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For high school we got out around the middle of June for exams. For elementary school we'd get out around the middle of June too, then come back about 7 to 14 days later to get our report cards and have a field day at a big track up behind the school. We'd have relay races, tug-of-wars, food & drinks, etc.... I would get so excited to be finished school, but always HATED seeing those back to school commercials which would usually begin airing around the beginning of August. Even now in my 30's, seeing those commercials still send a shiver down my spine lol
I had a good one, during high school since I was the one of the students that collected video games. Onetime at the end we were giving a choice to leave early or stay longer and we would find a teacher who would let us borrow tv and I was the one supplying the PS2 for DDR or N64 and Super Nintendo for some Multiplayer fun. Funny to see the students get nostalgia over retro stuff. Best part was a teacher took me on at Mario Kart and I beat them.
@@ducknut300 they're doing a Certain N-64 Guide Book right now. I don't remember them officially announcing it, but they've mentioned it a few times lately. I don't love the N-64, but I love these Certain Guidebooks, so I'm stoked. I'd love a GameBoy book though.
Yea I went to a Christian school and we'd get out the last week of May or first week of June and go back the last week of August. College was the best though, we got out the beginning of May, and go back after Labor Day, and we got like 3--4 weeks off for Christmas and then a week for Spring break. My favorite memories were usually around going to a friend's house because both my parents worked. We'd spend the day playing video games because I didn't have a console, riding bikes, trampolines and exploring the woods near the house.
Early summer memories are a blend of exploring in the woods, riding my BMX bike, the arcade at the mall, blockbuster movies, going to Myrtle Beach, SC or sitting in my room playing Nintendo. At home I was most fond of renting several NES games and diving into them. Staying up all night (because yay, no school) and beating Mega Man 2 for the first time was a highlight for me.
We had a field day at my high school on the last day of the school year. We played kickball, water balloon fights, flag football. Had hamburgers hotdogs and icecream for lunch.
Cleaning out your locker and turning all your text books in was such a great feeling. From then on it was bike rides, swimming pools, late night television, Summer Slam, Playing an entire season of Ken Griffey Jr SNES and going undefeated, and of course the game rentals!
Field day was the greatest day of they year besides last day of school and or last day before Christmas break. I think the last day before Christmas break makes me feel the best thinking about it.
Tiltawhirl was my jam! My favorite summer was 1995! Houston rockets won the championship! I played basketball everyday! Went to astroworld! Played NBA jam every night on the super nes! Went to splash town! Went to the movies every weekend! Those were the days!
There was a year in the 80's that we had no . Just a severe drought in Western Pennsylvania . We were usually outside playing all day and night during summer vacation . I think that it was 1989 , because I seem to remember that my older sister and my oldest brother were already moved away out of the house . My other older brother graduated in 1989 . But I remember that we did whatever chores our parents would make us do and we had a badminton/volleyball net that we kept up all summer long . My older brother and I would go out an play badminton with our friends , come back inside and play Contra on the NES , go back out and play badminton , go in and play Contra , rinse and repeat . We were also watching a lot of It's Garry Shandling Show and the Tracey Ullman Show on Fox . Pretty sure that Fox was pretty much a new channel at the time . The drought lasted through most of the summer and our badminton court was nothing but a dust pit because all of the grass had died . My brother left for the U.S. Army at the end of that summer vacation leaving me the only kid left at home with my parents until I graduated in 1992 . Probably the best summer of my life .
I remember in grade school... like running out of that building on the last day like my head was on fire. The anticipation of summer break is pretty much what carried my spirit onwards after the end of christmas break. We got VERY, VERY few snow days... but we were always done in early June as well. Maybe even late, late May? Those 13 or 14 weeks... how glorious. My brother and I spent long periods of time with my grandparents who lived in Pittsburgh. We'd go out for two weeks each, sometimes together, sometimes each by ourselves.... the fun! Lots of playing outside, tons and tons of video games. We would go to the drive in 3 or 4 times a summer. Go down to the various parks swimming. We had a few within like 20-30 min drive. Cookouts, staying up later... just the simple lazy days of summer. What fun!
