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205. Having company come over

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Things we did growing up that kids today don't get? [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2017 OP

Apparently, many Trump supporters have forgotten this as well! Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #1

Unfortunately so! Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2017 #4

Recess, walking around town on our own, doing much less homework... First Speaker Jun 2017 #2

True! Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2017 #3

Almost everyone FoxNewsSucks Jun 2017 #40

We didn't take state tests-er, I mean ASSESSMENTS every goddamned month. Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #71

Sliding down long grassy hills on cardboard box containers... Boxerfan Jun 2017 #5

Great one! Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2017 #6

My father's business got a delivery in a very large crate box angstlessk Jun 2017 #25

Oh, yeah! flor-de-jasmim Jun 2017 #7

My brother and I had a barrel we would use to roll down the hill by our house :) Luciferous Jun 2017 #211

Be home when............ MyOwnPeace Jun 2017 #8

Yep! Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2017 #10

Ha, same here in Holland Jeroen Jun 2017 #18

Yup. My friends and I would ride our bikes to the city dump and dig around for "cool stuff". n/t Binkie The Clown Jun 2017 #26

Yup! We found a box of paperback books with the covers torn off. Still Blue in PDX Jun 2017 #33

Hey, I found a few caches like that. EOM Hoyt Jun 2017 #79

Who PUT those porn magazines out in the wild anyway? jberryhill Jun 2017 #89

We use to look for cool broken rejects in the back of the glass factory 10-12 never a cut lunasun Jun 2017 #62

I lived in a blue collar section of Milwaukee- every family had a bell. Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #72

We had a dinner bell zipplewrath Jun 2017 #78

My mom was from Austria jberryhill Jun 2017 #86

We had neighbors who moved into the neighborhood from Wisconsin jberryhill Jun 2017 #85

No, no, no it's "... that's what they do in Wisconsin, HEY!" Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #95

AINA HEY! or YA der hey! pansypoo53219 Jun 2017 #148

Yes! AINA, the Milwaukee contraction of "ain't it" Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #150

That is downright cool! Wawannabe Jun 2017 #115

Running inside when the fog truck (DDT for mosquitos) came barreling down the street n/t moonscape Jun 2017 #206

Running inside???? llmart Jun 2017 #212

LOL - and you didn't mind being in the middle of that smelly fog? moonscape Jun 2017 #220

Yep. Same for me! I sometimes wish I could tell my kids that. AgadorSparticus Jun 2017 #221

Saving and waiting versus credit and now. tazkcmo Jun 2017 #9

Good one! Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2017 #11

Or layaway..... LisaM Jun 2017 #51

Blast from the Past! tazkcmo Jun 2017 #60

They still have it.... LisaM Jun 2017 #63

My grandfather paid cash for his house. He was 74. LeftInTX Jun 2017 #185

There's a whole lot to be said... llmart Jun 2017 #213

NO PLASTIC TOYS!! bobbieinok Jun 2017 #12

Excellent! Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2017 #14

No 24/7 phones MFM008 Jun 2017 #13

Very good! Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2017 #15

Carrying fire from cave to cave. I mean, who knows when you'll see that again? NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 #16

We were too Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2017 #17

The best we could manage was to suck on a piece of damp cloth. A HERETIC I AM Jun 2017 #43

Spending as much time outdoors to get away from meddling adults. TexasProgresive Jun 2017 #19

Nobody wanted to be indoors. California -- LuckyLib Jun 2017 #34

We slept out in the backyard when it was hot-- with or without a tent!! ailsagirl Jun 2017 #128

That is so true moose65 Jun 2017 #203

Playing outside with the neighborhood "gang" Freddie Jun 2017 #20

I grew up with other kids running through the countryside. No one knew where we were. lindysalsagal Jun 2017 #22

In the middle of the street. We moved Golden Raisin Jun 2017 #23

Kick the can, tag, freeze tag, hide and seek, squirt guns... Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #76

Talking on a phone that's attached to the kitchen wall by a cord, & Dad saying "Get off the phone!" lindysalsagal Jun 2017 #21

Tapping the family phone with alligator clips and headphones DBoon Jun 2017 #29

There was a little broom closet off our kitchen, close to the phone base The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #99

