Question for all you old farts

[ZERO THEORY]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kvenmWEhFE


What the hell?

[OtterbatHellcat]

I have no theory about that, almost close to...........zero.

Throw back commercials are kinda cool to watch though....how old is "old fart" to you? Just curious.

[BPTactical]

Simple, it is the pre pubescent Bride of Chuckie.

Fuggadaboutit

[Squeeze]

Wow...that was a bit disturbing. [gohome]

[sandman76]

The crazy part of it was the little girls doing the exorcist thing.

[Ah Pook]

People were easily amused back then.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orNNvnNqQig

[Zundfolge]

us old farts were too busy with important shit


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMqd5EQXD-g

[Great-Kazoo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNddW2xmZp8

what do you want when you gotta have something

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAQO25ZUgwQ

[OtterbatHellcat]

Man...there's some cool stuff, right there.

[Dave]

People were easily amused back then.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orNNvnNqQig
Holy hell....

[Squeeze]

People were easily amused back then.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orNNvnNqQig

Well, my soul is officially disturbed now. Thanks for that. [panic]

[wctriumph]

Of all the toy guns I had I miss my Mattel Tommy Burst the most.

[brutal]

Of all the toy guns I had I miss my Mattel Tommy Burst the most.

Rich kids. Sheesh.

We had to go "bang, bang, you're dead!" With sticks until we were old enough to hunt.








[ROFL1]

[Great-Kazoo]

We had one of those star trek guns that shot little disc. One of my favorites was Jarts.

BTW: Define Old fart?

[Delfuego]

G.I. Joe used to be a man's man too...

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[Squeeze]

Yeah, some of the toys children get nowadays are pretty cool, don't get me wrong. But the stuff we had was generally a lot tougher and required more interaction with each other. Seems all kids do now is want to play on the gaming system and it takes a prybar and threats of physical harm just to get them off the couch.

[Ah Pook]

We had one of those star trek guns that shot little disc. One of my favorites was Jarts.

BTW: Define Old fart?
Sounds like you is one of them old farts. So am I. [blah-blah]

I had the ST gun w/ the little disks. Still have a set of Jarts...

I remeber when GI Joe was a full 12" and had kung fu grip.

[BREATHER]

The first one is early robotics, pretty soon there will be robots flipping you burgers instead of illegals... bwahaha

I had the snubnose revolver he I was a kid, pretty cool.

I wonder if they would show that commercial during the Super Bowl 2013....

[Singlestack]

We had one of those star trek guns that shot little disc. One of my favorites was Jarts.

Yup, keep my jarts by the bedside in case the bad guy comes through the door. I can throw 'em just like Bruce Lee![LOL]

[Pistol Packing Preacher]

I had a Fanner 50 when young! Nice 6 shooter!
Old fart... is born before 50.
I'm an old fart... although some call me a fart.
PS I think holy hell is an oxymoron!

[StagLefty]

Old Farts-when Blaster Bob is your leader !!! All Hail Blaster Bob. [Coffee]

[Great-Kazoo]

Old Farts-when Blaster Bob is your leader !!! All Hail Blaster Bob. [Coffee]

HAIL FREEDONIA

[Bailey Guns]

Coolest toy I ever had was a mid-60s vintage metal DC-7 that had about a 28" wingspan with lights, motorized props, retractable gear and a cabin door that opened. I'd still play with that thing if I had it. Probably worth a fortune today.

[wctriumph]

I had a Fanner 50 when young! Nice 6 shooter!
Old fart... is born before 50.
I'm an old fart... although some call me a fart.
PS I think holy hell is an oxymoron!

I had me a brace of Fanner 50's before the Tommy Burst, cap rolls were like $ .25 for a 10 pack of 100 shot rolls. The same rolls also fit the Tommy and a lever action Winchester replica. I was not born before 50 but I have been around a while now, been riding motorcycles for nearly 50 years, shooting guns longer than that.

[BlasterBob]

Old Farts-when Blaster Bob is your leader !!! All Hail Blaster Bob. [Coffee]

Yep, I do believe that I fit the title "old fart" but am probably referred to as an "old bastard" by some (under their breath). Was born in 1936 and toy guns were the THING when I was little fart. I still have a couple of the "bullets" where a paper cap would be placed on the rear of the cartridge. Probably shouldn't even mention having that item or I may have a black helo hovering over my place. [blaster]

[wctriumph]

I am old enough that none of the toy guns I ever had were equipped with a orange muzzle and they actually went "BANG" and there was smoke and they had metal parts, no batteries and they looked like real guns, even the squirt guns. We ran all over the neighborhood shooting each other, dying screaming and twisting in agony and one was considered brave if you died on pavement. We used to shoot grass and dirt wads at each other with our Daisy air rifles. We stabbed each other with out rubber knives and bayonets and no one called the cops. We drank from the garden hose if we were thirsty. The worst that happened was we stepped on the lawn that we all knew you were not supposed to step on, "Get off my god damned lawn you punks!".

Great days indeed.