Having water gun fights with super soakers, snow cones, hot dogs, hamburgers, french fries, or chili dogs. Playing on the play ground at school or nearby park. Playing SNES at home with my brother. Field day being a little nervous at first but had fun. I miss having three months off. Wish that had carried over into work. Lol.
i went to a lot of schools, and for dodgeball they all used the same rubber inflated balls we used for kickball, they could hurt but not particularly dangerous
@@stoves5877 Well, other than it possibly hitting parts of a person's head, or I guess hitting a finger wrong and breaking it... Of course, we weren't supposed to aim at the head. However, it still was probably safer than some of the game we'd be playing on the play ground during recess. Like wall burner (may be other names for it) where we threw a tennis ball or something similar against the wall and the goal was to hit the wall before it hit the ground. If you miss, had to run and touch the wall before another kid grabbed the ball and hit the wall with it before you did touch it. If that happens I think 3 times, you have to stand against the wall while a kid whips said ball at you.
Summers in the 80s and 90s were awesome. Our last day of school was field day and it was a free for all and not much supervision so; in the 5th grade we left like at 10a and went to my friends house to play nes. A 3 full months of break,Nickelodeon had variety such as double dare,nick arcade, and cartoons instead of constant re runs. We would stay up all night conquering nes games. Our fast food was better. Also building play forts in the woods all day and sneaking out at night.
I grew up in point pleasant and my mom and mom mom would park themselves at the jenkinsons big wheel. It had appliances, video games electronics...they had random play specials where you could bet like 5 numbers for a buck. one weekend in July 90, my mom and mom mom spent a few hours there and surprised me and my brother with Mario 3. This is when you'd get games at Christmas or birthdays only or if God forbid, broke your leg or whatever. We(brother Geoff who is also 40 Pat.) were just so ready to pass out for excitement. Also at dads we'd have friends over to watch movies and hang out in their pool. At mom mom's where we lived primarily with mom we had a pool too. The above ground ones that go up to your chest. So much fun. Also I'm a nerd, so bike riding to the library was my jam too.
Don't forget you'd get your yearbook and get everyone to sign it and leave you messages. I wonder if any of the kids I went to school with became famous....
When I was a kid, my 2nd favorite time of year was the end of May to the end of June, my favorite being November and December. At the end of the school year we mostly did fun activities including watching movies. The summer was the time of year I went to the beach the least, but when we did go to the beach in the summer it was usually Rehoboth Beach and Assateague Island and would spend the day there. I loved playing games on the boardwalk. I would go on vacation for a week somewhere. There were days I would play video games nonstop for sometimes over 24 hours.
hell yeah Ocean City Maryland. Spent many summers there. I absolutely loved the board walk there and the great arcades. I remember that's where I first played Golden Axe. My brother and I played the shit out of that game that summer.
That last meaningless week really was the best. We also had a field day where everyone went to a very large park in the city and had games, super soaker fights, baseball, everything you would want to do with all your school friends all together. Great times.
My birthday was always the second to last, last, or final day of school and finishing up for the summer meant so much more because of that. Last day of school was also a "free day" where there was no set schedule and plenty of people (pupils or teachers) would bring in consoles and it would basically be a big party with everyone basically hanging around with friends.
I had the same exact sunburn Ian speaks of when I was a young teen and that alone was enough to scar me from ever wanting to spend a day at the beach again. The pain and blistering I had was so bad I could barely move without feeling like I wanted to cry.
I hated, no I loathed those damn back to school commercials in early to mid August. I remember flipping the channel whenever any of those damn jc penny or mervyn’s back to school commercials would come on.
Hah the cake walk! We walked around in one of the classrooms with laminated giant footprints on the floor. Each of them had numbers so one would be the winner of whatever cake was up.
There was a large public park only a block away from the school, so I'd end up seeing everyone in my class during the summer at different times. There was always 1-2 boys who'd go from house to house to gather the other boys so we'd all gather to play tag, hide and seek, baseball or whatever almost every day during the summer.
