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Tafkam Hokie
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Some pretty epic water fights in my childhood as well. Also

medieval wargames with sticks as swords and trash can lids as shields. We beat the crap out of each other back then.
Posted: 05/10/2024 at 10:19 AM ET
(In response to this post by Vtskier1)

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what summer activities do you remember as a kid- yard darts ? **
bigbadbird • 05/10/24 09:36 AM ET
Neighborhood fox and hounds after dark. Also archery in the field behind
DonHo-kieHi • 05/11/24 05:03 PM ET
bike riding and street baseball**
4dhokies • 05/10/24 05:59 PM ET
Watching MTV and going swimming**
OrlandoHokie • 05/10/24 04:16 PM ET
Bike riding, building ramps out of old blocks and ply wood…
GSOHokie01 • 05/10/24 02:08 PM ET
these answers have entertained me- **
bigbadbird • 05/10/24 01:37 PM ET
Baseball, whiffleball, bicycles, lawn mowing (it was fun to us),
WVHokie84 • 05/10/24 01:36 PM ET
Baseball, March thru August.**
Major Kong • 05/10/24 01:31 PM ET
Kickball**
HokiefromBedford • 05/10/24 01:19 PM ET
Here is another good one... a mosquito truck would drive though our...
vthhhi • 05/10/24 01:14 PM ET
vthhi had 5g before there was 5g.**
reestuart • 05/10/24 02:03 PM ET
That explains a lot…..
BusLoadaBozos • 05/10/24 01:41 PM ET
do mosquitos bother you now?**
bigbadbird • 05/10/24 01:30 PM ET
Wiffleball, tracking black snakes, Foxes and Hounds after dark, bicycling
TomTurkey • 05/10/24 01:13 PM ET
Building a box car without the box and racing down the hill in front of my
Hokebury • 05/10/24 01:10 PM ET
Lots of backyard baseball and home run derby.
MP4VT2004 • 05/10/24 01:07 PM ET
Riding in the back of my dad's truck sitting on the tailgate or sides, or
Nortazhokie • 05/10/24 01:05 PM ET
we would all ride to the fair in the back- now can't imagine the nanny pol**
bigbadbird • 05/10/24 01:38 PM ET
Me and three friends walked through the woods
mancunian • 05/10/24 12:44 PM ET
Summering in the Hamptons. Tennis and golf at the Club. Ironing my shorts
HokieGator • 05/10/24 12:18 PM ET
Think we found Cabel Massie IV's alias.**
Tafkam Hokie • 05/10/24 03:42 PM ET
Cabell summered at Gwynn's Island on the big Chris Craft**
Tuckahokie • 05/10/24 05:57 PM ET
Building a seine net to catch minnows then going cat fishing.**
jdkhokie • 05/10/24 12:11 PM ET
I recall having to clean out the hog pen on multiple summer afternoons.
scoop76cs • 05/10/24 12:00 PM ET
BB gun wars, just needed a thick coat on (& no, we didnt shoot our eye out)**
astrohokie • 05/10/24 11:49 AM ET
A good friend of mine growing up still has a BB in his calf. He figured
UEMcGill • 05/10/24 01:15 PM ET
and he sold his soul to the devil **
bigbadbird • 05/10/24 01:29 PM ET
Got hit once right between the eyes, woof I was lucky at times.**
Hokebury • 05/10/24 01:11 PM ET
Bottle rocket fights**
CrystalCoveHokie • 05/10/24 11:44 AM ET
Yes! And roman candle fights too!**
HokieByWater • 05/10/24 02:53 PM ET
We did that too but parents put a stop to it…..
CrystalCoveHokie • 05/10/24 03:15 PM ET
Oh yeah, and firecracker grenades. Let it drop in a can as you light it.
UEMcGill • 05/10/24 01:05 PM ET
Throwing bugs into spider webs and watching**
ColoVT82 • 05/10/24 11:32 AM ET
Going down to the creek...
`lag • 05/10/24 11:14 AM ET
We caught crawdads in the creek, we didn't eat them....LOL**
UTPr0sim • 05/10/24 11:32 AM ET
Oh yeah, you don't see them these days in Nova...
