Posted: 12/11/2002 2:35:59 AM EDT
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I was pissed because the gun shop robbed me for 90$ plus tax for a PWA commando reciever.. And then there were the POS sks's I decided not to pay 86$ for.. Looking back it seams like I should have rode the short yellow bus to school. Ropes |
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Heating oil was 15 cents a gallon. Three gallons of gas for a buck. My loaded 1976 Datsun 280Z for $6,700 out the door. Small bottle of Coke for 5 cents. Candy bar for 5 cents. Middles Worth BBQ chips 5 cents for small bag/25 cents for big bag. Pretzels: - soft: 2 for a penny - hard: 1 cent . . . . . |
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You could buy a used 1970 Hemi Cuda for $3,000 in excellent shape...and gas - 106 octane gas - was about 40 cents a gallon..... McDonalds advertised feeding the whole family with change back from a 5 dollar bill.... Everybody thought Unix was going to be the defacto computer language.... You could go out and bang any chick you wanted without fear of death.... There was no Rap music..... |
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For those who are old enough to remember these days as a kid. Looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we have................. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times we learned to solve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. No cell phones. Unthinkable. We played dodge ball and sometimes the ball would really hurt. We got cut and broke bones and broke teeth and there were no law suits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents? We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it. We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar soda but we were never overweight.........we were always outside playing. We shared one grape soda with four friends, from one bottle and no one died from this? We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X Boxes, video games at all, 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cellular phones, personal Computers, internet chat rooms, ............... we had friends. We went outside and found them. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rung the bell or just walked in and talked to them. Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent! By ourselves! Out there in the cold cruel world! Without a guardian. How did we do it? We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Some students weren't as smart as others so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade.....Horrors. Tests were not adjusted for any reason. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. No one to hide behind. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law, imagine that! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years has been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. Some of us are the lucky ones. We had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good? Greg |
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How about this for young and stupid. This was a complete Retail package: All NIB H&K 94 1- 20~ rnd mag 1- 30~ rnd mag sling factory cleaning kit factory mag loader and a "Assault Systems" softcase for the above. $425 + local sales tax. I didn't buy it cause I didn't want a cheap sheetmetal gun... |
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GreginWV 12/11/2002 8:15:49 AM For those who are old enough to remember these days as a kid. Looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we have................. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times we learned to solve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. No cell phones. Unthinkable. We played dodge ball and sometimes the ball would really hurt. We got cut and broke bones and broke teeth and there were no law suits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents? We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it. We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar soda but we were never overweight.........we were always outside playing. We shared one grape soda with four friends, from one bottle and no one died from this? We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X Boxes, video games at all, 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cellular phones, personal Computers, internet chat rooms, ............... we had friends. We went outside and found them. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rung the bell or just walked in and talked to them. Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent! By ourselves! Out there in the cold cruel world! Without a guardian. How did we do it? We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Some students weren't as smart as others so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade.....Horrors. Tests were not adjusted for any reason. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. No one to hide behind. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law, imagine that! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years has been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. Some of us are the lucky ones. We had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good? Greg Reposted with pride! That is the best damn post I have ever read here or anywhere! Thanks! |
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Playing Army as a kid. Now the poor kid would need therapy. Watching the asbestos glow in the gas stove. Hitching a ride as a kid. Now your the target of your local perv. Walking to school with your buddies. Now for my age: Penny Candy Five cent cokes from the open above slide cooler Nickel candy bars Twentyfive cent 100 octane gas Long hair on guys Long hair on girls Miniskirts halter tops NO BRA's Free Love Free out door rock concerts Frizbees in the park Folk music festivals Protest marches Drill Sargents could beat the crap out of you The Draft Watching the war on TV during dinner Living the war.................. |