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06/07/2007 01:28:31 AM · #26 |
oh yeah when I was a kid the only reason parents had kids was so they didn't have to get up to change the tv channel...of course we only had like 7 without the UHF ones lol. I remember one of my friends in the neighboorhood was always the first to have stuff in his house. I remember watching cartoons with his dads hi-fi system hooked to the tv...too cool lol. Remember the hand strain you would get from trying to use that huge cable box remote thing lol. 3 levels of buttons to push and a tuner knob to lose the static. I also rode my bike while hanging onto the side of a pickup truck and a sled tied to the back of a snowmobile (sucked for the first guy lol).
We also had a cabin in the mountains with an outhouse and no running water, well except for the stuff we brought up in 5 gallon jugs and poored into an old hot water heater my dad had rigged up to gravity could do the work. Still had to boil it before using and empty the drain "bucket" before leaving for the week. It's walls were covered with signs from hippies that used to frequent the area. I remember one large one just said "Peace man, thanks for the bed". We also had an old schwin bicycle that had no rubber on the wheels, just staight rim, we'd ride that thing down the mountain onto the road to see who could go the farthest without falling lol...my dads buddy didn't make it very far before he eat dirt lol. Awww the good ole days. :D |
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06/07/2007 02:02:56 AM · #27 |
| Yeah... I'm only 29 (born in 77) and all of that is very true for me. It's really sad. |
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06/07/2007 02:09:20 AM · #28 |
...and now I'm scouring the internet to find out if it's possible to purchase them. A grand total of three people died nationwide and they banned them. How many people die in cars, and we still have THOSE... @#$^. |
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06/07/2007 02:41:52 AM · #29 |
Aww the good ole' days?? We had a dunny in the back yard, and you had to check it for spiders before you sat down. We were happy the day it got demolished.
Anyone slide down grass hills with bits of cardboard, with barefeet, or walk through cow paddocks, stepping in cowpats if you weren't careful (again, with no shoes)
Dem were the days :-) |
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06/07/2007 02:48:07 AM · #30 |
| Cardboard is what we used when we were little and ignorant. Then we discovered the joys of ice blocking during the summer. Large grassy hill, 50 cent block of ice, and a towel if you wanted to be prissy. So much faster and more fun than a piece of cardboard. |
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06/07/2007 03:00:05 AM · #31 |
lol...block of ice. Where we lived, cardboard was safer because grass grew here and there, there was plenty of sharp grasses, dirt and gravel (In Brisbane)
We learned how to ride a bike that had poor brakes, an oversized bike, we couldn't reach the ground when the bike was at a standstill,we had to tip it over when we wanted to stop.
Oh, does anyone remember walking with wooden stilts?
Message edited by author 2007-06-07 03:05:13. |
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06/07/2007 03:10:03 AM · #32 |
Originally posted by heatherd:
We learned how to ride a bike that had poor brakes, an oversized bike, we couldn't reach the ground when the bike was at a standstill,we had to tip it over when we wanted to stop. |
i had a bike that doesn't have brakes when i was little.
i made it, but i might sue my parents. |
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06/07/2007 03:42:13 AM · #33 |
Originally posted by heatherd:
lol...block of ice. Where we lived, cardboard was safer because grass grew here and there, there was plenty of sharp grasses, dirt and gravel (In Brisbane)
We learned how to ride a bike that had poor brakes, an oversized bike, we couldn't reach the ground when the bike was at a standstill,we had to tip it over when we wanted to stop.
Oh, does anyone remember walking with wooden stilts? |
My parents had the you'll grow into it philosophy so, yes, I had an oversized bike that I had to tip over initially to get on. I just wish they wouldn't have had the same philosophy with pants. Maybe my parents were just way ahead of their time and didn't know it. |
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06/07/2007 04:14:38 AM · #34 |
I know that I am still pretty young for this crowd but I have to mention this:
My wife keeps telling me how much she wants to got swing on a swing set at the park. Well, we have driven all over the place and can't find any! All the local parks and schools are getting rid of them.
I remember jumping off a tire swing once at school and getting stitches just below my hair line on my forehead. |
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06/07/2007 08:09:23 AM · #35 |
Originally posted by Rae-Ann:
We actually got up and walked over to the tv to change the channel... |
and you didn't have to change it much because you only got 2 channels! |
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06/07/2007 08:50:50 AM · #36 |
| Yep, I remember when we got our first COLOR TV. We watched so much at first, our eyes hurt. Lassie, Bonanza, and OMG Disney in COLOR!!! (Still only two channels - and yes, us kids were the remote) |
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06/07/2007 09:06:44 AM · #37 |
Hogan's Heroes was hilarious!
Message edited by author 2007-06-07 09:07:02. |
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06/07/2007 12:32:07 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by hipychik:
Originally posted by Rae-Ann:
We actually got up and walked over to the tv to change the channel... |
and you didn't have to change it much because you only got 2 channels! |
LMAO....I remember that. At my grandmothers summer home, we only got 1. Thanks to the 'rabbit ears'....lol
Message edited by author 2007-06-07 12:34:24.
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06/07/2007 12:41:18 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by skylercall:
I know that I am still pretty young for this crowd but I have to mention this:
My wife keeps telling me how much she wants to got swing on a swing set at the park. Well, we have driven all over the place and can't find any! All the local parks and schools are getting rid of them.
I remember jumping off a tire swing once at school and getting stitches just below my hair line on my forehead. |
You're kidding! Why are they getting rid of them? All of our parks have them. What a shame.
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06/07/2007 01:06:15 PM · #40 |
...then came all the multitude of Lawyers and Lawsuits. That destroyed some innocence and put fear into their wallets.
Yes in some areas good knowledge has been also gained.
In my city there is no place to dive off a diving board, other then a low board. We have 2 parks with city pools, but evywhere, they're afraid of lawsuits.
Yes we are in a more restrictive age, people don't protest things like in the past. Although, does protesting really get anything accomplished. Media either takes Closed-In photos or avoids any videos of it altogether. The news media has learned to downplay any such occurences. |
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06/07/2007 07:37:58 PM · #41 |
Originally posted by colorcarnival:
Originally posted by skylercall:
I know that I am still pretty young for this crowd but I have to mention this:
My wife keeps telling me how much she wants to got swing on a swing set at the park. Well, we have driven all over the place and can't find any! All the local parks and schools are getting rid of them.
I remember jumping off a tire swing once at school and getting stitches just below my hair line on my forehead. |
You're kidding! Why are they getting rid of them? All of our parks have them. What a shame. |
They are getting rid of them all over TX, too...why you ask? Because some little kid jumped out of the swing (like millions before them) and got hurt...SLIGHTLY and the parents sued!!! Now everyone is afraid of a law suit. Let the little s*&^ learn from his mistake, but don't punish the rest of the kids for one kids "learning process". That in itself could spawn an entirely different thread, so I'll stop now before I make myself mad!!!
For the record...the local pool where I grew up STILL has the high dive. It's wonderful! We were all so proud when we went off the high dive doing tricks, etc. We thought we were pretty cool, rofl!!
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06/07/2007 07:40:51 PM · #42 |
| And to the 150,000 a day that didnt make it..... |
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