20 Things That Made Kids From the ’80s Cool That Would Not Fly Today

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9. Playing In the Rain

This has to be one of the funniest things we ever did when we were growing up. It was so cool back then. It rains, and we go out and play – supervised of course! Weren’t afraid of getting dirty and the more mud, the better! Slip, fall, don’t worry!

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A little scratch is okay and it was one of the best ways to get us to shower and dry up after that too as we still had to obey the rule of ‘no dirty or wet feet on the sofa’. Nowadays playing in the rain could get us down with a fever.