Bill O'Rights

I remember when life seemed simpler.

I remember never having to lock our doors. Never locking the car. Everyone knew their neighbors. Not just next door but both ends of the street. No misdeed went unreported to your parents.

I remember playing outside all the time. Running, playing games outside, riding bikes, swimming, hiking- we did those things all summer. In the winter, we made snow forts and went sledding until we were frozen. We played board games all the time, too, and made up our own games. People were so much more active in those times. People spent more time outdoors. Not all the Cable TV, Computers and Video Games like now.

Life seemed simpler even though we didn't have many convenience of today. Many homes had no dishwashers, air conditioners, automatic sprinklers or alarm systems. We worked harder, but we seemed to enjoy life more. Things were not as chaotic as now.

Papers written for school were typed, often at the library. Research for them was done in the library with books. No internet then. Made us read much more. Correct usage of english (grammar, spelling) was more evident than today.

I remember when society had more class. You didn't hear filthy language on the street, in the store, at a ball game. There was much more civility. No such thing as drive by shootings, crack, crank. We absolutlely did not talk back to adults. Ever. We may have thought about it, but we never did it. Bad behavior was not tolerated. There was a solid understanding that we would be held accountable for our transgressions. We were taught to respect adults (even the ones we did not like) and keep out mouths shut. We had manners, whether we wanted them or not. When Mom and Dad said NO- that was it. We were taught to say, "Thank you."

I remember when products were made in the USA. TV's, for instance, were made here, as were our stereos. Even our clothes and our shoes were made in the USA. "Made in Japan" was a criticism.

Our fathers had 1 job their entire lives, and our mom's didn't have to work. People still got pensions from their jobs and you could count on having a job for life.

I remember when phones were rotary dial and sometimes you had a party line where you shared the same phone line. You'd pick up the phone and hear your neighbor yakking away, hang up the phone and try later to make your call.

I remember little league baseball.

I remember when everyone had a sense of community.

I remember when AM radio still played Top Forty and wasn't overrun with blathering political crackpots.

I remember when religion was still in the churches, not in the government.

Life was definitely simpler.

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It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

duskytip

I remember...gas at 12 cents/gallon.

Being able to eat raw beef.

Concerts for 5$

Justice and the rule of law.

Sleeping on the front porch.

Falling asleep in my PJ's at the drive in movies.

Not falling asleep at the drive in movies

When this country stood for something besides the nationalism of post 911.

Tully Mars

I remember when the local 7-11 store was open from 7am to 11pm.

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Willravel

OH. That makes a lot more sense.

ring

I remember falling asleep to the sound of Jack Benny and Jack Paar.

I remember our first color television..it even had the weirdest remote
that didn't work very well. It was a Zenith something...

I remember being taught how to delicately handle my father's record
collection...if I was careful...I could play them on my own.

I remember getting Packer glasses at the Shell station in the 60's..

I remember when 'Jesus Christ Superstar'..first became available,
and then it sat next to my parents copy of 'Hair.'

cripes, I remember being on the Air Force base as a two year old...Biggs.
I could still draw a floor plan of that house.

lotsofmagnets

i remember clicking on this thread

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mother nature made the aeroplane, and the submarine sandwich, with the steady hands and dead eye of a remarkable sculptor.
she shed her mountain turning training wheels, for the convenience of the moving sidewalk, that delivers the magnetic monkey children through the mouth of impossible calendar clock, into the devil's manhole cauldron.
physics of a bicycle, isn't it remarkable?

uncle phil

biggs in el paso? that must have been a few years ago...

i remember ent afb in downtown colorado springs...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

ring

Yes..It was El Paso.
1961 to 62.
My father was a navigator on the KC- 135 jet
tanker/ re-fuelers.

I remember running behind the DDT fogger my uncle had on the back of his tractor. Before a big campout and during..he would run that thing and
all us kids thought it was some fun.

I remember using catalog pages in the out-house for toilet paper.

I fondly remember the smell of cigar smoke.

Tully Mars

I likes me a good cigar.

I remember candy cigarettes and thinking "wow, I'm cool just like my dad!"

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I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo

Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

alkaloid

D.A.R.E. was never cool where I come from.

Tully Mars

I remember buying a lid (one ounce) of "commercial" for $10.

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I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo

Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

uncle phil

damn, those were the days...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

ring

A four finger lid of good ditchweed went for 10 bucks in 1974,
in Tucson AZ, anyway.

I remember not owning a pair of legwarmers.

noodle

I remember when WoW was just "wow" with creative use of capital letters.

When someone had explain why I had to learn how to drive because I couldn't ride a horse everywhere.
And when my mom made me a "horse driver's" license.
I remember when I got my first used psych textbook at age 12 and read the whole thing in 3 days, then proclaimed to my parents I'd decided what i wanted to be when I grew up.
I remember when I took my mother's car to the gas station for the first time and overshot the pump, then backed up whilst everyone yelled because the hose was caught behind the enormous bumper of my mother's 1978 Caprice Classic as I was slowly moving backwards to realign the car.
I remember when being smart was cool.

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ColonelSpecial

Seems to me I am towards the young end of the spectrum here but here goes:

I remember Crystal Pepsi/Pepsi Blue and thinking how cool it was that soda was other colors.

I remember original PowerRangers.

I remember the first Iraq conflict and how quickly it seemed to end.

I remember seeing Jurrasic Park as my first 'grown-up' movie.

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"Using the pull out method of contraceptive is like saying I won't use a seat belt, I'll just jump out of the car before it hits that tree."

Sara

yournamehere

Heh-heh - I remember driving down to Douglas then and buying pounds for $60.
Most of the time back then, we just gave it away.
Later, when we were dry; other friends would give us some of theirs.

It's really a shame what a "business" it's become.

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Sion

I remember my first blowjob, my first finger-fuck, my first fuck-fuck and my first fist-fuck.

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I jus' want ta thank you...falettinme...be mice elf...agin...