Memories......

Reading on some other peoples sites recently has sent me into a nostalgic spiral.

Firstly Penges post on Randomlinkage took me back. Yes I too cried like a little girl with pigtails when this happened. It tore my tiny world apart.

It also reminded me that I had mainly Decepticons toys where my brother had the Autobots.

It wasn't just Transformers that this happened with either. For some reason my parents always got me the Bad Guys and my older brother always got the Good Guys. I had Darth Vaders Lightsaber he had Luke Skywalker. I'm not complaining as I normally liked the ambition of the Bad Guys if nothing else.

I also once had to fight (bare knuckles no less) with my Granny to get to play with my new Transformer. I have looked online but can't seem to find it. It was an Autobot and I was very excited to have one finally. It changed into about 9 different things and my Aunt may(?) have got it from Japan when she went there. But my Granny enjoying puzzles wanted to do it first. Some tears, some shouting, an elbow to the throat and a fork in the eye later my Granny felt sorry for having kicked the crap out of me and let me have my toy.

That was a fun Xmas.

Secondly, reading this post on Team Teabag I followed the link and watched the video. As soon as the video was finished more options came up.....and one looked familiar.

This one. That's from The Adventures Of Mark Twain which was one of those films that I watched non-stop as a kid. The list is pretty long to be honest so I won't bore you with the details.

But some highlights,

All Superman films.
The Goonies
Princess Bride
All the Star Wars
Dark Crystal
Labyrinth

To name but a few. But then it got me thinking about the TV I used to watch.

We all watched Transformers and Thundercats but how many watched....

Transformaloids?

Or Thunderpants?

These were the un-sung comedy heroes of my childhood that featured on Round The Bend. I loved that show, nothing bt funny funny stuff. But once again the internet has let me down, and I can't find any videos of this brilliance so you will have to take my word for it.

Basically what I am trying to get at is I have now really reached that age, where my childhood is bloody ages ago. To the point where it only exists in my memories.

I have been listening to some old albums as well recently. Well I say old albums but I can remember them being released. I can remember going to the shops the day they came out and buying them, on a CD not digital. It couldn't have been......what? This is a mis-print this couldn't have come out over ten years ago.

WHERE THE HELL HAS MY YOUTH GONE?

I'M NOT OLD.