Back in my day we had to...
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Growing up .... Someone told me to "get lost" So I got on my bicycle and kept riding ... Went through trails in the woods .... Rode and rode ... And then I was "lost" Had to figure it out before I was more "lost" If that was even possible. Eventually I found the Way back. I didn't tell anyone That I did indeed get lost. We were told to go out and Play ... And get lost as I was told And there were no cell phones ... I was gone until I came back. Once in a great while I used a friend's Phone to estimate tell someone How long it would be until I came back. I remember also putting my mitt on My bicycle and going to the baseball Fields and make shift fields And playing with kids that I didn't Know .... We didn't care it was fun. I would be gone all day. Lucky there Was such a thing called dinner that made me go back home. Eat Then back out until dark or the Street lights came on.
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^Sounds like my house..."get lost" lol I wonder if kids still play under the street light anywhere...or do they sit under the phone light? We went to the bowling alley to play pinball in high school, we went to Stewart's Root Beer, Drive In where they would skate up and put a tray with your food, hooked over your car window...we went to the skating rink and learned to skate backwards and dance on skates, to the latest pop music... We also rode our bikes everywhere, no waiting for, or expecting our parents to drive us. We went to scout meetings where we learned wholesome values and earned badges for the cool things they taught us...like lashing tables to trees, sewing, knitting and selling thin mint girls scout cookies!!! Yum
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Turn a record over Then guide the needle to the selected track. Now it's put in a cd It plays the whole album and if you want a special track push a button. Push To Play
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We used to sing parody songs all the time. Do children still do that? Or do they just text memes? On top of spaghetti All covered in cheese I lost my poor meatball When somebody sneezed Jingle bells Batman smells Robin laid an egg Glory, glory, hallelujah Teacher hit me with a ruler I hit her in the butt With a rubber coconut And teacher don't teach no more Great green gobs of greasy, grimy gopher guts Mutilated monkey meat Chopped up parakeet French fried eyeballs swimming in a pool of blood And I forgot my spoon
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HaileyMcComet:
We used to sing parody songs all the time. Do children still do that? Or do they just text memes? On top of spaghetti All covered in cheese I lost my poor meatball When somebody sneezed Jingle bells Batman smells Robin laid an egg Glory, glory, hallelujah Teacher hit me with a ruler I hit her in the butt With a rubber coconut And teacher don't teach no more Great green gobs of greasy, grimy gopher guts Mutilated monkey meat Chopped up parakeet French fried eyeballs swimming in a pool of blood And I forgot my spoon
I remember all of these, with slightly different words, yet the same
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We too had something similar with different words When jamming or playing in a basement Band ... We changed lyrics - Because of not knowing the words. Forgetting the words. Breaking up the sameness . Joking etc... Some cannot be repeated cleanly ... Most were okay and clean... Some were mumbled as if you knew them... Of course this was after the child memories
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We did not have a microwave oven... Or a dishwasher- (Which is probably why I strongly dislike doing tons of dishes by hand)... To this day.... All the things we ate took time On the stove or in the oven... That was just the way it was
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Call the house phone of someone that you wanted to talk to ... Sometimes having to do small talk with the mother, father, sister, Brother ... Etc as they tracked The person down ... Sometimes a brother might grab the phone as it lay off the craddle Then you would hear them Shouting the person's name through the House.... And so it was ....
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For a short time when I was a kid we had a "party line" which meant we shared our phone # with another family. If you wanted to make a call, you had to check to make sure they were not on the line already!
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love2travel:
I remember all of these, with slightly different words, yet the same
Someone wrote a book with different versions, claiming you could tell where a person was from by which regional version they used.
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Nancy R:
For a short time when I was a kid we had a "party line" which meant we shared our phone # with another family. If you wanted to make a call, you had to check to make sure they were not on the line already!
Woody Allen and Neil Simon have some good jokes about using the party line when they were younger.
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School homework came first. Then supper and you spent as much time as needed to "clean your plate".
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Curls his finger and snarl talks: Back in my day .... They used a paddle if you were out of line - some teachers got serious and put holes in them for less resistance They engraved their name so it Showed up on your butt ... One had a Hockey stick paddle to take a slap shot As harsh as that sounds - if your Parents found out - they would Probably ground you more. There was no being on the news and getting a lawyer to sue ... Or being on national news As people commented .... Some of it is understandable to go Away ... Even a detention was served ... No news or Lawyers involved.
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You speak the Truth Fool Right down to th holes in the paddle!! We had to watch the paddling and that was enough for most to straighten out their behavior... No lawyers, and when a parent had to be called in, the threat of a more vigorous paddling awaiting at home, as the mother would grab her offending child out of the class, by their ear!!! Yes momma, yes momma, I'm sorry momma...could be heard echoing down the schools hallway...
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We used to stick horns and soap windows on Halloween
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^ I'm not sure what stick horns was.... We used to TP [size=7]toilet paper trees on mischief night and soap as well...Ivory pure soap worked the best... Some people would egg cars and houses, that was where we drew the line... We only did it to our friends houses and they did ours. Our parents always made us go out and clean up the next day! It was fun that harkens back to ancient times and customs...
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love2travel:
^ I'm not sure what stick horns was.... We used to TP [size=7]toilet paper trees on mischief night and soap as well...Ivory pure soap worked the best... Some people would egg cars and houses, that was where we drew the line... We only did it to our friends houses and they did ours. Our parents always made us go out and clean up the next dgpay! It was fun that harkens back to ancient times and customs...
Sticking horns was a sign of courage. You could weave stick between the steering wheel and the horn lever. The horn would blast till the stick was removed. In those days the keys didn't need to be in the ignition. We would keep score. We used paraffin. I was bad.
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Back in my day... 99% of phones weren't portable devices and if you talked on a phone with someone it was usually house to house.
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Back in the day, you needed film to take a photo. You only had 27 photos per roll of film, so for each photo you had to choose wisely. You also had to set the ASA number of the film you were using. The film you used depended on the lighting conditions at the place you were shooting your photos. You also had to set your f stop which determined how much light got in to the film, for exposure. You tried to get the perfect shot and not jiggle the camera. If you really wanted to catch a certain shot, you might have taken two photos of the same thing. Then, when you had all 27 photos on the film exposed, you had to roll the film back into the little canister. Only then, could you open your camera, or you would expose the film to the light and lose your photos. You then took your exposed film canister and went to the Kodak film counter, at the drug store...and get your film processed into photos or slides. It took about a week. Only then, could you see if you held the camera still, and got a good photo. If you were very curious, you could develop your own film using trays and chemicals and a red light, so you could see what you were doing. We did this in the bathroom because it it was messy and had only one window to block the light, and a tub for the chemicals in trays. I know Paul Simon liked Kodakchrome, but I really liked the colors from Fuji Film, when that was available.
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We had a burning can in the backyard.