Blast from the past

[Greencoachdog]

Times were a lot better back then.

I was working on the 2200 level in CopperCliff North Mine, on the outskirts of Sudbury, ON.

 

W T H happened to you Bubba????

[daisy_girl58]

I was a mere 14 working for my parents, was a short order cook + pumped gas, fixed flat tires.....Made great milkshakes from an ice cream bar, in fact recently the guy who bragged about me passed away, was my Daddy's fishing buddy.....Andy my mom and daddy was always telling guys I was not old enough to date....Life was simple, and yes once a week my dad and I would go fishing.....

 

Nice memories....

 

Lorissa

[Musky or Specks]

I was probably at my best bud Stew's house laughing so hard root beer would squirt out our noses playing with our christmas gifts which would have been

 

 

 

 

Big Jim was way cool.

Edited December 28, 2007 by Musky or Specks

[Greencoachdog]

I suddenly feel "baited".

Edited December 28, 2007 by Greencoachdog

[Rizzo]

terrorizing our pets I'm sure as a rambunctious 3 year old

[Fisherman]

In the Army with a live SMG over my shoulder, a live 9mm in my holster looking for intruders trying to get into the secure area, clearing about $100 every 2 weeks, my the times have changed.

Edited December 28, 2007 by Fisherman

[Rich Clemens]

Hmmmmm 1972. I would have been entering the 7th Grade. Delivering the local paper for a handful of bucks a months and would have lost contact with my elementary school sweetie upon junior high.

[LeXXington]

Hummm 35 years ago, must have been hearing a Manchester United Match from my Mums tummy

[Bernie]

A buddy sent me this on MSN.

 

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930s, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!

 

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.

 

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

 

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.

 

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.

 

As infants & children , we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.

 

Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.

 

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.

 

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE

 

actually died from this.

 

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because, WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!

 

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came o n.

 

No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K .

 

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

 

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms........

WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found t hem!

 

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

 

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

 

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.

 

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!

 

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!

 

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

 

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!

 

The past 50 years hav e been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!

 

If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!

[danc]

A buddy sent me this on MSN.

 

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930s, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!

 

What an excellent post. Thanks Bernie.

[Guest skeeter99]

ah!!!! 1974

 

that was a good year LOL!!!!

 

the year of my creation LOL!!!!

[lew]

If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!

 

Thanks Bernie, I've seen that list before but there's alot of truth to it.

Edited December 28, 2007 by lew

[hawkeye]

Hmmmmmmmm 1972 ish living in Vermont all the hunting and fishing you could want, just married my first mistake. One wife one dog one cat and cheep beer

[mistyriver1]

I was probably at my best bud Stew's house laughing so hard root beer would squirt out our noses playing with our christmas gifts which would have been

 

 

 

 

Big Jim was way cool.

 

 

The Big Jim Sportscamper.... I had one of those. Great post !!!

[Spiel]

 

....Oh boy that Angling Specialties catologue brings back memories. I used to wear mine out every year browsing through it, and ordering everything imaginable. From fly tying supplies to rod blanks and componenets. My first custom blank came form there. I remember it well, a 5' Fenwick glass spinning rod. The blank was yellow and had what was at the time refered to as a spigot ferrule, the first step away from the tradional metal types. Good times indeed.

[bigbuck]

I was just out of diapers and still remember my first Christmas gift from my parents, a big red plastic firetruck that I played with for eons.

[Tarzan's Jane]

I was a sweet 11 year old living in the country, jumping off garage roofs into huge piles of pine needles, playing hide n seek, spin the bottle (oh God please spin past him), stuffing socks in my bra, missing my little friend who was murdered and learning to stay away from boys who read 'dirty magazines'

[Sinker]

You guys are old

 

I wasn't even a thought yet. '75 was my year.

 

Sinker

[addict]

35 yrs ago was swimmin in my ol mans ball sac.

[chickenhawk]

Same with me! Pretty scary in there!

[Fisherpete]

My affinity for Musky began at a VERY early age. I was minus two years old at the time.

 

[pikehunter]

Had one of my first cars and if memory serves correct I ruined a brand new pair of corduroy pants my mother had just given me for Christmas from leaking car battery acid.

 

Spent some of Christmas day at what was to become my future first wifes house. I should have opened my eyes and read all the signs that day and ran for the hills! If we only had insight into the future we would never make mistakes

[Tinman]

A buddy sent me this on MSN.

 

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930s, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!

 

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.

 

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

 

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.

 

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.

 

As infants & children , we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.

 

Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.

 

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.

 

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE

 

actually died from this.

 

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because, WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!

 

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came o n.

 

No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K .

 

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

 

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms........

WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found t hem!

 

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

 

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

 

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.

 

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!

 

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!

 

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

 

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!

 

The past 50 years hav e been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!

 

If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!

I think part of that was a song, a country son more specifically some guy named bucky i think. Great tune!