A number of recent discussions have prompted me to think about some of the many things that have changed "since I was a kid". I thought it might be interesting to see what kinds of things folks here at OG recognize as having changed since their "growing up days". Here are a couple:
When I was a kid, we could ride our bicycles anywhere within 1/2 mile from the house without our parents worrying about us.
When I was a kid, my parents could drop us off at the movie theatre unsupervised (grade school age) without worrying.
When I was a kid, I could leave the house before sunrise, hunt or fish all day and as long as I made it back to the house by dinner time all was good.
Now a days, I worry if I haven't seen or heard from my kids in an hour. Things have definitely changed.
HC
When I was a kid we could go out in the woods from the time we got up around 6:00 until our mother called us in at night without worry from anything.
When I was a kid I knew everybody on my block, my folks knew them and if I messed anywhere in the neighborhood the neighbors would call me on it on the spot without fear of my parents being mad.
Cause they usually knew about it before I got home!
Man what a great place I grew up in. :wav:
When I was a kid, I never worried about taxes.
Quote from: stinkpickle on May 07, 2011, 10:15:41 PM
When I was a kid, I never worried about taxes.
:TooFunny: ;D
When I was a kid - seeing a young guy with a gun just meant he was going hunting or plinking and didn't raise an alarm like it does so often today.
I'm not that old, but when I was a "kid" in the early/mid 90's we never played video games. We hunted, fished, played sports etc... Even if it was cold out we were outside. In the summers we camped out nearly every night if it wasn't raining. My back yard was the Daniel Boone National Forest.
When I was a kid, hangovers werent as bad.
Quote from: Kylongspur88 on May 07, 2011, 10:40:43 PM
I'm not that old, but when I was a "kid" in the early/mid 90's we never played video games. We hunted, fished, played sports etc... Even if it was cold out we were outside. In the summers we camped out nearly every night if it wasn't raining. My back yard was the Daniel Boone National Forest.
same here I'm not very old but it has chaged alot in just the last 20 years
When I was a kid we didn't even know what seatbelts were!
When I was a kid I rode my 3wheeler to school on the weekends for football and basketball practice
When I was in grade school, I got a hit with a paddle, and it was a learning experience, several times. ;D
We said "yes sir" and "no sir".
We respected our elders.
Slept with the windows up, and seldom locked the doors.
We got in fist fights, and didn't worry about being cut up, shot, or sued.
When I was a kid, the Sears Roebuck catalog was still used in some areas for toilet tissue, now Sears has gone to the toilet selling pornography.
God Bless,
David B.
when i was a kid my father took me and my two brothers hunting and fishing, seams like that was the only time we (the kids) were not fighting. they are all gone now but i will never forget the time in the outdoors with them, i took my son hunting and fishing as well, and still do. he is now taking his son hunting and fishing and he loves it. i hope this caries on and never changes. thanks dad
When I was a kid, the line at the IGA for breakfast was out the door in deer season at 4:30 AM. There may only have been 1 other guy there in turkey season.
When I was a kid, gas was 65 cent a galloon.
In the hunting sense their are less birds were I hunt and they will not gobble
We said "Mam" and "Sir"
Spoke when we were spoken to.
Big thing on the weekend was what was at the drive-in theater.
We played games OUTSIDE!!!
Well said Barry. I have no memories of playing with anything inside as a child.
I vividly remember every mom in our neighborhood coming outside at dusk to holler for their kids to tell them to come in for supper every evening. They had to yell for a long time..........
Driving my truck to school everday with a 30-30 in the back window gun rack .....
We could set up our own ball games with any number of kids there at that time. Kids today need someone to set it up for them.
I cant believe no one has mentioned this but .....
When I was a kid, there were no cell phones! Its strange but if most of yall are like me, its hard to get away from the house without one.
Also, when I was a kid (and I hope this is just in my region of the country or at lease state) it wasnt cool for the guys to wear tighter fitting jeans than the girls... :help:
Im 18, and much younger them most of you all but I can remember when you could get on an airplane without getting checked and going through metal detectors.
Kev
when I was a kid.......we didnt have turkeys. Some things change for the better :z-guntootsmiley:
When I was a kid in grade school I could take my pocket knife out of my pocket and sharpen my pencil or clean my finger nails in class, try that today !!!
Quote from: Big Timber on May 08, 2011, 10:29:54 PM
When I was a kid in grade school I could take my pocket knife out of my pocket and sharpen my pencil or clean my finger nails in class, try that today !!!
Man, that's a good one.
I remember being in Ag class when the teacher would take us way out in the field to check on the cows, and ask for a pocket knife to cut a square bale b/c he forgot his back in the room. Every boy in the class would offer one up. I can also remember him looking the other way when we would sling a pinch of Skoal in. Usually because he was stuffing in a plug of Red Man at the same time :angel9:
When I was a kid Ronald Reagan was president.
I am only 25 but...
I remember fighting at school without being arrested and being let duke it out as long as it was fair.
Taking a shotgun in my truck in high school because we shot ducks that morning or was going hunting after school.
I remember calling anyone older than me sir or mam with a Mr., Ms., or Mrs. in front of their name.
