Children of the 70s and 80s

unlost dogs

I lived in a section of town called The Maze. In the 1890s or so it was a golf course, so the roads are all twisty turny, and there are various one ways in the middle. People inevitably got lost.

Back then, if an adult pulled over and asked a kid for direction, the kid could actually give the directions without screaming and running away in fear of a childnapper.

And the kid would be fairly polite about it.

rick1zoo2

we drank beer

blackredyellow

The Juggler wrote:

ah you're right...these kids don't play tackle. it's like rough touch. and my next door neighbors (the parents of some of them) always are outside on their back deck watching/supervising. i remember a few months ago making fun of them to my wife because they were arguing about a pass interference call. 11 year olds arguing about pass interference--haha

back in the day we had a game across the street from my house pretty much every saturday in the fall. it was pretty violent. and it was like 8 on 8 with each team having an o-line and everything. those games were so much fun. we continued playing even through college during thanksgiving weekend...but it died out after a few years. those were fun times.

We used to play tackle every weekend in the fall... I had an older brother, and once in a while my friend (who had an older brother) would play with them... one of us on each team. They were only like 2-3 years older, but it was terrifying when you got the ball and they all came after you lol.

Mamasan23

Leyna Minai wrote:

OMG!!!!!! YES!!!!!! I was just talking about these books recently...so good!!!

I remember playing baseball in the street intersections, using sewers for the bases. We were ALWAYS outside riding our bikes and going to parks and doing all kinds of crazy things. Selling lemonade and people actually bought it! I never see kids out in the summer anymore, that is so sad!

Get_Right

rick1zoo2 wrote:

we drank beer

michelob in cans stolen from some Dad's stash in the garage

and we cleaned the seeds from our weed using Led Zeppelin IV and a baseball card

Leyna Minai

Mamasan23 wrote:

Leyna Minai wrote:

OMG!!!!!! YES!!!!!! I was just talking about these books recently...so good!!!

Have you seen what they did to this lately? They CHANGED THE ART! And instead of scary, it's all..cutesy now.
They ruined a good thing!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickr16/scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark-they-changed-th-4mxg

SPEEDY MCCREADY

I walked out the front door and played with my friends...

I didnt play on Fantasy Island....Also known as Facebook....

Mamasan23

Leyna Minai wrote:

Have you seen what they did to this lately? They CHANGED THE ART! And instead of scary, it's all..cutesy now.
They ruined a good thing!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickr16/scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark-they-changed-th-4mxg

NO NO NO!! This is awful news!! The new art is stupid! A huge part of why these stories were so scary/creepy is because of the art they had. I'm gonna try to find the originals on Amazon or something, it'd be cool to have those books again.

rival.

never left the house without my ghostbusting gear! i think i even wore it to church one sunday.

Who Princess

unlost dogs wrote:

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.

I had one of those typewriters! Smith Corona-matic! I thought I was cool because I'd pop in a blue or brown cartridge when I wrote letters to my friends. :roll:

Who Princess

Cosmo wrote:

We saw our music go from vinyl to 8-track to casssette to CD to MP3.
We were there when Punk Rock was invented.
We used to light up the arenas with our Bic lighters or matches because all of us had Bic lighters or books of matches in our pockets all of the time.
We survived Disco (and STILL hate Disco to this day).
Cops that pulled us over and thought we had too much alcohol in our system, made us sleep it off in our cars.
We remember when elections came every 4 years... the shitty commercials only lasted about a month and after the election, we all became Americans again.
We were in mosh pits in 1983.
We remember when McDonald's used to sell actual hamburgers.
We played on some pretty fucking dangerous playground equipment.
We used to deliver newspapers from the handlebars of our Sting-Rays.
...
Unfortunately... we are also the ones who are handing over a pretty fucked up future to you youngsters. Sorry.

I remember "Disco Sucks" bumber stickers.
Disco was the worst music inflicted on humans.

