5 Things We Did As Kids That Are Now Illegal

[donnay]

5 Things We Did As Kids That Are Now Illegal

By Travis Melvin


Over the last few months, Downtrend has posted article after article showing how this country has become a police state and we no longer enjoy the freedoms we once did. Now, as Cracked.com recently pointed out, here are 5 examples of things that used to be commonplace that can now land you in jail.

1. Drawing on Desks

We have all done this at some point when we were kids. You’re sitting in class, bored and not listening to the teacher, and you start writing on the desk. Go into any school in America that doesn’t have brand new desks and you will find years of notes and art left behind by kids from the past.

This, however, is now a criminal offense. A 12-year old in Queens NY was walked out of school in handcuffs and held at a police station for vandalism after writing “I love my friends Abby and Faith” on a desk. And, she wasn’t the first.

In 2007 a 13 year old was arrested for writing “ok” on a desk in a New York intermediate school.

2. Opening Presents Early

While most of us wait until Christmas morning to open our presents, we all have heard of the kids who snuck into their parent’s room and got their presents early. Apparently, in South Carolina, this can lad you in jail.

After a young man pulled out one of his presents before Christmas morning and started playing with it, his own mother pressed larceny charges against him. What is even more amazing is police didn’t laugh in her face but instead actually took the boy into custody.

Now, you don’t have to worry about the naughty or nice list at Christmas: You have to think about bail.

3. Passing Notes

You want to tell the girl in front of you that you like her or let your friends know about a party coming up, so you pass a note to them in class. This has occurred countless numbers of times since we first started going to school and is a cultural standard that everyone understands. It has gotten worse with cell phones and texting, but the idea is the same.

However, now you can be escorted out of class by security for telling Jane you love her. A 14 year old from Wisconsin was booked for Disorderly conduct, hit with a $298 bail, and suspended from school for a week for texting her friends in class.

4. Smelling Bad

Middle school can be a bit pungent. Kids hitting puberty are starting too sweat and smell bad and many try to mask it with too much cologne and perfume. It can be tough to be around, but it’s not illegal, right? Wrong.

A 12 year old girl in Texas who had been teased about her smell started using perfume in an attempt to cover it up and apparently went a little overboard. The school’s reaction was to have her hauled out of class and charged with a misdemeanor.

5. Letting Your Kids Play Outside

“Stop watching TV and go out and play.”

In a society so concerned about childhood obesity, you would think this sentiment would be applauded. But, that’s not the case in Texas.

After a mother in Texas let her kids play in their quiet cul-de-sac on their scooters, while she sat in the yard and watched them, a neighbor called the police and reported her for child abandonment. She was arrested, her kids placed in child protective services, and she was charged with Child Endangerment.



So, parents and kids, beware. In today’s police state, nearly everything you do is illegal. Maybe it would be better if you just stay inside all the time and never leave your house. Then again, that would probably get you arrested, too.


Source:
http://downtrend.com/travis/5-things-we-did-as-kids-that-are-now-illegal/

[Carlybee]

Texas used to be the state of independence..now it's police state central. If my son was still small he would be homeschooled and we would probably live in a different state.

[Anti Federalist]

6: Ride a bicycle without one of those ridiculous looking helmets.

In many states, including NH, it is illegal for minor to do so.

[Anti Federalist]

7: High School "smoking areas".

[Keith and stuff]

7: High School "smoking areas".
I don't remember that :toady: I remember the smoking areas for the teachers, though. Those gone now too, right?


6: Ride a bicycle without one of those ridiculous looking helmets.
In many states, including NH, it is illegal for minor to do so.
Yup, that's the law in most states. But skiing is so much safer? No law for a helmet for that (maybe in CA?). Hell, in NH or IA or IL, kids don't even have to wear a helmet while on a motorcycle, last I checked the law. Insanity!

[Anti Federalist]

Yup, that's the law in most states. But skiing is so much safer? No law for a helmet for that (maybe in CA?). Hell, in NH or IA or IL, kids don't even have to wear a helmet while on a motorcycle, last I checked the law. Insanity!

Many more people die every year in falls inside the home.

I demand mandatory helmet laws for everyone inside the home, during all waking hours, with in home surveillance to monitor for compliance.

[RockEnds]

7: High School "smoking areas".

I remember high school smoking areas. In Iowa, we just had to step off the curb onto the street so we weren't on school property. We had one particular area designated as Freak Street. Much smoking happened there....

I went to a Missouri high school for one semester. They didn't have open campus, so we had a designated smoking area there on school property.

[heavenlyboy34]

Just softening up teh kids' minds...getting them used to 24/7 surveillance and police statism. Fail. :(

[RickyJ]

They wouldn't like me, when I learned in school that it was illegal in Germany to display a Swastika sign, I naturally drew one on my desk.

