Topic: If you were born before 1975, how did you make it his far?

[ledbetter]

1968 model myself,my prize possion from childhood was a orange 3 speed huffy with a banna seat and a sissy bar,thought i was the coolest kid on the block.a buddy of mine had a little 75cc trail bike that I road around on the back ,with  no helment i might add,only fell of it once .
If i got into trouble i had only 2 options my Dads belt or the hand,still think the hand hurt more Gusse it is amazing any of us survived and made it this far

Lee

[GraveRobber]

I have the book "Complete Service Manual for Lionel Trains by K-line".
Yea, I'm a geek. 

[Gordon]

This was my pride and joy as a little Gordon.  Notice the hand-brake for doing 180's!!

[cbjunkie]

  THE POWER!

[mylittleho]

This was my pride and joy as a little Gordon.  Notice the hand-brake for doing 180's!!

HOLY #$%*.. I forgot about the big wheels!!!! I didn't have that one, but I had the night rider version with the peel out handle.. (only worked for a short time and then the wheel got so slick the spin out handle didn't work anymore.. LOL)

Had mine back in 85'.. still remember kids fighting with glow-in-the-dark Star Wars Light Sabers.. Michael Jackson's thriller scared the #$%* out of me and Dukes of Hazard was the show to watch.. (back when the world was less Politically Correct...) 

[eldar]

Big wheels kicked ass! Nothing like getting some speed down a hill and yanking that brake! Occasionally traction sucked with that plastic front wheel but once they put a rubber band on the front, sure you could get going but the spins were never the same again!

Have you all noticed how the political correctness has really wrecked things? I think that is when things really started to go down hill.

[JonnyHonda]

I'm from '65 and I remember a day in school when a kid in school was spanked by a teacher with a 3ft rule, so hard, it snapped and another one where the kid behind me got knocked off his chair by a blackboard rubber, thrown by a teacher, 'cos he was talking in class.

Ahhh, discipline

[ElCheapo]

I'm from '65 and I remember a day in school when a kid in school was spanked by a teacher with a 3ft rule, so hard, it snapped and another one where the kid behind me got knocked off his chair by a blackboard rubber, thrown by a teacher, 'cos he was talking in class.

Ahhh, discipline

Gota love that TEACHER discipline  Yep I am a sicko.

[scunny]

1959 model.arse kicked and spanked till I was old enough not to get caught doing wrong, hehehe. Had part time jobs at school and saved up for a real motorbike, not one of those little stepthroughs, Honda CB100 was soon my transport and did I look cool, you bet.

[toycollector10]

My tech' drawing teacher used to go down to the pub at lunchtime then come back and throw the usual at us when we had our heads down working...dusters, chalk and other stuff. I used to get caned a lot at school from about age 15..funny that, if you don't know what the cane is it is a 6 foot length of ratan and they give you "six of the best" on the arse and man, that hurts   

[fishtoft]

Born 1946, spent my younger days playing on the bombsites of central London.. good old days? 

[skamania19]

Never had a rifle but had several BB guns

I'm the same vintage. These posts have brought back memories, this one in particular. Did you ever try pouring 3-in-1 oil down the barrel of your BB guns? Made Red Rider Magnums out of them. 

Bob, still got my Daisy too, from the 60's. Never tried the oil thing, but I do remember speed loading by putting a handful of BB's in my mouth, then putting my mouth over the loading hole on the barrel and "speed spitting" the BB's into the barrel in about two seconds.

[ElCheapo]

 

[Bob Wessner]

Bob, still got my Daisy too, from the 60's. Never tried the oil thing, but I do remember speed loading by putting a handful of BB's in my mouth, then putting my mouth over the loading hole on the barrel and "speed spitting" the BB's into the barrel in about two seconds.

Never tried this, just as well I guess. I seem to recall BB's were quite the costly draw on our allowances as it was. 

[Raul CB750K1]

A bb gun is what you call an air compressed gun? I used to go bird and mice hunting with one, and for a quicker load I used to carry the lead bullets on the mouth. Accidentally some of them got into the throat and to the stomach. So what? Now I know that lead is poisonous, but I am 34 and still alive.

I spank my 2 year old daughter with no remorse. I rather have a kid that hates me than one I am ashamed of. She have the message clear -more or less- already: when dad says "don't do that", she knows that doing the opposite means aching butt!!!. Sometimes I can get her to follow directions just with my voice becoming serious. It's amazing how intelligent kids are. I remember my dad didn't have to spank us often, but I remember almost all the times he did. Just one look by him and we knew what we could or couldn't do.


Raul

[ElCheapo]

I spank my 2 year old daughter with no remorse. I rather have a kid that hates me than one I am ashamed of. She have the message clear -more or less- already: when dad says "don't do that", she knows that doing the opposite means aching butt!!!. Sometimes I can get her to follow directions just with my voice becoming serious. It's amazing how intelligent kids are. I remember my dad didn't have to spank us often, but I remember almost all the times he did. Just one look by him and we knew what we could or couldn't do.


