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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 04:00 PM Original message |
My latest, pointless "it wasn't like that when I was a kid" post.... |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. I was in Jr. High from '76-79 and my whole world was |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. But you said "MY world"... |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Well, yes. Our divisions tended to be broken down as follows |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. My son was a skate kid in middle and high school ('90-'96) |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I'll agree with you on this. it doesn't seem to matter |
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morningglory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I had 5 older brothers. We played tackle football in the dirt road in front of the |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. What's wrong with gaming? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Gaming is fine. It is just as a mom |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I hope you didn't misunderstand |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I think I understood that. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I totally didn't take it as a value judgment |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. I'm of your generation, and I don't remember anything like what you've |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Good point |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. That puts you directly in my same age group... |
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nightrider767 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Can You Say "Surfing Safari"!?! |
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MiniMandaRuth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's just a thing. |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. thanks for the perspective |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Yea, there are groups of all types just like that. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. I hadn't noticed that, but yeah. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. to be honest it wasnt like that for me (in the 90s!) |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think it depends on the activity |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. I was a climber |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. kids today bother me |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. For me, I had to choose between the Led Zep or Deadhead hackysack circles. |
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formerrepuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. The skating obsession will diminish as their bodies age.. (well within 10 years)- |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I'm not even worried about that.... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's the water. |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Skater pods! Bwah-HAH! |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. I have two teenage boys. I can think of some major changes since the 1970s. |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Flashback! |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. I was in orchestra. |
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