Popular Post Wade_VC Posted October 14, 2011 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2011 For those of us who were lucky enough to grow up and experience the freedom of childhood in the 60's & 70's, you will enjoy this list. For those of you who are children of the 80's & 90's, you too will find this list interesting...and a sad commentary of what you have missed out on. Please note: This is not an original list created by me; it is a saved document of whom the original author I am not sure. To whomever this original author may be, credit to this person is recognized. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets. We rode our bikes, we had no helmets. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat roomsWE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them! Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it! We were fortunate enough to grow up in a time before lawyers and the govenment regulated our lives for "our own good". 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zairozen Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I really missed out then. Parents had actual trust for kids back then. And kids (for the most part) Did well with it! I would say i would have wanted to live back then, but i can't rightly say that. I've become so spoiled with technology, i don't know how i would live without it. I still go outside and walk around with friends, but now, lets just say, the scene of this world is changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FurryMcMemes Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I was born too early, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnus_deacon Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Damn, Wade... You had me in a fit of nostalgia there. I remember all the fun we had back then. Technology is nice and all but even without it we had a blast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade_VC Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 Damn, Wade... You had me in a fit of nostalgia there. I remember all the fun we had back then. Technology is nice and all but even without it we had a blast. We did at that Magnus! Isn't it funny that in today's age of "Social Networking", people have become much less social? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orenjikitty Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I want this kind of freedom again. Not all this PC crap. That's it. I'm moving to a remote island nation and raising my kids right. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade_VC Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 I want this kind of freedom again. Not all this PC crap. You hit the nail on the head with that statement. It is indeed the PC crowd that has literally taken all the fun and enjoyment out of everything anymore. Me, I am glad I grew up back then for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3m0nd00d Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 For those of us who were lucky enough to grow up and experience the freedom of childhood in the 60's & 70's, you will enjoy this list. For those of you who are children of the 80's & 90's, you too will find this list interesting...and a sad commentary of what you have missed out on. Please note: This is not an original list created by me; it is a saved document of whom the original author I am not sure. To whomever this original author may be, credit to this person is recognized. We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat roomsWE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! Hey Wade you missed one thing with this one. We actually had to get off of our ass and turn the TV channel with our hand. The horror that overcomes young people today when I tell them that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade_VC Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 Hey Wade you missed one thing with this one. We actually had to get off of our ass and turn the TV channel with our hand. The horror that overcomes young people today when I tell them that. Yeah, no kidding...and we had to do so to get our 4 or 5 channels as well! Then after we manually changed the channel, there was always those stupid vertical and horizontal adjustment knobs that needed tweeking with every channel change as well. ...good times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3m0nd00d Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Yeah, no kidding...and we had to do so to get our 4 or 5 channels as well! Then after we manually changed the channel, there was always those stupid vertical and horizontal adjustment knobs that needed tweeking with every channel change as well. ...good times! lol - OMG I forgot about about that. What about when we tell them we watched shows in B&W? They laugh at me in disbelief - 'Yea right you watched TV in B&W your not that old'. Well I'm afraid I am that old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDKSimba Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I'm a 70s baby and yes it was Awesome. you forgot about the ass whopping you would get if you came in after the street lights went out . good times good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maitre Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 i'm with the 80s sigh ... you guys had Michael jackson in his better days, we got the Backstreet boys o_O. Only thing i'm glad for is missing out on "PONG" with an Atari stick o_O. Honestly i don't know how people had fun with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SitusKiss Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 For those of us who were lucky enough to grow up and experience the freedom of childhood in the 60's & 70's, you will enjoy this list. For those of you who are children of the 80's & 90's, you too will find this list interesting...and a sad commentary of what you have missed out on. ... I miss those days! I grew up in the very late 70's and the 80's. Most, if not all, of those statements applied to my childhood. It's funny how simple statements can bring back a flood of memories. I have given serious thought to selling everything I have to purchase a chunk of remote land and going there to live off the land. I feel like we are in a downward spiral nowadays like somebody flushed the toilet. I'm a 70s baby and yes it was Awesome. you forgot about the ass whopping you would get if you came in after the street lights went out . good times good times. True story... I remember getting my ass beat when I stepped out of line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polar_bear_dad78 Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Different times ... The other day I asked my wife can you tell me at least 3 names of the people that live on our street? Back when we were growing up everybody knew everybody in the neighborhood. But now can you imagine what would happen if you had a bunch of teenage kids gathering on your street to play a street ball game or dare I say just hang out. SWAT would show up thinking its "gang related". So sad that it has come to this...... Guess I will have to keep a copy of the movie The Sandlot just to give my kids a idea of how I grew up, because I am pretty sure that way of life is never coming back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maitre Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Different times ... The other day I asked my wife can you tell me at least 3 names of the people that live on our street? Back when we were growing up everybody knew everybody in the neighborhood. But now can you imagine what would happen if you had a bunch of teenage kids gathering on your street to play a street ball game or dare I say just hang out. SWAT would show up thinking its "gang related". So sad that it has come to this...... Guess I will have to keep a copy of the movie The Sandlot just to give my kids a idea of how I grew up, because I am pretty sure that way of life is never coming back. I guess i'm the exception lol, i know the names of 3 people on my street lol. But i guess i'm getting old ... last time i saw a teenager i told him to get off my lawn o_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_FlyingMegaKiwi Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I'm an early '90s child like many other members of this site, but I'd just like to say that I did many of the things highlighted in OP's list while growing up. Basically only the ones related to advancement of technology are different. Maybe it's because I grew up in the fairly isolated countryside outside a small rural town in a fairly small, isolated country (New Zealand), but a lot of this reminds me of my childhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyItsSpanky Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 A lot of this makes me sad for my upbringing and what will most likely be future generations upbringings. I actually know an overweight 4 yr old with an iPad... it's pretty messed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnus_deacon Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Sometimes I wonder how our race is going to survive if people keep getting wimpier. I remember when a skinned knee or a cut finger only rated a band-aid and a kiss on the forehead. Not a trip to the emergency room. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehCro Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 OH SHIT! You guys rode bikes without helmets?!?!?! OLD PEOPLE ARE FUCKING BAD ASS BRO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminusCross Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I'm in the eighties crowd. But damn, I played outside all the time too! We were dirt poor though, so it's not like there was anything to do inside. Cool list though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnus_deacon Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Sometimes it seems the more time passes the wimpier people get. It's getting sad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade_VC Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Sometimes it seems the more time passes the wimpier people get. It's getting sad. That is a very sad, yet true, fact indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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