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27. The neighbor kids three doors down had Jarts

Reply to ironflange (Reply #22)

Sun Mar 7, 2021, 10:12 PM

Mar 2021

We may not have been the brightest kids in the world, but nobody ever got hit with one of those things. But I can understand the company pulling them off the market when that started happening.

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Who remembers playing with these things when you were a kid? [View all] Ohiogal Mar 2021 OP

Me me me! Lots of entertainment in the backseat of car on road trips! nt Pobeka Mar 2021 #1

I remember my folks Ohiogal Mar 2021 #4

Yesiree, those too. I had one which was a map of the continential USA we got somewhere. Pobeka Mar 2021 #12

We used to get books with a magic marker. Not that brand though. applegrove Mar 2021 #2

I remember those FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #3

I seem to remember Ohiogal Mar 2021 #5

That was one of my favorites. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #6

I loved the hot dogs Ohiogal Mar 2021 #7

3D burgers. n/t multigraincracker Mar 2021 #9

Funny how things change. I wouldn't eat a clam strip now if I could find one somewhere. Maraya1969 Mar 2021 #21

I think Long John Silver has them FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #24

Oh, yeah. It was fun, though I liked the Etch-a-Sketch even better. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #8

These things never entertained me very long for some reason. Ohiogal Mar 2021 #10

I think I was fascinated by the phenomenon of magnetism and iron filings Ocelot II Mar 2021 #11

Remember the smell of caps for your Lone Ranger six gun? keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #13

Being a girl, my parents would never buy me a cap gun in a million years Ohiogal Mar 2021 #14

Same here. ShazzieB Mar 2021 #15

... Ohiogal Mar 2021 #16

Oh, my sister and I were allowed cap guns and we had a ball with them. Laffy Kat Mar 2021 #20

Remember the smell. hay rick Mar 2021 #25

Me. sinkingfeeling Mar 2021 #17

yes! BatteriesNotNeeded Mar 2021 #18

Anyone remember El Marko scented markers? Aristus Mar 2021 #19

How about these guys? ironflange Mar 2021 #22

It's those times that you don't remember... n/t Harker Mar 2021 #23

The neighbor kids three doors down had Jarts gratuitous Mar 2021 #27

yes, stocking stuffers taxi Mar 2021 #26