When I was a kid!

[riverracerx]

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'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so 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, in the card catalog!!
There was no email! We had to actually write somebody a letter ...with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!
There were no MP3's or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself!
Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up!
And talk about hardship? You couldn't just download porn! You had to steal it from your brother or bribe some homeless dude to buy you a copy of "Hustler" at the 7-11! Those were your options!
We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it!
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 school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high- resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like "Space Invaders" and "Asteroids" and the graphics sucked ass!
Your guy was a little square! You actually 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 harder and faster 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 or some old broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were just screwed!
Sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 15 channels and there was no onscreen menu and no remote control! You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on!
You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel and there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little bastards!
And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up ... we had to use the stove or go build a frigging fire ...
imagine that! If we wanted popcorn, we had to use that stupid JiffyPop thing and shake it over the stove forever like an idiot.
That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled.
You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!

[FMluvswater]

Thanks for the chuckle! :D

[WYRD]

Dude you sound like my DAD :hammer2: :D

[Kilrtoy]

Oh So True

[atomickitn]

you mean it's not 1980, holy sh*t...... dude where have i been ? :D

[jdf]

what about pedal you ass to the store for a icee or coke

[cxr133]

what about pedal you ass to the store for a icee or coke
i agree w/ JDF....
i have a teeneager and they never PLAY outside anymore.. always inside at their house or their friends like 2 houses down.
MAn, when i was 14 .. i knew kids like 2 miles away from my house i would jump on my bike.. go over to play at their house outside and just had to be home before dark

[Tremor Therapy]

Tell it like it is brother Chris! :hammer2:

[jdf]

cxr133 when i was younger we lived on a 1,500 ranch in eastern montanta and it was 5 miles to town we did it everyday just to go swimming and at 6 am we were kicked outside until dark sur did alot of playing and didn't want to come in the house

[76ANTHONY]

i wouldnt know anything about any of this im too young :D
what nothin about cable tv, i know some old people didnt even have that, not like me i mean.....like i said im too young for all this :D

[pjones]

Well put....forgot about the ole atari....what fun those were.

[HocusPocus]

we have 4 tv's all with satellite, 2 game systems, 4 computers all on dsl, a swimming pool, spa, 2 quads, a go cart/dune buggy thing, 2 dirtbikes, plenty of land for them to ride the stuff on and they still manage to come in on saturday afternoon and tell me they are board and there isn't anything to do! AAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! i would have gladly killed a neighbor when i was young to get half they crap they have now. :skull: :skull:

[cxr133]

i wouldnt know anything about any of this im too young :D
what nothin about cable tv, i know some old people didnt even have that, not like me i mean.....like i said im too young for all this :D
MAN i remember the debut of MTV!!!

[jdf]

video killed the radio star ,was mtv first video i think

[No Name]

[QUOTE=riverracerx]When I was a kid,
That’s great, I especially got a good laugh from the phone part. :cool:

[HocusPocus]

MAN i remember the debut of MTV!!!
haha.. me to.. i was in the Air Force then.. "video killed the radio star" from the buggles is still fresh in my mind. :cool:
anyone know the 2nd video played on MTV? ;)

[76ANTHONY]

video killed the radio star ,was mtv first video i think
BINGO

[76ANTHONY]

we have 4 tv's all with satellite, 2 game systems, 4 computers all on dsl, a swimming pool, spa, 2 quads, a go cart/dune buggy thing, 2 dirtbikes, plenty of land for them to ride the stuff on and they still manage to come in on saturday afternoon and tell me they are board and there isn't anything to do! AAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! i would have gladly killed a neighbor when i was young to get half they crap they have now. :skull: :skull:
YOU KILLED YOUR NEIGHBORS TOO WHEN YOU WHERE BORED???? :crossx:

