Fireflyer 0 #1 March 26, 2004 When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning uphill both ways through year 'round blizzards carrying their younger siblings on their backs to their one-room schoolhouse where they maintained a straight-A average despite their full-time after-school job at the local textile mill where they worked for 35 cents an hour just to help keep their family from starving to death! And I remember promising myself that when I grew up there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it! But....Now that I've reached the ripe old age of 29, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so f***in' easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia! And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it! I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have "The Internet" - if we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves! And there was no "email"! We had to actually write somebody a letter - with a pen! And then you had to walk it all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there! And there were no "MP3s" or "Napster"! If you wanted to steal music, you had to go to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! Or we had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJs would talk over the beginning and screw it all up! You want to hear about hardship? You couldn't just "download" porn. You had to bribe some homeless dude to buy you a copy of "Hustler" at the 7-11, or look at the lingerie section of the JC Penney catalog! Those were your options! And we didn't have fancy stuff like "Call Waiting"! If you were on the phone and somebody else called, they got a busy signal! And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was. It could be your boss, your mom, a collections agent, your drug dealer - you didn't know! You just had to pick it up and take your chances mister! And we didn't have any fancy "Sony Playstation" videogames with high resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600, with games like "Space Invaders" and "Asteroids" - and the graphics sucked! Your guy was a little square! You had to use your imagination! And there were no multiple "levels" or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and faster until you died! Just like LIFE! When you went to the movie theater there no such thing as stadium seating! All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy sat in front of you, you were screwed! And sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 20 channels and there was no onscreen menu! You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! And there was no Cartoon Network! You could only get cartoons on Saturday morning...D'ya hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK, you spoiled little brats! That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy! You're spoiled! You guys wouldn't last five minutes back in 1984! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #2 March 26, 2004 QuoteYou guys wouldn't last five minutes back in 1984! Yeah....they would have NO idea where to shop for parachute pants. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites yoink 321 #3 March 26, 2004 Quote And we didn't have any fancy "Sony Playstation" videogames with high resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600, with games like "Space Invaders" and "Asteroids" - and the graphics sucked! Your guy was a little square! You had to use your imagination! And there were no multiple "levels" or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and faster until you died! Just like LIFE! I hate you for making me feel old!!! for a taste of old-stylee computer games, I recommend Strong-Bad's take on them... http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail94.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites happythoughts 0 #4 March 26, 2004 No porn? No wonder old people are so weird. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RoadRash 0 #5 March 26, 2004 QuoteNo porn? No wonder old people are so weird. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Ok, that was a good one... ~R+R~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Fly the friendly skies...^_^...})ii({...^_~... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #6 March 26, 2004 That's a good one! "And some grass......and a Rhino." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Rdy2skydive 0 #7 March 26, 2004 LOL... And I actually had to get up off the couch and walk across the room to change the channel on the tv. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites happythoughts 0 #8 March 26, 2004 QuoteAnd I actually had to get up off the couch and walk across the room to change the channel on the tv. If I'd have known that they were going to invent tv remotes, I wouldn't have had children. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kallend 2,150 #9 March 26, 2004 QuoteYou guys wouldn't last five minutes back in 1984! And you'd have done how well in 1951?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Fireflyer 0 #10 March 26, 2004 QuoteQuoteYou guys wouldn't last five minutes back in 1984! And you'd have done how well in 1951? Oh I'd NEVER survive back then! Not with all those dinosaurs running around! