What once "cool" thing do you still have, but never use?

Pierced my left ear lobe in 1965. Haven't worn an ear ring in more than 35 years.

remember those?? :D

Luckily, I didn't kill anyone with them. :D

These toys are now legendary. They started finding their way into the schoolyards in the early seventies and in 1971 were yanked from shelves because kids were suffering eye injuries when the fragile, glass-like balls were shattering from the violence of contact with their mates. I believe a plastic version may have been released after the original and the more menacing version was pulled, but I don't think that it enjoyed the same popularity. One of the main obstacles in locating this toy today is knowing what to call it. There were supposedly over 80 copy-cat products on the market during Clackers hey-day. During your search expect to see names like: Bonkers
Clackers
Clack Clacks
Click Clacks
Crackers
K-Nokkers
Ker- Knockers
Klackers
Klick Klacks
Knockers
Mini Poppers
Moon Rocks
Popper Knockers
Rockers
Super Clackers
Quick Klacks
Quick Clacks
Quick Wacks
Wackers
Whackers
Whak KOs
Because of the abrupt halt in production and distribution there were truckloads of these toys dumped on the secondary market. This is good for collectors today because it means that there are lots of these toys out there still MIP selling in the $10-$20 range.

They're blue, though. Circa 1970 ...

...but, nah...I guess I still use it.

Nice that you still use "it". Whatever "it" is!

and several pairs of Laurel K. Burch earrings who was a Berkeley street artist when I bought them.

Big in the 80s ...

Mine were cats.

I remember Laurel Burch's work, but I think she was beyond being a street artist at that point.

Do you remember the street woman who always wore, what looked like a painted, yellow beret? She walked around selling booklets of her poems. And I think she was part of the People's Park Mural. (We're talking about a zillion years ago. I don't know if the mural is still there, or the street artists.)

Bubble Lady, Rick Starr (lounge "singer"), Scott the Piano Man on Sproul Plaza *sigh*, the goat-and-pig-walking lady, the red-ribbon-against-apartheid dude, the raggedy transvestite guy. (This was mid-80s.) I was there just before the Naked Guy. Unfortunately, I heard he died recently. :(

(this was late '70's). He had dark hair and a beard. He wore cute little dresses, usually short and white and would drag a toy around on a string while saying, "I'm not supposed to wear a dress because I'M A BOY!"

And there was The Computer Guy, who walked around chanting numerical equations. In retrospect, I wonder if he was autistic or had Asperger's Syndrome.

Having a stand on the Avenue, gave me a great chance to observe people. And I was almost more connected to "the crazies" than the customers.

It certainly was a colorful place and time! :hi:

I'll bet you got an eyeful standing on Telegraph every day!

Fun memories! :hi:

That was some high tech shit back when I was a kid. We were the only family on the block that even had a computer for some years after that. I still have it sitting around collecting dust in a closet.

Now if you also have a box full of old transformers then...

is Ravage...the transformers were to spendy for my parents, and when they did get them for my brother and I, they would fall apart quickly/break because He-Man, and Darth Vader would stomp them into the ground....:D

Being totally clueless, they got me the one that turns into a radio/cassette player. I mean...WTF? Some marketing genius thought that it would really rock to have a robot that could, at the first sign of danger, reconfigure itself into a conduit for old Perry Como tapes? What fucking use is that?

Needless to say, that toy got very little play.

for xmas...I think I was 7 or 8...and he didn't last long, Voltron crushed him...Star Scream was really breakable, and didn't last long against Voltron's onslaught....:D

Can I come play?

no, not really. JK!

....didn't use it for years and years , but I got it out and cleaned it up the other day, may do some live recording with it....

My hubby still has all of our old LP's from the 60's and 70's in the attic. There must be 400 or 500 up there and still in the original orange crates. Does anyone remember using those to keep your LP's in?

and keep them in orange crates, in the basement. My old stereo (Pioneer receiver, Technics turntable, and Aiwa cassette deck) set up on boards and cement blocks, is down there collecting dust, along with the speakers the size of filing cabinets (also Aiwa). One of these days I should see if it still works.

:spray:

Though everybody knooooows what I'm thinking! :spray:

I spent many hours listening to KOMA on that thing. :)

I have a radio collection, though; some work, some are just nice pieces of furniture. :)

It needs to be restrung and the keys need to be redone. But it's a pretty awesome looking old saloon style stand-up.

There it sits like a big decorative box next to the liquor cabinet.

Mine is from the 50's and it's yellow thick plastic.


Jello molds

Haven't used it for a couple years.

:P

that's attached to the neck of the bottle so you can't lose the cap. I bought it for a camping trip in 1975. Still use it - it's in my frig. right now. It also still has its "Made in Austria" label affixed to the bottom. Fine product - 32 years old.

Those little plastic ringy things from 1980! ;)

Fonzie locked up in my attic.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

(Fonzie thumbs)

:cry:

worn it all these years but I think I should retire it before it completely falls apart. Not going to throw it out though.

I think my cat has a go at it from time to time.

yes, it IS cool!

1987 or '88.

My kids were very amused by it when I set it up recently and my daughter was going to use it in her room (it was so retro!), but then the typewriter froze...:(

A Powerbilt Super Citation, 240cc with a graphite shaft. I got it specially built with precise specs and swing weight and it was all the rage when I debuted it on the course. Now it would look like a 4 wood.

But what the hell, I may break it out for a round or two. Still love the feel and the workability and I don't get as much benefit from the titanium as I should.

Very cool. Although, I didn't know I'd be cooler if I wore them both at once.

I really should learn to play it.

:hide: :yoiks: :D

And the only reason I don't wear them anymore is because they are beginning to disintigrate and I don't want them to get any more holes!

earrings, tongue ring, eyebrow ring, nippLe ring.