[SHOCKENYALL]

we have 4 tv's all with satellite, 2 game systems, 4 computers all on dsl, a swimming pool, spa, 2 quads, a go cart/dune buggy thing, 2 dirtbikes, plenty of land for them to ride the stuff on and they still manage to come in on saturday afternoon and tell me they are board and there isn't anything to do! AAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! i would have gladly killed a neighbor when i was young to get half they crap they have now. :skull: :skull:
Same here...2 computers though... 2 games systems, swimming pool, 4 quads 2 horses, 3 dogs, 2 mopeds, a pool table, tree house... and they have the nerve to come in and say theier bored...... I then tell them, " You are choosing to be bored"..... and then follow with...."Why don't you weed between all the rose bushes? That'll give you something to do!"...... Amazingly enough... their not bored anymore... and you won't hear them say it for awhile either!! ;)

[jdf]

anyone know the 2nd video played on MTV?
was it folck of seagul's ???

[MAINEVENT]

your so old LOL j/k :p

[Mrs. HOOTER SLED]

LMAO.............you tell em!!!!!!
I can remember not having any jiffy pop and wanting pop corn..........my sis said no cause she didn't want to use oil in a pot..........so what do I do????
I SNEAK to do it while she's in her room w a friend.............so i go to visit them to wait for the oil to get hot ..........her friend decides to leave and see's a FIRE through the window !!!! Well I forgot about it and my whole kitchen was on fire...........the glass on the top half of the stove blew out and then my sis was going to put it out with water and we yelled NOOOOOOOOOO!!! so she took it to the back door opened the door and the wind blew in she dropped the pot because the fire went up her arm.......... and mind you the kitchen was carpeted with the old 70's sh*t and it caught on fire too!!!!!!!!! I fawked that kitchen up!!!!!
We were all safe............and got it out...........with a lil help(hint hint) :jawdrop:

[ROZ]

We started smoking doobies, drinking old E, ride the skate to the mall or beach 10 miles, throw a paper route, kill cats, and eat babies all by the 3rd grade. ANy less and you were a whimp :D Ahhh the 80, good times

[Ziggy]

MAN i remember the debut of MTV!!!
VH1 before that even...It started out as a half hour show with Richard Blade on KCAL channel 9 LA.
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And how about those futuristic Commador64 computers???

[Ziggy]

We started smoking doobies, drinking old E, ride the skate to the mall or beach 10 miles, throw a paper route, kill cats, and eat babies all by the 3rd grade. ANy less and you were a whimp :D Ahhh the 80, good times
Old E 800 and Malt Ducks were our poison........ :hammerhea
Walk or ride bike whereever it was we were going...we didn't expect mom to take us, let alone even ask.
Did the papere route thing for 6 years w/o any complaints....... :p :p

[Powerquestboy]

Remember when you were being a little Jerk and your parents would threaten you that you had to go sit in the car. Most likely it was a Buick wagon with fake wood grain on the sides. Nowadays kids would love that option when all the cars are escaldes with DVD players and x box.

[76ANTHONY]

lived in FRESNO all i needed was my bike my firecrackers and some girleys, oh yeah and a gallon of cheap wine and seven=up, woooooohooooo :crossx:

[Mrs. HOOTER SLED]

Walk or ride bike whereever it was we were going...we didn't expect mom to take us, let alone even ask.
:p :p
LOL.............yep, never ask!!! :squiggle:

[Old Texan]

The things we had that aren't possible today involve freedom. We could ride our bikes miles away to play with friends. Hitchhike places when we were high school and college without fear.
If threatened by a bully you could kick his a-- or get one of your friends to do it and you were safe from having his "posse" come back down on you with vengence, weapons, drive bys, destruction of property, etc.
Parents watched and cheered from the stands at sporting events rather than participate with verbal abuse on officials, coaches, and anyone surpassing their little heroes lack of ability.
To hell with all the electronic gadgets and 4 wheelers, I wouldn't trade my freedoms to roam and do what I pleased just so long as I was home for dinner, got my chores done, and respected all adults I came in contact with during my day.

[Powerquestboy]

anyone know the 2nd video played on MTV? ;)
Money for nothing?

