thought you had it bad now (kiddo's)

[mhyde71]

If you are at least 30, or older (like most of us), you might think this is hilarious!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning.... Uphill... Barefoot... BOTH ways… yadda, yadda, yadda

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on my kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!
But now that I'm over the ripe old age of at least thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!
And I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don't know how good you've got it!

I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have the Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!!

There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter - with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox, and it would take like a week to get there! Stamps were 10 cents!

Child Protective Services didn't care if our parents beat us. As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to kick our ass! Nowhere was safe!

There were no MP3's or Napsters or iTunes! If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the record store and shoplift it yourself!

Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio, and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! There were no CD players! We had tape decks in our car.. We'd play our favorite tape and "eject" it when finished, and then the tape would come undone rendering it useless. Cause, hey, that's how we rolled, Baby! Dig?

We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called, they got a busy signal, that's it!

There weren't any freakin' cell phones either. If you left the house, you just didn't make a damn call or receive one. You actually had to be out of touch with your "friends". OH MY GOD !!! Think of the horror... not being in touch with someone 24/7!!! And then there's TEXTING. Yeah, right. Please! You kids have no idea how annoying you are.

And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your parents, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, the collection agent... you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!

We didn't have any fancy PlayStation or Xbox video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like 'Space Invaders' and 'Asteroids'. Your screen guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!!! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen... Forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!

You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel!!! NO REMOTES!!! Oh, no, what's the world coming to?!?!

There was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying? We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-finks!

And we didn't have microwaves. If we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove! Imagine that!
And our parents told us to stay outside and play... all day long. Oh, no, no electronics to soothe and comfort. And if you came back inside... you were doing chores!
And car seats - oh, please! Mom t hr ew you in the back seat and you hung on. If you were luckily, you got the "safety arm" across the chest at the last moment if she had to stop suddenly, and if your head hit the dashboard, well that was your fault for calling "shot gun" in the first place!
See! That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled rotten! You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980 or any time before!

Regards,
The Over 30 Crowd
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[kg1961]

aahhhh that is so true matt!!!!!! 100%
that why im buying all the old crap maybe i will feel like i was a small kid no worries
I own all the gijoe,transformer tv show
so should say the large tv was a 27" with wood casing and only 13 channels
Am was the top choice for radio

I remeber the RCA we got later 1987 it had a cord to the remote very high tec...lol

my friend has a daughter thats 10 and she asked last week why he had large cd in the basement he told her they are records she had no idea what he was talking about

[fuzzysnuggleduck]

Nostalgia.

My dad told me stories from his childhood of how his family would sit around the radio in the evening for family entertainment before TV was in every home (he was born in '46).

[ttocs]

I was putting a radio in my buddys car this weekend. When we were done we took a slow walk around his mustang since I am a stang fan myself. The whole time I was in his car I didn't notice he had a booster seat for his kid and asked how long he has to use that. He laughed and said that the law says until he is 80 lbs and it suprised me as well. Chad was the only guy in school that was smaller then me through high school and I can remember his first mustang having a cushin in the drivers seat so he could be tall enough... He joked that if they had that law back when we were kids we might have been in one our freshman year and he was right......... He is 6'3" funny enough today.

[Francious70]

WTF is a library?

[Thumper88]

WTF is a library?

you're sitting in front of it...

[ttocs]

I have heard of that place, it is the one with all the books right?
I think we even have one in my town!
I think I was scared by the dewey decimal system and never did go back...

[Rold Gold]

I have to say that I spoil my kids...........and am happy to do so.

I too grew up with all the stories and whatnot but always told myself that I'd give my kids every luxury I could and so far I have. I grew up moving from school to school and apartment to apartment every couple years until HS. My dad wasn't around much either...... I think by todays standards having a stable home and both parents in said home is a luxury alotta kids don't get. Sure, my kids have just about everything they've ever asked for and more but I don't think that's a bad thing. When they get older and look back on their childhood and realize how good they had it maybe.......just maybe me and the wife will get put into a good old-folks home and get regular visits.

[twisted]

LOL aint that the truth!!!!
i remember when caller id 1st came out.......we liked to do the is your refridgerator running.......................then you better go catch it
till a guy called us back
then after we jacked with him on the ohone he showed up at the house wanting to kick our asses with a ball bat


yeah kids today have it rough

[ttocs]

god I too can remember the first time we pranked someone and they knew our number. We were at a friends house and he said something about pranking his ex-girlfriend, grabbed the phone and started dialing. He didn't even wait for it to ring he just threw the reciever at me, just as I caught it and held it to my ear I could hear her father answer. I didn't really know what to do since we had not thought of anything good, just to call, so I fell back on my butt head laugh while trying to think of something better. I didn't get far into my thought when her father announced to me that he knew who this was.

Again, fell back to butt head,"Ah, ha ha hahaha really?"

He proceded to rattle off my buddies number and I didn't know what to do other then once again butt head,"ahhhhhhhhhh hahaha". I quickly hung up and called him an asshole and that her father knew his number. He didn't believe me and didn't want to call back until the phone started to ring....

yea that was the last time I pranked someone.......

[Pedi]

I have to say that I spoil my kids...........and am happy to do so. Sure, my kids have just about everything they've ever asked for and more but I don't think that's a bad thing. When they get older and look back on their childhood and realize how good they had it maybe

I spoil my kids aswell, even though I am kinda strict when it comes to house-rules.. Some of the "spoiling" comes as a result of me beeing ALOT away from my family @ work. I do travel alot, I really do...

But even though I think my kids have a VERY good childhood, I do think the "only" thing they ever will remember - is how strict I was with them. But kids do need rules and strict lines through their childhood and youth.

So I will rather be the "terrible" father, and have grown-up children that are educated and have all chances to get a house, job and a good familylife - than end up in a bad way..

Just my .02

[Rold Gold]

I'll second the Ivar....
I too would much rather be strict and make sure they become productive members of society....
I can say that I firmly stand behind the statement "Spare the whooping.... Spoil the child...." Now I'm not saying ya gotta beat em' all the time but a swat on the ass when it's deserved can save lots of problems down the road.... Worked for me.

[ttocs]

my parents never beat me but they did hit me a time or two when I needed it. It only took a couple of times and then dad could just give me the look and I would have stopped what ever it was that was bothering him even it was my breathing.... I always had the ealiest curfew out of any of my friends to the point that if I rode with them they would drop me off and then go back to what ever it was they were doing. Today I look back and see that I was also the only one of my friends that didn't get arrested or into some stupid trouble because of the respect/fear of my parents and the early curfew. They didn't buy us everything we wanted and could give some horrible gifts but gave me and my brother a great childhood with everything we needed.

Punishing and beating your child are two different things. I see nothing wrong with a swat here-or-there when they need it as long as it is with in reason....

[ZTwenty8SSR]

I was in his car I didn't notice he had a booster seat for his kid and asked how long he has to use that. He laughed and said that the law says until he is 80 lbs and it suprised me as well .

Now I understand why there is so many overweight kids. Parents want to get rid of those dam booster seats.

[ttocs]

AHH never thought about that......... Or you could listen to the kid complain about the seat, or just hit the drivethrough and get some chicken nuggets.


again just glad I only have a dog.