Pat reminds like an old man where even if you tell him you don't want to hear about his past of being a beach kid he still stubbornly tells it to you about it anyways
Longtime listener. Pat, do you ever miss NJ? Places like Hoboken & Jersey really continue to get better w/ great PATH access to NYC, summer at the shores, beautiful nature trails in the western part of the state.
My memories of driving down the Garden State Parkway with my grandmother and grandfather, inhaling his second hand smoke, to spend the day at Keansburg Amusement Park. Dumping quarters into the whatever arcade games. I don’t know how much money I spent on The Simpsons. Riding the himalaya to the soundtrack of whatever 80’s hair metal band. Going home back to East Orange tired as hell, but we pull in the driveway and all my friends are outside. Spend the next few hours, or what seemed like hours, playing freeze tag or manhunt. Those were the days.
I'm still big on the beach, but I will no longer swim whenever I go. Around 8 years ago, I went swimming at Jones Beach one Summer day in Long Island and got dragged out into the deep. I was unable to get back on my own because of riptides. 2 life guards had to swim out to get me and now I will not swim if it isn't in a pool.
I actually liked going to Summer School in junior high/highschool... it was only one class that started later... you got to see your friends, but the school atmosphere was much less intense... your parents never really cared about grades as long as you passed the class... It was like going to school... only much more tolerable.
The last day of school in the 80's was amazing. Some teachers would let us watch cartoons as we cleaned out our desks or have extended playground time. Then we'd blast out of school like tiny bullets, running home to grab our bikes and ride like maniacs the next few months. I can literally still smell the cut grass, the dirt from the baseball diamond, and the lake near my house.
0:35 school-mandated reading assignments from middle school on ruined any joy I may have had for enjoying books in particular I had to write a 3-4 sentence summary after every chapter or reading session to “improve reading comprehension”, then a book report for every book - and we were expected to read at least one 300+ page book per month or two. Now imagine doing that for Stephen King novels - which I developed a phase for at or around that time.
It's so strange hearing people saying they got out of school in June, I grew up in the great plains in the 00s and we were done around the 20th of May, and back in half way through August.
for 2 years I was lucky enough to live like 3 blocks from the beach (silver strand in Oxnard) most days during the summer were spent on the beach or boogie boarding in the ocean (and it being the 80s my parents didnt care as long as we said we were by the life guard stand)
I had the same experience as Ian. Came down from here in Canada in 1993 to Wildwood NJ. Bought a bodyboard and fell in love with that sport. I was 17 and said "fuck you" to sunscreen. Was out all day, and woke up in the middle of the night with my face leaking because of the blisters that had formed. I had to walk around for the rest of the trip caked in this crazy waterproof sunscreen with locals saying "BRO, you got buuhned" in their NJ accents. Bodyboarding became a mainstay of my youth, and despite the fucking blisters, that was a great trip (first viewing of Beavis and Butthead - we weren't getting it in Canada at that point yet)...
02:50 At Catholic school in May, we had 'Olympic Day' where the kids competed in events like 100 yard dash and pie eating contest. We generally went ape shit.
Ahh Pat was a Benny 😜 It's funny, Shore locals loved late August because the tourism slowed and it was "Local's Summer." Maruca's Tomato Pies on Seaside Boardwalk is still the best. Miss it everyday here in Japan.
I'm barely younger than Pat, and remember most of this. Field day was great. And the last 2 weeks of summer were no shit worse than actually being in class.
I remember in my teenage years last few days of school were just a riot. Passing around ice-tea packs spiked with Wodka in class and getting high in break periods with the promise of a summer of teenage rebellion looming.
Fun to hear old stories and memories about summer. I think we all have those and just hearing other peoples sparks some of my own. Thank you for that. With that being said...That Star Wars pinball was a Data East sir. ^_^ Not a Williams.
I got a sunburn so bad, at a Warped Tour concert, I literally got skin cancer. My face was entirely blister/puss... no clue how it was so bad given I back packed and shit and never got burned, made it two weeks on a sail boat without being burned too...
THe one thing this quarantine and protesting/riots that happened in Philly is that the Mr. Softee truck does NOT quit. Pat, you remember Fun town pier and Carousel arcade? my dad took use to seaside all the time through the late nineties on.
