Roller Skating

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cotty

Discussion Starter · Jan 19, 2004 (Edited by Moderator)

Anyone remember those days of going to the Roller Skating Rink?

Well I do and over the weekend this came up in a druken discussion. We have now come up with this crazy idea that we are going to go roller skating at SkateWorld in Troy next Sunday.

I don't know the details but if anyone is interested please post and I will get the details soon.

Peeps Attending

cotty
tony(non-lscn)
jenny(non-lscn)
amy (non-lscn)
scott(non-lscn)
Hammer
Manana-II
DawnieDawn
Hazy
Cassie (maybe)
Bobrob

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damn yankee

· #2 · Jan 19, 2004

That might be fun, I used to go every Saturday afternoon when I was a kid!

HazyMemory

· #3 · Jan 19, 2004

I'm in. I used to scate 3 times a week there. I think I still have my (I mean Jason's) scates.

bobrob

· #4 · Jan 19, 2004

sounds like fun and its close to home too..

hey anyone remember the really old metal wheel roller skates that you used to have to clamp on to your shoes and could skate on the cement? you had to have a skate key for??

cotty

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jan 19, 2004

QUOTE(bobrob20 @ Jan 19 2004, 05:16 PM)sounds like fun and its close to home too..

hey anyone remember the really old metal wheel roller skates that you used to have to clamp on to your shoes and could skate on the cement? you had to have a skate key for??
I use to have those ones that clamped on your shoes. Then I stepped up to the junk skates then to the Speed Skates. At this moment I am just hoping we can drink there and I will remember how to even skate.

bobrob

· #6 · Jan 19, 2004

Iam not sure but I don’t think you can unless you bring in a bottle and buy pop

MsCin

· #7 · Jan 19, 2004

OMG...that is toooo funny!! I still have my rollerskates from my teen years, used to go every saturday night. In fact just yesterday I was down in the basement cleaning and came accross them and almost threw them out.

Would like more information.

GaryDebs

· #8 · Jan 20, 2004

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Way to wierd...

We were talking about this Saturday over a couple of Long Island...as we downloaded Ol school 80's tunes!

We were talking about like everyone getting together renting a rink, playing all 80's tunes...that includes big hair bands...Wearing mullet wigs... Wearing Jordache and Sassoon two tone jeans....

You get the picture

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MaryJane

· #9 · Jan 20, 2004

OH my god this sounds so fun!
i'm in for sure.

WHo will 'couples skate' with me to Every Rose has it's thorn? lol remember that?
"COUPLES OR BACKWARD SKATERS ONLY!"

lol

hammer

· #10 · Jan 20, 2004

Its been years and years, but I used to go with a bunch of teens years ago. Remember Mt Clemens rink? I wonder if there is a way I can stand on my head.........

I'm sure with a little practice, I'll be skating backwards again.

MaryJane

· #11 · Jan 20, 2004

I used to skate every saturday at GREAT SKATE at 12 and hayes. lol. my parents never let me do the 'all night skate'.
sometimes we would say we're going skating, skate til 10pm or so and then hang out behind Arbys. lol. we'd burn one or something. lol

Wow skating sounds FUN!!!!!!!!

(can you tell i'm excited?!?!?)

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ThreeCrabs

· #12 · Jan 20, 2004

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I grew up right behind Skate World.....remember when it wasn't even there

Went every Friday, but we didn't always go inside

Hit Tony's Pizza across the street after.......

Also, went to the one in Clawson and the other one on VanDyke.....we would get sick of SW or boy friends hung at the other ones

Don't skate anymore.......I was never good....I am a clutz, big time!

My daughter goes all the time.............I know what she's doing

I always drive!

BobRob...I remember the key metal skates

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Shandog

· #13 · Jan 20, 2004

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total blast from the past with bringing up the skating rink in the clem Hammer - WoW that cleared out some cobwebs!!

I grew up in New Baltimore so we did skate loft every weekend. We'd suck down a 5th of rootbeer schnapps or bottle of boonesfarm behind skate loft and go in and "get down, so get down, just get down!!"

Remember that skating song????? lol

Cotty pretty sure you can't drink in there so you'd have to smuggle it in

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surfergirlck

· #14 · Jan 20, 2004

yeah... i remember skating at the great skate on fridays. when break dancing hit, they would do the break dancing in the middle of the rink.

i remember skating backwards, with the comb in my backpocket. i remember having the colored skate covers to match my legwarmers... lol.

and i also remember days and days of skating lessons. i used to speed skate and took lessons for figures. i had a kick arse sach cow and i was working on a double toe blah blah blah.... whatever... i hated the lessons. maybe i'll find a picture of me back then in the skatingskirts, leotard and leg warmers... BLAH on skating lesson days. <_<

anyways... can't skate now missing the cartilidge in my R knee.

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Boater2be

· #15 · Jan 20, 2004

Is that the one at 15 and Dequindre?

I used to ice skate but never roller skated this could be interesting.

Boater2be

· #16 · Jan 20, 2004

QUOTE(surfergirlck @ Jan 19 2004, 08:27 PM)maybe i'll find a picture of me back then in the skatingskirts, leotard and leg warmers...
Yeah Yeah..... Just like you found the Lake Havasu pictures that you where gonna post.

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3crabs

· #17 · Jan 20, 2004

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wow-just thinking about those old metal clamp on skates the other day bobrob-I think my parents still have them in their basment

(they NEVER throw away anything). Sunday skating with pizza afterwards @ Tonys sounds like fun

. Looking for a old ticket stub from a rush consert from 1975(in another thread snowmaker posted about rush fans) I found one from Motorcity Roller Rink from 1980-It was for a Ramones consert-

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surfergirlck

· #18 · Jan 20, 2004

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QUOTE(Boater2be @ Jan 19 2004, 08:34 PM)QUOTE(surfergirlck @ Jan 19 2004, 08:27 PM) maybe i'll find a picture of me back then in the skatingskirts, leotard and leg warmers...
Yeah Yeah..... Just like you found the Lake Havasu pictures that you where gonna post.

ok, there, b2b! i'm starting a new thread cause guess what i did... FOUND MY LAKE HAVASU PICS!!!!!! oooooohhhhhwwwwwwhoooooooooo! lol!
just for you!

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Pandora

· #19 · Jan 20, 2004

started at motor city roller rink, it was an old theatre. then to skateworld of troy for about 4 years. 2-3 times a week.

canehdiangirl

· #20 · Jan 20, 2004

hehehe...

don't forget to wear some form of white something!

smiling at the memories now ...

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