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites happythoughts 0 #11 March 26, 2004 QuoteOh I'd NEVER survive back then! Not with all those dinosaurs running around! No dinosaurs then. The Earth didn't cool until at least '53. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chuteless 1 #12 March 26, 2004 WOW.....I could tell you what we had back in the 1940s....but at my age, i'd be dead before I got finished.LOL But then, you're only as old as you feel....which means I have another 50 or more years left HMMMMMM Bill Cole D-41 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites raftman 12 #13 March 26, 2004 HELL YEAH! All those new fangled conviences are making kids soft these days too. We used to drive around in cars without seat belts (gasp) or airbags (horrors). And we survived. There was no bottled water either, we drank right out of the garden hose. And we survived. When we misbehaved we weren't given a time-out, we got our asses whooped. And we survived. In school there were disagreements and we met out back after to fight (just our fists) noone thought about guns or knives. Metal detectors were something old men used to find coins at the beach. And we survived. You young whippersnappers got it MADE! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Kennedy 0 #14 March 26, 2004 QuoteAnd I actually had to get up off the couch and walk across the room to change the channel on the tv. I never had to walk across the room...I just sat right in front of the TV so all I had to do was sit up a little bit. Anyone remember twist dials on the tv? They had like 30 channels and you had to go all the way around. We should get those for these kids with eight thousand channels. Let them turn THAT dial!witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Kennedy 0 #15 March 26, 2004 QuoteAnd you'd have done how well in 1951? Back when a kid could mail order his first rifle? I'd've been GREAT!! Back when dad's were expected to be dads? Awesome! Back when you were expected to sit at the table together for dinner, and if you didn't like what mom served, you sat there until you did like it? Sounds good to me! Back when if you were a freak, people weren't afraid to tell you so, and offending someone wasn't a capital crime? Oh man, the good old days...witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Rdy2skydive 0 #16 March 26, 2004 "Anyone remember twist dials on the tv?" Oh my God, we had that on our second tv - a little beat up black and white. Eventually the knob broke off and we had to use pliers to change the channel. Let me tell you, it was rough watching the Brady Bunch in prime time back then. Er, um, did I just date myself? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites EricaH 0 #17 March 26, 2004 Yup, we had the twist dial tv until, 1988. My parents would only let us have the dial for 1 hour a day, then they took it off the tv. Never thought to use anything to turn it instead, we just went outside & beat eachother up. Then we got one w/ the push buttons (like a key pad) I thought that was hot!! Didn't get cable till I was 18. Now I can't remember what I did before TV, that I would still like to do. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cocheese 0 #18 March 26, 2004 .... and when wanted a rush, we would just spin ourselves in cirlces. Air ? there was no "gettin air" back then. The only "Air" we'd get was when we mouthed off to anyone bigger than us. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rehmwa 2 #19 March 26, 2004 The twist dial always broke off. We did the pliers thing too. Also the radio had about a hundred dials. 2 worked on/off/volume and the station selector. The other 98 dials were just replacements when the other two would break. Real antennas that actually rotated (west we got stations 5, 8, and 13; east we got 4 and 9) homemade root beer? ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites raftman 12 #20 March 26, 2004 Yeah, the phones were rotory too. It would take like 30 seconds to dial a call. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Andrewwhyte 1 #21 March 27, 2004 QuoteYeah, the phones were rotory too. It would take like 30 seconds to dial a call. When I was seven we moved and we got a phone with a dial on it. Before that we had to crank the bell to get the operator; our phone number was 3. The down side of the move was that we couldn't get the second TV station any more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Kennedy 0 #22 March 27, 2004 you're old.witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
