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newbie1011
62 / female
The Shore, New Jersey, US
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Generation gap?
I came across an interesting thing on FB that had me thinking. I know most of us have seen those lists that say kids entering collage this year most likely never : used a corded phone,knew of a time when we didn't have people in space, never wore a wrist watch,never had a black and white TV, never saw ticker tape at a parade (at least one that used real ticket tape). etc....
I was curious to see how many more things we can come up with that maybe our kids or grandchildren have never known or seen.
For example: I had a house in the Catskills(Upstate NY where Woodstock was held, for those who don't know where that is)
When we first had our house and you wanted a phone you could only get a party line. When they finally did change to the option of a private phone line we only had to dial five numbers if you were calling someone in the same area . The funny thing was that if you gave out your phone number you only had to remember the last three because our town was so small that everyone had the same first four numbers. The only people we had to remember the area code and first part of the full seven digit number when giving your number out to people calling us from a different area code.How about when we asked someone their phone number it would be something like this:"Palasades 42265". (Every time I hear it in an old I love Lucy or any old show it makes me smile.)
We had no caller id or wall waiting. My kids would die if they got a busy signal or didn't know who was calling prior to answering the call.
I also showed them computer punch cards and they looked like I showed then something from another planet. I tried to explain what a ticker tape parade was and they thought I lost my mind.
They wanted to know how I survived with a black and white TV and only ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS and TV going off air late at night.Remember the national anthem playing if you fell asleep with the TV on? I told them the first cable channel was Wometco then HBO and they said "That's it?". (One day I will tell you the stories about when cable first got started and how my boss was laughed at when he said people will pay for TV and watch more channels than what they had at that time.)
My Intermediate school was the first to have a computer in NYC and it was the size of a room. No lap tops.Remember the Commodore when those came out?
Camcorders that had battery packs that you carried on you shoulder and weighed a ton.
Cell phones that were HUGE and weighed a ton. Remember when having a cell phone was a status symbol and made you seem important. Now not not having one is.
First cordless phone that was so bad it lasted about ten minutes and you could never understand what the people were saying.
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| September 5, 2011, 09:09 |
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perveman
111 / male
Tucson, Arizona, US
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Re: Generation gap?
They will never know how to perform simple repairs on vehicles, without a gazzion dollar computer/scope, a a thousand years of training. Not good technology. Simple, in this case is best. When I broke down (in my Flintstonermobiles) years ago, nothing more than a handful of tools, bailing wire, and some electrical tape, would get me up and going. Try that shit Mr. Gates, and a big   (like my booty?)
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| September 5, 2011, 11:21 |
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perveman
111 / male
Tucson, Arizona, US
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Re: Generation gap?
Ya know, got me to thinking, and just an aside, and this really is in the past. In the days, long before the ole perve was a twinkling in the eye of my great grand-daddy, people fended for themselves, grew there own food (I come from a line of farmers. Suppose that would explain a lot huh? Ha ha), hunt their meat and raise thier own meat resourses (that would be cows. Yuk, yuk), chickens, pigs, etc. Chop thier wood for cooking, heat (and arsonists. Thats a joke all). In other words, it was hard, but simple. I admire, respect, and envy those tough bastards. And sorry to step on the thread, carry on.
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| September 5, 2011, 11:37 |
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Re: Generation gap?
I've been wonderin how many still laugh at how the Amish live.
Startin to seem more and more the way to go. 
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| September 5, 2011, 12:09 |
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perveman
111 / male
Tucson, Arizona, US
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Re: Re: Generation gap?
QUOTE (OOMG @ September 5, 2011, 12:09)I've been wonderin how many still laugh at how the Amish live.
Startin to seem more and more the way to go.
Thats kinda the point I was getting at, and they were on my mind. On the other hand, would'nt be any sex sites. Damned if I do, damned if I don't. Like fire in one hand, water in the other huh? Have your cake, eat it too. One or the other. Wish in one hand, shit in the other. Be a perve (pun intended), or not. Etc. Etc. Heh, heh, heh. 
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| September 5, 2011, 12:16 |
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Re: Re: Re: Generation gap?
QUOTE (perveman @ September 5, 2011, 12:16) QUOTE (OOMG @ September 5, 2011, 12:09)I've been wonderin how many still laugh at how the Amish live.
Startin to seem more and more the way to go. Thats kinda the point I was getting at, and they were on my mind. On the other hand, would'nt be any sex sites. Damned if I do, damned if I don't. Like fire in one hand, water in the other huh? Have your cake, eat it too. One or the other. Wish in one hand, shit in the other. Be a perve (pun intended), or not. Etc. Etc. Heh, heh, heh.
