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Yeah we could go places and do things and never worry when I was a youngster and probably more so then the old bunneth but Ceymore is ancient even to her.

-sigh- 1989. =P I still got to do most of that. My mom was from the (late) 50's (1957) and luckily most of the values she got wern't corroded by todays society and were passed on to me. :p Unfortunatley I'm still a techno-geek, but at least I havn't been sucked in too deeply.
Still sounds like my childhood though. I think I was born into the wrong time period. Mostly I climbed trees and on almost anything I could, and I got hurt a lot, but I mostly laughed it off (Unless I was stung by something confused ), even with all the times I split my head. :3
I had some good times, now all my friends want to do is sit at home and watch tv or play on the computer or on whatever game system. stare

I got to stay out until the street lights came on, or until the sun went down, sometimes quite a bit after depending on who I was with, my mom actually trusted me not to be stupid and go off alone with a random person.

I remember when I was in Kindergarten I tried walking from school to the daycare I was at for most the day. I had fallen asleep on a giant toy bear at school so nobody knew where I was and when I woke up there was nobody else in the room, so I had decided to walk to the daycare (which was 3 miles away), about half-way there I couldn't remember what street I was supposed to turn on because I couldn't find our church which I remembered was on the street I needed to go down to reach it. After awhile I was going to cry (not because I thought I was lost, but because I was upset that I couldn't get myself to where I needed to be) and about to go back to school and find a teacher, but a couple noticed me and after I told them where to go. I told them I was looking for my church and if I could find that I would know how to get to the DC, so they offered me a soda and, since I didn't know my phone number, a ride to the DC. Turns out the church was on the other side of the block a few blocks down. Of course afterwards I got scolded (The soda could of been poisoned! "Why would they of been drinking out of it before I even showed up then?", They could of kidnapped you. "Could of, but they never offered to let me inside their house. Just sat on their stoop."). I scared my mom a lot by going 'missing'. Was even in the newspaper once for that, though all that happened was I was playing Hide-n-seek with some neighbor friends, hide under one of their beds, and fell asleep while waiting to be found.

:[ I miss those days.

Other stuff from the 80s-90s childhood:

Making those little paper fortune cookie things, and then predicting your life with them.

You watched the original cartoons of
-Rugrats
-Wild Thornberry's
-Power Rangers
-Rocket Power.

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.

TROLLS!!! REMEMBER TROLLS!!

You know the Macarena by heart.


When gas was $0.95 a gallon.
When we recorded stuff on VCRs.
You had slap bracelets!
You Actually played outside until it was dark!

I was born the year of Woodstock baby! 1969 just incase the younger ones might not know that. I remember walking the roads and picking up glass soda pop bottles to redeem at our local grocery store. Soda and candy money! The good ole days! There is a lake 5 miles from town and in the summers we would leave the house in the morning after our chores were done and ride our bikes to the lake for the day. Our parentals never even questioned it. We would run around playing all over town and we were fine as long as no one complained on us. We were allowed to stay out until the lightening bugs came out. Then we had to have our behinds in the yard!

What a shame the poll was closed! It would be nice to have it continue as the guild continues to grow and new members choose when they were born.

ok i am no where near enough to join this guild. but let me tell. it actually brought a smile to my face reading all of you guy's responces/stories. i felt like...a little kid again listening to my father tell me bedtime stories that he made up on the spot. i'm a city kid ill admit that. but. i raised with morals and values that others aren't. i guess i'm lucky. i'm from 93' making me 15. now yeah i saw that no one under 21 is allowed here. but. i don't know i just got this sort of enjoyment out of reading all of you guy's stories. its like...wow. y'know?

I remember watching cartoons back when they were still very innocent.

pinky and the brain.
rugrats.
etc.

i remember playing with slinkys and rubics cubes. i know those are like super old but they never go out of style.

i remember R.C. cars.

i remember...back when it was safe to go to your local park and not worry about gangs or anything like that. at my age now...none of that matters to anyone. its all about guns, drugs, sex, gangs etc. i guess im one of those who misses the past. nothing left to do but to look towards to future.

oh btw. i was spanked. never screamed child abuse. i think it made me come out alright.

anyways bye guys nice sharing w/ you and and nice reading what you guys have to say.

bye.

~Svage

Born in 78, but since I don't really remember my first 5 years of life, I consider myself an 80's kid.
I remember chores were a crucial point to my upbringing. Taught responsibility and discipline.
I remember saving up my weekly allowance, walked 5 blocks away, when I was 7, with my younger sister, to the movie theaters to watch the Care Bear Movie since my folks didn't want to take us..
I remember burning ants on the sidewalk didn't land you in Therapy or in trouble by PETA.

While I'm not quite 30, I can still relate to a lot of that. Very very true.