Do you remember the old days?

Question

When we watched VCR's on regular TV's instead of DVDs on high definition TVs?

When we walked to the video store instead of ordering our movies?

When we used to get the ice from our freezer with our hands instead of pressing a button?

Answer 1

Ahhh the old days.

First we survived being born to mothers who smoked and drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on out tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention , the risk we took hitchhiking. As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from a garden hose and not from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one actually died from this. we ate cupcakes, white bread, and real butter. We drank Kool-Aid made with sugar, but we weren't over weight because we were always outside playing.

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day and we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Play Station 3, Nitendo Wie, X-box 360, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no Videos or DVD's, no surround sound or CDs, no cell phones, no personal computers, no internet or chat rooms. We had friends and we went outside and found them.

We fell out of trees, got cuts, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. we ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes. we rode our bikes or walked to a frinds house and KNOCKED on the door or rang the doorbell, or just walked in and talked to them. Little league had try outs and not everyone made the team. Those who didnt had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that.

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law. These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it.

That was the good old days.

Answer 2

the old days? The old days was go outside and play that instead of sitting in front of the boob tube. The old days was make it with your hands instead of buying it. The old days was go out and make real friends in person instead of over a machine that you will probably never know what they look like. No videos, vcr's, personal computers. Pinball was the biggest thing. Once space invaders came out we all got invaded with everything. Things sure have changed in the last 30 years. dang.

Answer 3

yes and there were good cartoons on TV like thunder cats, rainbow brite, you could buy a candy bar for 25 cents, playing video games was a quarter, you could make a phone call with a quarter, you listened to tapes and not Cd's, there was music on MTV all the time, when cable was cheep

Answer 4

When we used to actually have lives instead of sitting in front of the computer all day long?

Answer 5

I agree with Chris, COMPUTERS ARE BAD! I didn't mean that. sorry computer!