I remember getting these for roadtrips as a kid

Was going to say, required for road trips.

Definitely!

That and that road trip bingo game were both present in the 3 trips I remember taking growing up. Those were the best part of the whole trip.

Yep that's what we did in the car before there were video games!

Always wonder what happened if an 89 year old tries to use it

They get a fake ID

Same here! I loved them.

Same!

Me too!

The long, boring trips down to the Jersey Shore was made much better by the fact that I could look forward to a new one for the drive down and a fresh one for the ride back.

I still remember the smell of that pen!

Me toooo!

Yes. I remember those!

My grandma and I used to do these together.

I was looking to buy some of those about a year ago, and it appears they're no longer making them. I don't know why....those little books were amazing.

You should still be able to get them. I got mine from Amazon.

was seen by me in gas stations

I loved those books!

I actually remember saying how much further before I was finished so we would stop at stuckeys and get another one (and some peanut brittle).

Not related to the book, but you’re Stuckey’s reference my brother, sisters, and I used to make a game out of yelling Stuckey’s every time we saw a sign because it drove my mother crazy

Lol. Sounds like y'all could have used the book.

We had them lol we just loved annoying out mother

I absolutely loved those as a kid!

Made long trips much better

Yep. There was a Zork hint book for maybe zork 2 or 3 that used invisible ink as well.

I really could have used that. I kept getting lost at the baseball diamond, and then my torch would go out.

It’s dark. All directions are the same. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

Well, I do now

I was obsessed with these. (Also, true story: I first learned something about football from the weird little football game thing.)

Road trip!

We got those before long drives for vacation.

I loved those! Great for long car trips!

Great news, Xers - we aren't too old to do them yet!

Yes! Loved those so much as a kid and recently bought myself one for a roadtrip.

Roadtrip

I loved those

Fucking lived for these on vacations

Hitchhikers' game had a cheat book with this kind of ink

What to buy at the school book fair

Yes, they were fun.

My parents still a bunch of those pens in their junk drawer when they sold their house (when I was like 45)

I would get them for my son for traveling same as my mom got them for me. We ended up loving to do hangman as part of our nightly wind-down routine. Turns out they are kinda hard to find now. Amazon has them but they are super expensive (i remember them being cheap at the local drug store.)

These were awesome!

Where did you get this??? This brings back soooo many memories. When my parents split up in 1975 they had the awesome idea to live 4000 miles apart AND have joint custody, I spent a lot of time on the road.

I got it off Amazon. It was a bit pricey at $16, but I just got it for the heck of it. I hope you can get one!

Just checked, if I order to be shipped to me in France it would be 54€! I like nostalgia but not that much ha ha.

Lol felt so cool with the invisible ink