Red and Rover by Brian Basset for May 06, 2013

Aluminum Shoes!

We used to do that when we were kids.

we used beer bottle tops to make ’taps"

Brings back memories. Before Aluminum cans

We knew it was coming sometime. Thanks Brian Basset.

I like Red and Rover’s version of dancing the can-can!

Talk about noises.

Remember balloons or playing cards contected to the spokes on your bicycle?

Wonder how many valuable cards were destroyed?-—: D Go read today’s Gray Matters.

The tin cans were better, even in the dirt. They made some awesome tracks. Use to make my Mother mad for scuffing up my shoes, decided to use my old Red Ball tennis shoes. . They hurt, but it was fun . .Oh, for those Summer days of long ago . .

I would’ve been thinking of the deposit. My brother and I used to go around looking for cans to turn in for the deposit so we could get candy.

Cool!

An even better find was a discarded unopened, full can of beer or soda. Back in the early “pop top” days those rings would occasionally break off leaving the can useless unless you had an opener. Living near the local high school increased our chances because we found them frequently.

On a hot day we’d see how high and how many times we could toss the can and let it crash to the ground before it would finally develop a hole and start gushing like a geyser.

We did that as kids in the early 70’s.

Tears up the shoes almost as much as the old clamp on roller-skates.

I’ve done it.