Name one thing from your childhood

Be happy you knew mercurochrome, I was fixed in a jiffy with "staal druppels" eina my sny

Most times I didn't even go to my mom with an injury, like a cut. Just rub some sand over it to stop the bleeding and carry on. That's why I have such a strong immune system. Mine had to work overtime when I was a child.
 
We had ketties,in a bush shooting juvenile katokkies.Screenshot_20200109-190055~2.png
Whomever got shot with this had to go down crying.
 
Plaaskind! Maplotter! :trophy: Net soos ek, wat n manier van grootword. Pity not more people got to experience it, @Norman Anderson , :trophy: ek stem. Growing up on a farm is underrated, taught me a lot about myself, and about respect for everything, biggest thing is it taught me to play, :partypooper:something that not a lot of kids understand these days, under a tree, in die modder, climbing trees, draadkar bou. That’s why I’m glad I’m not bald, it would look like a golf ball on my shoulders with eyes and ears, paar harde valle gehad, partykeer meer mercurochrome as vel op my lyf gehad.

The thing is those days the rivers were so clean you could drink the water.

Nowadays the rivers are such a mess especially in the Gauteng. In the Hennops alone they remove 22+ tons of plastic and styrofoam every weekend. And the water got the same E. coli bacterial count as raw sewage. There is no way I'm letting my kids near a river over here. Will come back with more diseases than blou kolle.
 
I don't know the correct spelling, or if there even is a correct way to spell it, seeing that it is a slang term: blikaspaai / blik-n-'spy'. You had a tin or plastic bottle with some rocks inside (just for weight i guess). One kid threw it as far as he/she could, then the rest of the kids ran to go and hide, and the one who's turn it was to be "it" had to collect the tin/bottle first before he/she could go looking for the rest. like a hide-n-seek with a small twist. remember playing this game in the streets when we visited my cousins in JHB
 
I don't know the correct spelling, or if there even is a correct way to spell it, seeing that it is a slang term: blikaspaai / blik-n-'spy'. You had a tin or plastic bottle with some rocks inside (just for weight i guess). One kid threw it as far as he/she could, then the rest of the kids ran to go and hide, and the one who's turn it was to be "it" had to collect the tin/bottle first before he/she could go looking for the rest. like a hide-n-seek with a small twist. remember playing this game in the streets when we visited my cousins in JHB
It really is sad that the youngsters today only want to sit with phones, tablets, tv and in adult conversations. Tell them to go play outsiode they will tell you there is nothing to do. When my dad told me outside he always had to come look for me to get me back inside. Hated to be in the conversation with adults
 
It really is sad that the youngsters today only want to sit with phones, tablets, tv and in adult conversations. Tell them to go play outsiode they will tell you there is nothing to do. When my dad told me outside he always had to come look for me to get me back inside. Hated to be in the conversation with adults

It really is sad! We kept ourselves busy with or without toys. Playing outside was the best, being confined to the house was a punishment!
 
He he he, now this brings back memory’s, I was never good but Locust 1 got banned from playing at school, he would go with 1 or 2 and return with the whole schools stuff that afternoon. Teachers kid complained and cried, end of that. Until then he had a thriving business selling their marbles back to them!
 
He he he, now this brings back memory’s, I was never good but Locust 1 got banned from playing at school, he would go with 1 or 2 and return with the whole schools stuff that afternoon. Teachers kid complained and cried, end of that. Until then he had a thriving business selling their marbles back to them!

I had a phase where I was good at it ,but nobody could beat me in a stuk tol Kap! And a kettie.
 
I don't know the correct spelling, or if there even is a correct way to spell it, seeing that it is a slang term: blikaspaai / blik-n-'spy'. You had a tin or plastic bottle with some rocks inside (just for weight i guess). One kid threw it as far as he/she could, then the rest of the kids ran to go and hide, and the one who's turn it was to be "it" had to collect the tin/bottle first before he/she could go looking for the rest. like a hide-n-seek with a small twist. remember playing this game in the streets when we visited my cousins in JHB

There's a gift shop in my little town called Blikaspaai!
 
Can't find a proper pic , we used to count them when we really got bored on long trips... [mylpaaltjies]
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