Posted on 08/26/2014 7:37:21 PM PDT by Eric Pode of Croydon
Yours sounds like a wonderful, American style childhood. I could just imagine every part you wrote about.
But sadly, as you mentioned, its gone. Its not coming back either.
Back then criminals weren’t wandering the streets so freely.
Greta stories!
Wish there were an FR thread where folks could add their childhood recollections. I so enjoy reading them.
I used to go explore all over the place. I’m glad I grew up when I did.
That was an enjoyable read!
i don’t.
I am one of those parents. In my neighborhood which averages $750-$1.75MM per house we have dozens of sex offenders in a five mile radius plus more of Obama’s sons because of the forced social engineering of high density, low income housing being built in our town.
I agree, but this isn’t 1956 or the 70’s when I grew up as a kid.
Me too, woods all day, fishing all day at 7 or 8 in the pond. Bike at 6. BB gun at 10, .22 at 12.
Great stories! Similar to my childhood..WHO wanted to be in the house? How boring (plus Mom might make me do chores or something)!
I grew up on a farm and was an “outside” kid for my entire childhood. As a toddler in the baby swimming pool my black lab “Blackie” stood guard and pulled me up by my little swimsuit straps if I fell over as my Mom watched from the kitchen window (I think she was watching...LOL). Got kicked in the face by my pony when I was about three...got over it.
Training wheels came off the bike at 4, promptly drove directly into a tree...no helmet of course...got over that too. Around that time, Grandma & Grandpa added on to their house...Grandpa had me pick up the nails in the grass and paid me a penny for each. I would then run down to the Grocery store (3 blocks away) to find out what I could purchase from Mr. Kundel. I crossed the street so I didn’t have to go past the local bar...too scary!
By 8 or so, I was riding my bike 4 miles (to visit one Grandma) or 5 (to visit the other); well, mainly to get cookies.
Had a minibike by 11 and so did all of the neighbor kids- they were all boys. We built ramps, jumped ditches, ended up in the ER many times amongst us. When Winter came, we would build multi-room snow caves when young; but by about 11-12 were riding snowmobiles. A favorite activity was tying one of those steel saucers to the back with a 20’ rope whereupon the snowmobile driver would try to “toss” the rider in any way possible....WHEEEE!
Took gun safety in school in 6th grade on Friday just before lunch; taught by a DNR guy (had to bring our guns of course). Learned to shoot before then, though.
Also learned to drive before I was 10; in fact, I drove a tractor through the side of a barn when I was about 5 or 6. Dad had something to do with that as he was trying to teach me to drive it. Rode on the fender of the tractor many times...right above the big tire hanging on for dear life as we bounced along in the field. We also “walked” beans (to cut the weeds out of the fields)...I carried a 20” machete.
I was just laughing thinking about all of the band-aids and other first aid items that we must have gone through in our house...it was a daily occurrence...LOL!
“Anyone remember when Thrifty ice cream was 5 cents a scoop?”
Big time. When I was in Jr. High, there was a Thrifty between my house and the school. On the way home I’d get a triple scoop most every day.
Another reason to remove “land of the free and the home of the brave” from the national anthem.
Yup. 75 cents would get you five Marvel comic books and a triple scoop ice cream cone.
Now I sound like my dad. God I feel old.
My 17-year old disagrees...would like to talk to you privately about it...in the backyard...unsupervised :)
I wonder how the questions were worded to arrive at this conclusion that the kids should be “criminalized”.
Was it Thrifty that was served on the cone in the shape of a cylinder? The server used a device that he/she stuck into the tub of ice cream and had a squeeze handle that pushed the cylinder plug of ice cream onto the cone?
I remember those cones were 5 cents.
Ice cream cone, pack of gum, a coke, cup of coffee were all just 5 cents when I was in college. Small cheese pizza was $1.25. Chicken and ground beef were 25 cents per pound. Gas was 20 - 25 cents per gallon, but had lead in it. Mug of beer was 25 cents at The Wet Olive in Stillwater, OK. A pitcher was $1.25 and had a bunch of nice fresh green olives in it. I went to college on $1300 per year and that included tuition, room, board, books, etc. It cost $11 per credit hour my frosh year, and rose up to $14 per credit hour by my senior year. {1969-1973 Ok State U. GO POKES!!!!} It cost 25cents to go to a movie when I was a kid, until age 12, then it cost 75Cents to go to a movie. The drive in was $1.00 per car load. A good used car was $125. You could buy an old house for $9K and a new one for $19K in OK.
I walked almost a mile to school for 8th & 9th grades. It was at the old high school building, and they used it for 8,9 grades. We walked everywhere.
But actually our kids were able to do that her in small town Texas, on the Gulf Coast. I assume it is still safe here. There are still pockets where it is safe....
But I think Obama, Holder, Sharpton, Jackson are trying to stir up a race war. No place will be safe for anyone, especially for them! They will be blamed, once it gets really bad in the streets, and they will be hunted. I DO WISH THEY WOULD SEE THAT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE>
I know what the Civil War did to USA last time. The deaths and destruction...
Gun Safety.... I remember the FFA and FHA boys had their long guns in the back window of their pick up trucks when I was in high school. they had to go to shooting practice right after school. This was in the 1960s, and it was NO PROBLEM!
I meant FFA and Four H!!!!!!!!!!!
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