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hate_mail t1_ja3cad6 wrote

Big Wheel, boots, a towel as a cape and a red Ryder gun....this is me.

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vinnydaq t1_ja3m6p6 wrote

That's not a Daisy Red Ryder Carbine Action 200 Shot Range Model Air Rifle ( with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time ). That's a Daisy Model 1894 ( with spring activated lever action). I had one of these in middle school; dang underpowered piece of crap always shot low and to the right!

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Comfortable_Low_4317 OP t1_ja62ydv wrote

The ability of redditors to pick up on the most minute details never ceases to amaze me.

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Comfortable_Low_4317 OP t1_ja3cdyp wrote

This is from a photo collection called Suburbia by Bill Owens.

Actual quote accompanying this photo: I don’t feel that Richie playing with guns will have a negative effect on his personality. (He already wants to be a policeman). His childhood gun-playing won't make him into a cop-shooter. By playing with guns he learns to socialize with other children. I find the neighbors who are offended by Richie's gun, either the father hunts or their kids are the first to take Richie's gun and go off and play with it.

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normanfell t1_ja3ymuo wrote

My parents had a copy of this when I was growing up and I was very enchanted by it.

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Salty_Fixer t1_ja3wxkf wrote

Richie’s spent the last 30 years at San Quentin for shooting a cop after he was rejected by every police department in Northern California.

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vinnydaq t1_ja3kxyn wrote

"NOT ON MY WATCH!!" - Jonny "Big Wheel" Smith, protector of Life, Liberty, and Suburbia

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ToonKiller t1_ja3esqo wrote

Big Wheels were da chit until too many burn outs left a hole in your plastic tires.

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Lrdoflamancha t1_ja49spa wrote

Pleasant Hill CA, and I think the Sherman Acres neighborhood.

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Sugarmugr t1_ja6z221 wrote

My grandparents lived in PH/WC around this time and have video footage that looks a lot like this neighborhood…seeing this is WILD

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RoutineSuggestion798 t1_ja3h5za wrote

He's there for protection. Nothing goes down in that neighborhood with him there.

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Phillipinsocal t1_ja3l9hm wrote

Those seats on the wheelies were so often knocked off, you saw so many wheelies turned into “kneelies” cause the seats wouldn’t last.

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Cottenswab t1_ja42i2y wrote

May cause reproductive harm…

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d_o_mino t1_ja4fli2 wrote

He'll put his eye out!!

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Legal-You-6307 t1_ja4iqpw wrote

So this is where that watermark came from

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FNTM_309 t1_ja4qkae wrote

Man, I felt like an absolute boss on my Big Wheel.

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Sweatytubesock t1_ja58x8w wrote

Seemed like almost every kid about that age had a Big Wheel around that time. I sure did.

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thoughtfillednorth t1_ja3ndty wrote

I did this too. I had me, Pete, Mike, John, and Tim Evans.

We all liked Becky. I took her all over the neighborhood till I sold that banana seat bike...

I told Tim he could have that old used ride. I gave him the bike too.

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M4croM4n t1_ja4mvzz wrote

Love the Boots.

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Blissful_Relief t1_ja75gkp wrote

That's a pretty sweet hardly Davidson. BRO

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Zealousideal-View142 t1_ja7dqi4 wrote

I know it’s gonna be bad when I see the phrase “Northern California”💀

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HunnerBiDumb t1_ja7z5mb wrote

Your parents should be arrested for leaving firearms where you could reach them…Lol

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RagingSnarkasm t1_ja3e3b7 wrote

Big Wheels were what you drove if you weren't cool enough for a Green Machine.

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