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Things About Your Childhood That Would Baffle Younger People Of Today
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Playing Oregon Trail and Number Crunchers in the school computer lab, floppy discs, film cameras, video cameras the size of a bread box, dial-up Internet, AOL.
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Leaving the house after breakfast and being told to return "by dinner" meaning when it gets dark. No cell phones, no texts, no checking in, no nothing like it. The streetlights coming on were a clue that you should head back home.
Small screen TV's (sometimes, in black and white!) that had limited channels but no one complained.
Girls making clothes for their dolls during recess. I don't know what's more confusing to todays world, that kids could make their own doll clothes or that no one blinked an eye at the fact that kids walked into school with a bunch of sharp objects. Speaking of..
taking your new rifle to school to show your favorite teacher and no one gave a crap.
Damn.
Small screen TV's (sometimes, in black and white!) that had limited channels but no one complained.
Girls making clothes for their dolls during recess. I don't know what's more confusing to todays world, that kids could make their own doll clothes or that no one blinked an eye at the fact that kids walked into school with a bunch of sharp objects. Speaking of..
taking your new rifle to school to show your favorite teacher and no one gave a crap.
Damn.
I told my niece and nephew that if my mom got a phone call, we couldn't use the internet until she hung up. They said "couldn't she use her cell phone?" 
I can't think of anything else that would baffle them, except maybe the general disregard for childrens' safety before the mid-'80s or so.
I can't think of anything else that would baffle them, except maybe the general disregard for childrens' safety before the mid-'80s or so.
I remember those days. My dad would stand by the phone with a stopwatch and make us get off at three minutes. We were charged by the minute for long distance calls, and the first three minutes were a flat rate. Until I was out of high school, long distance calls were only made in life or death situations, usually just for a death.
I loved that video of the kids trying to figure out how to dial a rotary phone. That's one skill I have that my grandson doesn't. Wish I had an old rotary phone around to give him a try. And give him a phone number like JAckson 8-2426. Remember those?
I loved that video of the kids trying to figure out how to dial a rotary phone. That's one skill I have that my grandson doesn't. Wish I had an old rotary phone around to give him a try. And give him a phone number like JAckson 8-2426. Remember those?
Yes! I had completely forgotten about that! Ours was JUno.
Our number was actually JAckson 8-2226. One of the obstetricians in town had a number that was JAckson 8-2220. So we got many calls from frantic women in labor trying to reach Dr. Peacock. Mother got really mad about it, so one day I looked up his phone number. What was going on was that people were dialing the MNO circle (which is the number 6) instead of the operator 0. The calls went on for years until finally Dad had our number changed.
Always having to remember to keep quarters on hand to use a public payphone.
Being left at the library downtown for several hours while my parents went elsewhere in the city to do shopping. That would be considered child neglect these days but back then no one cared.
Being left at the library downtown for several hours while my parents went elsewhere in the city to do shopping. That would be considered child neglect these days but back then no one cared.
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Having a friend over to your house and doing stupid kid stuff and the friend getting a minor injury (sprained ankle or some scrapes) and no one got sued.
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Don't forget, those were the days before lawyers could advertise on TV or radio.
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This thread makes me smile. After reading it all the way through, I think we have some members as old as I am. Anyone else remember buying a 12 ounce Double Cola and a double Baby Ruth candy bar for then cents?
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They never sold that brand of soda pop in our area, but we could buy Coca-Cola or Nehi for a nickel, and the same for candy bars. Gum balls were a penny each. Also, us kids would walk the roads looking for empties to turn in for the deposit- 2 cents for regular size and 5 cents for the bigger bottles.
Yep, we used to collect empties for their deposit by the bag full and use the money for nickel candy bars, Nehi and penny candy (fire balls, Mary Janes.....) and also nickel and dime ice cream cones from High's.
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Michele didn't make any doll clothes, but she did make her own wedding dress. On a sewing machine powered by a foot treadle.
Howdy Doody Time, Romper Room School, Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans. And in Minnesota, Axel and his Dog.
The Desineyies Mouscateers and Annette Funachello (sp). Who, when the Mosekatters would dance one behind the other, with her in front, would jiggle in the most interesting ways if you were a boy on the verge of adolescence.
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It occurred to me , while out shovelling snow this morning, that the concept of no 'participation trophies' would absolutely baffle the kids of today. Back in the day, you either won, and got a trophy, or you didn't, and didn't.
As someone who got participation trophies as a kid, I guarantee you we didn't care about them one bit. We knew very well it was the "consolation prize" and most of them went into the dumpster out back. I find it baffling that some people make such a big deal over it, lol. Personally, I think it was a scam perpetrated by the trophy companies to make more money.
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I was merely stating that that's how things were back in the day. If, however, you choose to make a 'big deal' out of it, that is your perogative.
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