We used those "Poit balls" for dodgeball, but we had this one gym teacher who would randomly throw in a soccer ball, a volley, and a basketball as "power ups"
i remember the cake walk picture hop scotch squares but in a circle they would play music and which ever number you stopped on you got a cheap prize or a cake!!!
wgasmotorsports.com I doubt that there will be one available for at least another 6 months, but these do still exist in California. wgasmotorsports.com/all-events/2020-schedule/
Is there more than one Dunkirk, NY? I went to a wedding there right up along Lake Erie and it was an absolute shithole town. Couldn't wait to get out of the place.
@@mkbcnb a bunch of depressed kids who didn't do their work or tended to act out in class being even more depressed that they couldn't enjoy their time with their friends.
I'm around the Va. Beach area. When I was a kid I loved it. Now that I'm an adult I never go during the summer because the tourists are nauseating. Boogie boarding was the shit though! Not a beach fan anymore at all.
At the fair we would play this game that buzzed evertime you touched the edges with this ring you were holding. You had to hold it steady lol. What's the name? Help someone
I'm not a fan of the beach, depending on when Ian was at Virginia beach I might have been there at the same time on Boogie Boards and we had dolphins come up by our boards it was nuts. That was the most fun I had ever had at the beach.
Lol I live about 150 feet from Lake Erie in Ohio. Cold in the winter is an understatement, and trust me, you do NOT want to buy a house here unless you want all of your neighbors to be meth heads and heroin addicts
Ocean City, MD getting a shoutout for all the right reasons! Pretty bad place to be during these days with COVID. Lots of stupid people being irresponsible, unfortunately. The beach is trash most of the time (literally - trash in the sand, especially in the more popular spots), but the boardwalk is fantastic. Definitely recommend for their arcades!
Do you have any fond memories of the beginning of the summer? The anticipation? That last meaningless week of school? School or county fair?
For high school we got out around the middle of June for exams. For elementary school we'd get out around the middle of June too, then come back about 7 to 14 days later to get our report cards and have a field day at a big track up behind the school. We'd have relay races, tug-of-wars, food & drinks, etc....
I would get so excited to be finished school, but always HATED seeing those back to school commercials which would usually begin airing around the beginning of August. Even now in my 30's, seeing those commercials still send a shiver down my spine lol
It's been a while.
I had a good one, during high school since I was the one of the students that collected video games. Onetime at the end we were giving a choice to leave early or stay longer and we would find a teacher who would let us borrow tv and I was the one supplying the PS2 for DDR or N64 and Super Nintendo for some Multiplayer fun. Funny to see the students get nostalgia over retro stuff. Best part was a teacher took me on at Mario Kart and I beat them.
@@ducknut300 they're doing a Certain N-64 Guide Book right now. I don't remember them officially announcing it, but they've mentioned it a few times lately. I don't love the N-64, but I love these Certain Guidebooks, so I'm stoked. I'd love a GameBoy book though.
Yea I went to a Christian school and we'd get out the last week of May or first week of June and go back the last week of August. College was the best though, we got out the beginning of May, and go back after Labor Day, and we got like 3--4 weeks off for Christmas and then a week for Spring break. My favorite memories were usually around going to a friend's house because both my parents worked. We'd spend the day playing video games because I didn't have a console, riding bikes, trampolines and exploring the woods near the house.
Early summer memories are a blend of exploring in the woods, riding my BMX bike, the arcade at the mall, blockbuster movies, going to Myrtle Beach, SC or sitting in my room playing Nintendo. At home I was most fond of renting several NES games and diving into them. Staying up all night (because yay, no school) and beating Mega Man 2 for the first time was a highlight for me.
Hell yes, I did a lot of the same things haha
Ian: "God I hate summer, I hate it more than pizza and boobs"
I remember the last few days of school. The teacher would let us play The Oregon Trail
We had a field day at my high school on the last day of the school year. We played kickball, water balloon fights, flag football. Had hamburgers hotdogs and icecream for lunch.
Yeah, similar in Akron Ohio
I remember field day. I would just want to hang out with my friends, so I would weasel my way out of participating in any of the games.