When I did that, someone in the kitchen would hang the phone up... ailsagirl Jun 2017 #136

Rolling curly hair on giant curlers or cans to straighten it TexasBushwhacker Jun 2017 #24

making home made fresh peach ice cream in a hand cranked ice cream maker on a hot summer day luvMIdog Jun 2017 #27

Nice one! Wawannabe Jun 2017 #116

I love to make homemade pumpkin now. :) luvMIdog Jun 2017 #117

staying up all night trying to catch 'skip signals' on the TV rurallib Jun 2017 #28

Akin to that is when TVGuide listings stopped at around 3am, and picked back up at 6. Aristus Jun 2017 #48

there was a radio version where we would try to get the furthest 50,000 watt rurallib Jun 2017 #49

Using clothes pins to put playing cards on the forks of our bikes Phoenix61 Jun 2017 #30

I don't know either Phentex Jun 2017 #45

DDT jberryhill Jun 2017 #55

Oh yeah I remember the card sound fitt fitt fitt . I think some kids used to spraypaint them too? lunasun Jun 2017 #64

Listening to music with a 45 attachment to phonogragh.. asiliveandbreathe Jun 2017 #31

We had a kid in the neighborhood roscoeroscoe Jun 2017 #163

manually rolling down the car windows Skittles Jun 2017 #32

No, use the triangular vent window jberryhill Jun 2017 #56

Yup, in the Dodge Rambler. Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #75

I still do that! ailsagirl Jun 2017 #126

Catching fireflies and polywogs, reading encyclopedias peacebuzzard Jun 2017 #35

Being out alone (i.e.,without grownups) on Halloween planetc Jun 2017 #36

Running barefoot on gravel... :-) Lars39 Jun 2017 #39

LOL. Our bare feet got so calloused.. Laffy Kat Jun 2017 #84

My feet often had poison ivy on the soles and up along my ankles. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #100

Me too! nt Laffy Kat Jun 2017 #106

Lol, weren't we wild things. :-) Lars39 Jun 2017 #107

Ouch!! ailsagirl Jun 2017 #127

Oh no! Lars39 Jun 2017 #129

Triple ouch!! But we were young and resilient ailsagirl Jun 2017 #132

Too stubborn to be otherwise! Lars39 Jun 2017 #134

Or falling off your bike on gravel... llmart Jun 2017 #214

Reminds me of my brother's wipe out. Lars39 Jun 2017 #218

Being shooed out of the house after breakfast in the summer The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #37

Don't slam the screen door! irisblue Jun 2017 #110

Don't let any flies in!! ailsagirl Jun 2017 #194

"We were semi-feral." sarge43 Jun 2017 #224

Running out the door while yelling where you are going or who you Doreen Jun 2017 #38

Taking a transitor radio outside to listen for the Sputnik signal csziggy Jun 2017 #41

You had a transistor radio in 1957? jberryhill Jun 2017 #57

My older sisters did - I was only allowed to tag along csziggy Jun 2017 #58

I had a red one in 1962---I listened to "Sherry" while riding my (no-speed) bike! WinkyDink Jun 2017 #68

There was a real break point around then jberryhill Jun 2017 #80

Our entire neighborhood came out to watch Telstar fly over jpak Jun 2017 #168

By the time Telstar was launched we were back in my hometown csziggy Jun 2017 #177

The Sears catalog Major Nikon Jun 2017 #42

Found in many outhouses to be used as toilet paper Kaleva Jun 2017 #46

Used an encyclopedia without plagiarizing Phentex Jun 2017 #44

Using power and hand tools to make and fix things. earthshine Jun 2017 #47

This... wcmagumba Jun 2017 #54

Plenty of people would still like to get those . A friend was after my fathers planners and my lunasun Jun 2017 #66

My boys did. They still do LeftInTX Jun 2017 #97

Running around the yard in our bathing suits with the lawn sprinkler going wide open. Grammy23 Jun 2017 #50

Seconded roscoeroscoe Jun 2017 #162

Yes, and I remember how Jerry Lewis was on the ragged edge by the end. Grammy23 Jun 2017 #173

