If you were Born before 1985

[dinsdale]

Oh the irony don't some of the replies underline exactly what the original piece was driving at.

[ravinhood]

Take me back to the 60's when comic books were a dime, a bottle of REAL coke was a nickel, and wargames were $3.64. Gasoline was .19 to .25 cents. Going to a movie was .50 to get in, .25 for a large box of popcorn and .15 for a large soda, still had a dime left over after a night at the movies. Something like 3 to 4 songs on the juke box for .25. I think the 60's early 70's before Nixon screwed everyting up, were the best of times, and afterwards when Nixon took office, they were the worst of times and have been ever since! LOL

[tsimmonds]

Course you only earned $0.50/hour....[;)]

[demonterico]

My first job was pumping gas, and I believe that was 1967. If I remember right I made $1.15 an hour. The gas I pumped was .20 to .25 a gallon, and a six pack was $1.00. Yeah if you had $2.00 you could drive around and drink all night. Hey and talking about driving, the greatest cars ever built were built in the 60s. (GTXs, GTOs, SSs, Cudas, oh yeah) My only complaint is I'm still waiting for my flashbacks.

[NefariousKoel]

Growing up in the Cold War era, I understand completely where you're coming from.

Lately, I've been noticiing the literal "panziness" of the city people not only here, but everywhere. Not a week goes by that I don't see some c*cksmokin farghole lobbying for more laws in order to prevent idiots from killing themselves. I say... so be it.

I've only seen this since I've moved to the city. Back home, if someone blew off their left thumb, it would be from stupidity. Here, they seem to make it an ordeal of massive life-saving proportions. I've only seen these nazi liberals pushing for laws to stop idiots from sh*tting in the literal gene pool since I've moved to the city. It's been 10 years of disgust.

If you wanna save people's lives, make it a lifestyle. Don't proposition your f*ckin governor to turn this into the government restricted red scare your forefathers fought against you f*cksitcks!

[ravinhood]

Course you only earned $0.50/hour....

I was making $1.25/hr at McDonalds, man I was rich. Then got hired at the bowling alley making $2.40/hr + 3free games of bowling, that really was rich job back then. Damn why did I quit that job? Oh I remember, the draft got me! LOL

[Ron Saueracker]

1965 was my birth year. Think I was born 30 years too late sometimes. I'm too simple at heart for a lot of this government involvement/mother government crap. And of all places to live...in Ottawa, the worst possible place if one is in any way at odds with beauracracy and teetsucking.

Matrix, you are one of the best at time shifting, if only through sims. Try a real time machine, I wanna be a tester![:D]

[Guiri roig]

I was born in 1957, and despite the obvious cultural differences, the story was pretty much the same. I played, I fell, I got dirty. I went fishing and fell into the river. I climbed trees and fell off them. I picked my nose and ate the snots. I did all the things that, nowadays, children would be hauled before a shrink for doing. Somehow or other I made it through the 70s, although it was all a bit hazy... Hey, Desmonterico, if you're still waiting for the flashbacks it's because you didn't take enough acid..
Now I've got kids of my own, and the world has changed. Everything is too serious, too earnest, there's not enough fun for kids anymore. Now I'm living in a big city, with a different culture to my own, and it's weird. Parents bring their kids to the park and warn them not to get dirty! Okay, there are more pervs around now than 40 years ago, but that doesn't justify paranoia.
Toys are expensive, all made in China and are crap. 24 hours and they're either broken or obsolete.
As Dinsdale mentioned, the responses underline the piece. Thankfully, Spain has not become a lawyer's paradise. They do perform a useful function, like insurance agents, economists and priests, but I wouldn't let my daughter marry one. If I had a daughter.
Happy belated birthday, John D.

[NefariousKoel]

ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker

1965 was my birth year. Think I was born 30 years too late sometimes. I'm too simple at heart for a lot of this government involvement/mother government crap. And of all places to live...in Ottawa, the worst possible place if one is in any way at odds with beauracracy and teetsucking.

Matrix, you are one of the best at time shifting, if only through sims. Try a real time machine, I wanna be a tester![:D]

I don't know about you boys but... this sounds like a genuine Canadian cry for help! He wants to be American! [&o] What will the fellow Ottawans say?!

[Firefly]

I'm surprised no-one has done the obligatory Monty Python skit yet [:)] .

I was born in 1952 and remember my parents and aunts and uncles telling me how lucky/molly-coddled kids were these days. How they didn't have TV and comic books in their day, they had to make their own entertainment, never answered back to adults and if they misbehaved a kindly passing copper would clip them round the ear etc.

One thing that never changes is middle-aged jealousy of youth [:D] .

[Mr.Frag]

Thanks for summing it all up, I now know exactly who to blame for my two strokes and three heart attacks. Stupid lead paint in the crib!

Like a Timex, I just keep ticking ...

[tiredoftryingnames]

I found the original post funny. I found some of the serious remarks to it even funnier.

