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KY_EnviroGuy

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13. Then you probably recall what a treat it was....

Reply to tiredtoo (Reply #11)

Thu Sep 3, 2020, 09:58 PM

Sep 2020

to get a little allowance and buy a roll of caps for your cowboy pistol. I even remember the smell of those those things going off.

Trips to the five and dime were rare for us and a huge event just to look at all the toys.

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Several of my friends and I dressed in olive drab, strapped on our pistols, shouldered our [View all] Atticus Sep 2020 OP

Excellent! redstatebluegirl Sep 2020 #1

Just a little tike in 1957 safeinOhio Sep 2020 #2

When I was five, my friends and I used tree branches as rifles, Aristus Sep 2020 #3

Yes, I had no idea why a war would be "silver", but that's what people called it. I also Atticus Sep 2020 #4

THAT is where BunkerBoy learned his bias............. MyOwnPeace Sep 2020 #9

I not only had no idea why a war would be silver, soldierant Sep 2020 #14

You almost had me! Karadeniz Sep 2020 #5

GOTCHA! (almost) nt Atticus Sep 2020 #6

My neighborhood then was overrun KT2000 Sep 2020 #7

When I was 6 years old I asked Santa for a soldier suit. flamin lib Sep 2020 #8

Perhaps your request MyOwnPeace Sep 2020 #10

In Boot Camp our first pay check was taken for uniform purchases. rickford66 Sep 2020 #12

They did that as late as Desert Storm but flamin lib Sep 2020 #16

Don't remember playing soldiers at all tiredtoo Sep 2020 #11

Then you probably recall what a treat it was.... KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2020 #13

For sure tiredtoo Sep 2020 #15

"Johnny got his gun" onethatcares Sep 2020 #17