I'll be 40 in September. I squeaked into these but damn they are all right on both good and bad levels!!
I still write hand written letters and notes. Some of you on here have been recipients of that. 🙂
I was beat and abused physically and "other ways" regularly as a kid/teen. Bad. My mother thought it was OK for all relatives to "take a wack" with the end of the belt buckle to see who could make me bleed first. CPS didn't do squat. Ouch!! :-S
I paid some ungodly amount for my first Sony Walkman. Now a collectors item. LOL!!
I cant stand caller ID. Tis why I don't have it on my landline.
I MISS MY ATARI 2600!!! River Raid, Pitfall, Centipede, Frogger, man....The good ol' days.
TV Guide was a staple at our house. I actually read the articles!!
CARTOONS!! Pink Panther and Felix RULE.
I have to admit I am GLAD for microwaves.
My mom more than a few times did the "safety arm". I didn't start wearing a seat belt until I was 15 and wondered hey aren't these here for a reason?? They saved my life.
Gosh I feel old...hell these WERE the OLD days for us upcoming baby boomers. 😛
I rely on this passage from Ecclesiastes (7:10) to keep me from carping too much about today's times vs. yesterday - "Do not say, 'why is it that the former days were better than these?' For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this."
In the early 1960s my Dad read a newspaper article about a Fresno County Sheriff's Deputy that was killed in a single vehicle crash. The article said he would have survived if he had his seatbelt on.
My Dad being the logical Engineer type (and a pilot where seat belts were already SOP) took the family 1962 Oldsmobile Super 88 down to the local mechanic and had 7 seat belts installed in it (there may have been two in the front seat already).
The whole family always wore seat belts after that which was weird back then but normal for us.
I still remember my parents insisting adult guests put their seat belt on and the odd reactions they got.
I didn't watch cartoons...only classical music videos.
Dave,
I grew up riding in the front seat of Mom's '57 Chevy...singing "are we there yet"...I think I still have bruises from the "safety arm"...
My big brother and sister were mad because baby Dan got to ride in front with Momma...
Good thing Mom never drove over 40 mph...
DDSM
Dan,
My Mom told me she had a car seat that hooked over the back of the front seat (bench of course).
Oh the horror of it all, it's surprising I lived to tell about it!
I tell my employee that back in the day we would have a bench seat in the truck and the seat would be set wherever the Party Chief wants it 🙂
-Dave
The 70's were a breeze!! If you missed the 50's abd the 60's, you missed THE BIG SHOW! Yeah, I was born in 1947. Just missed watching the invention of dirt.
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> I tell my employee that back in the day we would have a bench seat in the truck and the seat would be set wherever the Party Chief wants it 🙂
>
LOL...them short Party Chief's made us tall tail chain men scrunch up against the dash...there wasn't enough room for the ice chest...much less our lunch box...
DDSM
(it is a wonder we ever survived it)
On the other hand, how would you have liked growing up in today's world where everything you know is obsolete in weeks or months? Fads used to take years to play out and there was a major technological change maybe once in your childhood.
Now the functions, and methods of operating the gadgets, the information sources, and the social connections all change before parents learn the the names of the old ones.
short answer
They wouldn't.
Oh my geeawd - like how did you survive without a tweet or facebook or myspace crap??
Little kids in my neighborhood come see what we're doing when we get out in the field and actually play baseball or golf.
I was born in 60 and grew up with cartoons on Sat. morning to Space Ghost.
I'm sorta glad I didnt' have any kids. I'm sorta not since I am the end of my bloodline.
I think I just grew up in the wrong time. Aurthian days or old west would suit me fine.
know it's humor and like number 10. used to use my foot to change channels. f you remember how difficult it was to turn the knob with your hand, 'click, click' that was quite a skill to acquire. didn't use a TV guide had all three stations memorized and if a special was coming on just inserted it into my 'mental tv guide'. could tell the time within a few minutes at any given hour based on what show was on and whether is was a high point or low point in the show. Since they all had happy endings right after everything went to crap.
BTW was born in 1972 and 'm pretty sure Atari wasn't around pre 1970. 😉
Todays youth would be fine in pre 1970.
