When I was a kid....

[Sailor Steve]

:rotfl:

Of course I go back a few more than that. No cable TV - five channels and no rabbit ears. I remember my dad going up on the roof and fiddling with the antenna until the picture looked sort of-almost-maybe good.

My daughter once asked me what kind of computer I had when I was her age. When I told her we didn't have computers at all she stared at me and then said "No, really. What kind of computer did you have?"

I remember Jiffy-Pop! I could never get it to work right...kind of like microwave popcorn. But then cooking it on the stove seems to be a lost art.

No cell phones either. Ever have your dad say "GET OFF THE PHONE! I'M WAITING FOR AN IMPORTANT CALL!"?

[jpm1]

1 week for a mail , i lived in Colombia when i was a kid when we wrote to the family in Europe it took 3 monthes for the letter to arrive concerning the Amiga the caution message about epilepsy we see in the games date from this time i still remember the electronics bips and the games one couldn't end because of the difficulty . i agree life's too easy for kids today but in the same time i'm sure our parents could have said the same concerning our lives :rotfl:

[bookworm_020]

The time before ATM's, internet, credit cards, VCR's, microwaves, personal computers (before C64's and the other tape loading computers!), FM radio and sunday shopping. I can remember!

Boy that does bring back memories!

[Monica Lewinsky]

When I was a kid, "D" batteries just got invented, back then they were the rage and cool to have/own.

Way back then there was the adventure series BOOKS - yea you were FORCED to READ a book, by Tom Swift. "Tom Swift and the Nuclear Caves of Fire" was my first book- was a COOL thing to do in 1959 - READ and imagine an adventure. Now considered - boring.

[bookworm_020]

Originally Posted by Monica Lewinsky

Way back then there was the adventure series BOOKS - yea you were FORCED to READ a book, by Tom Swift. "Tom Swift and the Nuclear Caves of Fire" was my first book- was a COOL thing to do in 1959 - READ and imagine an adventure. Now considered - boring.

Be careful what you say next about books and reading. I'm a librarian and I'm not afraid to SHHHH! you!

[Platapus]

Kids, I don't know what's wrong with these kids today

Kids, who can understand anything they say

Kids, they are so ridiculous and so immature

Noisy, lazy, sloppy crazy loafers, and while we are on the subject

Kids, you can talk and talk to your face is blue

Kids, they only do what they want to

Why can't they be like we were

Perfect in every way

What's the matter with kids these days

<bowing>

[Rhodes]

Sure, we had cable television, but back then that Was only like 15 channels And there was no on screen menu and no remote Control!

In your contry, since this in mine, at the same time we got 2 Tv channels, and the second only opened at 4 or 5 o'clock in the afternoon... But at 6 we got the dukes of hazzard....

[Tchocky]

Kids today are always troublesome :p