re: 70’s and 80’s kids, what is one thing you recall from back then…

I put a blanket, sleeping bag, and pillow in the bed of a truck and slept from houston to the house. It was probably 55 degrees. I was probably 7.

Going to Circle K and trying to buy a Playboy at 14.

Leaving a note to tell your family where you are.

Not being allowed in house in the summer unless it was raining. We were outside all day.

I lived in an old house growing up and my room had a window-unit A/C. When the glass fuse would blow, I would go down outside and unscrew it and change it out.

We also had one of those ugly outdoor metal antennas, that was on a pole, 20' high or so. If reception got bad, I was sent out side to spin it, until Mom & Dad said "That's good!" from inside the living room, through an open window.

Riding my bike in and out of traffic at 9 years old

Taking off on my bike with a .22 rifle and my buddy and I going squirrel hunting “in the woods” which meant any vacant piece of property with trees that we could find.

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14-16 year old girls screwing guys 25 years and up and nobody really caring that much

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I see you tried to sneak this one in there.

Hunting birds in the neighborhood with my pellet gun.

Walk or ride my bike home from school with my friends. Immediately play outside all day until dark with our parents just knowing I was likely within 5 miles of the house. Riding bikes everywhere.

My parents and all the neighborhood friends parents could whip the shite out of any of the kids who did anything out of line. One of my best friends mom used to whip me as much as my own mom and dad. I mean I deserved it blowing up stuff with firecrackers on their property, etc

Playing football in everyone's front yard. Playing in the ditch and bringing home fish, snakes and crawdads and putting them in aquariums.

Jumping off the roof on the trampoline. Riding go carts, minibikes, and later dirt bikes in our yards, down the street into fields and ditches.

If it wasn't a school night, my curfew was midnight and I wasn't even a teenager yet, and my two older sisters had to be home by 10pm.

We had a neighborhood pool and baseball field that was a major hangout and a lot of fun.

Once I turned 16, saying I would be staying overnight with a friend and driving to Ft Walton beach or Panama City beach with my friends who had said the same thing.

Sneaking out of the house late at night to drink beer with friends and usually but not always not getting caught.

Playing high school and jr. high football and partying with some of the team and cheerleaders after the games.

Definitely the best times.

not even seeing someone wear a seat belt until I was about 20.

Auto parts stores had at least one big ashtray on the counter for customers.