I miss back when....

PJSiren

I've been listening to Tim McGraw and the song I Miss Back When came on and as silly as it is...(I'll post the lyrics at the end for those who may have never heard it...) What do you miss from back when...???

I miss when kids played outside for entertainment instead of online and on their damn phones...my daughter's phone is glued to her hand and all her friends are the same way, and since she got it taken away when my hubby isn't on the computer she is...it's ridiculous, GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY IN THE DAMN STREET!!! lol

Here are the song lyrics...

I Miss Back When
By: Tim McGraw

Don't you remember
The fizz in a pepper
Peanuts in a bottle
At ten, two and four
A fried bologna sandwich
With mayo and tomato
Sittin' round the table
Don't happen much anymore

We got too complicated
It's all way over-rated
I like the old and out-dated
Way of life

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when

I love my records
Black, shiny vinyl
Clicks and pops
And white noise
Man they sounded fine
I had my favorite stations
The ones that played them all
Country, soul and rock-and-roll
What happened to those times?

I'm readin' Street Slang For Dummies
Cause they put pop in my country
I want more for my money
The way it was back then

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when

Give me a flat top for strumming
I want the whole world to be humming
Just keep it coming
The way it was back then

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when

hedonist

Man, I've felt so nostalgic lately.

Don't necessarily want to go back (although it would be a blast - if I only knew then), but I do miss certain times, scents, childhood summer evenings of backyard bbq's and swimming in our pool with dark sky above. The plum tree in the backyard of my first home. My parents slow-dancing to their own music. 45's played on those suitcase record players, and toy chests.

Innocence.

Then again, I wouldn't trade now for anything. What I miss is what got me to here.

These are the good old days

PJSiren

That's for sure. I miss certain things like that too, like playing with my papa, the silly things he used to say, traveling with my grandparents, I got to see a good chunk of this great country with them. Miss riding go carts with my friends...riding bikes all over the neighborhood, like we owned it...walking the streets of the city with my bestie in HS...going to Astroworld with my aunt and uncle...sad that they tore it down...a lot of memories reduced to rubble...

Def. the good ol' days!!! But I wouldn't trade my life now to go back either...

frozenwithsalt

The days before being 'connected'. Handwritten letters, Ice chest wedged in the back seat on road trips, calling and then hanging up on the boys I liked, BBQing during the summer with my grandparents and video game arcades.

Last-12-Exit

Uhh, never heard of it

PJSiren

Last-12-Exit said:

Uhh, never heard of it

you don't have to have heard of the song to share...it's the idea, surely there is something you miss from back when...

Gillycw

^^^^ I love those lyrics!
I miss my Redstone roller skates with the red glitter wheels and skating as fast as I could up and down the driveway. Making up roller dances to the Village People movie soundtrack
And endless summers, going to the beach with my friends, playing Marco Polo in the pool.

Empty Glass

Saturday morning cartoons

hedonist

How about sleeping in your parents' car's trunk/hatchback area.

And fuckin' a to handwritten letters (not to mention actual phone calls).

And yes too, Glassman! Sitting cross-legged WAY too close (according to our parents) with Looney Tunes...and, dare I say, a bowl of cereal?

PJfanwillneverleave1

I miss 1cent candies and cheap slurpees.

I remember during the summer going to the store with a dollar bill and getting a large slurpee for 95cents and 5 one cent candies.
A dollar went far back then it seemed.

WhatYouTaughtMe

hedonist said:

How about sleeping in your parents' car's trunk/hatchback area.

And fuckin' a to handwritten letters (not to mention actual phone calls).

And yes too, Glassman! Sitting cross-legged WAY too close (according to our parents) with Looney Tunes...and, dare I say, a bowl of cereal?

I actually have a rule I try and follow. Anything more than 3 texts back and forth I call the person. It does tend to catch people off guard sometimes, but if you have that much to say to each other, just dial. I really do miss a world that wasn't so connected all the time.

hedonist

WhatYouTaughtMe said:

hedonist said:

How about sleeping in your parents' car's trunk/hatchback area.

And fuckin' a to handwritten letters (not to mention actual phone calls).

And yes too, Glassman! Sitting cross-legged WAY too close (according to our parents) with Looney Tunes...and, dare I say, a bowl of cereal?

I actually have a rule I try and follow. Anything more than 3 texts back and forth I call the person. It does tend to catch people off guard sometimes, but if you have that much to say to each other, just dial. I really do miss a world that wasn't so connected all the time.

I only call my mom (it's enough that she "emails") and my sister.

Lately I've had flashes of that chained scene from Do the Evolution, screen-light reflecting in faces - brought upon by our/themselves?

Texts can be like novocaine. Like Ament said in SVT, not what to feel, but to feel.

rr165892

hedonist said:

How about sleeping in your parents' car's trunk/hatchback area.

And fuckin' a to handwritten letters (not to mention actual phone calls).

And yes too, Glassman! Sitting cross-legged WAY too close (according to our parents) with Looney Tunes...and, dare I say, a bowl of cereal?

Fuckin Tom and jerry and bowl of sugar smacks.Nicely done.Loved sat mornings.

ldent42

I miss back before my neighborhood started getting gentrified when there were actual stores that you could get whatever you needed from. Also before Amazon made it cheaper to buy everything you need online and have it delivered.

Wobbie

real boobs.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

When people were expected to have social skills. When people you worked with actually had to have normal conversations.

I cant tell you how many times I try to talk with kids at work, kids meaning 20-30 year olds...And these kids are basically incapable of carrying on a conversation. The computer generation is a bunch of social misfits.

brianlux

ldent42 said:

I miss back before my neighborhood started getting gentrified when there were actual stores that you could get whatever you needed from. Also before Amazon made it cheaper to buy everything you need online and have it delivered.

