The spoiled under-30 crowd!!!

[Phantom1]

If you are 40 or older you will 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… 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 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 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 catalogue!!

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!

There were no MP3’s or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself!

Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ’d usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up!

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!

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 mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn’t know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!

We didn’t have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like ‘Space Invaders’ and ‘asteroids’. Your 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!

Sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only m-net And there was no on screen menu and no remote control!

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 and 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-bastards!

And we didn’t have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up we had to use the stove … Imagine that!

If we wanted popcorn, we had to use that stupid Jiffy Pop thing and shake it over the stove forever like an idiot.

That’s exactly what I’m talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You’re spoiled. You guys wouldn’t have lasted five minutes back in 1980!

Regards,
The over 40 Crowd

[old377guy]

damn straight!

[Perlmudder]

If you are 40 or older you will 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… BOTH ways. …… Yadda, yadda, yadda

my dad said he did that in the winter also!

[BBB725]

If you are 40 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!!

We didn’t have any fancy Atari 2600! With games like ‘Space Invaders’ and ‘asteroids’. Your 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!

That’s exactly what I’m talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You’re spoiled. You guys wouldn’t have lasted five minutes back in 1960!

Regards,
The over 40 Crowd

From the nearing 50 crowd, we had Pong period. Three TV channels AM radio and had to go home when the street lights came on. Teachers beat the crap out of you for misbehaving, just like our parents, and you were required to do chores around the house and not get payed for it.

And every where we walked was up hill over 5 miles away and it was always winter.

[phragle]

where did you grow up?? I'm 45, I ran home in 2nd and 3rd grade to watch speed racer, 8tracks sucked, but cassettes could be copied. but then again, I remember when microwaves came out, it was a twist dial, not digital. I remember watching moon landings in black and white and we had pong, grey and white 2 paddles and a square ball bink.......bink........bink.......bink to make a phone call you had to put you finger in the round dial and spin it, I had relatives that still had party lines, you had to pick up the phone and check to see if some one of another 5 or 6 households where already on the line. Allowance?? I shoveled snow and mowed lawns for a living. when was the last time a kid knocked on your door and asked if he could mow the lawn for a couple bucks?? I remember math class before calculators and being taught how to use a slide rule. I used to be able to get on my bike and ride all over all day without my parents freaking out where I was and bicycle helmet??? whats a bicycle helmet?? there weren't even bmx bikes... you had your stingray and you cut forks off another old bike, hammered them onto your forks and you had a chopper bike, banana seat sissy bar and all. I remember when a marauder with twin 454's was a seriously fast offshore boat. I could go on..

[BBB725]

I remember math class before calculators and being taught how to use a slide rule.

Required class I had to take in college, and to program the computer we used punch cards.

[Davidmnc]

I am over 30 and under 40, but I lived MOST of these stories. Great post. It's funny how so much has changed, but so much is the same..cool huh.

And yea....all kids don't know chit!!

[Phantom1]

I'm 47 and just cut and pasted that..........

phragle - was this yours?

[BBB725]

I'm 47 and just cut and pasted that..........

phragle - was this yours?

No he had the ribbons on the end of the handle bars

[Davidmnc]

No he had the ribbons on the end of the handle bars

And a nice chrome bell!

[clayinaustin]

too phucking funny!

[phragle]

think about it a minute, just 100 years ago, there were no highways, no fiberglass boats, thgink of whats changed in the world in just the last 100...

[BBB725]

100 years I'm not that old, just look at the last 50. Ask kids today about 33's or 45's or 8 tracks

[DonMan]

I`m 43.


If you wanted to see tits you had to sneak your dad`s Playboy`s or stay up till 2 am and hope there was a good skin flick on Cinemax. Today, you can see a chick with a baseball bat up her twat with just a click of the mouse.

Geez these kids have it easy today ........

[Mark]

I am over 30 and under 40, but I lived MOST of these stories. Great post. It's funny how so much has changed, but so much is the same..cool huh.

And yea....all kids don;t know chit!!

Same here age wise. Avoided punch cards, but the rest was pretty much the same. There was no internet porn. We would watch a whole stupid movie to see a second or two of boobie. We had an early Apple computer, but my Dad thought we would frick it up and would rarely let us use it. He did not even know how to turn the thing on! The first cell phones were in a bag and the first hand-held phones were a brick. Sure beat those stupid rotary phones though. No such thing as speed dial! Oh yeah, we also still got whiped with a leather belt and there was no such thing as "time out" - only "knocked Out". My Dad whipped me barely 5 times in my life - but I never did that chit again! Try teaching a kid today without going to jail! With the exception of advanced medical care - I wish the computer was never invented.

[Expensive Date]

Was talking to my daughter last night about cars and I mentioned power windows.She looks at me and asks what other kind our there.So I explained that cars used to have a crank to lower and raise the window.I don't think she believes me

[catastrophe]

One evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather about current events.
The grandson asked his grandfather what he thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general.

The Grandfather replied, 'Well, let me think a minute, I was born before:

' television

' penicillin

' polio shots

' frozen foods

' Xerox

' contact lenses

' Frisbees and

' the pill


There were no:
'credit cards

' laser beams or

' ball-point pens


Man had not invented:
' pantyhose

' air conditioners

' dishwashers

' clothes dryers

' and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and

' man hadn't yet walked on the moon



Your Grandmother and I got married first, . . And then lived together.

Every family had a father and a mother.

Until I was 25, I called every man older than me, 'Sir'.
And after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title, 'Sir.'


We were before gay-rights, computer- dating, dual careers, daycare centers, and group therapy.

Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense.

We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions.

Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a bigger privilege.

We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent.

Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins

Draft dodgers were people who closed their front doors when the evening breeze started.

Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends-not purchasing condominiums.


We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CDs, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings.

We listened to the Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our radios.

And I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey.

If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan ' on it, it was junk

The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam.

Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of.

We had 5 &10-cent stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents.

Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a nickel.

And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards. A stamp for a letter was 3 cents and a postcard was a penny, which included the postage.

You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600, . . . But who could afford one? Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon.

In my day:

' 'grass' was mowed,

' 'coke' was a cold drink,

' 'pot' was something your mother cooked in and

' 'rock music' was your grandmother's lullaby.

' 'Aids' were helpers in the Principal's office,

' ' chip' meant a piece of wood,
' 'hardware' was found in a hardware store and

' 'software' wasn't even a word.


And we were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby. No wonder people call us 'old and confused' and say there is a generation gap... And how old do you think I am?

I bet you have this old man in mind...you are in for a shock!

Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same time.






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This man would be only 59 years old!!!!

[MacGyver]

Man, how things have changes in the last 20 years. Lets hope we get to see the next 20.

[Bobcat]

anybody else have the cassette player that actually slid into the 8 track player, ?

[getchasum111]

wow...really makes ya think huh....how about all the trouble i got in out on LOTO and late for dinner....no cell phones....they could have saves me a few a$$ beatings....