Wearing a roller skate key around your neck. livetohike Jun 2017 #52

I also remember tightening my skates tight enough that they wouldn't slip off! Grammy23 Jun 2017 #174

Parent-sanctioned, school-delivered child abuse with wooden paddles. byronius Jun 2017 #53

Polio mercuryblues Jun 2017 #59

I remember the pre-polio vaccine days. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #65

GETTING YOUR VACCINES IN SCHOOL! jberryhill Jun 2017 #88

I don't remember injected vaccinations in school, The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #94

The teachers would line us up for a Dixie cup of sugar water and polio vaccine jpak Jun 2017 #169

May pole enid602 Jun 2017 #61

May baskets jpak Jun 2017 #170

Not having "helicopter parents." Walking to school. Playing "Cowboys and WinkyDink Jun 2017 #67

The smell of gunpowder from the pop gun caps! nt Laffy Kat Jun 2017 #87

Yes! And popping them with stones! I'd forgotten that! WinkyDink Jun 2017 #108

LOVED Wawannabe Jun 2017 #119

As a kid I whacked an entire roll of caps with a croquet mallet Zorro Jun 2017 #109

Chores first, be home when the street lights come on, drinking from the hose rather then going insid irisblue Jun 2017 #69

Filmstrip lessons in school. TeamPooka Jun 2017 #70

*DING* Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #73

lol jberryhill Jun 2017 #81

Playing baseball in the summer. All day, every day, unless we were swimming. Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #74

I lived for that redstateblues Jun 2017 #158

Yes, the best way to survive the heat and flames of a nuclear explosion stopbush Jun 2017 #77

Varnished wood floors? jberryhill Jun 2017 #83

I was born in 1954 - my elementary school had varnished wooden floors stopbush Jun 2017 #93

That's the way I remember it... llmart Jun 2017 #215

We would play outside all day long w/o the ubiquitous water bottles you see with everyone nowadays. Laffy Kat Jun 2017 #82

When the school bus driver lit up a cigarette, it was okay for the kids to smoke too. Kaleva Jun 2017 #90

Smoking lounge in high school jberryhill Jun 2017 #91

And the doctor's waiting room had ashtrays for the smokers. Kaleva Jun 2017 #92

Could smoke in the HS cafeteria until 1975 and JenniferJuniper Jun 2017 #101

2nd grade Wawannabe Jun 2017 #118

Bill Cosby as a childrens educator and entertainer jberryhill Jun 2017 #96

Yeah - go figure. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #199

Homes for unwed mothers LeftInTX Jun 2017 #98

Sonic booms, early '60s. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #102

Those things scared me to death!! ailsagirl Jun 2017 #137

Sober, objective, content on the nightly news unblock Jun 2017 #103

I think I miss this most of all JenniferJuniper Jun 2017 #105

Cursive writing. Eugene Jun 2017 #104

Polio vaccine given in a sugar cube. cwydro Jun 2017 #111

No bike helmets. cwydro Jun 2017 #112

Still didn't get a helmet Wawannabe Jun 2017 #120

I had a bike mishap because I didn't know how to use the brake LeftInTX Jun 2017 #187

That dial-tone when you connect to the internet sakabatou Jun 2017 #113

Internet? LOL, whippersnapper! The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #114

I got that memory! Wawannabe Jun 2017 #121

I'm so old I remember 1200 bd modems. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #123

I remember when that was considered fast. Eugene Jun 2017 #161

My parents, I think, remember that sakabatou Jun 2017 #122

Having to get up, walk over to the TV to change the channel & sound rurallib Jun 2017 #124

Yes! ailsagirl Jun 2017 #125

But there were only 3 or 4 channels! The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #131

UHF channels like Ted Turner's Channel 17 from Atlanta, GA. CottonBear Jun 2017 #219

Burma Shave signs, circus tents Lars39 Jun 2017 #130

Loved reading those signs on lo-o-o-ng car trips!! ailsagirl Jun 2017 #133

I remember looking for Burma Shave signs during car trips. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #135

this one was educational and unforgettable : Chipper Chat Jun 2017 #179

'Nother one Mopar151 Jun 2017 #201

playing on original Monkey Bars. They wouldn't pass muster in this day and age...toooo dangerous. demosincebirth Jun 2017 #138

