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Things that disappointed you as a kid.
Algarveaddick
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The clocks going back reminded me of the annual disappointment of that happening when I was a lad. I was always allowed to "play out" until it got dark. Suddenly, in one fell swoop there was a whole hour nicked from my busy leisure schedule!
Other things I remember was when it was a leap year, and my birthday skipped a Saturday or a Sunday, and, Oxford Circus not actually containing a big tent with acrobats and clowns performing.
Anyone else remember anything so "devastating" from their infancy?
Other things I remember was when it was a leap year, and my birthday skipped a Saturday or a Sunday, and, Oxford Circus not actually containing a big tent with acrobats and clowns performing.
Anyone else remember anything so "devastating" from their infancy?
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Watching a struggling Charlton side with a shit chairman no funding small crowds going out of cups in early rounds. That was 52 years ago.2
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Space Monkeys, the box showed cool monkey things playing guitars, every kid without pets (me) wanted them around 1976. In reality they were dehydrated shrimps that just floated about a bowl, no guitars, no flashing lights, nothing! I soon went back to my boxing robots11
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Fireworks
X-Ray specs from the joke shop
Evel Kneivel (sp) toy. It would do all kinds of stunts in the adverts. All mine did was either fall on its side and spin around or otherwise get me a clump for chipping the skirting boards.3 -
Having to go to school, when I could think of far better things to do0
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School, I disappointed my parents and teachers on a regular basis. But no one was more disappointed with wasting my time going to school than me.0
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I was thinking a bit more light hearted to be honest Johnny and Keston...
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Indoor fireworks6
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In that case school dinners, they could burn salad.Algarveaddick said:I was thinking a bit more light hearted to be honest Johnny and Keston...
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At my infant school the curry was so bad it took me over 20 years to pluck up the courage to try Indian food. Loved it immediately.charltonkeston said:
In that case school dinners, they could burn salad.Algarveaddick said:I was thinking a bit more light hearted to be honest Johnny and Keston...
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Finding out someone I liked smoked. Dunno why but it bothered me.0
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My parents
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Getting dark again (early?)...RodneyCharltonTrotta said:My parents
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They would never attempted anything as exotic as curry at my schools. I do remember 7th January 1969 my first day at infant school, they served gypsy tart. Disappointed would be a mild way of describing my feelings.Algarveaddick said:
At my infant school the curry was so bad it took me over 20 years to pluck up the courage to try Indian food. Loved it immediately.charltonkeston said:
In that case school dinners, they could burn salad.Algarveaddick said:I was thinking a bit more light hearted to be honest Johnny and Keston...
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Thinking I'd found a porno mag in the bushes and it turned out to be something shit like an Argos catalogue or a Radio Times.
I usually still found a picture in there to have a quick tug over though!20 -
Only thing that ever really used to disappoint me is when I couldnt have something (i.e. Used to see some really cool Lego in the magazines and wanted all of it) - Yet money was really tight when growing up so that wasnt the case
To be honest it made me appreciate Christmas Presents a lot more throughout my life; when I did get lego I'd go absolutely mental yet a good few years later I was given a car for my Birthday and a key ring of the Volkswagen logo (was the make of the car) which I loved a lot more than the former present that was given to me
Ironically I still love Lego (at 34) and look around at some of the adult sets these days and even the kid prices are really expensive and makes me wonder how my parents managed to afford any of it for me at the time0 -
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My old man dragging me to Charlton v Brentford 1995 season.0
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Fucking hate Kites... Could never keep it up in the air long enough before it would flop back down!!Bedsaddick said:Kites
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Stonehenge. Just a bunch of rocks that are not even that big innit...
No idea what I expected tbf.1 - Sponsored links:
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at least your expectations were managed, I got to the height I am now when I was about 12 and had visions of growing up to be a Herculean god who looked like he was carved out of stone.AFKABartram said:Growth spurts
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I'll see your kite and raise you remote control airplanes.Bedsaddick said:Kites
I had a petrol engine one that you controlled by a handle attached to a long wire and flew in circles.
Was so excited when I got and built it but was soon deflated when it came to flying the bloody thing.
The control was so sensitive that you only had to twitch and the poxy thing crashed. Don't think I ever managed more than 2 circles before hitting the ground and disintegrating. It became soul destroying gluing it back together week after week and gave up with it.4 -
I only had hand-me-down action men but I got a new SAS frogman suit so took him in the bath with me and his shoulders and, I think, thighs rusted up
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Life and my parents.0
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I was the opposite - at 13 I was under 5 feet tall - by the time I was 16 I was just about 6 feet.Carter said:
at least your expectations were managed, I got to the height I am now when I was about 12 and had visions of growing up to be a Herculean god who looked like he was carved out of stone.AFKABartram said:Growth spurts
I continued my growth spurt outwards
My disappointment as a child was being a child - I so wanted to be 18. The world of work, mortgages, bills and all that stuff made me very quickly realise I wanted to be a child again.
Thankfully as I get older I'm reverting back to being a child anyway!!5 -
Oh do feck off!!DaveMehmet said:
I'll see your kite and raise you remote control airplanes.Bedsaddick said:Kites
I had a petrol engine one that you controlled by a handle attached to a long wire and flew in circles.
Was so excited when I got and built it but was soon deflated when it came to flying the bloody thing.
The control was so sensitive that you only had to twitch and the poxy thing crashed. Don't think I ever managed more than 2 circles before hitting the ground and disintegrating. It became soul destroying gluing it back together week after week and gave up with it.
I would have killed for an RC plane or helicopter as a kid.
My dad told me the reason I couldn’t have one is that I wouldn’t be allowed to fly it ‘up the fields’ in Middle Park. Looking back - I think main the reason was that there was no way he was going to spend that much on me2 -
Stretch Armstrong.
Those fuckers who made him pretty much dared every kid to stretch him as far as possible.
Result: millions of overstretched and broken Stretch Armstrongs all over the world on Boxing Day.
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Same here - and there not being a real elephant with a castle.Algarveaddick said:The clocks going back reminded me of the annual disappointment of that happening when I was a lad. I was always allowed to "play out" until it got dark. Suddenly, in one fell swoop there was a whole hour nicked from my busy leisure schedule!
Other things I remember was when it was a leap year, and my birthday skipped a Saturday or a Sunday, and, Oxford Circus not actually containing a big tent with acrobats and clowns performing.
Anyone else remember anything so "devastating" from their infancy?8 -
I also remember my dad telling me on a trip to Buckingham Palace that if the queen was home we could go in and have egg and chips with her.
Just my luck she was away! I remember crying for ages about that outside the gates
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Always remember my mum telling me we were getting new cushion flooring in our kitchen.
The fun me and my brother were going to have jumping about on that, I thought.
Racing home from school to only to find a cut of new lino on the floor really dampened my spirits!8