Raul

I can tell you our Dad just about tried to kill a few times  . It was deserved.   A 10 man bb gun match in the basement for 2 days  when they were away in Las Vegas (when I was 15). Those damn things went everywere, and in the end we had 1 broken bay window (bb vent up the heating vent  ) and one buddy that was half blind because he caught on in the eye and it went around his eye and lodged in the back of his eye. Fortunately the Dr's could remove it, but not without removing his eye! 

When we (3 brothers) were young the double dog dare near got my younger brothers killed a few times. Lets see. Hey Tony, I double dog dare you to climb up the tree and touch that wire. Up he went, touched it, and ZAP down he went, Like a stone. I try not laugh while typing this but I cant
Hey Tony, bet you cant stand on the little ledge out side our bedroom window. This thing was like 1 inch wide piece of facia board - never meant to hold weight. He went out there and we slammed the window shut and locked him out there hangin on for dear life.  He was dumb one really  ROTFLMAO

Hey Tony, cut that cord with these scissors. Lamp cord plugged in, mom's new scissors  SNAP-SPARK and those scissors were junk as well as lamp cord and the lights were out. LOL

When I started smoking I had both of my brothers Mark and Tony eating worms to get smokes  LOL I think we made it up to 5 worms per smoke. Now they are ready for Fear Factor  .

Let's see cowboys and indians.......... Cap guns... good so far.... But now Tony got the bow with traget arrows  . Ok now you are problably peing yourself thinking on this one. One swift arrow across the livingroom at my head, this arrow did not get me but it slipped through that spot on your ear that you place you pen or pencil when you are working on something. Feather burns hurt 

Next bow experiment had my brother, Yes you guessed it Tony firing the bow straight up into the air. After about 3 seconds we realized how dumb this was and ran for cover and ducked under my dads old classic car, and THUNK! right into the roof!  Funny now. But of memory serves me right we could not sit for days after that one.

3 Brother conspire against the baby sitter................. 1 takes the lawnmower and begins to cut swearwords in the lawn, the other feeds a garden hose under the bathroom door and turns it on, sprayed EVERYWHERE "with her in there". The last - continues to master mind, Me naturally.

If I was our father I would have killed us. He did on occasion take us for a long country rides, and leave us on the road somwhere and promise to never come and get us. We made it 10 miles to Grandmas farm one time, we took the hard way so he would not find us and feel like and ass. Didn't work, he just took it stride.

[Bob Wessner]

ElCheapo,

It is my duty to inform you that you have exceeded your February quota for emoticons.   

[ElCheapo]

ElCheapo,

It is my duty to inform you that you have exceeded your February quota for emoticons.   

I guess I went a little nuts

[skamania19]

Cheapo, you mean my mom has been right all these years about BB guns and eyes? The older I get, the smarter she was. 

BTW, your parents didn't happen to turn prematurely gray, did they?

[cbjunkie]

tom...you evil, evil man... 

[ElCheapo]

Cheapo, you mean my mom has been right all these years about BB guns and eyes? The older I get, the smarter she was. 

BTW, your parents didn't happen to turn prematurely gray, did they?

More than you know man LOL.... My step dad ran away in horror and started over when I was 16 

tom...you evil, evil man...

Just a bit, but when brothers are as dumb as mine, there is no telling the fun you can have with them. >Insert emoticon here<

We were like some sick movie where the kids gain control.

But god knows we would never do that stuff in public. Dad would give us the "YOU WILL DIE WHEN WE GET HOME LOOK"

Just listen to the old Bill Cosby skit where he explains his kids and his wife, the Samurai with the yard stick. My mother was always talking to the ceiling with a dirty look on her face. "Don't make me COME UP THERE!!" The best part that exemplifies our hosehold is when he talked about someone throwing calf brains on the floor after being smacked. Did not slow mom one pace as she yelled, "have you lost your mind boy?" Pick your brains up! LOL HEHE,..........................

Whats more is that we all grew to over 6'6" and mom was like 5 nothing............... SHe could kick anyones ass. She could throw a high heeled shoe around corners like a boomarang. I swear it had a mean curve....

[clarkjh]

I'm elcheapo and this is my brother Darrel and my other brother Darrel.

[Lumbee]

Actually the Principal I had thru Grade school and All of Highschool carried "Buster Brown" it was a Leather Insole out of a Large size Buster Brown Shoe.

 

...my grade school principle called his paddle "Bad Sam"

...and yes, he used it...

[ericstew]

I'm a '74 model and i recall My father racing with the cops in his Bmw at ++110 mph just for fun(speed limits were new in France and in order to save gas!!!safety?you said safety?)and me at the back standing beetween the 2front seats!!!
My  older brother made me felt  after a fight and I got a scar from it...no big deal
Making bow and arrows/playing with fireworks/having a frog smoking and get my gradma' chickens and ducks drunk!!(my butt still recalls this one but it was a big laught!!!!!)Pretty similar to you guys...
And people around are wondering why we prefer riding those good  ol'bikes(small tires/no so good brakes and noisy...),don't you think they just missed something?

[skamania19]

Having a frog smoking?    Must be a good story there...