Posted on 06/08/2004 2:03:27 PM PDT by al baby
LOL!
We put lighted M-80's in glass bottles and threw them at each other.
Don't include me (25) as part of this "sissy culture." If everyone under the age of 30 are wimps, then that would mean the "sissy culture" began about the time Reagan took over. More likely, it is the kids who are still, well, kids, who are so effected.
When I was two, I stuck a hairpin in an electric socket that didn't have a childproof cap on it. I'm dead
Learned pretty quick not to do that again didn't you ?
Don't use a butter knife either .
DDT killed me. Carried .22 rifle in my pickup in plain sight at high school. Had an 8-track tape player and got the soundtrack from Wild in the Streets for free somewhere.I had the soundtrack for a year before I saw the movie. Of course the Best movies were Easy Rider and Clint Eastwood Man With NoName movies.
And none of this "put on ground, light fuse, get away" stuff either. Simultaneous detonations, inventions to get the most out of your allotment, etc.
Can still count to ten on my hands, can count clear to twenty one if I look down.
And tether ball?
And going down to the local school playground in summer and painting those little white chalky figurines with paint and Nehi Cream soda and Sunday spend with family cause no stores were open and buck night at the drive-in
Those were the days........I feel sorry for kids now days.....no innocence
We had one - an Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. Many family vacations taken in it!
Burning ants with a magnifying glass. Learned decent hand-eye coordination with that!
LOL! I once got nailed square in the face with a huge dirt clod thrown by an older kid. There was blood and dirt everywhere.
It was wonderful. :)
We were actually playing playing RUGBY and didn't know it!
Bottle rocket fights!
OMGosh, you should have heard the comments in the lunch room and in the letter to editor's section. "The picture humiliated the bear." "It was insensitive like the prison events" "It was SOOOOO dangerous" "The Game & Wildlike Department does NOT condone these actions."
It's a wonder we ever settled this country. Those scared rabbits never would have left their parents' homes! It was sad, pathetic, and ugly - all rolled into one.
"Obviously, you didn't live next to the White House in the '90s"
I said "nice" old man.. not letch! hehe
"Our favorite stop on Halloween was the house that had home made doughnuts and candy"
Oh don't get me started on everything that's gone wrong with Halloween since I was a kid! I especially hate the teenagers and/or moms who expect candy and don't bother to dress up!
A lot has changed.
Thank you. I remember those days. I also remember no child was drugged.
Is this the tread you were looking for?
Yes..thanks...bless you...
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