These are always my favorite kind of topics! Happy summer boys.
Cleaning out your locker and turning all your text books in was such a great feeling. From then on it was bike rides, swimming pools, late night television, Summer Slam, Playing an entire season of Ken Griffey Jr SNES and going undefeated, and of course the game rentals!
I love how Ian hates the beach. I feel that lol
Field day was the greatest day of they year besides last day of school and or last day before Christmas break. I think the last day before Christmas break makes me feel the best thinking about it.
Tiltawhirl was my jam! My favorite summer was 1995! Houston rockets won the championship! I played basketball everyday! Went to astroworld! Played NBA jam every night on the super nes! Went to splash town! Went to the movies every weekend! Those were the days!
There was a year in the 80's that we had no . Just a severe drought in Western Pennsylvania . We were usually outside playing all day and night during summer vacation . I think that it was 1989 , because I seem to remember that my older sister and my oldest brother were already moved away out of the house . My other older brother graduated in 1989 . But I remember that we did whatever chores our parents would make us do and we had a badminton/volleyball net that we kept up all summer long . My older brother and I would go out an play badminton with our friends , come back inside and play Contra on the NES , go back out and play badminton , go in and play Contra , rinse and repeat . We were also watching a lot of It's Garry Shandling Show and the Tracey Ullman Show on Fox . Pretty sure that Fox was pretty much a new channel at the time . The drought lasted through most of the summer and our badminton court was nothing but a dust pit because all of the grass had died . My brother left for the U.S. Army at the end of that summer vacation leaving me the only kid left at home with my parents until I graduated in 1992 . Probably the best summer of my life .
Tell your brother thank him for his service. Is he still serving?
@@deezy81 thank you . He is out now and lives close by . We still try to get some video gaming in online together on the PS4 every Saturday .
@@MrPoestyle Awesome.
I remember in grade school... like running out of that building on the last day like my head was on fire. The anticipation of summer break is pretty much what carried my spirit onwards after the end of christmas break. We got VERY, VERY few snow days... but we were always done in early June as well. Maybe even late, late May? Those 13 or 14 weeks... how glorious. My brother and I spent long periods of time with my grandparents who lived in Pittsburgh. We'd go out for two weeks each, sometimes together, sometimes each by ourselves.... the fun! Lots of playing outside, tons and tons of video games. We would go to the drive in 3 or 4 times a summer. Go down to the various parks swimming. We had a few within like 20-30 min drive. Cookouts, staying up later... just the simple lazy days of summer. What fun!
God damn I miss having three months off.
Coronavirus: it's the new summer!
As a teacher, I can tell you...it's awesome. Although going back as an adult is even harder than when you're a kid.
Having water gun fights with super soakers, snow cones, hot dogs, hamburgers, french fries, or chili dogs. Playing on the play ground at school or nearby park. Playing SNES at home with my brother. Field day being a little nervous at first but had fun.
I miss having three months off. Wish that had carried over into work. Lol.
So glad you guys went for this question. I loved this episode.
i went to a lot of schools, and for dodgeball they all used the same rubber inflated balls we used for kickball, they could hurt but not particularly dangerous
oh you can cause some seroius damage with those. I remember at my Middle school one kid got his nose broke while playing dodge ball with those things.
@@stoves5877 Well, other than it possibly hitting parts of a person's head, or I guess hitting a finger wrong and breaking it... Of course, we weren't supposed to aim at the head. However, it still was probably safer than some of the game we'd be playing on the play ground during recess. Like wall burner (may be other names for it) where we threw a tennis ball or something similar against the wall and the goal was to hit the wall before it hit the ground. If you miss, had to run and touch the wall before another kid grabbed the ball and hit the wall with it before you did touch it. If that happens I think 3 times, you have to stand against the wall while a kid whips said ball at you.
@@stoves5877 "NOOOOO HEAD HUNTINGGGG"
Summers in the 80s and 90s were awesome. Our last day of school was field day and it was a free for all and not much supervision so; in the 5th grade we left like at 10a and went to my friends house to play nes.
