[ppl]

some of you might find this interesting http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/feat...ytobealive.htm

 

[Edwood]

Dead link?

-Ed

 

[braillediver]

"As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the passenger seat was a treat."

Heck I think my moms car had a steel dash board.


Mitch

 

[KYTGuy]

You could buy guns and explosive chemicals by mail...go hunting with friends, even though the oldest of you was fifteen. You could build rockets, blow up fish from the pond, cut down trees in the woods, build bodacious forts...play on the railroad tracks, gig frogs and eat them..drive go carts in any supermarket parking lot on a sunday...

 

[Idiot MD]

I think it should be remarked that the era discussed, pre-70's, was also the era before latch-key kids and play-dates. Usually at least one parent was supervising their children 24/7. Now we have both parents pursuing careers or just working to feed their family and less time to supervise children let alone be a major part of their child's lives. We've become so concerned with keeping our children safe when we can't do it ourselves, I sometimes wonder how much longer until newborns are released from the hospital with straightjackets.

 

[Takashi]

Sometimes I go nostalgic and think about how everything was simple back when I was a kid. Then it occurs to me that the society didn't happen to become like what it is now, but we chose to make it so.

 

[KYTGuy]

I was a latchkey kid in the late 50s and early 60s...

ulp....What's a "play-date"?

 

[Idiot MD]

Quote:

Originally Posted by KYTGuy ulp....What's a "play-date"?

Parents agreeing to a set time for their children to meet and play.

 

[Mr.PD]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ppl some of you might find this interesting http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/feat...ytobealive.htm

I find it more interesting that ppl posted in the lounge.

 

[Gariver]

I crashed my bike into a Chevy head on, landed near the whipers and looked straight into the scared driver's face.

Yeah, I'm lucky to be alive!

 

[harkamus]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Takashi Sometimes I go nostalgic and think about how everything was simple back when I was a kid. Then it occurs to me that the society didn't happen to become like what it is now, but we chose to make it so.

Quit your yammering about; you didn't have headphones back then.

 

[Nisbeth]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ppl some of you might find this interesting http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/feat...ytobealive.htm

Heck I seem to remember most of that from when I was a kid and I'm only 25!

What's wrong with the world today?

/U.

PS: Speaking of which, my cousin's wife is a schoolteacher. She says some of the boys (who are age 8-10 or so) has standing orders from their parents not to climb trees because it's "dangerous". What? Were these people never children themselves?