Big plus one here as well. Too many small businesses killed by big box stores and Undercut America.

I miss:

Mom, the energy of youth, clean air, shows like Colombo and Rockford Files that made watching TV worth the effort, 99¢ singles and $3.99 LP's, several favorite bookstores that bit the dust and, number one on my list: RAIN!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Yeah

Kids playing in the neighborhood
The corner bakery, the corner drug store, the meat market.
Knowing your neighbors

hedonist

imalive said:

real boobs.

Reminds of that scene from LA Story.

And yeah, Speedy. Playing outside, bikes on the lawn, no worries in the world. The next-door folks looking out for us, and vice versa.

Sense of/ or actual community.

Gillycw

I mu

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

When people were expected to have social skills. When people you worked with actually had to have normal conversations.

I cant tell you how many times I try to talk with kids at work, kids meaning 20-30 year olds...And these kids are basically incapable of carrying on a conversation. The computer generation is a bunch of social misfits.

i must be lucky, I work side by side with 3 x 20 something's and they are all awesome.
Not all that generation is disconnected but it definitely an element among some of them for sure.
I find that some young guys in particular act like they know everything & anyone over the age of 40 is stupid however I don't think that's a new thing!

Longueuil

I miss the time when you could argue about a simple fact for minutes, for the fun of arguing, before someone said "Actually, I think you’re right". Now it’s more like after 30 seconds "Let’s go check Wikipedia" and the discussion is close.

Last-12-Exit

Longueuil said:

I miss the time when you could argue about a simple fact for minutes, for the fun of arguing, before someone said "Actually, I think you’re right". Now it’s more like after 30 seconds "Let’s go check Wikipedia" and the discussion is close.

Good one

Amongst the Ani

I miss my walkman and making cassette tapes for the girls I liked. I miss going to the record store and finding new bands based on the band name, album name and cover art. I miss walking down to the corner liquor store as a kid and stealing peaks at the nudie magazines when the owners weren't looking.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

hmmmmmmm

Well never fucking mind then!!!!

hahahaha

Fuck Youtube!

rr165892

25 cent Topps Baseball cards.Which would be purchased after riding my Schwinn BMX bike with Mag wheels to the 5 and Dime.We would scrounge glass bottles and turn em in for the money.Big fat RC and Coke bottles got you a quarter.

How about a big wheel or green machine,a big hill and a replica football helmet for protection.What a blast.come home bloody and Smelly.Good times.

Kick the can or tag with the kids on the block,until parents would scream 2hours after dark for you to finally come in.

Late night Angie Dickenson movies that showed full frontal. Wow!!!Hello Police Woman.

GI Joe and Army men.

Feeling really old now,but I think we may have been the last generation to enjoy life not plugged in.

Drab olive green and yellow kitchens/Shag carpet whoohooo....

SPEEDY MCCREADY

rr165892 said:

25 cent Topps Baseball cards.Which would be purchased after riding my Schwinn BMX bike with Mag wheels to the 5 and Dime.We would scrounge glass bottles and turn em in for the money.Big fat RC and Coke bottles got you a quarter.

How about a big wheel or green machine,a big hill and a replica football helmet for protection.What a blast.come home bloody and Smelly.Good times.

Kick the can or tag with the kids on the block,until parents would scream 2hours after dark for you to finally come in.

Late night Angie Dickenson movies that showed full frontal. Wow!!!Hello Police Woman.

GI Joe and Army men.

Feeling really old now,but I think we may have been the last generation to enjoy life not plugged in.

Drab olive green and yellow kitchens/Shag carpet whoohooo....

Definitely the last to enjoy life not "plugged" in.
And thank GOD for that!

hedonist

We had that olive shag carpet! And underneath were gorgeous original hardwood floors from the 30s, Sheesh.

Last-12-Exit

WWF wrestling on Saturday mornings. When Rickey the Dragon Steamboat and Brett the Hitman Hart were my two favorite wrestlers.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Last-12-Exit said:

WWF wrestling on Saturday mornings. When Rickey the Dragon Steamboat and Brett the Hitman Hart were my two favorite wrestlers.

Back in the 70's I would watch Dick the Bruiser, The Crusher, Bobby Heenan (when he was a wrestler), Ox Baker, Ernie Ladd, Nick Bonkwinkle, Verne Gagne, etc.

Saturday and Sunday mornings were the best.
Mom would be cooking a big breakfast, and later in the day, my dad and I would go bowling.

ldent42

rr165892 said:

Kick the can or tag with the kids on the block,until parents would scream 2hours after dark for you to finally come in.

Manhunt!! And the fire hydrant in the summer!

In my friends block we used to play football or volleyball in the street. It was a pretty dead block but every now and then a car would come and someone would yell "caaaaaar" and we'd get out the way so the car could pass then resume the game like there'd been zero interruption.

Chillin in the fire escape and going up to the roof for the 4th of July.

I'm sad now.

rr165892

ldent42 said:

rr165892 said:

Kick the can or tag with the kids on the block,until parents would scream 2hours after dark for you to finally come in.

Manhunt!! And the fire hydrant in the summer!

In my friends block we used to play football or volleyball in the street. It was a pretty dead block but every now and then a car would come and someone would yell "caaaaaar" and we'd get out the way so the car could pass then resume the game like there'd been zero interruption.

Chillin in the fire escape and going up to the roof for the 4th of July.

I'm sad now.

City living.lol
I cannot relate to the growing up in that enviorment,but we all kinda had the same activities.No hydrant for us slip and slides,sprinklers and pools.