When I was a kid....

SUBMAN1 · 05-14-08, 05:54 PM

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears With their tedious diatribes about how hard things were
When they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every morning ... Uphill BOTH ways

Yadda, yadda, yadda

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, There was no way in hell I was going to lay A bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it
And how easy they've got it!
But now that... I'm over the ripe old age of
Thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today.

You've got it so easy!
I mean, compared to my Childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!
And I hate to say it but you kids today you
Don't know how good you've got it!

I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet If we wanted to know something, We had to go to the damn library and Look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!! There was no email!! We had to actually write Somebody a letter...with a pen!
Then you had to walk all the way across the street and Put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!

There were no MP3's or Napsters!
You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself!
Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the Beginning and @#*% it all up!
We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting!
If you Were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it!

And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either!
When the phone rang, you Had no idea who it was! It could be your school, Your mom, your boss, your Bookie, your drug dealer,
a collections agent, you Just didn't know!!!
You had To pick it up and take your chances, mister!

We didn't have any fancy Sony Play station video Games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games Like 'Space Invaders' and 'asteroids'.
Your guy was a little square! You Actually had to use your
Imagination!! And there were no multiple levels or Screens, it was just one screen Forever!
And you could never win.
The game just kept getting
Harder and harder and Faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!

When you went to the movie theater there no such Thing as stadium seating! All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy Or some old broad with a hat Sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were Just screwed!

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!
You had to use a Little book called a TV Guide
to find out what was On! You were screwed when it Came to channel surfing! You had to get off Your ass and walk over to the TV
to change the Channel and there was no Cartoon Network either!
You could only get cartoons On Saturday Morning.
Do you Hear what I'm saying!?!
We had to wait ALL WEEK For cartoons, you spoiled Little rat-bastards!

And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat Something up we had to use the stove or go build a frigging fire..
Imagine that!
If we wanted Popcorn,
we had to use that stupid Jiffy Pop thing And shake it over the stove
Forever like an idiot.

That's exactly what I'm talking about!

You kids Today have got it too easy.

You're spoiled.

You guys wouldn't have lasted Five minutes back in 1980!

Regards,
The over 30 Crowd

Sailor Steve · 05-14-08, 06:57 PM

: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 · 05-14-08, 07:34 PM

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 · 05-14-08, 09:24 PM

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 · 05-14-08, 10:19 PM

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 · 05-15-08, 12:54 AM

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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!

05-14-08, 05:54 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	When I was a kid.... When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears With their tedious diatribes about how hard things were When they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every morning ... Uphill BOTH ways Yadda, yadda, yadda And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, There was no way in hell I was going to lay A bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it And how easy they've got it! But now that... I'm over the ripe old age of Thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my Childhood, you live in a damn Utopia! And I hate to say it but you kids today you Don't know how good you've got it! I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet If we wanted to know something, We had to go to the damn library and Look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!! There was no email!! We had to actually write Somebody a letter...with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and Put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there! There were no MP3's or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the Beginning and @#*% it all up! We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you Were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it! And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the phone rang, you Had no idea who it was! It could be your school, Your mom, your boss, your Bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you Just didn't know!!! You had To pick it up and take your chances, mister! We didn't have any fancy Sony Play station video Games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games Like 'Space Invaders' and 'asteroids'. Your guy was a little square! You Actually had to use your Imagination!! And there were no multiple levels or Screens, it was just one screen Forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting Harder and harder and Faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE! When you went to the movie theater there no such Thing as stadium seating! All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy Or some old broad with a hat Sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were Just screwed! 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! You had to use a Little book called a TV Guide to find out what was On! You were screwed when it Came to channel surfing! You had to get off Your ass and walk over to the TV to change the Channel and there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons On Saturday Morning. Do you Hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK For cartoons, you spoiled Little rat-bastards! And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat Something up we had to use the stove or go build a frigging fire.. Imagine that! If we wanted Popcorn, we had to use that stupid Jiffy Pop thing And shake it over the stove Forever like an idiot. That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids Today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted Five minutes back in 1980! Regards, The over 30 Crowd __________________

05-14-08, 06:57 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	: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!"? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-14-08, 09:24 PM	#4
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	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! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

05-14-08, 10:19 PM	#5
Monica Lewinsky Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 845 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Sink them all!

05-14-08, 07:34 PM	#3
jpm1 Captain Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 544 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	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: