To all who survived the 50, 60, 70's

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 5:09 pm

You did not mention the fine combs searching for fleas:D

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 6:36 pm

FLORRIE,

Oh so very true..!!

Those were the days, life seemed so simple, real, and full of excitement.

I remember never being in the house, outside all the time. Just came home to eat. Also if my parents were having adult friends over, we were introduced, then we had to play in our rooms, until bed time at 8pm.. none of this 1 or 2 in the morning stuff the kids today do.

Like you said if we had a argument with a friend, it was up to us to work it out, or not, our parents didn't fight our battles for us.

I have always said I had a great childhood, have so many fond memories of those times. As a teenager I had equally as much fun. We didn't have a care in the world.

koan · Post by **koan** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 6:52 pm

And played with toys like lawn jarts.

Imagine telling kids nowadays...go outside and throw those large arrows at each other. :wah:

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:56 pm

KOAN,

This brought a smile to my face, I remember playing for hours with those darts. Boy we played with what is considered dangerous toys today.. To bad, they were really fun..

And played with toys like lawn jarts.

Imagine telling kids nowadays...go outside and throw those large arrows at each other.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:08 pm

yeah, well, you'll put out your eye. :rolleyes:

koan · Post by **koan** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:19 pm

I always try to buy the old toys for my daughter. They encourage more imagination than today's junk. It's hard to find wooden blocks anymore also. They are all made out of plastic. Junk.

I remember rollerrinks being the place to go back then. My first pair were little metal things that you fasten to your runners with a key. One size fits all. Then when I was about twelve I got my first boot type skates. Boy was I hot sh_t!!!!

I used to run around in bare feet everywhere so the soles of my feet were always thick with protective skin. I remember the smell of the pavement after it rained and stepping my bare foot into warm puddles of rain in the summer.

Post by **kensloft** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:47 pm

Lived in the country and loved the summer. Going to the swimming hole(10 cents, spring fed) Laying in the sun. Riding around on the bicycle. First dates on the crossbar. Woo-Hoo! Hanging out at the local hangout. Dances. People being together. Fixin' up cars. Sneakin' our first beers. Travelling to the next town to go to the movies. Movies that'd knock your socks off. All the big name stars. Woo-Hoo!

The sixties... ?

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 1:30 pm

i think the 50's and 60's may have been hazardous, but the 70's i had my kids and i was very much healthy during pregnancy. They were both blue ribbon babes @ 9.8 lbs & 9.1 lbs. The 70's was for us? They had their fathers old crib, high chair & Lincoln Logs.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 1:50 pm

KOAN,

I remember the rollerrinks as well. We would spent entire weekends there, just had so much fun, parents would drop us off, and pick us up, or we would take a bus home, a public transit bus...YIKES!! THE HORROR OF IT.. KIDS TODAY HAVE NEVER BEEN ON A PUBLIC TRANSIT BUS. Before we were able to drive to the beach to surf, we would get our boards, and take the bus to the beach....

I also remember being able to play in CANYONS, build forts, hang out.. not a worry in the world. Didn't fear homeless then, or illegal's, or weardo's.. just weren't around back then.. If they were the weren't in the CANYONS by my parents home..

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 1:56 pm

kensloft wrote: Lived in the country and loved the summer. Going to the swimming hole(10 cents, spring fed) Laying in the sun. Riding around on the bicycle. First dates on the crossbar. Woo-Hoo! Hanging out at the local hangout. Dances. People being together. Fixin' up cars. Sneakin' our first beers. Travelling to the next town to go to the movies. Movies that'd knock your socks off. All the big name stars. Woo-Hoo!

The sixties... ? You didn't mention the odd smoke (ciggies)

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 2:06 pm

The fifties where when you rode in the car and to protect you your Dad

just flung his arm out if he needed to stop quick. Mom stuffed the turkey

the night before Thanksgiving and left it on the kitchen counter 'cause

there was no room in the fridge... and we never got sick.

The sixties were when we'd saddle up the horses and ride to the river

and be gone for hours and Mom never worried. Mom was always home

when you got home from school and I hated it... I wanted to be a

latch-key kid and have some privacy once in a while. Everyone sat

down to dinner at the table every night. The kids always drank milk

and ran around and had no obesity problems. You did your chores and

got your butt spanked if you didn't. The animals got their breakfast

before you did. You NEVER "talked back", you'd get a spankin' for that, too.

The seventies were avocado green and harvest gold. Long hair and

Grateful Dead shows. Hangin' out.

Glad I made it through!

:yh_sweat

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 2:37 pm

From Glen Miller, Elvis, Simon & Garfunkel + Pop, Rock,Metal, Rap and now the kids near me are switching onto Gershwin,auld blue eyes and Deano. WOW. :guitarist Don't think they will ever take Gene Aurty or Roy Rogers:D

Post by **kensloft** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 3:58 pm

capt_buzzard wrote: From Glen Miller, Elvis, Simon & Garfunkel + Pop, Rock,Metal, Rap and now the kids near me are switching onto Gershwin,auld blue eyes and Deano. WOW. :guitarist Don't think they will ever take Gene Aurty or Roy Rogers:D
Well they are great baseball fans in America. Gene sure put his autograph on that one. Roy? He certainly imbued the parents of the kids with the right stuff. They may not recognize the name but they know the feeling.

Post by **kensloft** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 5:50 pm

capt_buzzard wrote: You didn't mention the odd smoke (ciggies)
Moi?

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:44 am

mystic moon wrote: today i took my daughters to a carnival where they had fried Twinkies. my oldest-7, asked me, "what's a Twinkie?" what have we done to our children?!!!!!
Twinkies!!!! You found a Twinkie? How old was it? Did you eat it? I guess frying makes it safe.

Post by **kensloft** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:28 am

koan wrote: Twinkies!!!! You found a Twinkie? How old was it? Did you eat it? I guess frying makes it safe.
Aren't they against the law? Thought they would've banned them since San Francisco? Twinkie defense? Somewhere in thousands of American cupboards across the land there are hidden Twinkies waiting to be brought out of their secreted existences into the maistream.

The frying oil is to give it nutrition..

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:18 am

Twinkies, Hostess Cup Cakes, Snowballs, Marshmallow Sandwich Cookies loved them all. I know there are more

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:24 pm

And I went skinny dipping in the Irish sea.

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:42 pm

Playing Ghost in the Graveyard, penny candy stores, mud pies, candy cigarettes, playing cards in the spokes of your bike to make it sound like a motorcycle, (I KNEW it started early!!!), going to my grandparents for the whole summer and getting up at 7 am to tromp around the woods eating blackberries right off the bushes and coming back filthy, scratched up and exhausted when granny rang the dinner bell on the front porch...:yh_sigh Those were the days...

Post by **kensloft** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:58 pm

mystic moon wrote: well now i know why they were charging $6. a piece! didn't realize they were so scarce.- haven't bought them in years. -didn't get 1 last night either. stuck w/ a funnel cake. yum!
Do the Engish Twinkies and the American Twinkies have different meanings?

What is a Twinkie that you get fried at a fair or carnival?

Post by **kensloft** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:15 pm

capt_buzzard wrote: And I went skinny dipping in the Irish sea.

In Lake Ontario. Various lakes in the region. The backyard without the pool.

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:18 pm

I wanted to go to Frisco with flowers in my hair. Make Love not War, And Bridge over troubled water.........

Post by **kensloft** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:25 pm

capt_buzzard wrote: I wanted to go to Frisco with flowers in my hair. Make Love not War, And Bridge over troubled water.........
Lived in Frisco with flowers in my hair. Made love not war. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay.

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:29 pm

kensloft wrote: Lived in Frisco with flowers in my hair. Made love not war. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay.Oh Yeah, I loved that song too. And I would have 'Left my hear in San Francisco' high on a hill............Sing it Tony,

Post by **kensloft** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:43 pm

capt_buzzard wrote: Oh Yeah, I loved that song too. And I would have 'Left my hear in San Francisco' high on a hill............Sing it Tony,
Eric Burdon and the Animals... cop's face is filled with hate...

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:48 pm

Nah, The Beach Boys..California Girls:guitarist

Post by **kensloft** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:06 pm

capt_buzzard wrote: Nah, The Beach Boys..California Girls:guitarist
Strawberry Alarm Clock. Incense, Peppermint. Trip on mankind.

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:26 pm

The Final Countdown, Europe

Post by **kensloft** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:29 pm

capt_buzzard wrote: The Final Countdown, Europe
Movies

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:34 pm

Soundtrack

Post by **kensloft** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:39 pm

capt_buzzard wrote: Soundtrack
Stereos

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:48 pm

Post by **kensloft** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:54 pm

capt_buzzard wrote: HiFi
Amplifiers

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 5:11 pm

Digital

Post by **kensloft** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 5:40 pm

capt_buzzard wrote: Digital
bytes

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 6:14 pm

NOW YOUR TALKING.....

Nah, The Beach Boys..California Girls

EIGHT TRACKS, 45'S, 78'S...TURN TABLES..!! :-6

Post by **kensloft** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 6:29 pm

CARLA wrote: NOW YOUR TALKING.....

EIGHT TRACKS, 45'S, 78'S...TURN TABLES..!! :-6
You're biased. The Who, The Guess Who, Beatles, Jim Morrison, Janice Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe and the Fish, Buffalo Springfield, Neil Young, Moby Grape, Grateful Dead.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 6:31 pm

Jim Morrison be still my heart, this guy died way to young.. what a shame.. what a hunk..!! :-4

I'm a bit of a soul sister THE TEMPTATIONS, DRIFTERS, LITTLE ANTHONY, SHIRRELLS, MARTHA AND THE VANDELLA'S, JAMES BROWN, MARVIN GAY, AND MANY MORE..

