View Full Version : For the Old Farts on the Forum
glenncal1
06-14-2013, 12:31
Applies mostly to us, but I think everyone on the forum will get a kick out of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd7qd22in2g&feature=youtu.be
Amen.
Those were good times.
Simple times.
Bailey Guns
06-14-2013, 12:47
No shit. It's a country of pansies any more.
RblDiver
06-14-2013, 12:47
Grew up during the tail end of that. Good times. (And love the Vault Boy pic at the end lol)
Yeah, 100% right! The things we did as kids, people would faint over now!
What's that pistol the cop has at 1:50? Almost looks like a Luger.
Bailey Guns
06-14-2013, 13:08
Nope...it's a Glock.
speedysst
06-14-2013, 13:13
The sad part is reading the comments from the so called "smart" kids. Most of them missed the point.
The sad part is reading the comments from the so called "smart" kids. Most of them missed the point.
You mean the point that they are all a bunch of pussies?
I love it! That and I can relate to just about everything in the video, not just "one thing."
I hope to bring my daughter up the same way I was raised
Grew up during the tail end of that. Good times. (And love the Vault Boy pic at the end lol)
Same here... except for the playing until the street lights came on, there aren't any streetlights in Evergreen... at least outside of HWY 74/73.
Stop you, what is this "helmet" thing you speak of? That's for astronauts, construction workers, and military.
Thank god I grew up during those years. I think my knees were skinned for every summer between ages eight throough twelve, climbing trees and woodpiles.
It was good to be a kid!
StagLefty
06-14-2013, 16:15
I should of sued my parents !!!!
sellersm
06-14-2013, 16:29
Comments are funny! "Oooooh, our generation has the biggest, toughest problems to deal with, waaaaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaa".
Zundfolge
06-14-2013, 16:32
we're so screwed :(
Holy Crap! I'm OLD?!
Tell me 'bout it. Did they say 50's, 60's & 70's? Yep, that's me. No street lights & started playing baseball first in the front yard, then in the farmer's field. Guess we just all lucked out to get thru it.
SuperiorDG
06-14-2013, 17:02
Yea, I would have taken better care of myself if I knew I would get this old.
Tell me 'bout it. Did they say 50's, 60's & 70's? Yep, that's me. No street lights & started playing baseball first in the front yard, then in the farmer's field. Guess we just all lucked out to get thru it.
Kids these days would be scratching their heads... "Uh, what's a farmer's field?" [Shake]
sabot_round
06-14-2013, 17:06
"FREEDOM, FAILURE, SUCCESS & RESPONSIBILITY" These are words that our new generation will never know the real meaning of them, thanks to the constant pussification of our beloved Country.
O.K. It was a different & I believe much better time.
But.....some folks must still be doing a great job raising your families. Look at all the heroes out there defending us old farts. We all know some who have given all....to defend us old farts. Some are on this forum. I still think there IS hope for the future generations. It will just be harder for them to carry on. Only time will tell how it all turns out for them.
HoneyBadger
06-14-2013, 17:32
I disagree with the helmet thing... riding a bike without a helmet is a good way to quickly change a scraped knee and a bump on the head into a seriously debilitating brain injury. I would say you should talk to my cousin about it, but he's not a very good listener anymore... He crashed his bike without a helmet when he was 11 and is now 34 years old and can't even eat or shower without assistance. He will probably never have a mentality any higher than a 6 year old. My kids will definitely wear helmets while riding a bike.
For most other issues though, if it isn't bleeding profusely and there aren't any bones sticking out, they should walk it off. [Abused]
Yep so true.
Its basically like the thread I started but with video
http://www.ar-15.co/threads/57284-CONGRATULATIONS-TO-ALL-THE-CHILDREN-WHO-SURVIVED-THE-1930-s-40-s-50-s-60-s-and-70-s!?highlight=born
GhostRider
06-14-2013, 18:55
yupp, lived those time and loved them, and yes my kids have to listen to the stories lol
sabot_round
06-14-2013, 18:58
Yep so true.
Its basically like the thread I started but with video
http://www.ar-15.co/threads/57284-CONGRATULATIONS-TO-ALL-THE-CHILDREN-WHO-SURVIVED-THE-1930-s-40-s-50-s-60-s-and-70-s!?highlight=born
Amen brother, Amen!!
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/funnies/70s-that-how-we-rolled.jpg
Great-Kazoo
06-14-2013, 19:51
They forgot we ate RAW Ground Beef (steak Tartar) ACTUALLY had EGGS in our Egg Nog , ran around with guns and no one called the police. A fight was a fight, all done one gets hand shakes the other can barely shake their head.
21 to buy liquor ????
Pulled over for erratic driving. They'd hold you till someone came and picked you up.
No shit. It's a country of pansies any more.
What he said.
nikolatesla19
06-14-2013, 20:39
The good days......
My son at 3 trying to jump his scooter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwncRaUlhgk
HoneyBadger
06-14-2013, 21:08
My son at 3 trying to jump his scooter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwncRaUlhgk
I love that you just stand there and laugh while filming it :D
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/funnies/70s-that-how-we-rolled.jpg
Perfect!
My childhood pre-dated Big Wheels but I did have a Stingray w/a Banana Seat I think I broke the frame on jumping something... [Abused]
Great-Kazoo
06-14-2013, 23:35
Perfect!
