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| 1940's |
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| 1960's |
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| 1970's |
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 Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:34 am
My ex-girlfriend's kids have that attitude of their generation a bit, where they expect the world given to them on a silver platter, but even did my nephew a bit, being at the tail end of the 70's, so it's kind of an individual thing in a way though it's much more prominent now. Most of them I wonder how they can survive in the workplace expecting what they expect from everybody and life without putting out the work.
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:01 pm
I was recently thinking over the changes that have happened in our lifetimes.
From 4 TV networks to 100's of channels.
Atari to Xbox 360 and PS3.
Apple IIe to Pentiums.
8 track to CD.
5 1/4" floppy disc to flash drive.
VHS to Blu-Ray.
Beta-Max to HD DVD.
Moon landing to International Space Station.
George Bush as VP to Bush Jr as President.
"Potatoe"
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:44 pm
stellacadente AngiG1970 I was born in 1970. I survived. I am doing well too. I never ate dirt though. Could have something to do with it. rofl LOL, I never ate dirt, either. But I made one helluva mud pie. mrgreen me too! rofl and I told my sister it was chocolate and she ate it! rofl
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:48 pm
BuNnyHat3R hahaha...that's funny!...My Mom always tells me all that stuff!!.. I was born in 85 and she was born in 62. She blames her dyslexia on her Mom for smoking when she was pregnant with my Mom inside.. lol..I totally deny she has dyslexia...she's perfectly fine! xp and she always played outside and said she didn't remember ever being in the house...lol..I guess the neighborhood kids were raised by the older neighborhood kids. haha... I never smoked when I was pregnant. And I have a couple of dyslexic kids. I have number issues as well and my father is very dyslexic. His mother didn't smoke ever. Its mostly genetic.
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:02 pm
Zaphriel That was awesome!
"back when the streetlights came on" was actually what we did in my house but I totally forgot about it until now. bwahaha, I thought I was the only one. I usually didn't make it though, usually I was about a mile or wo away from home when I'd see them.
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:21 pm
I remember when I was a kid getting my allowence I used to walk up to clancy's (drugstore with a soda fountain) and get a coke and a peice of candy and walk to the bookstore and get a book (of course I'd always sit there in the middle of the store and read couple first). I still have all those books too (On My Honor, Bridge to Terribitia, Say Goodnight Gracie, Where the Red Fern Grows, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Number the Stars, Little House on the Prairie, Scary Stories to tell in the Dak, Side-ways stories From Wayside School, The Cay, Ramona Quimby, The Phantom Tollboth and many many more)
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:03 am
Speaking of street lights coming on - that was soooo true in my neighborhood growing up! And every dad (or mom) had their own whistle so the kids would know to head for home. I still remember my daddy whistling us home so we could all go to the store together! I miss him.
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:21 am
Tess A Tigre Speaking of street lights coming on - that was soooo true in my neighborhood growing up! And every dad (or mom) had their own whistle so the kids would know to head for home. I still remember my daddy whistling us home so we could all go to the store together! I miss him. My dad use to whistle us home also. I thought my dad was the only one that did that. I remember if you were to far away to here the whistle then you were in big trouble. My dad could whistle real loud. If you did come running then it was a spanking for you. We learned real quick to come running.
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:26 am
Hysterical! I nearly feel like I need a cane after that. Thank God that's a little ways away for now...
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:53 am
When we were out playing, my parents would call us home for dinner using a cast iron bell mounted on a post! We'd go right back out again after eating, and we also had to get home when streetlights came on! Man, those were the days! 3nodding
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:27 pm
I really miss those days. Also don't forget roller skating in the park and our parents teaching us the value of hard work. My husband and I talk about how if we could, we would go back and relive those days just to experience them once more time if for just a moment. Those were the days of true childhood innocence unlike today where children are having babies at 10 and already know every curse word in the book. *sigh* It would have been nice for the youth of today to go back and experience just a little of what we really had enjoyed and learned maybe then they would cherish the quality of life not the quantity.
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:36 pm
nice list... how true.
I'm a child of the 70's
me and my friends used to eat geranium leaves on the way to school - never did us any harm
However, I did kinda grow up with computers. Space Invaders and Galaxian were the big thing in the arcades when I was a kid. My uncle had one of the Atari consoles, and it was a treat visiting him every month just so's I could play 'bat n ball' on it.
Also when I was a kid, alot more time was spent on the 'family life'. Time was spent talking together, playing board games, visiting places together, even watching tv together. In today's society this doesn't happen.
Anyways, that's my input - for a moment I was getting kinda serious - ouch!
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:48 pm
YACHlRU Also when I was a kid, alot more time was spent on the 'family life'. Time was spent talking together, playing board games, visiting places together, even watching tv together. In today's society this doesn't happen. I'm a child of 1986 (December 1986.. so not much of it. ^^) And I remember doing that stuff with my family.. I'm glad I got to do that as all I see now is familys fighting over things, being selfish and not being able to share... sweatdrop I'm happy I'm able to. We still can watch TV together sometimes (Though we've all kind of moved out now so yeah ^^; ). It's nice. I really do miss being a family and going places together..
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:24 pm
wow i AM old!!!! LOL blaugh
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 6:22 am
Tess A Tigre Speaking of street lights coming on - that was soooo true in my neighborhood growing up! And every dad (or mom) had their own whistle so the kids would know to head for home. I still remember my daddy whistling us home so we could all go to the store together! I miss him. My Mamma had a big ole iron dinner bell up in the yard and she would ring that sucker to round us up. redface Awesome post! smile
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