freeflir29 0 #2 March 26, 2004 QuoteYou guys wouldn't last five minutes back in 1984! Yeah....they would have NO idea where to shop for parachute pants. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #3 March 26, 2004 Quote And we didn't have any fancy "Sony Playstation" videogames with high resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600, with games like "Space Invaders" and "Asteroids" - and the graphics sucked! Your guy was a little square! You had to use your imagination! And there were no multiple "levels" or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and faster until you died! Just like LIFE! I hate you for making me feel old!!! for a taste of old-stylee computer games, I recommend Strong-Bad's take on them... http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail94.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #4 March 26, 2004 No porn? No wonder old people are so weird. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoadRash 0 #5 March 26, 2004 QuoteNo porn? No wonder old people are so weird. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Ok, that was a good one... ~R+R~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Fly the friendly skies...^_^...})ii({...^_~... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #6 March 26, 2004 That's a good one! "And some grass......and a Rhino." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rdy2skydive 0 #7 March 26, 2004 LOL... And I actually had to get up off the couch and walk across the room to change the channel on the tv. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #8 March 26, 2004 QuoteAnd I actually had to get up off the couch and walk across the room to change the channel on the tv. If I'd have known that they were going to invent tv remotes, I wouldn't have had children. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #9 March 26, 2004 QuoteYou guys wouldn't last five minutes back in 1984! And you'd have done how well in 1951?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fireflyer 0 #10 March 26, 2004 QuoteQuoteYou guys wouldn't last five minutes back in 1984! And you'd have done how well in 1951? Oh I'd NEVER survive back then! Not with all those dinosaurs running around! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites happythoughts 0 #11 March 26, 2004 QuoteOh I'd NEVER survive back then! Not with all those dinosaurs running around! No dinosaurs then. The Earth didn't cool until at least '53. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chuteless 1 #12 March 26, 2004 WOW.....I could tell you what we had back in the 1940s....but at my age, i'd be dead before I got finished.LOL But then, you're only as old as you feel....which means I have another 50 or more years left HMMMMMM Bill Cole D-41 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites raftman 12 #13 March 26, 2004 HELL YEAH! All those new fangled conviences are making kids soft these days too. We used to drive around in cars without seat belts (gasp) or airbags (horrors). And we survived. There was no bottled water either, we drank right out of the garden hose. And we survived. When we misbehaved we weren't given a time-out, we got our asses whooped. And we survived. In school there were disagreements and we met out back after to fight (just our fists) noone thought about guns or knives. Metal detectors were something old men used to find coins at the beach. And we survived. You young whippersnappers got it MADE! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Kennedy 0 #14 March 26, 2004 QuoteAnd I actually had to get up off the couch and walk across the room to change the channel on the tv. I never had to walk across the room...I just sat right in front of the TV so all I had to do was sit up a little bit. Anyone remember twist dials on the tv? They had like 30 channels and you had to go all the way around. We should get those for these kids with eight thousand channels. Let them turn THAT dial!witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Kennedy 0 #15 March 26, 2004 QuoteAnd you'd have done how well in 1951? Back when a kid could mail order his first rifle? I'd've been GREAT!! Back when dad's were expected to be dads? Awesome! Back when you were expected to sit at the table together for dinner, and if you didn't like what mom served, you sat there until you did like it? Sounds good to me! Back when if you were a freak, people weren't afraid to tell you so, and offending someone wasn't a capital crime? Oh man, the good old days...witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Rdy2skydive 0 #16 March 26, 2004 "Anyone remember twist dials on the tv?" Oh my God, we had that on our second tv - a little beat up black and white. Eventually the knob broke off and we had to use pliers to change the channel. Let me tell you, it was rough watching the Brady Bunch in prime time back then. Er, um, did I just date myself? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites EricaH 0 #17 March 26, 2004 Yup, we had the twist dial tv until, 1988. My parents would only let us have the dial for 1 hour a day, then they took it off the tv. Never thought to use anything to turn it instead, we just went outside & beat eachother up. Then we got one w/ the push buttons (like a key pad) I thought that was hot!! Didn't get cable till I was 18. Now I can't remember what I did before TV, that I would still like to do. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cocheese 0 #18 March 26, 2004 .... and when wanted a rush, we would just spin ourselves in cirlces. Air ? there was no "gettin air" back then. The only "Air" we'd get was when we mouthed off to anyone bigger than us. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rehmwa 2 #19 March 26, 2004 The twist dial always broke off. We did the pliers thing too. Also the radio had about a hundred dials. 