What has disappeared since you were a kid

[MarkEagleUSA]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

I always get lost, even with a map. Eventually I triangulate the location I'm trying to get to, and arrive, but it's a very bass-ackwards way of getting there.

How about when you're sober?

 

[nmupiccdiva]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

We eat breakfast together every day and dinner is at the table most nights. We say grace too- short but there is one. Lil's friends think this is weird.

My family still does this as well. Dinner, at least--breakfast is staggered because of everyone's different schedules.

What I miss? Looney Toons. My entire Saturday used to revolve around watching them at 11am.

 

[bigmrg74]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

My family still does this as well. Dinner, at least--breakfast is staggered because of everyone's different schedules.

What I miss? Looney Toons. My entire Saturday used to revolve around watching them at 11am.

How about Awesome Saturday morning cartoons in general?? Hell, whenever I'm up on saturday morning, ABC usually has on some old show of their ABC family shows. Hanna, Raven, Zach and Cody. We never had that kind of crap growing up.

 

[Old Pio]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

How about Awesome Saturday morning cartoons in general?? Hell, whenever I'm up on saturday morning, ABC usually has on some old show of their ABC family shows. Hanna, Raven, Zach and Cody. We never had that kind of crap growing up.

Used to was they'd show the Warner Brothers cartoons. Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Porky, Yosemite Sam none funnier, ever.

 

[thebrain]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

How about when you're sober?

Worse....

 

[brookyone]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

How about Awesome Saturday morning cartoons in general?? Hell, whenever I'm up on saturday morning, ABC usually has on some old show of their ABC family shows. Hanna, Raven, Zach and Cody. We never had that kind of crap growing up.

Jonny Quest

 

[leswp1]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

Davey and Goliath,
Gumby.

 

[zamboni crash-test dummy]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

Speaking of rotary phones... my brother and I were notorious crank callers back when you could get away with it in the days before caller ID, *69, etc

 

[leswp1]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

Speaking of rotary phones... my brother and I were notorious crank callers back when you could get away with it in the days before caller ID, *69, etc

Party lines when I was a kid. You could get caught.

 

[Greyeagle]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

Speaking of rotary phones... my brother and I were notorious crank callers back when you could get away with it in the days before caller ID, *69, etc

Pre caller ID & cell phones.....my sister was out past her curfew so she called home. When my my mom woke up and answered the phone sis said "that's ok mom, I got it," and mom went back to sleep and sis stayed out a few more hours.

 

[Handyman]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

Pre caller ID & cell phones.....my sister was out past her curfew so she called home. When my my mom woke up and answered the phone sis said "that's ok mom, I got it," and mom went back to sleep and sis stayed out a few more hours.

That is brilliant!

 

[thebrain]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

Caller ID has ruined a lot of fun...

 

[MissThundercat]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

Playground equipment like the jungle gym, monkey bars, teeter-totters, and the metal slide. On the hottest days, you needed the heaviest pants.

 

[SteveP]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

Used to was they'd show the Warner Brothers cartoons. Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Porky, Yosemite Sam none funnier, ever.

100% in agreement. As an adult, you'd have to include The Muppet Show and Dinosaurs.

Speaking of rotary phones... my brother and I were notorious crank callers back when you could get away with it in the days before caller ID, *69, etc

That's like in-car video in police cars and video in the station -- they've taken all the fun out of being a cop!

Pre caller ID & cell phones.....my sister was out past her curfew so she called home. When my my mom woke up and answered the phone sis said "that's ok mom, I got it," and mom went back to sleep and sis stayed out a few more hours.

That is sheer genius -- what Fortune 100 company is she running today?

 

[nmupiccdiva]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

That is brilliant!

Genius!

 

[Handyman]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

Playground equipment like the jungle gym, monkey bars, teeter-totters, and the metal slide. On the hottest days, you needed the heaviest pants.

