Bring back the good o' days, Things ..........

[mommiepoppins]

I can recall the neighbor's dogs would rome the streets. Today If a dog is romeing the street the neighbor's call animal controll.

 

[njcarita]

I left the school every day to walk home for lunch, then went back for recess (until someone tried to talk me into getting into their van, very scary :scared1

I was just telling my kids this the other day-- that I use to walk home for lunch in 6th grade--
they didn't believe me

Do any schools allow this anymore????????

 

[leight]

Wow -this sure brought back memories!

Always believed that Mikey who loved Life cereal died from mixing pop rocks and soda in his mouth at the same time.

I remember running home on friday nights after playing all day outside to watch Donny & Marie- had to have our purple socks!

Couldn't wait until the summer ended for the new saturday morning shows to get reviewed- Land of the lost was our favorite!

Used to follow the 'big' kids into the woods and hide-so we could sneak a peak at the playboy magazines they used to hide after they stole them from their dads!

During the week we had to have homework done before going out to play- always got it done fast. Had to be in by 5pm in the fall when it got dark and only thing on tv was Brady Bunch or Gilligan Island reruns.

We ran in and out of each other's houses because our mothers were all at one house having a coffee clutch every afternoon or were watching the TV 55 afternoon movie.

Driving into the city in our station wagon every holiday in the rumble seats in the back and driving back home asleep in sleeping bags on top of the folded down rumble seats. Didn't even know they put seat belts in the back seats of cars until my first drive in movie date at 16 when my boyfriend moved it out of his way so he could put his arm around my shoulder.

I had feathered hair then later teased it huge and sprayed it with Aquanet Wore off the shoulder sweatshirts and leg warmers. Couldn't wait to find out who shot JR and lived for the Thornbirds, SHogun and North and South was huge in high school.


Spin the bottle and 7 minutes in heaven were all we did in jr high and making out in the halls in high school was a necessity- and not sexual harrassment.


I wish my dds had the freedom of thought that nothing could happen to them because they are young. Instead dd9 worries about locking her bedroom window before going to bed, not giving her name and address to anyone other than an 'approved' adult. She's not allowed to play outside unless I know exactly where she is, with whom and when she'll be moving to another location. It's hard, but the world seems so different from when I grew up. It was nice visiting it tonite!

 

[njcarita]

looks like the tag fairy likes the good o'days

I've spotted some new tags!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[trulygoofy]

The tag fairy seems to be visiting the Budget Board more lately. njcarita, I laugh every time I read your cow tag. And congratulations on your new tags!

 

[gris gris]

One thing I don't miss - we grew up at the beach and after we took our showers for the day (around 5 PM) we had to wear socks & sneakers so our feet didn't get dirty. All our friends ran around with bare feet, and my sister & I couldn't. Now that I'm all grown up, I go to bed with dirty feet

Great thread! I grew up in the 80's/90's so I don't have some of these great memories some of you do. I wish I had grown up in the 70's, I would have made a great hippie!

 

[gilby]

What about paper dolls or cutting the people out of catalogs, played with them for hours. We also played with plastic animals setting them up on both ends of the kitchen and rolling a small ball and knocking them done, the one that knocked all of them first one. We played in the snow till we could hardly feel our toes.
We would pop popcorn over the stove by shaking the pan so it wouldn't burn. Share 16 oz bottles of pop and split it 3 ways, with making sure everyone got the same amount.
We put a watermelon in the bulk tank where we kept our cans of milk to keep it cold.
We played in the hay barn making forts out of the hay or straw.
We made grass houses out of the grass after the lawn mower mowed the yard.
We had one car and 10 people in it.
The large families, the well behaved kids, the many visits to a friends home to play as your parents visited and played cards til midnight.
We use to slide down the steps on our pillows.
We played board games, yatzee, and card games.
It was a treat to have pizza, go to mcdonalds, but best of all we enjoyed the baby mugs of root beer at A&W.
I was raised on a farm, we had breakfast, then a snack, then ate lunch, then came in for a mid day snack, ate a good supper and then had ice cream or popcorn at night. Boy if I ate all that now, I wouldn't be able to move.
the good old days. I miss them. I think the world was a lot better then, without the electronics.
I think every kid should be raised on a farm. Find out what it is like to have to work hard. Pull weeds in the garden.
I miss those days and wish my kids could experience it.

 

[gilby]

one more thing, my grandma gave me 2.00 for my 6th birthday. I bought a doll with it, played with it forever. In fact I still have it. I enjoyed that doll and boy what 2.00 bought and I was very happy. Now if kids don't get a twenty, boy they are cheap.

 

[joha]

I want some click-clacks!!!

 

[DAD AT DISNEY]

"We were born to mothers who smoked and drank
Our cribs were covered in lead-based paint
No childproof lids
No seatbelts in cars
Rode bikes with no helmets
and still here we are
Still here we are

We got daddy's belt when we misbehaved
Had three TV channels you got up to change
No video games and no satellite
All we had were friends and they were outside
Playing outside

School always started the same everyday
the pledge of allegiance, then someone would pray
not every kid made the team when they tried
We got disappointed but that was alright
We turned out alright

No bottled water
We'd drink from a garden hose
And every Sunday,
All the stores were closed.

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world"



I'm not so sure about some of these- we had an Atari and Activision and we were never hit with a belt, but alot rings true.

Very well said. I miss those days soooo much.

 

[trulygoofy]

I grew up in the 70's and things were very different, but I don't know how I would raise kids without disposable diapers, wet wipes, and a microwave. Sometimes change is very good!

 

[lisadoll93]

I almost feel bad for them. I remember Dad & Step Mom loading us 6 kids in the back of the big green van for 3-4 hour rides to Great Adventure/Traction Park. It had no seats- it basically had a full sized bed in the back. We would sit indian style in a circle and play cards or board games the whole way. For ha-ha's, Dad would do a break check- whoever the poor soul was that had their back to the front of the van went tumbling backwards onto the carpeted floor. Great fun.

LOL I so remember my dad doing that. Or doing doughnuts in the road and thus slamming the 3 of us into the side of car because of course we were not wearing seatbelts. Ah, good times.

 

[japajsm]

We didnt use Crisco--we used baby oil.

Back in the 70's, my friend (who was very "cool") told me that she used baby oil and apple cider vinegar for her tan. Needless to say that the smell stayed with me for quite some time. My husband and I had just started to date at the time and he didn't have the heart to tell me that I smelled awful.

 

[marcyinPA]

looks like the tag fairy likes the good o'days

I've spotted some new tags!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yup! I got hit by the fairy! Thanks Tag Fairy!!

 

[Misty89]

OT but i got tagged........LOL now my DD15 can really tease me about saying i am old LOL. ( she tells me that i am not

thankyou tag fairy! First tag in 4 years

 

[japajsm]

never heard of lawn jarts--
but I lived in NYC when I was a kid-- we had no grass to play on.

I googled it cause I was curious---
says they were banned for manufacturing and resale in the United States.

How could I have missed playing with them growing up????

Funny you mentioned Jarts. My 27 year old who is now married and has his own home (no kids) just asked us if we still had our Jarts. He said that they are going for as much as $80 on eBay. Our families had a lot of great times at cookouts playing Jarts, quoits, and horseshoes.

 

[shay425]

Thanks OP for this thread! It really brings back some good memories:

Playing with my Barbie doll, who had a pony tail and whose legs didn't bend. My best friend had Ken, Midge (or was it Madge, can't remember) and Skipper. My Mom made all of our doll clothes and we would play for ours outside on the front porch

Playing jump rope, hopscotch, jacks, dodge ball, red light green light, Simon Says and Hide and Seek with all the neighborhood kids. We didn't have to check in with our parents during the day and we had to be home by dark. Then after dark, we would get together at someones house and play Kick the Can.

Bell bottom hip hugger jeans with body suits

Hot pants and Sizzlers and what we called Go Go Boots

Watching double features on Saturday afternoons of Tarzan and Shirley Temple movies

Watching Savad on Fantastic Features and being scared to turn out the light at night

When I was younger, watching the Little Rascals in the morning before going to school and when I was older, watching Dark Shadows after school

Paddling at school and no parents ever got upset because if we got in trouble we were doing something wrong

Riding in the back of my Dad's pick up

Playing in my Grandfather's flooded cornfield after a heavy rain. It scares me now to think of the snakes that had to be in that water

 

[sarahlovesmickey]

I really miss Gilligan's Island. I remember watching that show all of the time and I loved it!!!!!

Watching that show "Roseanne".....okay, I will fess up that I have almost all of the seasons on DVD...I am a pitiful soul, I know. LOL

I miss that candy where you had to dip the stick in this flavored powder stuff. I always liked the powder, but I have to admit that the stick wasn't half bad either!!! I ALWAYS ate the stick, but my sister would always throw hers away. What was she thinking!!!!

 

[SunKat]

I had those kind of snow boots too. They were red. I don't know if it was just the kids in my neighborhood or what (our mom's must have thought it was a good idea ....), but our mom's made us put our feet in plastic bags first, then the boots. I can remember my mom using bread bags when the Wonder Bread was gone (ooooh, she was a recycler back then!). When we got to school, we had to clip the boots together with a clippie clothespin with our name on it.

Ugh, my Mom made me wear those Wonder Bread bags under my boots too. What a fashion statement!!

 

[Newfie2000]

Bubble Gum Ice Cream...

I loved going to the parlor for bubble gum ice cream!

Just goes to show you all things do come back in time!