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Posted on 07-15-09 09:37:38 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Friend2.0
Originally posted by FirePhoenix
I miss running around in the creek behind my house as kids. In the summers, we would establish our own little "communities" down in there, where everyone had their own "house" and "profession" that helped our community. One year, someone even made roadsigns for the various paths that we'd carved back in there. Ah, I miss those days...



If I remember correctly I was the Hunter/Fur Trader and you were the Apothecary. Oh, and remember when we found the clay pit off to the side of the creek? We would always pretend we were adventurers or people with magic powers fighting off mythical monsters. And I used to settle arguments with "stick fighting"
Those were the days....

I also remember when you gave yourself a concussion back there.

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Posted on 07-16-09 12:36:44 AM Link | Quote
The best memories of my childhood were going to the Nickel Arcade (yes, EVERY game was just a nickel) and it had great games. It was shut down in 1998 because the Emporium went out of business, but it wasn't fun since 1995 because they sold all of the good cabinets.

The other thing that I remember doing was riding motorcycles at John's Peak but then environmentalists, locals and concerned moms made it pretty much illegal to do anything there beyond organized events, even though all of their teenage sons and daughters sneak up there at night and get drunk and die in car accidents. Then again, I don't find that too bad because they're only thinning out their own numbers. About 20 less idiots to ruin our gene pool every year!

Lastly, you can't even ride a bike on the sidewalk anymore. I'm thinking this got passed because somebody was butthurt because they had to step out of the way for 2 seconds. Ever since this happened, there have been bikers all over the road and near-collisions are a daily circumstance. Smart move, considering there is only one freaking bike path in all of Medford!

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Posted on 07-16-09 02:26:03 PM (last edited by Keitaro at 07-16-09 11:32 AM) Link | Quote
Originally posted by FirePhoenix
There used to be this huge wooden playground up in Massachusetts near where my grandparents lived that we would go and play at whenever we visited. We could spend hours running around on there getting lost and having fun. A few years ago though the whole thing was torn down to make way for something that I don't know. The memories man...

Man...what part of Mass was it? We used to have one right by my house, it was huge and amazing and it apparently got taken down and converted in to some generic cookie-cutter/mix and match playground that's not only smaller but 800x less fun and interesting. There's also a skate part next to it now. Super cool, right?

I spent a lot of my childhood in the woods behind my house, where me and my friends would do similar things to what you described--we had a little "city", which was made around the natural structures which worked surprisingly well for such a thing. There was also a few old stone walls from god knows when, back when the whole area used to be farmland (couldn't be further from that now, I mean...its the suburbs of a semi-major city but its still interesting)...I don't know, I used to eat that stuff up. I also seemed to remember playing some sort of Donkey Kong Country-themed game based around that area...huh.

My SNES was a HUGE part of my growing up, my Gameboy too. They contributed SO much to my imagination and influenced greatly how I was able to play outside and with other things I'd have. Despite people who would think kids would sooner sit inside and play games all day, mine would actually inspire me to go out and go explore ;x I'm beyond bummed that the SNES, while playing today, no longer has that effect one me... great nostalgia though. I guess some things we really do grow out of :\
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Posted on 07-16-09 02:46:26 PM Link | Quote
The playground was in a town called Ludlow, Massachusetts. It's near Springfield, Mass. iirc.

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Posted on 07-17-09 05:00:26 AM Link | Quote
Oh, cool. My dad's company built a school out in Springfield, so I sorta know where that is. Don't know the area too well necessarily
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