`lag • 05/10/24 03:40 PM ET
…when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand**
chumley • 05/10/24 12:52 PM ET
ya ate sand?**
bigbadbird • 05/10/24 01:47 PM ET
yeah, we caught those and salamanders by the creek behind my granparents**
reestuart • 05/10/24 12:14 PM ET
Dirt clod fights. **
Stork • 05/10/24 11:10 AM ET
Cornfield wars
Hokerer • 05/10/24 12:51 PM ET
Ask the late Jerry Clower**
TomTurkey • 05/10/24 04:12 PM ET
Yep, we also had acorn fights in the woods
MAHokie69 • 05/10/24 01:39 PM ET
we would sharpen stick so we could stick them in apples - could sling them
bigbadbird • 05/10/24 11:28 AM ET
Did that with cow pies and meadow muffins.**
scoop76cs • 05/10/24 11:57 AM ET
acorn wars... kinda hurt.**
`lag • 05/10/24 11:15 AM ET
Crabapple fights as well.**
Victory Ticker • 05/10/24 07:18 PM ET
We had a playground across the alley from us. We played basketball,
reestuart • 05/10/24 11:02 AM ET
Ah yeah, we played "guns" a lot. Not nerf guns or any other kinda that shot
Hurley09 • 05/10/24 11:19 AM ET
Yeah, that's what we did. It was a bit more using neighbors' porches
reestuart • 05/10/24 12:13 PM ET
As I recall, Nerf guns kinds sucked back then (they are much better now)
Tafkam Hokie • 05/10/24 11:47 AM ET
Wiffle Ball and/or Stick Ball. **
OrlandoHokie • 05/10/24 10:57 AM ET
Dominating the Ashlawn Elementary basketball courts. **
Hurley09 • 05/10/24 10:55 AM ET
Above the rim for sure! **
Vtskier1 • 05/10/24 12:13 PM ET
We probably spent more time on our bikes than anything else.
EDGEMAN • 05/10/24 10:50 AM ET
same- bikes were everything... now - i dunno something you rode a few
bigbadbird • 05/10/24 10:52 AM ET
We all had cheap bikes, and we rode those up and down our streets...
EDGEMAN • 05/10/24 11:01 AM ET
i had several - one of them was my sisters pink 10 speed
bigbadbird • 05/10/24 11:23 AM ET
Giant Refrigerator Box!!!**
Tuckahokie • 05/10/24 10:49 AM ET
He didn't ask where you lived. **
HokieGator • 05/10/24 12:15 PM ET
''as a kid'' ...not what you do now
HokieDan95 • 05/10/24 10:55 AM ET
Water skiing on Lake Gaston.
Tank • 05/10/24 10:47 AM ET
For us it was Buggs Island Lake. We had a cabin off Palmer Point.**
Major Kong • 05/10/24 01:30 PM ET
spent many summers at lake gaston as a child, always good memories
BRVT • 05/10/24 11:04 AM ET
Anything by Whamm-O. The slip and slide was a favorite. **
RhinoVT • 05/10/24 10:37 AM ET
Yeah, right up unit you hit that spot that didn't have any water on it
Tafkam Hokie • 05/10/24 11:43 AM ET
Also, coming off a slip n slide is how you learn why they are called BLADES
RhinoVT • 05/10/24 12:03 PM ET
Bicycle ramps, old piece of plywood, cinder blocks and bricks!**
vthhhi • 05/10/24 10:24 AM ET
We used to ride our bikes off the dock in to Lake Anne
LaneRat • 05/10/24 12:20 PM ET
That is what I was going to post. Bikes were central to everything.**
HokieByWater • 05/10/24 10:51 AM ET
Helmet Schmelmet**
Tuckahokie • 05/10/24 10:46 AM ET
Croquet and badminton**
HokieJamie • 05/10/24 10:16 AM ET
Big bags of fireworks from Pedro on the 4th**
Tuckahokie • 05/10/24 10:12 AM ET
South Of The Border
Coattail Hokie • 05/10/24 11:44 AM ET
Vote for Pedro!**
BRVT • 05/10/24 10:27 AM ET
Croque
Guy LeDouche • 05/10/24 09:57 AM ET
Water fights.... balloons and how they escalated to better devices brought
Vtskier1 • 05/10/24 09:48 AM ET
Some pretty epic water fights in my childhood as well. Also ◄
Tafkam Hokie • 05/10/24 10:19 AM ET
I lived in Charlotte for a while near the guy that invented super soaker
GreenvilleVT • 05/10/24 10:17 AM ET
I remember when we came back from the beach with water weenies....
Vtskier1 • 05/10/24 10:38 AM ET
Big neighborhood "Kick the Can" competitions**
Tuckahokie • 05/10/24 09:47 AM ET
SPUD, hide & seek, smear the TOS... multiple pick-up sports games**
Vtskier1 • 05/10/24 10:40 AM ET
Red Rover RED ROVER**
bigbadbird • 05/10/24 10:30 AM ET
Also Red Light, GreenLight. Snatch the Bacon. No Bears out Tonight.**
hokiedoug • 05/11/24 02:14 AM ET
^^^this!**
HokieGator • 05/10/24 10:10 AM ET