I remember getting hit in the back of the head by mom for not holding the door for a lady or elderly.
I remember talks with my dad about what I did wrong and then getting spanked, not a talking to in which we agreed on the consequences.
I remember walking through the woods and swamps barefoot with a bb gun, 22 rifle, or 20 gauge shotgun.
I remember playing outside in the rain, as long as there was not thunder or lightening.
Finally I remember being able to kill a turkey with a 12 gauge with and improved cyclinder choke and lead #5s at less than 20 yards. :z-guntootsmiley:
When I was a kid I wouldn't have had anything to play with if I wasn't born a boy.
Quote from: guesswho on May 09, 2011, 01:24:05 PM
When I was a kid I wouldn't have had anything to play with if I wasn't born a boy.
Dude, you ain't right but that don't mean you aren't correct.
Quote from: 2ounce6s on May 09, 2011, 01:28:38 PM
I'd say from your response that if had you been born a girl you would have just had more to play with.
You mean more of the same thing?
I started a reply to this, but I cancelled it. Things were so different in the 50s the list would take up pages and pages. We'd probably all be better off if we could go back to those simpler times.
When I was a kid,
7 year olds didn't have cell phones,
You got presents at Christmas not Easter.
You rode in the back of a truck whenever you got a chance. Cartoons were Saturday morning not 24/7. Neighborhood gunshots were a sign that hunting season is close. Parents spanked their kids when they needed it. 2 channels of tv was the average, if you got three you were high class. the biggest tvs were 26", POP was in glass bottles, drive ins were still cool, crack was too much butt cheek, we knew for a fact our president was American. Phones had cords, trucks had gun racks, "inner" net was a fish. We all carried a knife to school, a POP and a candy bar were still under a dollar for both. $5 worth was enough gas to cruise a bit in friday night. Best of all hunting, fishing and camping were away of life not "the cool" thing to do. Of course its still cool...though
When I was a kid when mom would make a cake, cupcakes, brownies, etc, you could lick the bowl, the spoon. mixer blades without the worry of being sick for a week because of the raw eggs in it. Man the good ole days were awesome.
Shane
Quote from: flydowntn on May 09, 2011, 05:15:21 PM
When I was a kid when mom would make a cake, cupcakes, brownies, etc, you could lick the bowl, the spoon. mixer blades without the worry of being sick for a week because of the raw eggs in it. Man the good ole days were awesome.
Shane
You mean you can't lick the bowl or spoon or those twirly things that mix the batter? Nobody told me. I still do it and haven't kicked the bucket yet.
TRKYHTR
I love reading these guys keep em coming! Things have changed dramatically. A kid in my school district got expelled for having a visible box cutter in his car that he used for work. I have witnessed many other students in a few of my classes cus and swear at teachers. My dad always talks about the good ol days also. Like for example, when he went to school, the lunch ladies would serve real food that was palatable. He would duck hunt before and after school. I get sick of listening to my friends rave about their video games and what phone they are getting next. If i wasnt running track or cross country or doing homework, I was hunting, fishing, or making turkey calls in my garage while other kids were watching cable or playing x box. I didnt have a cell phone till I was 18 and honestly, I could live without it. I wish the lifestlye several decades ago didnt change because man it was the good times.
What Last Strut Calls said makes me think about the high school I graduated from. I'm 18 and graduated last year, so I wasn't around for most of the times in the past most of you all are talking about. A couple of years ago I remember one of our FFA officers getting arrested for having a shotgun in his truck because he had been turkey hunting before school that morning and someone reported it. He had to go to court and was put on house arrest and everything. My dad still tells the story about how 30 years ago when he was in high school at the same school I went to he used to carry his single shot 12 gauge broke open on the back dash board in plane sight and that was no big deal. I guess things really have changed in 30 years.
PE was required curriculum in school
Your parents had to sign a release to KEEP the principle from paddling you
Cussing was only in R rated movies available on HBO. Not day time TV
Couples got married before living together
If you said a off the wall remark at Grannies house, you bit down on Irish Spring soap and the picked your own switch from the pear.
When I was a kid gas was like 40 cents a gallon and you could buy all the candy you could even think about eating for say 2 days for $1. Those were the good days.
When I was a kid, the only yelling parents did at little league ball games was to cheer their child or his team on.
Magazines at the checkout stand didn't have to be covered because the articles weren't about "how to drive him crazy in bed" or "101 new positions you just have to try". Alfred E. Newman (Mad Magazine) was considered disrespectful. There was no such thing as Explicit Lyrics Advisory on music. The local newspaper and the evening news was how most people found out what was going on in the world. I dreaded 6 pm because updates on the Vietnam war and Watergate were boring to me.
People in general were less self-absorbed. Most cars still just had AM radios standard. 8 track tapes were all the rage. Bell bottom jeans were on their first time around. $100 for a pair of athletic shoes was unheard of.
Wendell touched on it. The biggest change is the current lack of consideration for others. Some of it may be due to all the distractions and activities people are into. It's all about #1 and less sacrifice for the good of others.
There's still some out there, thank God, but it's shrinking daily.