100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About

[Langanobob]

back when it was called a power slide

When we came to an intentional sliding stop, we called it a Brodie.  Never had been able to find out where that term came from.

[Speedbag]

.....those toy plastic rockets you filled halfway with water and the rest of the way with compressed air? 

They were awesome - and I believe you can still buy them. I ran across them on the net somewhere relatively recently.