A 3 full months of break,Nickelodeon had variety such as double dare,nick arcade, and cartoons instead of constant re runs. We would stay up all night conquering nes games. Our fast food was better. Also building play forts in the woods all day and sneaking out at night.
You nailed it on the head
It's really fun how much Ian hates Pat's soundboard. SEALED!
“Freeze Tag”
I haven’t heard those words strung together since ‘92.
I grew up in point pleasant and my mom and mom mom would park themselves at the jenkinsons big wheel. It had appliances, video games electronics...they had random play specials where you could bet like 5 numbers for a buck. one weekend in July 90, my mom and mom mom spent a few hours there and surprised me and my brother with Mario 3. This is when you'd get games at Christmas or birthdays only or if God forbid, broke your leg or whatever. We(brother Geoff who is also 40 Pat.) were just so ready to pass out for excitement. Also at dads we'd have friends over to watch movies and hang out in their pool. At mom mom's where we lived primarily with mom we had a pool too. The above ground ones that go up to your chest. So much fun. Also I'm a nerd, so bike riding to the library was my jam too.
I love Point Pleasant.
Pat finally got to talk about summer time and beaches as a kid finally
Don't forget you'd get your yearbook and get everyone to sign it and leave you messages. I wonder if any of the kids I went to school with became famous....
When I was a kid, my 2nd favorite time of year was the end of May to the end of June, my favorite being November and December. At the end of the school year we mostly did fun activities including watching movies. The summer was the time of year I went to the beach the least, but when we did go to the beach in the summer it was usually Rehoboth Beach and Assateague Island and would spend the day there. I loved playing games on the boardwalk. I would go on vacation for a week somewhere. There were days I would play video games nonstop for sometimes over 24 hours.
We didn’t have Italian ice but we had a snow cone truck. I was all about the tiger blood flavor 🐅 🩸
hell yeah Ocean City Maryland. Spent many summers there. I absolutely loved the board walk there and the great arcades. I remember that's where I first played Golden Axe. My brother and I played the shit out of that game that summer.
Ian's boogie board story! Just wow!
That last meaningless week really was the best. We also had a field day where everyone went to a very large park in the city and had games, super soaker fights, baseball, everything you would want to do with all your school friends all together. Great times.
My birthday was always the second to last, last, or final day of school and finishing up for the summer meant so much more because of that. Last day of school was also a "free day" where there was no set schedule and plenty of people (pupils or teachers) would bring in consoles and it would basically be a big party with everyone basically hanging around with friends.
Gravitron was the best ride. Period.
I had the same exact sunburn Ian speaks of when I was a young teen and that alone was enough to scar me from ever wanting to spend a day at the beach again. The pain and blistering I had was so bad I could barely move without feeling like I wanted to cry.
oh man, dodgeball in public school was LETHAL, the hardest old basketballs and soccer balls were frequently aimmed at heads...
We used to have field day out here in London. Egg and spoon race, wheel barrow races, and other kids activities 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
I hated, no I loathed those damn back to school commercials in early to mid August. I remember flipping the channel whenever any of those damn jc penny or mervyn’s back to school commercials would come on.
Hah the cake walk! We walked around in one of the classrooms with laminated giant footprints on the floor. Each of them had numbers so one would be the winner of whatever cake was up.
There was a large public park only a block away from the school, so I'd end up seeing everyone in my class during the summer at different times. There was always 1-2 boys who'd go from house to house to gather the other boys so we'd all gather to play tag, hide and seek, baseball or whatever almost every day during the summer.
Late August was always the worst.
That dread that started to settle in where you knew the dark time was going to begin again. 😞
Pat reminds like an old man where even if you tell him you don't want to hear about his past of being a beach kid he still stubbornly tells it to you about it anyways
nice to hear this it is pretty much all the same for me hitting the arcades the beach riding my bike around for shits and giggles good times really
Longtime listener. Pat, do you ever miss NJ? Places like Hoboken & Jersey really continue to get better w/ great PATH access to NYC, summer at the shores, beautiful nature trails in the western part of the state.
