netzerkaiser wrote:First it was the Raleigh Grifter:
Then it was Raleigh azure Bomber:
Aside from the fact that that I think there should be an off-topic section for threads like this that have nothing to do with porn (suggestion for
viewforum.php?f=68),
I think it's funny that I somehow stumbled on this topic at this very moment that I'm looking at my 2 childhood bikes in my moms basement thinking what I should do with them. Firstly, a no-brand black (larger wheeled) BMX that I won with a lottery ticket organized by elementary school (or one of my local sports club at the time; I can't recall) when I was about 7. Miracuously, the tires are still fully pumped after not riding it over 35 years! but the saddle is sadly partly dissolved. Secondly, my first mini bike (with some rust here and there) that I had while in Kindergarten. Sure, I have great memories riding them, but what am I supposed to do with them as an adult with no young kids....
Obviously,- although with larger wheels and somehow still sized for adults who would go to BMX parks and what not-, I'm not gonna ride that BMX any longer on the streets as it would look juvenile as some kind of "balding dad with receding hairline in midlife crisis" desperately wanting to hold on to his youth or something, but on the other hand, one can't be sure to not knock up some broad in the future and then wanting to pass it along to your kid when you maybe restored it to the best of your abilities....
Sure, "what if" questions are worthless, but on the other hand, to lovelessly dump them at a local thrift shop that's another thing....
Yea, old toys which I can't be bothered to put on Ebay are all ready to be brought to the thrift shop or sold to some guy for a garage sale, but some other nostalgic stuff....
an Atari 2600, a commodore 64 with 100 disk floppy? cassettes & printer, Sega Mega drive, Sega Game Gear and various Nintendo Games & Watch etc....a trip down memory lane....The longer you stay in the garage, the more you want to keep....
netzerkaiser wrote:Broke my heart to return home from abroad to find out it had been thrown out in family house clearout, 20 years ago.
The real question is what would one do with them had it not been sold at the white elephant sale. Yea, if one lives in a mansion with one or more garages with all the space in the world, sure why not if you still dream that you can be Elliott from E.T. LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR1-UFrcZ0k &
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA5giyG8E7g , but if there is only limited space am I supposed to go to my medium spaced garage like some old fart grooling over what has been...
I've always thought that nostalgia is for old saps/ old farts, but now that I've turned one of them, I am not so sure any longer the older I get....