hi Hackett, I forgot about the smell of those rinks, but you are right...especially about the socks. Everyone had to take their shoes off to put on their skates.



It got so hot summers in our little desert town. I remember the smell of sweat in those rinks then.

 

[fieldlily]

I can identify with that

Me too, Larry, when I was a mom of pre-teens and teens and a youth minister...I took the church youth group skating.

Couldn't ever do it now...I don't think..but...??