Wouldn't it be great if we woke up tomorrow and the internet and cell phones were gone! think all of us would find it difficult at first but would come to enjoy the 'simple' life we try so hard to find in this complex world.
don't carry a cell phone. hate being 'in touch' with everybody all the time. can't understand how people can keep up with everything. DOESN'T ANYBODY LKE BENG LEFT ALONE ANYMORE! sure do. Just leave me in peace. Don't need a constant reminder 'm just a ring away. tried to have a cell phone just in case of emergency BUT PEOPLE KEPT CALLNG ME ON T! What the heck. f you don't answer they instantly call your home phone, text you, and email you. They then post to your facebook, twitter, myspace, yahoo, and whatever other 'space' you might have. t's crazy! They say 'm 'crazy' for not wanting a cell phone. HUH!
Humans were not designed to keep up the break neck speed we are expected to keep up with these days. enjoy the quality of life just as much as the next person. But don't much care for the speed at which life must be lived. 'm jumping off. The world can make it without me being a part of society for a while. have to take a break from life. wish we were like computers. 'd go into 'standby' mode for a while. Reboot in say a few years maybe. That would be cool.
n this day a person on the other side of the planet can tick you off and ruin your whole day. Or keep you arguing with them for weeks about things that neither one of you actually know a whole lot about but truly believe YOU are an expert and they are stupid. You both get your information from the grand 'internet' and believe it at face value. You just don't use the same sources. So you argue. All of your arguing will change nothing, will fix nothing, and leaves both of you angry and hating each other even though you have never met! n the old days this privilage was given to family and neighbors.
sit here and ponder, wondering how did things get like this. s it me possibly? Have become the 'hermit'? joke about digging a hole in the hillside in my yard and living in it. Just the cool earth, bugs, and me. think it would be nice. 'm just too stinkin lazy to dig the hole. have to settle for my 'wired' room. Though without internet would have probably completely lost it by now. 😀 hate it but can't live without it. f can get out of here and get somewhere can truly be alone. might 'unplug' think about it. Unplug the internet and unplug the world. Oh and get rid of that lousy telephone. hate it! But have to have one. God help us all if can't be reached!
'm tired of not being able to sleep. Each time think have control again. BAM! Awake for days. Then finally crash and what then. back to square one. blame the internet. What else could it be. Oh know what it is but blame the internet, it's the 'devil'. The Devil what a made up load of BS to scare the masses into submission. Or not. Who cares. really thought had her this time. Until looked outside my window, as listened to the birds chirping. The night was stolen again. Why fight it anymore. Just go with it. What good does it do. Oh but where did my mind go that time. feel tired, but close those eyes and wide awake. is that eyes wide shut? Why try. have to fall asleep while doing something or my mind keeps me awake. have to trick it. have fallen asleep while right in the middle of drawing a plat. Woke up with my hand still on the mouse. can't just sleep. take sleeping pills and they may or may not knock me out. f they don't then it really sucks because you feel like a zombie. The brain is half shut down, you kinda walk with a limp and drag one foot and you want to eat brains. No, not brains. what do they call those. Oh cantalope. don't test the sleeping pills anymore. That'll drive you up the wall. Dead tired from the pills but mind racing into infinity without a single cognitive thought. Oh and you lose about 30 points off your IQ and for me that's a BIG loss. actually took an online IQ test in this state. lost 30-40 points. Oh thats what it feels like to have normal intelligence. 😉 kid of course.
The sun is said to possibly shut everything down in the world within the next few years. 'm good with that. took all of my mirrors out of my house and keep them pointed directly at the sun in order to help heat it just little more. can't wait! You would actually be able to be 'alone' again. that is near impossible in this day and age.
How wonderful. Instant privacy!
went over my limit HA! what did delete? 'I'
usually delete this crap who cares. almost done anyway. Oh the 5000 character limit is kicking my butt!!!!! Post in two hah! Not going back and putting 'I' back in. 'I' just don't belong.
Drat three 'I' made it through. They deserve it. Was picking them off one by one. They stood their ground. kudo's to the three 'I'. :hi5:
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Awesome Dave!!!
Are you telling me today's "utes" couldn't handle living in a rolled newspaper in a septic tank or at the bottom of a lake?
🙂
i thought i was born in 1970, then i found this...
guess i'm a bit older than i thought...
i thought i was born in 1970, then i found this...
Looks more like your (grand?)father's vintage?
i thought i was born in 1970, then i found this...
I like the commentary of the pics. They don't do anything like that these days. oh, the good old days.....
i thought i was born in 1970, then i found this...
> I like the commentary of the pics. They don't do anything like that these days. oh, the good old days.....
I agree, Andy. Those commentaries are too cool!! :good:
