How did we ever survive our childhood?
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Blackmesa96
Master Class
Yup. And we didn't have seatbelts, either. How about your little brother taking a nap on the package shelf in the rear window?
No bike helmets, knee pads, elbow pads, etc. We played tackle football with no protective gear except for the few kids who were lucky enough to have helmets.
Guns on a rack in the back window of your pickup at SCHOOL, of all places. Guns on the wooden rack on the wall you made in shop class.
We drank water from the tap (gasp). Played outside with the other kids all day long until called home for dinner.
And somehow we survived...
No bike helmets, knee pads, elbow pads, etc. We played tackle football with no protective gear except for the few kids who were lucky enough to have helmets.
Guns on a rack in the back window of your pickup at SCHOOL, of all places. Guns on the wooden rack on the wall you made in shop class.
We drank water from the tap (gasp). Played outside with the other kids all day long until called home for dinner.
And somehow we survived...
KillerFord1977
SAINT
No, a car seat in the ‘70s was your moms arm across your chest to keep you from sliding off the seat as your dad took corners
KillerFord1977
SAINT
I saw about a dozen early teen age boys playing “flag” football in the common area of our big subdivision the other day.
Glad to see it
First time I can say I have seen kids gather outside in years
N
nmedge
Guest
I never see kids playing around here. Usually there is a gang of them up to no good or running away from the cops.
BreakingWind
Master Class
We played cowboys and indians with BB guns. The adults used to always tell us that it was all fun and games till somebody loses an eye. "That never dissuaded us said one eyed Pete"...
SaltyMonkey
Professional
At age 5 standing on the axle, leaning on that old white fender while Deddy sat and drove this old Ford tractor bush hogging the farm and clearing paths for trails or tree stands.
BreakingWind
Master Class
Yard darts, clackers, Daisy BB gun; real toys for real boys...
RickAnderson
Custom
BB Guns and Model Rocket Engines do NOT mix....
A family with 3 brothers..... growing up in the 70's and early 80's...
Shooting each other with BB Guns?
Shooting all the toys we had outgrown with BB Guns?
Only I was into model airplanes and model rocketry.....
Until I duct taped a model rocket engine to the batmobile facing upward on the slide and lit if off....
Both my brothers were into model rocket engines also at that point....
Discovered that if you saw the nozzle off a model rocket engine, and light it off, it makes a great roman candle....
But it was cold in the backyard so when we went to convert more rocket engines to fire works, we took into the basement....
The three of us having keen minds for efficiency and productivity, decided sawing nozzles off takes too long and tried to crush the clay nozzle by shooting them point blank with a BB out of the BB gun...
We were back to the fireworks show in the backyard in no time.....
Back in the basement, making more rocket engine fireworks, we weren't sure if we had cleared out all of the nozzle, lets give it a 2nd shot just to be sure......
We discovered high impact from steel, can cause enough heat and pressure to ignite a volatile substance....
It flipped and shot all over the basement, filled the whole house with smoke, landed on the old couch in the basement, burned halfway through the cushion...
We flipped the couch cushion over, opened all the windows with fans, somehow cleared out all the smell before our parents ever got home and were none the wiser...
A family with 3 brothers..... growing up in the 70's and early 80's...
Shooting each other with BB Guns?
Shooting all the toys we had outgrown with BB Guns?
Only I was into model airplanes and model rocketry.....
Until I duct taped a model rocket engine to the batmobile facing upward on the slide and lit if off....
Both my brothers were into model rocket engines also at that point....
Discovered that if you saw the nozzle off a model rocket engine, and light it off, it makes a great roman candle....
But it was cold in the backyard so when we went to convert more rocket engines to fire works, we took into the basement....
The three of us having keen minds for efficiency and productivity, decided sawing nozzles off takes too long and tried to crush the clay nozzle by shooting them point blank with a BB out of the BB gun...
We were back to the fireworks show in the backyard in no time.....
Back in the basement, making more rocket engine fireworks, we weren't sure if we had cleared out all of the nozzle, lets give it a 2nd shot just to be sure......
We discovered high impact from steel, can cause enough heat and pressure to ignite a volatile substance....
It flipped and shot all over the basement, filled the whole house with smoke, landed on the old couch in the basement, burned halfway through the cushion...
We flipped the couch cushion over, opened all the windows with fans, somehow cleared out all the smell before our parents ever got home and were none the wiser...
Pitdogg2
Professional
Did all that! My mom had the fastest arm draw of all mothers. It was both to save us from bouncing off the dash and or smart mouth shuttage
You survived! Many children didn't which is why all the safety features came to pass. I'm old enough to remember cases children suffocating because they were hiding in an old ice box or fridge that latched when closed. Hence the refrigerators haven't had latches for many years.
RickAnderson
Custom
11 years old, I had a tape recorder (in the 1970's), the microphone broke.
I took it apart and found the wire to a contact had broken off.
I went to radio shack and got a soldering iron and solder, taught myself to solder and fixed it.
How many kids would do that today?
Heck just trying to explain to a young adult today on how to do something, and they just demand I provide them a youtube how to video link instead...
I took it apart and found the wire to a contact had broken off.
I went to radio shack and got a soldering iron and solder, taught myself to solder and fixed it.
How many kids would do that today?
Heck just trying to explain to a young adult today on how to do something, and they just demand I provide them a youtube how to video link instead...
KillerFord1977
SAINT
-My kids learned:
-Yes maam, yes sir .. no maam , no sir
-You go to friends house for dinner, you get up and say thank you and help clear the table and offer to help do dishes. And do the dishes with them. Period !!
-To shoot and respect all firearms
-Dont back talk momma. You may disagree, but you never disrespect. You may discuss your opinion and reason, but to raise your voice to momma is not tolerated.
- have fun but have respect. Difference of being a teenager and being a hellion
-Yes maam, yes sir .. no maam , no sir
-You go to friends house for dinner, you get up and say thank you and help clear the table and offer to help do dishes. And do the dishes with them. Period !!
-To shoot and respect all firearms
-Dont back talk momma. You may disagree, but you never disrespect. You may discuss your opinion and reason, but to raise your voice to momma is not tolerated.
- have fun but have respect. Difference of being a teenager and being a hellion
youngolddude
Professional
I rode in a hammock strung on the clothes hooks in the back seat of a '53 Chevy. Talk about a human projectile.
KillerFord1977
SAINT
Area52
Professional
After the novelty of spit balls made from chewed loose leaf paper and Bic pen barrels wore off, I recall paper clips flying from large rubber bands (wasn’t me).We had wars with giant rubber bands.
Them sob’s hurt at close range
Spending time in the fields (city vacant lot) trying to shoot down dragonflies with straws and a 24¢ bag of split peas was a ton of fun.
Too much cheap tech is ruining childhood.