Earthling789 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 And don't forget... a kid walking down the street with a baseball bat over his shoulder is considered a "disturbed child with a lethal weapon" these days, when 30-yrs ago, he was just on his way to/from baseball practice or the pick-up game in the vacant field.... Tam and gag8tor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebop Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Oh yeah...back when you could get a cap gun that looked like, well, a gun. According to some I should have become a real terror. Hmmmm....I wonder what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cany Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 (edited) I didnt have an ipod or a playstation or a psp....i had a stick! And on a good day a roll of caps and a rock!...kids today are too spoiled and pampered...i miss the good old days A roll of caps and a rock use too keep me amused for hrs Edited April 18, 2015 by cany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen_long86 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Same here cany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compenstine Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 A roll of caps and a rock use too keep me amused for hrs I couldn't agree more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffb Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 a pack of matches and plastic green soldier toys kept me entertained Earthling789 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 According to some I should have become a real terror. Hmmmm....I wonder what happened? Got my first BB gun when I was 8. While my friends were busy playing house with the creepy looking barbie dolls, I was out target shooting instead. It kept me amused for hours on end. Earthling789 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I used to fart in Pringles cans and wait for people's reaction when they opened it.ahhh that takes me back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen_long86 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I used to fart in Pringles cans and wait for people's reaction when they opened it.ahhh that takes me back Wth Tug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebop Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Give me a magnifying glass, a box of crayons and a sunny day - that's art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compenstine Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I would rather have the Magnifying glass and an ant hill. LOL Just call me Ant Bully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cany Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 The little Japanese beetles use to POP nice lol Compenstine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grailhunter78 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I see kids riding bikes now days and i actually get a chuckle from it. Wearing a helmet when i was a kid was a surefire way to get hurt. Some bully would beat you up. Lol some od these parents are afraid to even let their babies touch grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aufin Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Playing Kick the Can from dusk to dark, "Camping out" in the back yard with your best buds...... Bebop and gag8tor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gag8tor Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Camping out in front of a small pond in my Grandparents' neighborhood catching catfish all night. Riding our bikes to the "big lake" and swinging off of the rope swing when it's 100 degrees outside. I really feel sorry for kids nowadays. I take my daughter out all the time. And when I say out I mean the phone and ipad get left at home and we go biking, kayaking, hiking, running, walking. Whatever to get her outside. I'm so grateful that she actually likes to do stuff like that rather than being a slug watching TV and playing video games. Tam and Earthling789 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Camping out in front of a small pond in my Grandparents' neighborhood catching catfish all night. Riding our bikes to the "big lake" and swinging off of the rope swing when it's 100 degrees outside. I really feel sorry for kids nowadays. I take my daughter out all the time. And when I say out I mean the phone and ipad get left at home and we go biking, kayaking, hiking, running, walking. Whatever to get her outside. I'm so grateful that she actually likes to do stuff like that rather than being a slug watching TV and playing video games. Good for you! Wish more parents would make the time to do stuff (unplugged), with their kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaping_jake Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) hey lets not forget we all walked in 6ft of snow for 5 miles to get to school. Kids are getting things off the internet via the temporaryre-loadable visa cards thaat they buy at the convenience store. it allows they to basically purchase anything online. Edited April 22, 2015 by vaping_jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthling789 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) Even worse... their "cool" parents buy those re-loadable CC's for them, and keep them topped-off... that is, if they are not providing them a real CC! One of my co-workers recently mentioned that her middle-school daughter needed her CC topped off, because she had went on a shopping-spree with a couple other girls... Despite so many levels of wrong (in my book), she was rewarding bad behavior of spending without earning by giving her even more money on the CC.... People I went to HS and college with, who worked hard for what they had back then (without parents helping or buying for them) are the very same parents today that give their kids $60K sports-cars (while they drive $1000 beaters), high-limit CC's, cell-phones, tablets, motorcycles, pay their parking tickets... and let them stay out all night (despite they, themselves had to be home by 10pm even on weekends)! Edited April 22, 2015 by Earthling789 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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