[sandman76]

I had a six gun from Mattel, I think. It had cartridges that you could reload with a little plastic spring loaded bullet. The you could put a greenie stick em cap on the base. When you pulled the trigger it was like a real gun. Bang, projectile the whole nine yards. The bullets didn't like to stay in the brass part when you were trying to load them and they almost worked once or twice. But it was so freakin' cool when it did. I think I had a lever action that used the same cartridges but it's been a long time ago. Wish I'd kept hold of that stuff.

[SideShow Bob]

Rich kids. Sheesh.

We had to go "bang, bang, you're dead!" With sticks until we were old enough to hunt.








[ROFL1]


Hell, even when we were old enough, we had to hunt with sticks................ And I am sure Blaster Bob can remember back to when there wasn't even sticks yet......[blaster]

[BlasterBob]

Hell, even when we were old enough, we had to hunt with sticks................ And I am sure Blaster Bob can remember back to when there wasn't even sticks yet......[blaster]

Hell yeah! If there were no sticks handy, we would just throw rocks at each other until someone got not in the head and went home crying. Then we all ran home before a parent could catch us and kick our asses. That and BB gun fights down at the cemetery where I got shot in the forehead by a Red Ryder once and still have the bump it produced - NO it did not knock any more sense in me.[blaster]

[lpgasman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2aTHkXs2Mo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

This always disturbed me as a kid, in the old fun house at lakeside.

[Wulf202]

http://youtu.be/JDyOD1C67J0

The hit game for this xmas

[brutal]

Yep, I do believe that I fit the title "old fart" but am probably referred to as an "old bastard" by some (under their breath). Was born in 1936 and toy guns were the THING when I was little fart. I still have a couple of the "bullets" where a paper cap would be placed on the rear of the cartridge. Probably shouldn't even mention having that item or I may have a black helo hovering over my place. [blaster]

OP said "old farts," not "dirt."

My pa (RIP) was born in 1936. I guess at nearly 53, I'm a young-en in this thread.

[OtterbatHellcat]

I dunno.....50 ain't old fart material imo.

But it might be, for a twenty something. I think old fart starts at 65-ish and goes up to *dirt* from there.

Ya gotta figure how little there was for us, in earlier time frames, in order to understand the relative "coolness" of a toy for the period.

I've not seen a kid on a Big Wheel in a Forever...... I'd say remove the electronic bullshit influence, and any normal 5 year old today would really dig one of those.

[BlasterBob]

[blaster][Rant1]


My pa (RIP) was born in 1936. I guess at nearly 53, I'm a young-en in this thread.

Yeah right, but you are catching up real fast with us more "mature" guys. [blaster]

[wctriumph]

OP said "old farts," not "dirt."

My pa (RIP) was born in 1936. I guess at nearly 53, I'm a young-en in this thread.

I think that for most of us over 50 we are on the shorter side of life, far more years behind that in front, over the hill so to speak. That doesn't mean we have to grow up! It is hard wired into our DNA that, as men, we are allowed to play in the mud anytime we want to and nobody can say different (unless they are genetically challenged). Ha!!

[clublights]

I remember being about 8 years old being handed a brick of black cats a book of matches and told to go outside and play for a while.....

My grandfather was a great man! LOL


between the black cats and the red ryder... our 1 acre back yard was surprisingly low on wild life...

[Ah Pook]

Ya wanna talk creepy...? The parents gave me one of these for Xmas, as a kid. Scared the Hell out of me. It lived out it's days the the back of the closet.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&docid=gAvyGkmanRmnkM&tbnid=Ng8xZfX3n_JsbM:&ved=0CAUQjBw4Hg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn2.bigcommerce.com%2Fserver3700 %2F0da9d%2Fproducts%2F102%2Fimages%2F257%2FDanny__ 27413.1318617155.1280.1280.JPG&ei=qO2kUsOgIqSayQGf_ICoCA&psig=AFQjCNHgjIH8uWKjk2aj0cOFJqMGRGNRRQ&ust=1386626856607291

[sellersm]

I am old enough that none of the toy guns I ever had were equipped with a orange muzzle and they actually went "BANG" and there was smoke and they had metal parts, no batteries and they looked like real guns, even the squirt guns. We ran all over the neighborhood shooting each other, dying screaming and twisting in agony and one was considered brave if you died on pavement. We used to shoot grass and dirt wads at each other with our Daisy air rifles. We stabbed each other with out rubber knives and bayonets and no one called the cops. We drank from the garden hose if we were thirsty. The worst that happened was we stepped on the lawn that we all knew you were not supposed to step on, "Get off my god damned lawn you punks!".

Great days indeed.

Pretty much describes my childhood!

Coolest toy for us was a Schwinn "Snurfer" which was a very early precursor to the snowboard! They didn't make very many and only made 'em for a short time. I think too many kids got practically killed on them! They were a blast. Between those in the winter and the ATCs in the summer, I'm surprised I made into my 50's!!!

Black Cats, m-80's, cherry bombs, boxes and boxes of caps! The good ole' days...


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[Great-Kazoo]

Briggs & Stratton bolted on to a Schwinn StingRay . Handlebars forward short muffler with the baffle plate popped out.

[wctriumph]

And Bonanza mini bikes with no brakes.