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[malaise]

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[steve2470]

1. get off my yard ! :p

No, thanks for posting this

[malaise]

2. We didn't know one yard from another back then

and we really walked up to new neighbors and told the kids to come out and play

[steve2470]

4. true, some of the stuff in the "good old days" actually was good

The rest, no thanks. Glad it's gone, hopefully forever.

[onehandle]

3. Made by a 'survivor' of that time, like many of us, I'm sure.

History books are written by the winners... survivors.

Leave It To Beaver only showed the survivors.

A lot of kids died. Many more than today.

Kids are safer today than ever, unless they are poor, then they die in Iraq.

And yes, some eyes got shot out.

[malaise]

5. It's conflicting for that reason and I don't buy the anti-regulations

but some parts make sense

[petronius]

6. It would have been 11 times better if it had started with this:

Other than that, I'm reminded that I had a pretty cool childhood (as a white, straight, middle-class, suburban, sufficiently-athletic, boy child of the 70s)...

[malaise]

7. Started with what

a blank screen?

[petronius]

8. No, the classic film countdown sequence, with the 'radar' beam thingy

Did it not show up?

Every important thing I learned in elementary school was prefaced by that clip...

[malaise]

10. LOL

[canoeist52]

9. Hate this right-wing anti-regulation screed.

Who would be against safety caps on medication deadly to children - or helmets for bicycle riders?

[malaise]

11. It is conflicting but there are some good points n/t

[Junkdrawer]

12. Free range livestock vs Factory raised beef...

Bad for the cows, great for the consumers...

[malaise]

13. Food was healthier

and families cooked meals.

[Junkdrawer]

14. I was referring to the kids too....

Kids were more free range...

Now with 500+ channel TV, Internet, Facebook, Video Games, etc. etc. kids are more factory raised beef.

Tomorrows leaders are not going to come from Prep Schools - they'll come from the mean streets.

To quote Vonnegut:

"Let there be nothing harmonious about our children's playthings, lest they grow up expecting peace and order, and be eaten alive."

[malaise]

15. We ran up and down until sunset

We climbed fruit trees, played games - I have wonderful memories from those days

[Junkdrawer]

16. Same here. We've been pumped full of fear - on purpose.

See also: Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 911

[malaise]

17. We have our own copies of those

indeed - all of MMs documentaries

[HappyMe]

18. I have great memories also.

I had so much fun. We were outside all the time and played with every kid on the block. All the parents knew who your parents were, so if you weren't behaving they thought nothing of calling you out on it. No 'play dates'. You went to your friend's house, knocked on the door and asked if they could come out. In the summer you couldn't go out until you did whatever chores your mom gave you - and you didn't get paid for them.

Good times.

[malaise]

19. You nailed it

We're still in touch with most of the kids who grew up in our neighborhood.
I remember some of the chores - cleaning shoes, washing your hair brushes and combs, tidying your rooms, mowing the grass, chopping up vegetables or peeling potatoes, yams.