Originally Posted by Dartgod (Post 17172708)

I fell off one in 5th grade onto asphalt and cracked my skull. Shockingly, my parents didn't sue the school or try to have it closed down.

Originally Posted by ChiTown (Post 17172568)

School shootings in the 70's & 80's absolutely occurred. Most of them were more targeted vs the mass shootings we are now used to (unfortunately) seeing/hearing about.

Originally Posted by Chief Pagan (Post 17172696)

I guess the things I like that no longer seem to be a thing:

As a young kid, you could just bike around anywhere with anyone from a really young age as long as you were 'home for dinner'.

And then even after dinner we could take off again if we didn't have sports practice or something.

My parents were relaxed about my coming and goings, but some of my friends parents were not. But in high school, at least once they got out of the house, they couldn't monitor them anymore.

No cell phones with everyone taking pics and videos of all the stupid crap you did when you were young and stupid. I'm so glad about this one.

The higher drinking age and the less drinking by the young has a lot of up sides that I don't want to minimize along with greater awareness of issues around sexual assaults, etc.

But I had a lot of fun going to college when the drinking age was still 18, alcohol consumption was high, and as far as I knew at the time...

There were plenty of college girls who were also into sex, drugs, and rock and roll...

...who didn't seem to have regrets about any of it.

Originally Posted by Stewie (Post 17172675)

We need to bring back Halter Top day to Royals games. That is all.

Originally Posted by DJJasonp (Post 17172785)

growing up in the 70s/80s....from watching so much TV.....kids were convinced the two biggest things to be afraid of:

1. Quicksand

2. A bomb that ticks down to zero before you cut the correct wire

Originally Posted by DJJasonp (Post 17172785)

growing up in the 70s/80s....from watching so much TV.....kids were convinced the two biggest things to be afraid of:

1. Quicksand

2. A bomb that ticks down to zero before you cut the correct wire

Originally Posted by DJJasonp (Post 17172765)

you could leave your bike on the ground, in a front yard, lying against the window at quick trip or 7 eleven, and not have to worry about someone swiping it.

Originally Posted by Son of Logical (Post 17172820)

I was am an 80's/90's kid. Honestly, I feel like the 80's/90's were about the same as folks have described the 70's/80's. (social media wasn't really a thing until after 2003?) When I left the house I was pretty much left to my own devices. My buddies and I got into a ton of shenanigans that our parents probably wouldn't have approved of, but as long as we didn't get brought home in a cop car we felt like we were in the clear. I think my generation was the last generation where all the neighborhood kids could be found on bikes, or in the streets playing football.

The source of the change is different in my head though. Cell phones changed everything. When you left your house, you were free. No one expected to get a hold of you. If you and your buddies got yourselves into trouble, guess what? Figure it out, because no one was coming to save you. Everyone had a higher level of independence then they do now.

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 17172829)

You must not have lived near a couple of the families that I lived near.

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish (Post 17172699)

I know we have discussed this before, but what size school and city do you live if you and (everybody) drove to school with .22’s in the window rack?

I went to a school of 450/500. In a city of 100k.

Very, very few folks had their hunting stuff in a car/truck. Car stereo theft alone in the 70’s was out of control. If somebody’s gun got stolen out of a truck (locked or unlocked) there was a Dad who was going to kick his son’s ass.

Everybody I knew practiced incredible caution with their firearm.