Yeah that was when you didnt go down the slide you just ran up it and hoped not to faceplant

I remember snorting Lik-a-Made when I was in third grade...youch!

I also remember buying atomic warheads and seeing how many you could fit in your mouth without spitting them out. My buddies and could do quite a few without tearing up! The blue ones were evil!!

 

[Old Pio]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

Playground equipment like the jungle gym, monkey bars, teeter-totters, and the metal slide. On the hottest days, you needed the heaviest pants.

You can largely thank lawyers for that. It was sop for me to bring wax paper with me to the park. Increased velocity down the slide significantly.

 

[WeAreNDHockey]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

Speaking of rotary phones... my brother and I were notorious crank callers back when you could get away with it in the days before caller ID, *69, etc

Oh yeah, the crank phone call... one of the simpler pleasures of life, and it was fun even if you were sober. A buddy of mine used to pick random people out of the phone book and call them, pretending to be a friend from their past. He'd see how long he could keep them going before either they caught on, or he got bored. He once carried on a conversation with a guy for 20 minutes and they spoke as though they had known each other for 2 decades. Another trick was to call a pizza place (Pizza Hut, Dominoes, it didn't really matter) and ask them, repeatedly, for a hamburger. When they insisted they were strictly a pizza joint, he give up and agree to get a pizza, But first he'd ask what the topping choices were. Inevitably they'd say ground beef was a choice. At that point he'd always say "hey, why not take some of that ground beef and make me a burger?!?" And, simple fools that we were, we'd laugh and laugh and laugh... OK, maybe we weren't ALWAYS sober...

 

[The Rube]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

Oh yeah, the crank phone call... one of the simpler pleasures of life, and it was fun even if you were sober. A buddy of mine used to pick random people out of the phone book and call them, pretending to be a friend from their past. He'd see how long he could keep them going before either they caught on, or he got bored. He once carried on a conversation with a guy for 20 minutes and they spoke as though they had known each other for 2 decades. Another trick was to call a pizza place (Pizza Hut, Dominoes, it didn't really matter) and ask them, repeatedly, for a hamburger. When they insisted they were strictly a pizza joint, he give up and agree to get a pizza, But first he'd ask what the topping choices were. Inevitably they'd say ground beef was a choice. At that point he'd always say "hey, why not take some of that ground beef and make me a burger?!?" And, simple fools that we were, we'd laugh and laugh and laugh... OK, maybe we weren't ALWAYS sober...

We often did the fake pizza order, with a twist. One of us would call up, order a pizza, have it delivered to where we were (instead of a prankee's house). A person different from the caller would answer the door (while the rest of us were in another room, keeping quiet), and deny ordering the pizza. I'd say about 90% of the time the delivery guy would just let us have the pizza for free.

With caller ID/computers nowadays, that's pretty much impossible.

 

[MissThundercat]

Re: What has disappeared since you were a kid

Oh yeah, the crank phone call... one of the simpler pleasures of life, and it was fun even if you were sober. A buddy of mine used to pick random people out of the phone book and call them, pretending to be a friend from their past. He'd see how long he could keep them going before either they caught on, or he got bored. He once carried on a conversation with a guy for 20 minutes and they spoke as though they had known each other for 2 decades. Another trick was to call a pizza place (Pizza Hut, Dominoes, it didn't really matter) and ask them, repeatedly, for a hamburger. When they insisted they were strictly a pizza joint, he give up and agree to get a pizza, But first he'd ask what the topping choices were. Inevitably they'd say ground beef was a choice. At that point he'd always say "hey, why not take some of that ground beef and make me a burger?!?" And, simple fools that we were, we'd laugh and laugh and laugh... OK, maybe we weren't ALWAYS sober...

Bart: Uh, Jacques Strap! Hey guys, I'm looking for a Jacques Strap!
Moe: Oh, wait a minute...Jacques Strap
Moe: It's you isn't it ya cowardly little runt? When I get a hold of you, I'm gonna gut you like a fish and drink your blood!