[Sleek-Jet]

The things we had that aren't possible today involve freedom. We could ride our bikes miles away to play with friends. Hitchhike places when we were high school and college without fear.
If threatened by a bully you could kick his a-- or get one of your friends to do it and you were safe from having his "posse" come back down on you with vengence, weapons, drive bys, destruction of property, etc.
Parents watched and cheered from the stands at sporting events rather than participate with verbal abuse on officials, coaches, and anyone surpassing their little heroes lack of ability.
To hell with all the electronic gadgets and 4 wheelers, I wouldn't trade my freedoms to roam and do what I pleased just so long as I was home for dinner, got my chores done, and respected all adults I came in contact with during my day.
I'll second that. :coffeycup

[76ANTHONY]

i remember when it was safe to play ball in the street, one set of rules, GAME ON, CAR

[HM]

Good thread. My wife and I are attempting to raise our kids like a was raised, only a little tougher than we had it. A lot of people think my wife and I are freaks, but we don't care...we see how their little brats act and manipulate them. Kids are truly a reflection of their parents. If my kids turn out f'd up, it is my fault...not the school, not the government, not the video games, not the music, not the wealthy, not the poor, and not Tom Brown's. :D

[ROZ]

a gallon of cheap wine and seven=up, woooooohooooo :crossx:
Oh, you mean a wine cooler :D

[ROZ]

i remember when it was safe to play ball in the street, one set of rules, GAME ON, CAR
CAR! :D

[76ANTHONY]

YEAH BUT WE WHERE COOL, we called em mixed drinks :D :D

[redneckgirl]

Good thread. My wife and I are attempting to raise our kids like a was raised, only a little tougher than we had it. A lot of people think my wife and I are freaks, but we don't care...we see how their little brats act and manipulate them. Kids are truly a reflection of their parents. If my kids turn out f'd up, it is my fault...not the school, not the government, not the video games, not the music, not the wealthy, not the poor, and not Tom Brown's. :D
Amen :D :D
RNG

[Sleek-Jet]

car! :D
Game On!!! :D

[76ANTHONY]

hell yeah tent in the back yard stayed up all night and smoked weed, dam i thought i was cool. we'd go get all the neighborhood girls and hang out, we even got to see boobies, ahhhhh the good ole days :D :lightsabe

[riverracerx]

Can you say "BoonesFarm" Strawberry Hill.

[redi4fun]

I remember a time where my house was the place to be cause we had ON tv. For those of you that don't know, it was the early form a cable. :cry:

[HocusPocus]

the 2nd video played on MTV was "You Better Run" by Pat Benatar. :)
there you have some more useless trivia to amaze your friends with.

[HocusPocus]

I remember a time where my house was the place to be cause we had ON tv. For those of you that don't know, it was the early form a cable. :cry:
one of my friends had "On TV".. all i got was a scrambled channel.. but sometimes you could see scrambled nudity!!

[No Name]

Can you say "BoonesFarm" Strawberry Hill.
Hell yes, the good old days. :smile:

[Dave C]

good times ! :D
but sometimes you could see scrambled nudity!!

[76ANTHONY]

thunderbird, WHATS THE WORD? THUNDERBIRD. WHATS THE ACTION? SATISFACTION..... oh yeah the good ole days, dam what fun for no money.... :D :D

[bchbum]

Us older guys remember pong ,

[No Name]

thunderbird, WHATS THE WORD? THUNDERBIRD. WHATS THE ACTION? SATISFACTION..... oh yeah the good ole days, dam what fun for no money.... :D :D
I remember how excited my friends and I would get waiting around the corner from 7-11 for the booze we just talked some adult into buying for us. The only excitement close to that anymore would be being next in line to put my boat in the water at the ramp.
Man I miss them days.

