Internet and cells phones..then

[HEK]

I'm 60 and grew up with what most younger guys would think is unthinkable, not having internet. I like many older guys managed with a cup holder full of dimes and later on quarters, to make calls on our way "anywhere" inside phone booths. And word of mouth was our only source of information, let's say like me with toying then in doing steroids or even working on cars. Now being a kid I learned how to fight as I had to make friends in my neighborhood and there was no FB to meet kids that lived nearby or went to school with you but didn't take the same classes. Anyway, I was just thinking about that as now being retired and browsing the web I have learned more since January about all the "stuff" that I ever wanted to know. I remember talking about trannies with my friends back in the day but now if you Google that word you see some mighty beautiful "wo men" with a surprise package. Thanks for reading....and steroids kids they are available everywhere, just saying as I wonder what would have been of me if I was growing up now

[Rusty]

It was different when we grew up. You went outside to play, not in your bedroom to play video games.

[Spooler]

Originally Posted by Rusty

It was different when we grew up. You went outside to play, not in your bedroom to play video games.

Yeap, Didn't come inside until Dusk dark.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Spooler

Yeap, Didn't come inside until Dusk dark.

Played some type of ball, depending on the season. Pedaled you bicycle everywhere. Almost had to take a shower before eating dinner to get the dirt off of you. Playing army. BB gun battles that were epic.

[Rusty]

God forbid you if you had a weak arm in a snowball fight.

[madwi]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Played some type of ball, depending on the season. Pedaled you bicycle everywhere. Almost had to take a shower before eating dinner to get the dirt off of you. Playing army. BB gun battles that were epic.

We agreed on 1 pump of the gun! I saw you pump 3 times!

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by madwi

We agreed on 1 pump of the gun! I saw you pump 3 times!

I used a CO2 rifle and piston. No pumping.

[Baronsmokes]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Played some type of ball, depending on the season. Pedaled you bicycle everywhere. Almost had to take a shower before eating dinner to get the dirt off of you. Playing army. BB gun battles that were epic.

Roman Candle fights on the 4th of July.

[Zyonara91]

Times change, always have and always will. Thanks for sharing. I always wonder what My life will be like 40 years from now. I mean I use to listen to music on a CD player with "anti shock" so the song would not skip when hitting a bump. If I have kids, they will wonder what a CD player is, hell what a CD is! They may even think that we were fools driving in cars that used combustion and how we didn't know how to use the free air around us or the power of thought to power our cars.

Like my father use to say, there's no place to go but forward son!

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Zyonara91

Times change, always have and always will. Thanks for sharing. I always wonder what My life will be like 40 years from now. I mean I use to listen to music on a CD player with "anti shock" so the song would not skip when hitting a bump. If I have kids, they will wonder what a CD player is, hell what a CD is! They may even think that we were fools driving in cars that used combustion and how we didn't know how to use the free air around us or the power of thought to power our cars.

Like my father use to say, there's no place to go but forward son!

I remember cars going from AM to AM-FM radios. 4 track to 8 track tapes. Cassettes to CD's to USB.

[SouthArk370Z]

Originally Posted by Rusty

I remember cars going from AM to AM-FM radios. 4 track to 8 track tapes. Cassettes to CD's to USB.

There were also 45 players back in the 60s. I only saw one.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z

There were also 45 players back in the 60s. I only saw one.

I seen one at a Lincoln dealership when I was a kid.

[Fuzzzy]

Originally Posted by Rusty

I remember cars going from AM to AM-FM radios. 4 track to 8 track tapes. Cassettes to CD's to USB.

AM to AM-FM was the most awesome jump for me. As a teen I was amazed at how you no longer lost the music on the radio going under overpasses or through tunnels and how there was no longer static when you drove beneath power lines. Waiting for "good" FM stations to come to my area was agonizingly slow.

All the "good" AM stations in my area either signed off around sundown or their reception weakened miserably. Having to depend upon good weather to get WLS in Chicago at night usually turned out well enough though.

Somehow I missed 4-tracks, but I went through the rest of the progression.

[HEK]

Originally Posted by Rusty

I remember cars going from AM to AM-FM radios. 4 track to 8 track tapes. Cassettes to CD's to USB.

My mother's brother had an old VW Bug and in between the front seats under the dash he had an actual record player for 45's ( bet some of you don't know)...and had some type of shock absorption that it played very well without skips. How about AC's as an option in all cars..

[bunk]

Originally Posted by HEK

My mother's brother had an old VW Bug and in between the front seats under the dash he had an actual record player for 45's ( bet some of you don't know)...and had some type of shock absorption that it played very well without skips. How about AC's as an option in all cars..

Me and my brother helped my dad restore a 72 VW Superbeetle Champange edition (it was either a 72 or 76.. we restored a few VWs and my memory sucks). It was the first VW with AC. Never did get the AC running, but she was GORGEOUS after the restoration. One of a kind. Wish we kept it.