[Faceless16]

I was born in 75 and I know exactly what the original poster is talking about. Its very true. I remember we used to play freeze tag, have apple fights, and dirtball fights. The best games we played were just plain craziness. We had one game we used to play called DeathMatch2000 where the skateboarders would be one team and the guys riding bmx's would be the other team. The guys on skateboards would have branches and all sorts of crude type weapons and try to stick them into the spokes of the bikes and vice versa, just mauling eachother and get up crying and running home, only to laugh about it the next day. I've noticed now that it does seem to be alot more serious now with the young ones. It seems that each generation gets smarter and smarter and just all around grows up faster, which is where the seriousness comes from. True child hood for some just gets skipped over, especially kids where I'm from in the inner cities of the U.S.

[The Leprechaun]

I am a young one compared to almost all of you being born in the 80's I didn't have the exp that you have had. But I did not have a t.v till I was 15 and have always shared it with the family. I grew out side catching frogs in the pond and jumping off the bridge into the river for some refreshing swimming when it was hot. I loved my child hood and would love to go back and relive it.

[Neilster]

The "good ole days", wernt that good

Maybe, but at least people could use punctuation correctly.

Go too far back and one runs into global conflicts and the rather unpleasant Great Depression. I think being a kid in Australia in the seventies was a pretty good thing.

By the time Ronnie got his finger on the button the Cold War started to look pretty serious. "Why...I...I...just can't remember". He had advisers telling him that nuclear war was all part of God's plan.

Of course the current administration is quite different. Reagan appeared to be a man completely out of his depth, surrounded by a court of dangerous, cynical gamblers with few scruples. Oh...sorry. Not so different after all.

[mjk428]

I see that the "Kerry Sucks" thread was locked up and that's good and proper.

I also see nimrods like Les the Sarge and the one above taking shots in this supposedly lighthearted thread and nothing gets done. How about we stop the cheap shots and put the political talk where it belongs in AOW.

[Neilster]

As a new poster I was not aware of the "No politics" rule. I respect that. It was a fairly light-hearted comment. I don't think childish name-calling is necessary or justified.

[mjk428]

ORIGINAL: Neilster

As a new poster I was not aware of the "No politics" rule. I respect that. It was a fairly light-hearted comment. I don't think childish name-calling is necessary or justified.

I should have looked more carefully and noted that you had so few posts. You have my apologies and a belated Welcome to the forum.

Not to justify but only to explain: Just as you found my comments unnecessary & unjustified, I felt similarly about your denigrating someone I consider one of our greatest presidents for no apparent reason while he's slowly dying of a terrible disease. I shouldn't have taken it personal though.

[Sarge]

ORIGINAL: Neilster

The "good ole days", wernt that good

Maybe, but at least people could use punctuation correctly.

Go too far back and one runs into global conflicts and the rather unpleasant Great Depression. I think being a kid in Australia in the seventies was a pretty good thing.

By the time Ronnie got his finger on the button the Cold War started to look pretty serious. "Why...I...I...just can't remember". He had advisers telling him that nuclear war was all part of God's plan.

Of course the current administration is quite different. Reagan appeared to be a man completely out of his depth, surrounded by a court of dangerous, cynical gamblers with few scruples. Oh...sorry. Not so different after all.

The point is he didn't push the button [;)] but showed the world that he would [;)]. Lets see..............what state do you think Afica or Asia or Eroupe or even better yet Australia would be in with out America. This is a thread on how things have change from your youth. Not a opening to BASH America. Maybe you can refresh my memory, When was the last time America went to war becuase our shores were about to be occupied by a foreign power but we sure have been in a lot of conflicts . How about the rest of the World how long has it been for them , how about your part of the World. And lets see who got you out of it. One thing is for sure you didn't do it on your own.Im thinking the U.S was right there with ya. Were do you get off on thinking you have any insight on "Ronnie".

[Neilster]

ORIGINAL: Sarge
The point is he didn't push the button [;)] but showed the world that he would [;)]. Lets see..............what state do you think Afica or Asia or Eroupe or even better yet Australia would be in with out America. This is a thread on how things have change from your youth. Not a opening to BASH America. Maybe you can refresh my memory, When was the last time America went to war becuase our shores were about to be occupied by a foreign power but we sure have been in a lot of conflicts . How about the rest of the World how long has it been for them , how about your part of the World. And lets see who got you out of it. One thing is for sure you didn't do it on your own.Im thinking the U.S was right there with ya. Were do you get off on thinking you have any insight on "Ronnie".

I didn't bash America. Re-read my post. I really like the best of America and Americans.

I'm the first person to recognise the immense effort the US put into the defence of Australia in 1942 and the subsequent defeat of Japan. You were rather late for both World Wars [;)], however, and it's a misconception to suggest that the US was completely altruistic about participating. On both occasions it was in your interest to (unrestricted sub warfare, Zimmermann telegram, Nazis winning being very bad for US, Pearl Harbour etc).

As for my "insight" into Ronnie, it's called an opinion. He did seem like a pretty likeable guy and it's sad about his current poor health.

As your spelling, punctuation and grammar are so appalling it isn't exactly clear what you mean but I hope I've answered the points you've raised.

All the best....Neilster