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re: The 1980s were a decade of neglect
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:05 pm to jbgleason
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:05 pm to jbgleason
I had dirt bike and my dads 4 wheeler. Once I borrowed my dads 4wheeler to ride all day under the instruction to not take it in deep mud. Of course I did. I got stuck. My mom walked a mile in knee boots and into a bayou to help me push it out and wash it off before dad got home from hunting and never told him.
God I love her. Sweet woman spared me the belt more than a few times
God I love her. Sweet woman spared me the belt more than a few times
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Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:06 pm to Thecoz
I was stationed there. Every off day I was on that side of the base camping and fishing.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:06 pm to deltaland
SHE should have whipped your arse……
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:07 pm to Samso
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Red’s IS the epicenter of summer activities/shenanigans
Still going on dude...nothing but pre-teens who think they own the place running around....
UPSIDE: saw a staff member with about 15 of them the other day, he had them cleaning up and heard him say..."we'll be here till your parents arrive and discuss this." Great to live in a town where that still flies.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:08 pm to The Spleen
Of course we would eat, drink, whatever but once we were done, we were back outside. It didn't happen everyday but it happened more often than not.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:09 pm to Deactived
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Dont think that goes on to much now in good parent homes
Even the parents who would allow it don’t because Karen down the street will call police and CPS for kids being outside unsupervised.
Only ones these days who do this live in rural areas
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:10 pm to DemonKA3268
Best thing about the ‘80’s- no cell phones.
When you weren’t home, your parents had no idea where you were, unless you told them!
When you weren’t home, your parents had no idea where you were, unless you told them!
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:11 pm to UKWildcats
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I was born in 83 so while I did grow up playing baseball and basketball in the street until dark, we also had NES and SNES. Difference is any of our parents would throw us out of the house if we played for more than an hour. How many times did you hear "you need to get outside and get some fresh air. That thing will rot your brain."
The older I get the more I count myself blessed to be in the micro-generation "Xennials". Those born between about 77-83 (give or take a year or two). We are old enough to have experienced growing up before the digital revolution. But were young enough to easily adapt to it when it came.
I certainly played my fair share of Nintendo and watched TV. But there was ALWAYS a certain point of the day I got sick of that and had to go outside and play. Most days the second I got home from school I was on my bike tearing off to meet up with friends or in the backyard shooting hoops until my mom finally lost her shite with me trying to avoid doing homework. Video games were essentially limited to before I went to bed at night and days with bad weather. Even in college when I tired of video game completely by around age 22 or so.
My kids today hate playing outside (unless it is at a swimming pool) and are constantly seeking my attention... no matter how many times I tell them "I never wanted my mom and dad around when I was playing." That was my time!
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:11 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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you really have no idea of who lives in your neighborhood today
So damn true. Barely know most of my neighbors now but have only been in the neighborhood 7 months.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:11 pm to dukke v
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Exactly….
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:13 pm to dukke v
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the President was great
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:14 pm to GoAwayImBaitn
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When you got back home, those scrapes were getting coated with either Mercurochrome or Merthiolate
Satan’s piss. It made me want to gnaw off whatever appendage was being “treated”.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:16 pm to A Smoke Break
Care to explain????????
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:19 pm to statman34
quote:Same except in my house great freedom came with great responsibility. I had to have all the common areas and my room spotlessly clean every day (clean, dishes, laundry, vacuum, dusting, etc...) and I had to keep the grass mowed (starting at age 7
I came in from school to an empty house which allowed me to watch cartoons, heat up tv dinners and relax. It was great!
). I got where I could get the housework done in under an hour. Other than that I came and went and did as I pleased.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:19 pm to deeprig9
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Crybabies would go home. Peer pressure kept a lot of them from going home when maybe they should have.
On the flip side this resulted in tougher men when they grew up. You see what video games and tv have given us
Top player outside as a kid. Bottom played Fortnite all day
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:20 pm to dukke v
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Care to explain????????
I'm not going to get into a debate as to why I dislike reagan.
But I dislike Reagan.
We haven't had a decent president since Nixon and that's a fact.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:21 pm to northshorebamaman
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Same except in my house great freedom came with great responsibility. I had to have all the common areas and my room spotlessly clean every day (clean, dishes, laundry, vacuum, dusting, etc...)
Yep
quote:Damn, I started at 9
and I had to keep the grass mowed (starting at age 7)
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:21 pm to Alt26
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I guess I had a different 80's experience, or lived in a weird neighborhood. We definitely roamed the streets most of the day, but our parents had a general idea what we were up to. Our neighborhood was pretty tight though where everyone knew each other, and even the ones without kids talked to the parents. If we needed to be home, a call or two around the hood was all they needed to find us and have an adult send us home.
That's not to say we didn't get into stuff we shouldn't have been doing, or that we didn't have spots we could go to where adults couldn't find us, but that really wasn't the norm.
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The older I get the more I count myself blessed to be in the micro-generation "Xennials". Those born between about 77-83 (give or take a year or two). We are old enough to have experienced growing up before the digital revolution. But were young enough to easily adapt to it when it came.
I certainly played my fair share of Nintendo and watched TV. But there was ALWAYS a certain point of the day I got sick of that and had to go outside and play. Most days the second I got home from school I was on my bike tearing off to meet up with friends or in the backyard shooting hoops until my mom finally lost her shite with me trying to avoid doing homework. Video games were essentially limited to before I went to bed at night and days with bad weather. Even in college when I tired of video game completely by around age 22 or so.
My kids today hate playing outside (unless it is at a swimming pool) and are constantly seeking my attention... no matter how many times I tell them "I never wanted my mom and dad around when I was playing." That was my time!
82 kid here and sure we played a ton and had tons of freedom but we had boundaries and if we were caught past those boundaries....that was our arse.
In 5th grade we moved out of town about 2 miles out by the river and in the woods. Lived in the woods, fishing in the pond, swimming in the river, playing in the creek and when i got older i would duck hunt in the swamp every morning before school and then deer or squarel hunt every afternoon i didnt have practice from middle school until senior year.
but we had boundaries for sure. One time i rode into town even though that was a no no....someones mom saw me and my dad was waiting when i got home...not a good time. After i got off punishment he would drop me off in town somewhere with my bike and with a dollar in change to call for a pick up.
was good times
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:23 pm to deltaland
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Even the parents who would allow it don’t because Karen down the street will call police and CPS for kids being outside unsupervised.
Only ones these days who do this live in rural areas
thats not really true. We live in large subdivision and my kids and the other neighborhood kids run around and ride bikes, pickup games etc almost all day. My new neighborhood i am building in is the same way.
its a parenting thing.
sure as frick aint a travel ball thing. Bunch of fatties on the OT complaining about kids playing too much of a sport while complimenting kids on riding bikes outside and not being a typical fatty
never change OT, never change
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:27 pm to DemonKA3268
I was born in 80, wife in 82. It was cool seeing our 12 year old, now 13, join my childhood canoe racing team earlier this year. He went from a kid that was always within our view to leaving for canoe practice around 3 in the afternoon with one of the other kids and getting back at 8.
He truly is living his best life. And he knows it.
He truly is living his best life. And he knows it.
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