My childhood pre-dated Big Wheels but I did have a Stingray w/a Banana Seat I think I broke the frame on jumping something... [Abused]
Briggs & Stratton 5hp motors. Parking lot fences never jumped in front of you so fast.
Circuits
06-15-2013, 01:05
sparkle blue stingray with banana seat
so many cards clothespinned to the wheels it was hard to pedal
Thank god I grew up during those years. I think my knees were skinned for every summer between ages eight throough twelve, climbing trees and woodpiles.
It was good to be a kid!
Some of my bike wrecks (without a helmet) left a whole side of my body road-rashed. I should have died several times over from all of the crazy shit I tried, sometimes failed at and just got lucky. A lot of friends and school mates were not so lucky. What is the point of a life without risk. That was the dystopia the movies pointed at.
My son at 3 trying to jump his scooter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwncRaUlhgk
That is the difference between understanding kids will be kids and some idiot screaming "child endangerment" because he "could" be hurt. We fear pain (any pain) now to the point the new generations think they are living in the safty of their phone. Danger is charging a pill box in a video game. We can be in a crowed room and so alone with a phone as our only "real" friend.
What a sad future we move towards!!
Briggs & Stratton 5hp motors. Parking lot fences never jumped in front of you so fast.
Yeah, seems a few years later in life, I "recall" I might have broke frames on couple of Artic Cat mini-bikes too... [Evil] (Wow, some long-ago good times/memories with some minor permanent damage not to discuss/no regrets.)
I won't go into the go-cart I bought w/ Christmas, BD, mowing, farm/fence and helping money pre-driving...
Wow, HOW did we all live? Err, maybe a better statement is it seems many of us GOT TO LIVE!
B2
Good news is grandson #1 is ALL BOY and Dad/Mom are cool and happy with a real boy... This will likely be fun! ;)
Guess I am an old fart. I remember fondly all of the crazy things we did, but we made it. I am tired of the government protecting us from ourselves.
osok-308
06-15-2013, 06:58
Grew up during the tail end of that. Good times. (And love the Vault Boy pic at the end lol)
+1, I may not be as old as some, but when I see what kids nowadays get away with, I just shake my head.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/funnies/70s-that-how-we-rolled.jpg
With a green machine spinnin donuts riding down a big hill and hitting a jump... O and the saucer sleds, and jumps made out of mounds of snow
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/funnies/70s-that-how-we-rolled.jpgabout sums it up
BB gun fights, dirt clod fights, slingshot fights, case of beer in the back of a friends 55, got caught, cop made us pour it out while he watched, never went to jail, fear of him telling parents was more than fear of jail. street drags at 8 mile, again no jail. kick ass fights at school, used to hunt quail and dove's with the principal and our coaches.
fire extenguisher fights at local college dorm. water balloon attacks on strangers,,,
The good ole days, they may RIP as the country becomes more pussified.
I did all of that and managed to survive! I encourage my kids to be outside and have fun. No need for a wii in our house!
some body asked me today what is your wifi,, fuck how the hell do I know ain't got none I guess.
barely have a puter run by a gerbil.
With a green machine spinnin donuts riding down a big hill and hitting a jump... O and the saucer sleds, and jumps made out of mounds of snow
That reminds me- in the winter, my brother and I used to use heavy-duty waxed boxes that we'd beg from the butcher's for suicide sleds. We'd climb into the boxes at the top of a steep hill, station a friend at the bottom of the hill to keep an eye out for traffic (the hill ended in a ditch, right next to a main road) and then hurl ourselves down as fast as we could. Usually ended up with a fat lip or bruises when we'd spill out of the box, but there was no sled in creation (includsing the saucer sled) that could hold a candle to the slickness of those waxed boxes.
Any of you ever play with real Black Cat firecrackers and bottle rockets? Damn right you did! Still have all your fingers and both eyes? Most likely.
Any of you ever play with real Black Cat firecrackers and bottle rockets? Damn right you did! Still have all your fingers and both eyes? Most likely.
One of my classmates in 5th grade came back after a long weekend with a bandaged hand minus a finger thanks to waiting too long to toss a lit M-80. The rest of us tossed a little sooner after that.
One of my classmates in 5th grade came back after a long weekend with a bandaged hand minus a finger thanks to waiting too long to toss a lit M-80. The rest of us tossed a little sooner after that.
Well, M-80's are a LOT different than Black Cats! Hell, I'm 57 and M-80's and Cherry Bombs were outlawed long before I was able to get ahold of them.
True story - we were at the lake (I was real little) and my brothers were popping cherry bombs. A grumpy old fart gave 'em hell for it and shut 'em down. The outhouses/restrooms were your typical early 60's shitters, and there was a vent pipe from the honey pit going up the outside wall. Bro Dave saw said grumpy old fart go into the shithouse, and Dave hurried over and dropped a cherry bomb down the vent pipe.
Guess the old bastard was quite po'd, I was too young to remember it. But it was one of my dad's favorite stories 'til the day he died. I think he was actually proud of Dave!
Black Cats, M-80's, bottle rockets, roman candles; all of it, and I still have all my fingers, toes, and eyes. My old man used to buy them by the box full from the bartender at his favorite haunt where he also got his game tickets.
We used to launch coffee cans and such with M-80's.
I'd like to see the black powder anvil launches in person some time.
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