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bigbadbird
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bigbadbird

we would sharpen stick so we could stick them in apples - could sling them

a fairly good distance-
Posted: 05/10/2024 at 11:28 AM ET
(In response to this post by Stork)

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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