I've been wonderin about this over 10 years now.--[clooser to 20]
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| September 5, 2011, 16:15 |
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Iwant2kssuallovr
62 / female
Bendover, Florida, US
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Re: Generation gap?
Yep, when an ice box, was really on ice box.
Horse and carriage.
An actual typewriter.
A hand churned ice cream machine. Remember those days!
Canning jam, jellies, fruits, and vegtables.
Butchering your own hogs, and chickens.
When the men would get together and play cards. Not casino nights.
Homemade anything. Clothes, cards, pies, quilts.
A real shoe cobbler. We had a shoe store where I grew up, Davis Shoe Store. Mrs. Davis was at least in her late 60's early 70's. So cool to walk in the back of her store and she had an area set up where with a shoe form, tacks, nails, soles. It was cool for me anyway. Always by her side, (or sleeping on the floor) was her beautiful German Shepard.
Playing all day on your bikes after school, until it got dark.
When T.V.'s broadcast ended at midnight immediately following a song, and I can't remember which one? America the Beautiful?
Maybe I'm going too far back?
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| September 5, 2011, 17:01 |
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wandering5tar
53 / male
London, England, UK
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Re: Generation gap?
IT'LL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER - GUARANTEED!!!!!!!!!!!
Go back in time.... Before the Internet and DVDs. Before shootings, stabbings, joy-riders and crystal meth...Before SEGA, Super Nintendo or Playstation.
Way back...
I'm talking about hide and seek in the park. The corner shop, hopscotch, go carts, cricket in front of the rubbish bin, skipping, handstands, footy on the road, british bulldog, go home stay home, slip'n'slide on the lawn on christmas day, the trampoline with water on it, hula hoops, pogo sticks, jumping in enormous puddles, mud pies and building dams in the gutter. Summer lasted all holidays, and it hardly rained, and when it did you would see all your friends at the cinema.
'Big bubbles no troubles' with hubba bubba bubblegum. A choc-top Mr Whippy cone on a warm summer night after you've chased him 'round the block. Watching cartoons...short adverts on TV, Thunderbirds, Jamie and the Magic Torch, Batfink, Hong Kong Phooey, Tiswas. When around the corner seemed far away, and going into town seemed like going somewhere.
A million mozzie bites, wasp and bee stings. Sticky fingers. Cops and robbers, cowboys and Indians, riding bikes and catching tadpoles. Drawing all over the road with chalk. Climbing trees. Walking to school, no matter what the weather. Running till you were out of breath. Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt. Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights, spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for the giggles. Being tired from playing...
Remember that?
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Raleigh Choppers and Grifters, ape hangers and banana seats and long fluorescent flags...eating raw jelly, making homemade lemonade. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends. You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve. When nobody owned a pure-bred dog. When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there from school.
It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb. When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to tea at the pub with your parents. When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed them or ask them to help carry the shopping bags and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it. When being sent to the headmaster's office was nothing compared to that which awaited a misbehaving student at home. Basically, we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! And some of us are still afraid of them!!! When you spoke to adults by calling them Mr or Mrs whoever, and Auntie or Uncle rather than their first names.
Didn't that feel good? Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that! Remember when.... Decisions were made by going eeny-meeny-miney-mo. Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly". The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was boy/girl germs, and the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to one. Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult. Nobody was better than your Mum. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable vitamin C. Ice cream was considered a basic food group. Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dare". Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.
If you can remember most or of these, then you have LIVED! Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up" life...
Because - TAG, You're it!!
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| September 5, 2011, 17:08 |
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Iwant2kssuallovr
62 / female
Bendover, Florida, US
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Re: Generation gap?
Yes, we did a You know your from Lake Placid, if......
They all remember taking the horses bareback to the lake. then riding them into town, and tie them up in the park across the street from the Drug Store, with the soda counter. I have now heard they had the best hamburgers, fruit pies, and sodas & shakes.
I missed out a little.
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| September 5, 2011, 17:17 |
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niceguy29
44 / male
Winnemucca, Nevada, US
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Re: Generation gap?
Okay, reading through the posts here, I'm not too sure where the topic went, but yes, there are a lot of things that this year's college freshmen have never experienced that you have, but when you were their age, there were things that you didn't experience that people in the 2 generations older than you had. Just saying that times change. Some people live in the past and don't experience new things. Some people want to get to know younger generations and experience the things which they are comfortable with. Being a future teacher, I have to stay up to date with modern technology and put myself into the younger generations to find out how they think and communicate with each other in order to be a more effective teacher.