Post by **kensloft** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 6:56 pm

CARLA wrote: Jim Morrison be still my heart, this guy died way to young.. what a shame.. what a hunk..!! :-4

I'm a bit of a soul sister THE TEMPTATIONS, DRIFTERS, LITTLE ANTHONY, SHIRRELLS, MARTHA AND THE VANDELLA'S, JAMES BROWN, MARVIN GAY, AND MANY MORE..

My friend is /was the base player with Buffalo Springfield who was a very good friend of JM.

He couldn't figure out why JM died that way because he had so much going for him at the time.

Jim used to like to get drunk and then freak everybody out by walking around the railings of whatever hotel he was staying at as a means of keeping himself entertained. He did this in Paris, fell and was injured to the extent that the doctor said that he wouldn't ever sing again. The rest is history.

This was the only theory that Bruce liked. He felt that he could take solace in it because it sounded so much more Jim.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:19 pm

JM was very talented.. Your friend knew JM how cool. Music back then was so intense. I'm sure the SEX, DRUGS, AND ROCK & ROLL play a big part in so many of the greats dying at such a young age..

I thought JM was brilliant.. I still listen to his music, just a huge talent..Every time I go on a road trip JM cd comes with me.. :driving:

Post by **kensloft** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:30 pm

CARLA wrote: JM was very talented.. Your friend knew JM how cool. Music back then was so intense. I'm sure the SEX, DRUGS, AND ROCK & ROLL play a big part in so many of the greats dying at such a young age..

I thought JM was brilliant.. I still listen to his music, just a huge talent..Every time I go on a road trip JM cd comes with me.. :driving:
He certainly was a talent that ended too soon. At least we are the privileged generation that can continue to listen to him and his lyrics. Certainly shed a lot of light on matters that we wouldn't have ever thought to dare speaking out about.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:37 pm

well now you guys have me singing "Riders on the Storm" ......but the BEST thing he ever did was a live version of 'Gloria' that caused me to run off the road once, it was so HOT!..........digging out albums.........

Post by **kensloft** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:43 pm

lady cop wrote: well now you guys have me singing "Riders on the Storm" ......but the BEST thing he ever did was a live version of 'Gloria' that caused me to run off the road once, it was so HOT!..........digging out albums.........
Practically every song he did was a hit with the people that listened to them. Awesome for the day and times. Always getting busted.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:51 pm

And how about Val Kilmer being cast as JM in the Doors movie?

Absolutely brilliant!!

:yh_worshp

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:21 pm

You can say that again.. :yh_worshp

And how about Val Kilmer being cast as JM in the Doors movie?

Absolutely brilliant!!

OH YEAH "RIDER ON THE STORM" AND "GLORIA", HE JUST HAD IT IN SPADES.. !! LOVE EVERYTHING HE DID..

minks · Post by **minks** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:47 pm

Florrie wrote: We survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took asprin, ate blue and soft cheese, and didn't get tested for HIV and diabetes.

Some of us were born at home without Doc or midwife, and no idea what prenatal care ment.

Our cribs were covered with bright coloured lead based paints.

We had no childproof lids nor safety locks on doors and cubbords.

We ran about and played outside, drank water from the garden hose and didn't die. We stuffed ourselves with cupcakes, bread & butter, soda pop piled with sugar and weren't overweight.

We left home am, played out till dark - till midnight at weekends.

We cycled without helmets, rode cars with dashboards made of steel without seat belts or air bags, not to mention the times we hitch-hiked.

We rode our bikes to friends houses and just walked in. Doors were unlocked back then.

In winter we slid downhill on tin and cardboard, had snow fights and made snow forts.

In summer we built go-carts from scrap and rode downhill - forgot about brakes - got cut and scratched and learned to solve the problem.

We fell out of trees, broke bones and teeth and no lawsuit followed.

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls, ate pollworms on a dare, were told we'd poke an eye out - and in actual terms not many, nor did the worms live in us forever.

Little leagues had tryouts and not all made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment - Imagine that!!!!

If we offended - forget a parent bailing us out. They sided with the law and made us pay for what we did.

We had no playstations, nintendows, video games, cable TV, cell phones, or internet. We had friends and we went outside and found them.

If we failed a grade we repeated it the next year, and we made the best generation risk takers, problem solvers and inventers ever.

That was before the Lawers and Government regulated our lives for our own good.

Brings tears to my eyes remembering the fantastic childhood my brother and I had and all you listed above is exactly what we did and dam it we are well rounded individuals with some awesome values. I relate a rather sad story here about this to you, I am a mere 2 years older than the BF and he experienced none of the above he grew up over protected and had to stand on the sidelines and watch friends do all the fun kid things. That is so sad, and it kind of is the reverse of todays kids, it is like kids aren't allowed to be kids. Gawd I need a tissue now