Things Your Kids Will Never Know

[Veer option]

I dont have kids but do elementary schools even have recess?

 

[NDFANnSouthWest]

Cartoons on Sat morning ONLY

 

[connor_in]

I dont have kids but do elementary schools even have recess?

Yes...thru sixth grade

and by the way, I gotta drag my kid inside kicking and screaming for supper and homework

and he watches VHS tapes because we already had a bunch of Disney on VHS (and my Rams super bowl season tape and football follies tape I got for subscribing to SI)


FYI...he is 6

 

[peoriairish]

You can still find All-Sport too. At least I could in the barrio.

WAH?! I LOVE that stuff! It's carbonated gatorade. So good. I must find it in central Ill.

 

[BeauBenken]

Individual household antenna towers.

NASA

Pluto being a planet.

Conker's Bad Fur Day and other classic video games.

There was water before bottled water.

 

[Veer option]

TV without reality TV garbage.

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

Hopefully a Michigan national championship.

 

[irishog77]

Hopefully a Michigan national championship.

End thread.

 

[WaveDomer]

Zubaz pants
Jamz shorts
Spuds Mackenzie
Joe Camel lookin' like a penis.
The Noid
USA Up All Night and Shannon Tweed T&A movies
Calling collect
Drinking from a garden hose
Gatorade Gum
The Hartford Whalers
1-900 numbers
MTV used to play music
Just hop in the back of the station wagon with the dog and no seatbelt. And "no, we're not there yet."
"Where's the Beef?"
Photomat
*69 or calling for the time
Mayor McCheese
When Tony Hawk was a punk and searched for Animal Chin.

 

[goldandblue]

Reps to you wave!

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Entertech Water Gun Commercial - YouTube

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

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[Cackalacky]

The Nerf Crotch rocket and Happy Fun Ball

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

Encyclopedias on your book shelf
Not being forced to wear pads and helmets when biking/skateboarding - we knew how to take a fall
Spilling hot coffee on yourself not being a reason to sue
Actors and rock stars not feeling the need to be political activists
Heat sensitive fax paper
Spanking a child not being a criminal act
Double features at the movie theatre with cartoons in between the films

 

[WaveDomer]

The Nerf Crotch rocket and Happy Fun Ball

"Don't make forum posts about Happy Fun Ball."

 

[WaveDomer]

Def Comedy Jam
Prank Phone Calls

 

[woolybug25]

Encyclopedias on your book shelf
Not being forced to wear pads and helmets when biking/skateboarding - we knew how to take a fall
Spilling hot coffee on yourself not being a reason to sue
Actors and rock stars not feeling the need to be political activistsHeat sensitive fax paper
Spanking a child not being a criminal act
Double features at the movie theatre with cartoons in between the films

So you don't think they will see this anymore? Or that they will have to deal with it.

I don't get it either way. Musicians will certainly continue to be activists in the future and they have always done it (ex. Bob Dylan). That sounds like something that will be stable through generations.

 

[GDomer09]

Red Rider BB gun

Lawn darts

playing with friends spontaneously, not exclusively through play dates

Wander the earth unattended as long as you are home for dinner.

Yep. This is already a thing of the past! I'd ride a bike across the city and back at the age of 10! My 10 year old daughter ain't leaving my sight. To many ****ing wierdos!

 

[PraetorianND]

Reasonable college tuition costs.

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

So you don't think they will see this anymore? Or that they will have to deal with it.

I don't get it either way. Musicians will certainly continue to be activists in the future and they have always done it (ex. Bob Dylan). That sounds like something that will be stable through generations.

They won't know what it was like when rock stars and actors didn't think that their stardom alone gave them the right to be political pundits.

Activism back when Dylan and Lennon and others were doing it was different. Back then, rock and roll WAS rebellion. Their message was powerful in their words and their music. These days, not so much. I don't really need the singer of Fall Out Boy telling me who I should vote for.

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

Video game arcades in the mall

 

[woolybug25]

They won't know what it was like when rock stars and actors didn't think that their stardom alone gave them the right to be political pundits.

Activism back when Dylan and Lennon and others were doing it was different. Back then, rock and roll WAS rebellion. Their message was powerful in their words and their music. These days, not so much. I don't really need the singer of Fall Out Boy telling me who I should vote for.

I disagree. Artists have always been activists. Not just larger than life stars like Dylan. Ever actually read what the words of Don McLean's American Pie mean? There are activists for every side too. In the past, there was a Lynard Skynard for every Neil Young. Today, for every message you hear from Fall Out Boy, Madonna and Beyonce', you get another side from Every Country Star, Kid Rock and Ted Nugent.

It has always been the way it is today and will continue to stay the same, imo. You may not like the message of some artists, but that has nothing to do with the topic of this thread.

 

[Cackalacky]

Skinimax

 

[Cackalacky]

Can we drop the pretentious political and financial crap and stick with whimsical days of old..?

 

[woolybug25]

Video game arcades in the mall

In Denver, they have a new bar called "1UP" that is entirely made up of games that cost a quarter. Like Contra, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, pinball, etc. They serve 40's of Colt45 and Mad Dog 20/20. It's right downtown by Coor's field.

So awesome.

 

[NDTH91]

Entertech Water Gun Commercial - YouTube

Wow. I can't believe that was allowed. We will definitely never see that again!

 

[Cackalacky]

In Denver, they have a new bar called "1UP" that is entirely made up of games that cost a quarter. Like Contra, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, pinball, etc. They serve 40's of Colt45 and Mad Dog 20/20. It's right downtown by Coor's field.

So awesome.

F&CK Yeah!. That's me all over it.

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

I disagree. Artists have always been activists. Not just larger than life stars like Dylan. Ever actually read what the words of Don McLean's American Pie mean? There are activists for every side too. In the past, there was a Lynard Skynard for every Neil Young. Today, for every message you hear from Fall Out Boy, Madonna and Beyonce', you get another side from Every Country Star, Kid Rock and Ted Nugent.

It has always been the way it is today and will continue to stay the same, imo. You may not like the message of some artists, but that has nothing to do with the topic of this thread.

Meh...I didn't articulate my perspective well enuff. I missed my point.

 

[WaveDomer]

In Denver, they have a new bar called "1UP" that is entirely made up of games that cost a quarter. Like Contra, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, pinball, etc. They serve 40's of Colt45 and Mad Dog 20/20. It's right downtown by Coor's field.

So awesome.

I actually thought of opening a place like that a few years ago, but didn't really think it would fly. Is that place busy?

Remember how crazy it was with arcade games? I remember watching some dude play PacMan for like a half hour because he had a pattern down. Then Dragon's Lair when it came out was mind blowing. But it was .50 and that was pricey.

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

In Denver, they have a new bar called "1UP" that is entirely made up of games that cost a quarter. Like Contra, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, pinball, etc. They serve 40's of Colt45 and Mad Dog 20/20. It's right downtown by Coor's field.

So awesome.

I went there the last time I was in Denver. Cool place.