We had the woods, the creek, the fields, the pond...

on the golf course if you wanted to sneak into the country club, BB guns, pellet guns, fishing poles, animal traps, slingshots, bows and arrows, butterfly knives, survival knives, throwing stars, fireworks, three wheel ATVs, and minibikes. If you couldn’t entertain yourself with those, you were doing it wrong.

In response to this post by Chris Coleman

Posted: 06/12/2019 at 3:53PM

How many of you 70s kids entertained yourself with this as children? -- Chris Coleman

06/12/2019 3:28PM

I grew up with a MUCH different version . . . -- HokieKip 06/13/2019 12:18PM

Best account on Twitter. ** -- SDHokie 06/12/2019 8:00PM

I... have never seen that; must be a farm country toy ** -- WestyHokie 06/12/2019 6:34PM

Not in my day ** -- rmhokie 06/12/2019 6:37PM

Nope, but that's by far the best Twitter feed out there. ** -- reestuart 06/12/2019 4:17PM

Pr0spector88 imo ** -- typed by ben 06/12/2019 4:59PM

Yep. ** -- Chris Coleman

06/12/2019 4:17PM

We had the woods, the creek, the fields, the pond... -- No1Hokie 06/12/2019 3:53PM

Yep! And Stretch Armstrong. LOL ** -- Hokie CPA 06/12/2019 4:09PM

I had Stretch. My brother had the green monster. ** -- GreenvilleVT 06/12/2019 8:25PM

Did Kenner also make "Sirloin: The Marvelous Slaughtered Steer" ? -- PhotoHokieNC 06/12/2019 3:47PM

Dan Akroyd autograph model ** -- TomTurkey 06/12/2019 8:28PM

We had Jarts -- EDGEMAN 06/12/2019 3:36PM

Could stop a T-Rex ** -- TomTurkey 06/12/2019 6:14PM

And Clackers -- GFallsFan 06/12/2019 4:44PM

I had a set of those... -- EDGEMAN 06/12/2019 6:33PM

I did too, but my mom took them away when they got recalled. -- GFallsFan 06/12/2019 10:34PM

I remember big 5 years old slinging those things as high as I could ** -- HokieDan95 06/12/2019 4:09PM

Anti-shun -- EDGEMAN 06/12/2019 3:37PM

I had one of these: -- EDGEMAN 06/12/2019 3:39PM

In all seriousness, I do remember exceedingly realistic looking -- Tafkam Hokie 06/12/2019 3:44PM

Generally speaking, people didn't go around shooting people when... -- EDGEMAN 06/12/2019 3:48PM

Can't say as I remember that one -- Tafkam Hokie 06/12/2019 3:33PM

Ditto that ** -- astrohokie 06/12/2019 3:34PM

We had the woods, the creek, the fields, the pond...

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