'Remember when' or 'these kids today' nostalgia thread for old fogies like me

[igorsMistress]

Well I don't lay in the grass but I sit on my patio with the chickens and watch all the time. I love being outside.

 

[Alaskan]

my grass? eeeeeeeew

no way could I find a poop free spot.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I rather like the outdoors too.

Yes a poop free spot would be preferred.

 

[User395221]

I don't have grass, the chickens finished off whatever might have been there....

I don't really like staying outside any more (long story). I go out to do my animal chores but I come back in.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I don't have grass, the chickens finished off whatever might have been there....

I don't really like staying outside any more (long story). I go out to do my animal chores but I come back in.

Sorry to hear that! I love being outside, especially here.

 

[Blooie]

Remember going out bike riding?

You know back when it did not involve loading bikes into cars and driving to a designated bike trail? ..... Back when kids did not have to gear up like hockey goalies....... Way back when folks on bikes had to look out for cars not the other way round.

How about all the catchy songs from commercials??
"Watch it wiggle watch it jiggle ......"
"Big mac , filet-o-fish, quarter pounder French fries......"

So a serious question for us old folks.....
When was the last time you laid in the grass and watched the clouds go by??

Funny you should mention this...it was this afternoon with Katie! Simple pleasures! We were talking about the cruise and finding pictures in the clouds. Of course, I needed help getting back up, but we won't talk about that!

 

[The Moonshiner]

Remember going out bike riding?

You know back when it did not involve loading bikes into cars and driving to a designated bike trail? ..... Back when kids did not have to gear up like hockey goalies.......

Loved riding bikes.
No protective gear and the Evel Knievel scars to prove it.
Anyone else line up radio flyer wagons and see how many they could jump?

 

[BantyChooks]

Loved riding bikes.
No protective gear and the Evel Knievel scars to prove it.
Anyone else line up radio flyer wagons and see how many they could jump?

No, I got tree branches and boards to make bike jumps. The wagons were usually in use as a train.

 

[Mace Gill]

And then there was the time a bunch of us kids obtained a giant appliance box in the middle of a snowy winter.

We tied together our small fleet of flexible flyers in a sort of a train and tied the box to the top of the array of sleds ... closed end up front. Piled in through the back with stolen pillows for 'safety'.

Now, the only decent hill led down through some trees and down to the river.

As we descended at great speed and sensed that we were nearing the trees (and thus the river!) through judging the terrain by looking out the BACK ... we began to rock the contraption to bring it to its side before speeding across the (mostly ... possibly ... somewhat) frozen river. Just as we were about to tip the whole affair over the whole thing crashed headlong into a tree. We emerged dazed but grateful our 'engineering' kept us from going into the icy drink.

It was the freakin' BEST DAY OF SLEDDING EVER!

 

[Mace Gill]

Never underestimate power of the combined forces of 'poor' and 'bored' in the devious mind a child!