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| September 6, 2011, 00:59 |
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newbie1011
62 / female
The Shore, New Jersey, US
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Re: Generation gap?
First I have to say.WOW I never saw Wondering5tar ever post anything that long. It actually looked like one of my posts.
I love that we have changed and progressed in some things but I do feel bad that somethings will never be experienced by the younger generations.
I told my kids that plastic didn't even exist when my mother was a kid. They can't even wrap their minds around that. They just kept asking how they did different things back then without plastic.I can honestly say my children have never hand written a letter and mailed it. The closest they came was in school and were taught how to write a letter.They have never used a rotary phone either.They never used a TV without a remote or one of the old remotes that was referred to as a "clicker" because of the sound it made when you pushed the button. They have never known a time when nudity and cursing was not allowed on TV.
I bet most kids going into college didn't know there was a time when it was legal to drink at 18. How about when you could smoke anywhere except the few places that had a "No smoking area".
I know they would go crazy if they knew we had a Tanning lamp.I remember when we were told to go sit in the sun. I remember having to put on sun tan lotion or oil. We were never told to cover up and sunscreen didn't even exist as far as I know.
Anyone remember the machine that hooked to your door and had this loop that you would put around your waist or either thigh and then the machine would basically shake you like crazy. It was supposed to make you loose weight especially good for a small waist. lol(In reality all it did was rattle your teeth loose.)
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| September 6, 2011, 06:02 |
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thechunkyone
35 / male
elizabeth, New Jersey, US
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Re: Generation gap?
alot of the older cartoons for example transformers. they seen the remakes and remakes of the remakes but never the actual show.
and the old game systems my cousins never knew about my old systems luv it so much i think they luv it more than the new ones.
i wonder if kids know phones had a spinning dial b4 we had the buttons.
and one thing most ppl in all generation 4got is manners, respect and common sense
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| September 6, 2011, 08:08 |
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Re: Generation gap?
there's a FB group that asks you to give memories of your home town. (each town has their own group) someone brought up the topic of "remember party lines?" and some one actually asked "what's a party line? is it a line to get in the prom party?"
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| September 6, 2011, 08:46 |
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wandering5tar
53 / male
London, England, UK
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Re: Re: Generation gap?
QUOTE (newbie1011 @ September 6, 2011, 06:02)First I have to say.WOW I never saw Wondering5tar ever post anything that long. It actually looked like one of my posts.
I'm sorry to write such a long post; I didn't have time to write a short one...
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| September 6, 2011, 09:16 |
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Re: Re: Re: Generation gap?
QUOTE (wandering5tar @ September 6, 2011, 09:16) QUOTE (newbie1011 @ September 6, 2011, 06:02)First I have to say.WOW I never saw Wondering5tar ever post anything that long. It actually looked like one of my posts.
I'm sorry to write such a long post; I didn't have time to write a short one...
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| September 6, 2011, 20:29 |
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kamarel
60 / male
Alexandria, Louisiana, US
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Re: Re: Re: Generation gap?
QUOTE (wandering5tar @ September 6, 2011, 09:16) QUOTE (newbie1011 @ September 6, 2011, 06:02)First I have to say.WOW I never saw Wondering5tar ever post anything that long. It actually looked like one of my posts.
I'm sorry to write such a long post; I didn't have time to write a short one...
Thats ok. We can get distill it and try to recreate your usual witty self.
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| September 6, 2011, 23:48 |
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wandering5tar
53 / male
London, England, UK
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Re: Generation gap?
Good luck; it's very "Anglicised" with references to cricket, Mr Whippy (don't get all excited Free, it's ice cream!), TISWAS, Choppers (behave Newbie!)
Truly we are 2 countries separated by a common language...
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| September 7, 2011, 08:08 |
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Re: Generation gap?
I've seen this posted as "Growing up in New Zealand" and as "Growing up in Austrailia"
Don't know which country the origianl author hails from, but no matter where you grew up, it's all somewhat familiar in spite of any language differences.
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| September 7, 2011, 11:58 |
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newbie1011
62 / female
The Shore, New Jersey, US
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Re: Re: Generation gap?
QUOTE (wandering5tar @ September 7, 2011, 08:08)Good luck; it's very "Anglicised" with references to cricket, Mr Whippy (don't get all excited Free, it's ice cream!), TISWAS, Choppers (behave Newbie!)
Truly we are 2 countries separated by a common language...
Did you really just tell me to behave? You should know better than that by now....When you least expect it... 
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