Children of the 70s and 80s

Leezestarr313

Great thread, I love your list RKCNDY!

When I was a kid, watching commercials on tv was something special that we looked forward to. We didn't have that in GDR tv and it always felt great to visit people who had a tv and could receive the stations from Western Germany. We loved commercials

Oh, and you still could buy tomatoes and strawberrys that actually tasted like they should.

Heisenberg

Anybody remember these?

afroannnie

Heisenberg wrote:

Anybody remember these?

I loved those books...my friend & I wrote our own choose your path book when we were kids...it was about aliens

DS1119

This was my "portable gaming device"...





...and these were still legal.

Heisenberg

afroannnie wrote:

Heisenberg wrote:

Anybody remember these?

I loved those books...my friend & I wrote our own choose your path book when we were kids...it was about aliens

I smell a new "choose your own adventure" book about The Mustache Movement's future pilgimage to PJ21 Get crackin' Ash

kwdaley

...in the 70s and 80s, you never heard of or saw anyone that was allergic to peanut butter (every kid you knew brought PB and J sandwiches to school). Now, everywhere you go, you get warnings that products may have come in contact with nut or nut by-products.

DS1119

kwdaley wrote:

...in the 70s and 80s, you never heard of or saw anyone that was allergic to peanut butter (every kid you knew brought PB and J sandwiches to school). Now, everywhere you go, you get warnings that products may have come in contact with nut or nut by-products.

Truth

pjhawks

we organized and officiated our own games, settled our own disputes during said games..capture the flag, kick the can, wiffle ball, basketball, street hockey, etc. we didn't have play dates, we called, knocked on doors or just went outside and met up with the other neighborhood kids.

our parents didn't know or need to know where we were every second of every day. we went and said we'd be back later...and we came back later.

our parents didn't side with us when we did something stupid. they agreed with the teachers, coaches, cops, neighbors, etc. that we f'd up and should be punished.

when we didn't make the team or play in a game our parents didn't complain that we needed a 'B' team, they told us to shake it off, get better, and get over it...and we got over it.

DS1119

pjhawks wrote:

when we didn't make the team or play in a game our parents didn't complain that we needed a 'B' team, they told us to shake it off, get better, and get over it...and we got over it.

This.

I remember I didn't make our traveling pee wee squad in hockey and I was devastated after tryouts. My Dad pretty much told me to suck it up because my tryouts stunk. :thumbup:

conman

pjhawks wrote:

we organized and officiated our own games, settled our own disputes during said games..capture the flag, kick the can, wiffle ball, basketball, street hockey, etc. we didn't have play dates, we called, knocked on doors or just went outside and met up with the other neighborhood kids.

our parents didn't know or need to know where we were every second of every day. we went and said we'd be back later...and we came back later.

our parents didn't side with us when we did something stupid. they agreed with the teachers, coaches, cops, neighbors, etc. that we f'd up and should be punished.

when we didn't make the team or play in a game our parents didn't complain that we needed a 'B' team, they told us to shake it off, get better, and get over it...and we got over it.

:!:

catefrances

DS1119 wrote:

kwdaley wrote:

...in the 70s and 80s, you never heard of or saw anyone that was allergic to peanut butter (every kid you knew brought PB and J sandwiches to school). Now, everywhere you go, you get warnings that products may have come in contact with nut or nut by-products.

Truth

kids these days are just too darn sensitive.

nuffingman

We'd jump over Mr Robson's fence and nick his apples and if he caught us he'd give us a smack around the ear. If they'd known, our parents wouldn't have sued him, they'd have given us a smack around the ear as well.

We'd turn on the TV and there's be 3 channels and we had to watch a show when it was on… no recording devices for us.

We had sports days at school where the idea was to beat the other kids. Nowadays this is banned in so many UK schools because of upsetting the overweight kids. Lose weight you fat fuckers!

We'd disappear for the complete day and parents had no idea where we were. We climbed trees, built rafts, walked over the hills and rode our bikes for miles… and we survived.

We used to go to the local park and play football, other kids would ask if they could join in and we'd often end up with a game with at least 8 a side.
Sadly we travel down to the town where I lived my childhood at least twice a year and we drive by the park. I never see a football match going on. Are the kids hanging around the shopping centre or indoors playing video games?

And when we became teenagers we saw Zeppelin at a 2000 seat venue.

afroannnie

Heisenberg wrote:

afroannnie wrote:

Heisenberg wrote:

Anybody remember these?

I loved those books...my friend & I wrote our own choose your path book when we were kids...it was about aliens

I smell a new "choose your own adventure" book about The Mustache Movement's future pilgimage to PJ21 Get crackin' Ash

That would be awesome...there's endless possibilities :shock: Of course, going down the "wrong" path would lead you to a large man in a dark alley holding shaving cream and a razor....

The Juggler

RKCNDY wrote:

We are the last generation that learned to play in the street.
We are the first that played video games, see cartoons in color and went to amusement parks.
We were the last to record songs of the radio on cassettes and we are the pioneers of the walkman and chatrooms.
We learned how to program the VCR before anyone else, play with the atari, nintendo, and believed that the internet would be a free world all on a 56kbit modem.
We traveled in cars without seat belts or air-bags.
We rode our bicycles down the road without brakes or helmets.
We never had cell phones or pagers but still kept in touch.
We did not have play stations, 99 television stations, flat screens, surround sounds, mp3s, ipods, computers, and broadband, but nevertheless we had a great time.

you rode bikes without brakes? that's a 70s and 80s thing? :?

pandora

I was a young mom in the 80's ...
seeing all this stuff brings back memories

great days to be a young mom, the very best!

treasure the times for sure

SPEEDY MCCREADY

pjhawks wrote:

we organized and officiated our own games, settled our own disputes during said games..capture the flag, kick the can, wiffle ball, basketball, street hockey, etc. we didn't have play dates, we called, knocked on doors or just went outside and met up with the other neighborhood kids.

our parents didn't know or need to know where we were every second of every day. we went and said we'd be back later...and we came back later.

our parents didn't side with us when we did something stupid. they agreed with the teachers, coaches, cops, neighbors, etc. that we f'd up and should be punished.

when we didn't make the team or play in a game our parents didn't complain that we needed a 'B' team, they told us to shake it off, get better, and get over it...and we got over it.

Perfect!!!!

Just Perfect!!!!

JK_Livin

nuffingman wrote:

We'd disappear for the complete day and parents had no idea where we were. We climbed trees, built rafts, walked over the hills and rode our bikes for miles… and we survived.

This was the best. Just ride for miles and miles and be back by sundown.

We waited in line at Malls or West Coast Videos for concert tickets.

unlost dogs

First grade: We all had pencils and wrote in block script.

I couldn't wait to be in sixth grade, when you got to write in cursive, using a pen.

College: My grandmother bought me a typewriter. It was the balls. You popped in one cassette holding a black ribbon, typed until you made a mistake, popped the black ribbon cassette out, and popped in a cassette containing eraser ribbon.

I thought it was so much more cutting-edge-technology than using White-Out.

Jason P

We are the last generation of kids that were actually afraid of adults.

Man, I was really looking forward to putting the fear of god into today's youth ... but they just threaten to have their parents sue you now if their feelings are hurt. :(

The Juggler

you guys realize today's kids will be saying things like "we were the last generation to use ipads" and shit right?

just like the generation before us was the last generation to not have video games at all or color tv, etc etc etc....

tis the circle of life....


my younger brothers already say this kind of stuff about aol instant messenger---and they are in their late 20's ......does anyone use instant messenger anymore?