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Man have I enjoyed reminiscing thru this thread! I am not a member... yet, but I have applied, and with some luck, I'll be accepted. smile

I was born in 1956 and lived the first 12 years of my life in towns of less than 2,000 population in Western North Carolina, USA.

My first home we lived out of the city limits so we weren't on city water lines. We had well water. It was piped into the house, but from a pump house right outside the kitchen.

There was a sawmill down the hill from us that was offlimits to us, but we loved to play there. When it rained, the mist would make the sawdust formable and we could dig tunnels all thru there! Mom always knew when we had been playing there and I never understood how. We'd get our butts beat even tho my brother and I would pick each other clean after playing there! It was years later when she finally told me she could smell the sawdust. DOH! rolleyes

I remember as a 5 y/o walking alone 1/4 mile down the road to see "Uncle Pearl" to go visit his dogs.

I remember those party lines on the telephone. They could be quite fun! wink

Even up to the age of 16, pre-driving age, I was walking long distances to get where I wanted to go. I was rarely at home, inside, gelling, watching TV, any of that stuff. I was always outside on the go. Mom never quite knew where I was, she just knew I was usually in the woods. I had trails all thru the woods at the top of our hill in Asheville, NC, along the edge of the Blue Ridge Parkway. My friends and I hiked alot too. TV just never meant much to me back then, however since we were back in the mountains, we had cable TV because it had to be brought in by "cable" to get the signals over the mountains. lol

I was born in 1958 and I remember these things. It has been cool reading all the posts and remembering all the things we did when we were kids. Shocking that we survived!

I remember walking down the hill to the Chubby's country store and giving him two dimes and getting a little paper bag filled with penny candy. It was great! No one kidnapped or molested me, or ran me down or stole my penny candy either! My favorite was the candy lipstick! I dont think I liked the taste so much as the fact that I felt I cheated my dad's "NO make up till you're 16" rule, LOL

I love that , I was born in 1977 and grew up country , hell favorite past time was rock fights and shooting each other with bb guns LoL , I raise my kids the way I was raised, I basically tell them you will here everything will kill you but so will walking across the street and just going out your door. If it happens it will happen. Also I teach them to respect there elders lol funny when teachers come to me and say i have never seen such respectful and well behaved kids , i guess the kids in the school systems now adays are hellions.

I came about in the very late 70's, just in time to fully appreciate how great the 80's were! (That counts, doesn't it?)

Wow , there are people here my age and even one older. And yeah I remember all that stuff. Fishing and swimmin in the creek, Even rode to friends house on my horse. Slept in the loft with my friends and cats. Played softball and tag with neighborhood kids. Our horses would occasionally get out and go down to the country store and stand outside and wait for sweets. The owner would call dad and tell him to send them with money next time.

BB gun?
10th Birthday?
You're kidding... right? I had one of those when I was FOUR! By the time I was 10, it was 'unsupervised squirrel hunting time' every Saturday morning that the temperature was below 50F and it wasn't sleeting or hailing (though Mom complained when it rained). Heck, I think I killed my first innocent furry creature at 5!

I remember swimming in creeks where you could look downstream and SEE the gators- cause if you can SEE them, that means they aren't in the water with you. wink And if they were... well, it was legal to kill them IF they were 'attacking' you. biggrin

Mom was told BY HER DOC to drink a glass of wine to help her sleep when she was pregnant with me!

I not only got whippings, but had to pick out my own switch... and learned really quickly that just because peach limbs LOOK fragile, that don't mean that they are.

And who needed a driver's license? I can remember driving to school at 15... especially for football games; if there were any problems, the cops would lie and say that an adult was in the car!

I was born in 1976 bicetineal year. I remember rideing my bike everywhere and doing wheeles on my BMX. There were two elderly ladies that lived next door to me I was always at their house eating cookies and stuff. I really miss them. Going to my granddad's farm and haveing the run of 450 acres was so much un and I learned how to farm. I really miss my childhood.