[cxr133]

lived in FRESNO all i needed was my bike my firecrackers and some girleys, oh yeah and a gallon of cheap wine and seven=up, woooooohooooo :crossx:
yeah frickin laws...
who remebers the original 80's
BLACK CATS
BOTTLE ROCKETS
man i remember lighting black cats and letting the frickin thing blow up in my hand :jawdrop: ohh maybe thats why they are illegal NOW

[Mrs. HOOTER SLED]

Can you say "BoonesFarm" Strawberry Hill.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO !!!!!

[HOOTER SLED-]

Can you say "BoonesFarm" Strawberry Hill.
It was all about the Cisco. :D Man that shit was nasty.
I had Intellivision. Colecovision was the bomb.

[riverracerx]

This picture puts naughty thoughts in my head! :supp:
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[Captain Dan]

I remember a time where my house was the place to be cause we had ON tv. For those of you that don't know, it was the early form a cable. :cry:
Does anyone remember "Channel 100" - pre-HBO pay station.
How about Space Food Sticks?

[HOOTER SLED-]

This picture puts naughty thoughts in my head! :supp:
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It gets the blood flowin to mine. :devil:

[76ANTHONY]

It was all about the Cisco. :D Man that shit was nasty.
I had Intellivision. Colecovision was the bomb.
dam rich kids, pong was the only game :D

[riverracerx]

I bet. At least to one of them. ;)

[Mike.A]

Use to camp out all night up on the hill, Now known as Anahiem Hills before Thriftys and Vons was there. Only thing we would tell our mom is see ya in the morning.
The Yorbas used to all live up there in the big white house right above Santa Ana Canyon Road, and we would go up there and watch there huge parties.
If we were in the house than usually that meant that we were in trouble for something.

[76ANTHONY]

hell no in the house crap, moms would say nothin to do huh? clean the backyard or mow the lawn or somethin, i was gone from friday night to sunday afternoon :D

[Scape Goat]

first vcr with a remote control, 10' cord attach everyone was tripping over the cord.
same for radio control cars etc.

[76ANTHONY]

microwave ovens the size of the kitchen :D
50ft phone cords :D
bad a$$ walkman radio-cassette players :D

[riverracerx]

Anyone here ride dirt bikes in the hills before the LE cracked down in the mid 80's?
I rode CR125's when I was 14 years old in Shadow Hills (between Burbank and Tujunga). We got chased by cop cars...no problem. We got chased by motor cops...no problem. We got chased by Honda XL's...no problem. Then I was coming around the corner with my dad in the truck one day and what did I see strapped to the back of a Sheriff Blazer :supp: A motorcycle trailer with two Sheriff CR250's. Holy crap, they were getting serious. Then they brought in the helicoptors and we were done for. I only ran from a helo once. Didn't work. They didn't do anything except make us walk our bikes home. Which was about a mile. UGGH. That was the end of residential motorcycle riding. Way to take the fun out of life.
Kids nowadays can't have fun outside without wearing a helmet and staying on the sidewalk. No wonder they stay inside and play Xbox.

[No Name]

[QUOTE=riverracerx]Anyone here ride dirt bikes in the hills before the LE cracked down in the mid 80's?
Rode in the hills of Simi Valley until about 1980 and pretty much the same thing happened without the helicopters. Started trucking the bikes up the grape vine to Gorman after that.

[slowinhavasu]

I was starting to remember all the patying, fighting, girls, cruising, partying.......then I forgot what the point was........
pass that over bogart.... :)

[CA Stu]

Does anyone remember "Channel 100" - pre-HBO pay station.
How about Space Food Sticks?
ON-TV, beeyatch.

[barbigrl]

one of my friends had "On TV".. all i got was a scrambled channel.. but sometimes you could see scrambled nudity!!
Haha....me and my friends would do that too!!! I also found one of my step-dad's porns at 11, had ALL the neighborhood kids over to watch it!!! All the neighborhood boys would come over to watch it everyday!! I was a latch key kid!!

[boatnam2]

totally agree!