When I was 9, I watched the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show. :shock:
My family got our first color tv in 1968. Woo! 3 channels in color!

g under p

I miss my Mom's 8 Track player of whom she had Al Green and that guy ammm with the song *What's Goin On* help me somebody i'm drawing a blank :?: I only wished we had one in the car...she had that player till last i recall the late 70's.



Say that to a teen today and they'll say *what you talkin bout!*

Peace

Oh and back then iwasn't unusual to flash a PEACE sign you know with the two fingers.

Leyna Minai

Mamasan23 wrote:

Leyna Minai wrote:

Have you seen what they did to this lately? They CHANGED THE ART! And instead of scary, it's all..cutesy now.
They ruined a good thing!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickr16/scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark-they-changed-th-4mxg

NO NO NO!! This is awful news!! The new art is stupid! A huge part of why these stories were so scary/creepy is because of the art they had. I'm gonna try to find the originals on Amazon or something, it'd be cool to have those books again.

I've been on the hunt for quite a while! They don't sell new ones on amazon anymore..but I plan on digging through my parents old boxes and hopefully find them in there
And you are correct! The pictures are what made them super creepy and memorable!

Who Princess

g under p wrote:

I miss my Mom's 8 Track player of whom she had Al Green and that guy ammm with the song *What's Goin On* help me somebody i'm drawing a blank :?: I only wished we had one in the car...she had that player till last i recall the late 70's.

Marvin Gaye.
http://youtu.be/Y9KC7uhMY9s

MayDay10

playing outside. Sports whether smear the queer, football, baseball, street hockey, soccer, wiffle ball, etc... All hours of light during the summer, and after school all other times. Even in the winter.

I dont see that now. Sometimes I see a smaller roller hockey game or something... but we used to have like 20 kids consistently.

We also used to walk to school. I dont think that happens as much now. I see kids get driven/picked up for anything >100 yards.

Bullying and the balanced hierarchy.


I couldnt imagine growing up and trying to maintain now with the internet/facebook, etc...

Leyna Minai

This isn't exactly 70's/80's because it's originally from the fifties..BUT! I loved GUMBY!!

g under p

MayDay10 wrote:

playing outside. Sports whether smear the queer, football, baseball, street hockey, soccer, wiffle ball, etc... All hours of light during the summer, and after school all other times. Even in the winter.

I dont see that now. Sometimes I see a smaller roller hockey game or something... but we used to have like 20 kids consistently.

We also used to walk to school. I dont think that happens as much now. I see kids get driven/picked up for anything >100 yards.

Bullying and the balanced hierarchy.


I couldnt imagine growing up and trying to maintain now with the internet/facebook, etc...

Yes that is so true in elementary school and HS I walked to school. Today unfortunately my kids have to be driven to school reason being they all attend magnet medical academy schools outside of our school district some 13 mlies for two and the other by bus and still has to be picked by car.

I wished walked waking would do them some good. Facebook what's that :?:

Peace

merkinball

g under p wrote:

I miss my Mom's 8 Track player of whom she had Al Green and that guy ammm with the song *What's Goin On* help me somebody i'm drawing a blank :?: I only wished we had one in the car...she had that player till last i recall the late 70's.



Say that to a teen today and they'll say *what you talkin bout!*

Peace

Oh and back then iwasn't unusual to flash a PEACE sign you know with the two fingers.

I used to drive my dad's Mustang II hatchback (note, this was NOT the cool Mustang) that had an 8 track. Car looked just like this one:



That wasn't nearly as cool as my car though. The Pinto Wagon w/ Wood Paneling. Looked like this (but mine was a brownish/orange color, w/ wood paneling:



And of course, seatbelts were optional, and you could ride in the bed of a pickup truck.

kwdaley

We had the original...

RKCNDY

MayDay10 wrote:

did anyone ever get hit in the head with a Teddy Ruxpin? Holy fuck that was painful.

no, but I remember one kid bringing his for 'show and tell' and instead of the story tape, he had put n an Anthrax tape...it was really funny

anybody go roller skating on the street or at the rink? I hated the stupid 'snowball' skate time.


I had a bunch of these silly things too...