My memories of driving down the Garden State Parkway with my grandmother and grandfather, inhaling his second hand smoke, to spend the day at Keansburg Amusement Park. Dumping quarters into the whatever arcade games. I don’t know how much money I spent on The Simpsons. Riding the himalaya to the soundtrack of whatever 80’s hair metal band. Going home back to East Orange tired as hell, but we pull in the driveway and all my friends are outside. Spend the next few hours, or what seemed like hours, playing freeze tag or manhunt. Those were the days.
I relate to Ian's ocean stories so much lol
I'm still big on the beach, but I will no longer swim whenever I go. Around 8 years ago, I went swimming at Jones Beach one Summer day in Long Island and got dragged out into the deep. I was unable to get back on my own because of riptides. 2 life guards had to swim out to get me and now I will not swim if it isn't in a pool.
I actually liked going to Summer School in junior high/highschool... it was only one class that started later... you got to see your friends, but the school atmosphere was much less intense... your parents never really cared about grades as long as you passed the class... It was like going to school... only much more tolerable.
Olympic Day was the day before the last at my Catholic school. I’m pretty sure the last day was movie day lol.
The last day of school in the 80's was amazing. Some teachers would let us watch cartoons as we cleaned out our desks or have extended playground time. Then we'd blast out of school like tiny bullets, running home to grab our bikes and ride like maniacs the next few months. I can literally still smell the cut grass, the dirt from the baseball diamond, and the lake near my house.
0:35 school-mandated reading assignments from middle school on ruined any joy I may have had for enjoying books in particular
I had to write a 3-4 sentence summary after every chapter or reading session to “improve reading comprehension”, then a book report for every book - and we were expected to read at least one 300+ page book per month or two. Now imagine doing that for Stephen King novels - which I developed a phase for at or around that time.
It's so strange hearing people saying they got out of school in June, I grew up in the great plains in the 00s and we were done around the 20th of May, and back in half way through August.
for 2 years I was lucky enough to live like 3 blocks from the beach (silver strand in Oxnard) most days during the summer were spent on the beach or boogie boarding in the ocean (and it being the 80s my parents didnt care as long as we said we were by the life guard stand)
I had 4 or 5 different friends on the same street I used to go to all them and see what NES game was kickin their ass.
I remember cake walks, except my memory of one is from a Halloween festival in 1990 or 1991 at my elementary school
I had the same experience as Ian. Came down from here in Canada in 1993 to Wildwood NJ. Bought a bodyboard and fell in love with that sport. I was 17 and said "fuck you" to sunscreen. Was out all day, and woke up in the middle of the night with my face leaking because of the blisters that had formed. I had to walk around for the rest of the trip caked in this crazy waterproof sunscreen with locals saying "BRO, you got buuhned" in their NJ accents. Bodyboarding became a mainstay of my youth, and despite the fucking blisters, that was a great trip (first viewing of Beavis and Butthead - we weren't getting it in Canada at that point yet)...
Going to my Grandparents Cabin up north for a week. So many memories
02:50 At Catholic school in May, we had 'Olympic Day' where the kids competed in events like 100 yard dash and pie eating contest. We generally went ape shit.
Hey Vacation Bible School is awesome!
Dude said street tennis 🤣🤣🤣 never even heard of it
Ahh Pat was a Benny 😜 It's funny, Shore locals loved late August because the tourism slowed and it was "Local's Summer." Maruca's Tomato Pies on Seaside Boardwalk is still the best. Miss it everyday here in Japan.
I'm barely younger than Pat, and remember most of this. Field day was great. And the last 2 weeks of summer were no shit worse than actually being in class.
My brothers and I used to put a sprinkler under our giant trampoline and do flips.
I remember in my teenage years last few days of school were just a riot. Passing around ice-tea packs spiked with Wodka in class and getting high in break periods with the promise of a summer of teenage rebellion looming.
I went to public school, and we got out the first week of June as well. We went back usually the week before Labor Day.
Fun to hear old stories and memories about summer. I think we all have those and just hearing other peoples sparks some of my own. Thank you for that. With that being said...That Star Wars pinball was a Data East sir. ^_^ Not a Williams.
Your cu podacst poll.