[76ANTHONY]

Haha....me and my friends would do that too!!! I also found one of my step-dad's porns at 11, had ALL the neighborhood kids over to watch it!!! All the neighborhood boys would come over to watch it everyday!! I was a latch key kid!!
hmmmmmmmmmmm :idea: :idea: :idea:

[rmarion]

[QUOTE=riverracerx]Anyone here ride dirt bikes in the hills before the LE cracked down in the mid 80's?
Rode in the hills of Simi Valley until about 1980 and pretty much the same thing happened without the helicopters. Started trucking the bikes up the grape vine to Gorman after that.
MX Racing at
Escape Country, Saddleback, OCIR, Ascot, Irwindale, Corona
rode in Corona off Mckinley, hills off 71/91
JImmy Wienart used to ride the back hills of laguna Beach......

[***boateditor]

When I was a kid..... (diatribe snipped)
You referenced "record stores," but failed to mention that the vinyl platters themselves, which had grooves that skipped all the time, not to mention all kinds of surface noise -- not like the pristine-sounding CDs of today. The only good thing was the intricate artwork on a 33 1/3 record...these days, the art on a CD is fairly negligible.
Oh, yeah, and music was a hell of a lot better then.

[76ANTHONY]

dont forget the penny on the arm of the cheap sears turntables to stop the from skipping

[Sun burners]

Walking across the room to change the channel on the TV!

[77charger]

I use to laugh at the stories my parents told me.Never thought i would have stories to tell from when i grew up.
rode a minibike we would race them around the neighborhood others had them cool go karts from sears with the 4hp motr
.20 cent candybars
walk to school in 2nd grade
atari was in intelevision was better
no cell phones
no internet,etc

[77charger]

MX Racing at
Escape Country, Saddleback, OCIR, Ascot, Irwindale, Corona
r ...how about indian dunes

[termiteguy]

atari hell we had a pong game all the kids on the block wanted to come over and play

[DUNDUN]

as much as things have changed.. some things have stayed the same.. most of the kids i run around with still ride bikes everywhere... are gone from 5 am to 11 pm... with girls...staying out of trouble of course!..
but you say how the kids of today have it easy with caller id... la madre always checks messages and whos called when she gets home..(teachers, school, etc..) and now the grades are at the touch of a mouse.. with teachers and their e-mail and EDLINE(grade printouts over the computer.. every student has a file, and the teachers update them regularly..) so yeah, you still have to have your shit together..
and you guys had rights that we dont have.. cuz your parents didnt think about safety first.. and they let you learn stuff the hard way.. sometimes we need that.. i wish they would let us learn for ourselves.. but yeah in the long run.. we have it easier than you do...

[***boateditor]

On a serious note, you feel guilty like a bad parent for letting your children play outside in the front yard nowadays. It sucks that I feel like I have to stand in the driveway to watch my kid ride his bike with his friends.
Sure. And there are plenty of other ways that it was better in days gone by.
You could call a company on the telephone and not have to talk to a voice-recognition robot.
There was no such thing as "Your call is very important to us."
All gas stations offered full service.
You could enjoy your TV show without the incessant promos, logos and other distracting clutter at the bottom of the screen during your program.
Commericals before a feature film? One that you paid good money to see? People would have rioted in the freakin' streets.
And then there are the things that are gone forever.
Chi-Chi's.
The New York Magazine Competition.
Johnny Carson.
The World Trade Center.
Fanta Wild Cherry soda.
And on and on.....

[Sleek-Jet]

On a serious note, you feel guilty like a bad parent for letting your children play outside in the front yard nowadays. It sucks that I feel like I have to stand in the driveway to watch my kid ride his bike with his friends.
No kidding. I've spent many an afternoon sitting on a lawn chair watching my neice rider her bike back and forth in front of the house. And then one of the neighbor kids and their parents will come out, and we'll tag team off...
"Hey, you wanna watch the kids for a while???"
"Yeah, check back in about 30 minutes, I've got to go to the store."
... and so it goes.

[76ANTHONY]

dam good ole days, they make me fell old, i was one of those kids that told my parents id never say that, guess i best call mom and tell her i lied :D