2 worked on/off/volume and the station selector. The other 98 dials were just replacements when the other two would break. Real antennas that actually rotated (west we got stations 5, 8, and 13; east we got 4 and 9) homemade root beer? ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites raftman 12 #20 March 26, 2004 Yeah, the phones were rotory too. It would take like 30 seconds to dial a call. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Andrewwhyte 1 #21 March 27, 2004 QuoteYeah, the phones were rotory too. It would take like 30 seconds to dial a call. When I was seven we moved and we got a phone with a dial on it. Before that we had to crank the bell to get the operator; our phone number was 3. The down side of the move was that we couldn't get the second TV station any more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Kennedy 0 #22 March 27, 2004 you're old.witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
happythoughts 0 #11 March 26, 2004 QuoteOh I'd NEVER survive back then! Not with all those dinosaurs running around! No dinosaurs then. The Earth didn't cool until at least '53. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuteless 1 #12 March 26, 2004 WOW.....I could tell you what we had back in the 1940s....but at my age, i'd be dead before I got finished.LOL But then, you're only as old as you feel....which means I have another 50 or more years left HMMMMMM Bill Cole D-41 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raftman 12 #13 March 26, 2004 HELL YEAH! All those new fangled conviences are making kids soft these days too. We used to drive around in cars without seat belts (gasp) or airbags (horrors). And we survived. There was no bottled water either, we drank right out of the garden hose. And we survived. When we misbehaved we weren't given a time-out, we got our asses whooped. And we survived. In school there were disagreements and we met out back after to fight (just our fists) noone thought about guns or knives. Metal detectors were something old men used to find coins at the beach. And we survived. You young whippersnappers got it MADE! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #14 March 26, 2004 QuoteAnd I actually had to get up off the couch and walk across the room to change the channel on the tv. I never had to walk across the room...I just sat right in front of the TV so all I had to do was sit up a little bit. Anyone remember twist dials on the tv? They had like 30 channels and you had to go all the way around. We should get those for these kids with eight thousand channels. Let them turn THAT dial!witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #15 March 26, 2004 QuoteAnd you'd have done how well in 1951? Back when a kid could mail order his first rifle? I'd've been GREAT!! Back when dad's were expected to be dads? Awesome! Back when you were expected to sit at the table together for dinner, and if you didn't like what mom served, you sat there until you did like it? Sounds good to me! Back when if you were a freak, people weren't afraid to tell you so, and offending someone wasn't a capital crime? Oh man, the good old days...witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rdy2skydive 0 #16 March 26, 2004 "Anyone remember twist dials on the tv?" Oh my God, we had that on our second tv - a little beat up black and white. Eventually the knob broke off and we had to use pliers to change the channel. Let me tell you, it was rough watching the Brady Bunch in prime time back then. Er, um, did I just date myself? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricaH 0 #17 March 26, 2004 Yup, we had the twist dial tv until, 1988. My parents would only let us have the dial for 1 hour a day, then they took it off the tv. Never thought to use anything to turn it instead, we just went outside & beat eachother up. Then we got one w/ the push buttons (like a key pad) I thought that was hot!! Didn't get cable till I was 18. Now I can't remember what I did before TV, that I would still like to do. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #18 March 26, 2004 .... and when wanted a rush, we would just spin ourselves in cirlces. Air ? there was no "gettin air" back then. The only "Air" we'd get was when we mouthed off to anyone bigger than us. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #19 March 26, 2004 The twist dial always broke off. We did the pliers thing too. Also the radio had about a hundred dials. 2 worked on/off/volume and the station selector. The other 98 dials were just replacements when the other two would break. Real antennas that actually rotated (west we got stations 5, 8, and 13; east we got 4 and 9) homemade root beer? ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raftman 12 #20 March 26, 2004 Yeah, the phones were rotory too. It would take like 30 seconds to dial a call. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #21 March 27, 2004 QuoteYeah, the phones were rotory too. It would take like 30 seconds to dial a call. When I was seven we moved and we got a phone with a dial on it. Before that we had to crank the bell to get the operator; our phone number was 3. The down side of the move was that we couldn't get the second TV station any more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #22 March 27, 2004 you're old.witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