And if you fell off you'd land on concrete, blacktop or gravel. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #140

...and we're still here, intact. Amazing! demosincebirth Jun 2017 #144

Not entirely intact. I did lose patches of skin fairly regularly. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #146

Except the ones who aren't jberryhill Jun 2017 #171

Some of that playground equipment had very sharp edges. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #189

When "hell" and "damn" were considered swear words ailsagirl Jun 2017 #139

OMG! blue neen Jun 2017 #141

"Hell" and "damn" were very bad words. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #145

when my friend told me what it meant and that my parents did it I was enraged. I told her luvMIdog Jun 2017 #154

LOL! Finding out what it meant was gross enough, The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #160

Root beer flavor please! lunasun Jun 2017 #149

I made my own Fizzies with Tang and baking soda LeftInTX Jun 2017 #188

Very resourceful! ailsagirl Jun 2017 #191

Digging up the roots of Sassafras trees. blue neen Jun 2017 #142

growing up in a very small town in Kentucky was so much fun yellowdogintexas Jun 2017 #143

Having open space... First Speaker Jun 2017 #147

Collecting and playing with marbles. Cat's eyes, boulders, peewees, etc. nt tblue37 Jun 2017 #151

And jacks! The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #155

Oh, yes. I LOVED jacks! And 3-D viewers. nt tblue37 Jun 2017 #165

Oh, yeah, the View-Master. Loved it. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #190

Saturday morning cartoons!!!! 7-12!!! benld74 Jun 2017 #152

Having a mom and dad that lived the depression. The_Casual_Observer Jun 2017 #153

There was a body of water we swam at...we called it 'the lake' citood Jun 2017 #156

In FL we chased the mosquito spray trucks at dusk redstateblues Jun 2017 #157

Candy cigarettes, wax lips, and 5 cent cones iamateacher Jun 2017 #159

Okay here's one for you roscoeroscoe Jun 2017 #164

We had such fun playing at things like that! ailsagirl Jun 2017 #192

Our "baseball" field had bases consisting of trees and a manhole cover. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #195

Yes! And ping pong ailsagirl Jun 2017 #196

Going outside in the summer in order to cool off Yonnie3 Jun 2017 #166

Being entertained by b/w movies DrivingOnThe Left Jun 2017 #167

Things I remember growing up that kids don't MosheFeingold Jun 2017 #172

I'm only 60 LeftInTX Jun 2017 #184

Rotary dials on telephones. Eugene Jun 2017 #175

and prank phone calls. underpants Jun 2017 #176

I did a survey when I was in college: LeftInTX Jun 2017 #183

Party lines! jazzcat23 Jun 2017 #197

That pre-dares me BUT Hand held landlines used to pick up other phone calls underpants Jun 2017 #200

When I was a little kid we had one phone, a big black rotary desk phone The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #198

Hey, now... llmart Jun 2017 #216

hanging tinsel on the Christmas tree Chipper Chat Jun 2017 #178

It was the heavy stuff that draped nicely. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #180

Maybe that is why my brain is going. Chipper Chat Jun 2017 #182

Did you eat a lot of it? The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #186

the skating rink AmandaRuth Jun 2017 #181

We just roller-skated (with skate keys!)-- and fell down and skinned our knees ailsagirl Jun 2017 #193

Lying in the back of the station wagon (no seat belts) counting street lights chia Jun 2017 #202

The whole family would go out to the drive-in murielm99 Jun 2017 #204

I'm an 80s kid crazycatlady Jun 2017 #207

OMG...here's our back seats (we had 2 facing each other): chia Jun 2017 #208

Having company come over Mosby Jun 2017 #205

Isn't that an interesting concept? llmart Jun 2017 #217

The smell of mimiograph ink doc03 Jun 2017 #209

Being on a party line with 7 other doc03 Jun 2017 #210

"Yelling" outside your friend's house...... MyOwnPeace Jun 2017 #222

Sunday morning funnies sarge43 Jun 2017 #223