Pat - "Our cu podcast poll"
I got a sunburn so bad, at a Warped Tour concert, I literally got skin cancer. My face was entirely blister/puss... no clue how it was so bad given I back packed and shit and never got burned, made it two weeks on a sail boat without being burned too...
Gravitron loaded with vomitus and like the UFO from Battlezone with rocking tunes!!
Oh heck yeah the cake walk! That was the greatest thing ever
THe one thing this quarantine and protesting/riots that happened in Philly is that the Mr. Softee truck does NOT quit.
Pat, you remember Fun town pier and Carousel arcade? my dad took use to seaside all the time through the late nineties on.
Ian does not seem to enjoy nature or being outdoors. lol I have become one of those people. I take daily vitamin D.
I love being outdoors, I absolutely hate the heat. I'll hike all damn day in the fall or early spring.
Ian Ferguson ditto!
We got out in mid may and went back early September. It was fantastic. Class of 02 lol
We used those "Poit balls" for dodgeball, but we had this one gym teacher who would randomly throw in a soccer ball, a volley, and a basketball as "power ups"
80s and 90s every elementary school had the parachute games as well least here in south jersey.
back then wed always get one of summer passes for the local water park
i remember the cake walk picture hop scotch squares but in a circle they would play music and which ever number you stopped on you got a cheap prize or a cake!!!
Cmon!!! Favorite retro game that you wish they made a sequel to but didn’t.
If you have seasonal allergies and live on the upper east coast... late July early August is a dream
Demolition derbies are a staple of county and state fairs, so that's the best place to catch one.
wgasmotorsports.com
I doubt that there will be one available for at least another 6 months, but these do still exist in California. wgasmotorsports.com/all-events/2020-schedule/
what about the last day of Christmas vacation?
We also had the fairs out here in London. Rice crispie treats and cakes.
Is there more than one Dunkirk, NY? I went to a wedding there right up along Lake Erie and it was an absolute shithole town. Couldn't wait to get out of the place.
I still do a majority of the same things just on WEED. 😁
Pat, serious question: did you love summer then as much as you love talking about it now?
I always had to go to summer school so I was never to amped for summer..
Damn.
pools are fun, summer school is misery
What was summer school like?
@@mkbcnb a bunch of depressed kids who didn't do their work or tended to act out in class being even more depressed that they couldn't enjoy their time with their friends.
Wow I forgot about little jimmys Italian Ice trucks
I'm around the Va. Beach area. When I was a kid I loved it. Now that I'm an adult I never go during the summer because the tourists are nauseating. Boogie boarding was the shit though! Not a beach fan anymore at all.
At the fair we would play this game that buzzed evertime you touched the edges with this ring you were holding. You had to hold it steady lol. What's the name? Help someone
Sleeping in and starting baseball!
My little league usually started in early April. :) It finished up by June.
Pat the NES Punk my later baseball years were like that but early on they didn’t start until late june
Pat, I believe you mean you liked going "down the shore"
I'm not a fan of the beach, depending on when Ian was at Virginia beach I might have been there at the same time on Boogie Boards and we had dolphins come up by our boards it was nuts. That was the most fun I had ever had at the beach.
I went to ocean city for my honey moon and we went to assateauge state park with like thousands of horses. They are not horses but ponies.
Cue Lounge here in Bronx, New York was the shit.
Ian can afford several mansions in Dunkirk in cash.
Nepotism anybody? Pat, we weren’t beach kids.
grew up on a fruit farm. Summers were picking fruit... all damn day.
Lol I live about 150 feet from Lake Erie in Ohio. Cold in the winter is an understatement, and trust me, you do NOT want to buy a house here unless you want all of your neighbors to be meth heads and heroin addicts
Ocean City, MD getting a shoutout for all the right reasons! Pretty bad place to be during these days with COVID. Lots of stupid people being irresponsible, unfortunately. The beach is trash most of the time (literally - trash in the sand, especially in the more popular spots), but the boardwalk is fantastic. Definitely recommend for their arcades!
Good Topic
What was the name of your Catholic School Pat
*ARCADES* 😎
I can smell popcorn and the spilled soda from the floor of my arcade right now haha
Do kids even have field day anymore?
I watched that Taboo show. It was weird.