[matt0611]

Aren't lemonade stands basically illegal now in some states?

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Being unbuckled in the back seat of the car.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

5 Things We Did As Kids That Are Now Illegal

From the article:
... a neighbor called the police and reported her for child abandonment. http://downtrend.com/travis/5-things-we-did-as-kids-that-are-now-illegal/

If there is one thing that gets under my skin, it's the tattletales of the world. Pretty clear to identify your enemy in these cases.

[Weston White]

1. Bringing your own lunch, snacks, or beverages to school—doubly so if it contains peanut butter!

2. Being truant without a valid reason or out after curfew will either result in a visit from CPS, a parental fine, or the child being treated and processed like a criminal by “law enforcement”.

3. Loitering on a street corner with a group of friends is now probable cause to be denigrated, interrogated, and tactically manhandled by a small militarized police force.

4. Refusing to be searched “incident to lawful arrest” without having first established the legal violation to have been arrested.

[Christian Liberty]

If there is one thing that gets under my skin, it's the tattletales of the world. Pretty clear to identify your enemy in these cases.

Yes, they are enemies of freedom and should be treated accordingly.

Man, these threads are so depressing. There was a question that came up in my world politics class "What can we do to change things?" My answer "1776." That was all I said.

[Carlybee]

We were able to leave the school grounds for lunch even in junior high. Its probably against the rules now.

[Christian Liberty]

We were able to leave the school grounds for lunch even in junior high. Its probably against the rules now.

As of last year juniors and seniors could still do so in my school district.

I don't think its changed but being in college now, I wouldn't know.

[Origanalist]

Texas used to be the state of independence..now it's police state central. If my son was still small he would be homeschooled and we would probably live in a different state.

I hate to ask, but where would you go? :confused:

[Origanalist]

This thread could go on for a while.....:(

[Origanalist]

Rifles in your pick ups in the school parking lot.

[Origanalist]

I can remember a few fights that weren't even stopped. The teacher just made sure nobody was beaten too badly and made them shake hands after it was over.

[Origanalist]

Ride in the back of these without a seat belt.

http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/files/1/0/0/9/1965_country_squire_tailgate.jpg

[Origanalist]

http://ashleywelton.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/miniskirtninja_copywriting_lemonadestand.jpg

[Origanalist]

This thread could go on for a while.....:(

Correction, I could go on for a (long) while.

[Christian Liberty]

You know what's a pet peeve of mine? A statist actually calmly defending their position, especially on the internet. It literally fills me with rage, they act like they're actually reasonable just because they can articulate things in a calm manner. I'm so enraged that I have a hard time actually dealing generously with socialists, warmongers, and people who would support things like the OP described.

[Origanalist]

You know what's a pet peeve of mine? A statist actually calmly defending their position, especially on the internet. It literally fills me with rage, they act like they're actually reasonable just because they can articulate things in a calm manner. I'm so enraged that I have a hard time actually dealing generously with socialists, warmongers, and people who would support things like the OP described.

But you must, beat them at their own game. It can be done. Show how they are wrong, don't lose your cool, you are right and you don't need to attack them personally to show it. Look at them as just being misinformed...:rolleyes:. Even if you know their not.

[heavenlyboy34]

Are slingshots illegal yet? I loved those things. :D

[Christian Liberty]

But you must, beat them at their own game. It can be done. Show how they are wrong, don't lose your cool, you are right and you don't need to attack them personally to show it. Look at them as just being misinformed...:rolleyes:. Even if you know their not.

I've been there, so maybe I shouldn't be judgmental. But I believe, I do sincerely believe, that when I supported war, I supported EVIL. I was evil. I didn't know it, but I was evil.

I don't honestly expect much better of the world, but when people who are professing to be Christians support this kind of crap, it REALLY makes my blood boil. Especially when they pretend that its somehow moral.

This thread from another forum is a pretty good example of what I'm talking about:

http://www.theologyonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95449

(I'm the OP, for the record.)

I honestly don't know how to respond to people who support this kind of immoral nonsense, or who support the people who do it, anymore. I don't know what I can say. They're brain-dead and I know it, but I don't know how to get through to them.

[Origanalist]

I've been there, so maybe I shouldn't be judgmental. But I believe, I do sincerely believe, that when I supported war, I supported EVIL. I was evil. I didn't know it, but I was evil.

I don't honestly expect much better of the world, but when people who are professing to be Christians support this kind of crap, it REALLY makes my blood boil. Especially when they pretend that its somehow moral.

This thread from another forum is a pretty good example of what I'm talking about:

http://www.theologyonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95449

(I'm the OP, for the record.)

I honestly don't know how to respond to people who support this kind of immoral nonsense, or who support the people who do it, anymore. I don't know what I can say. They're brain-dead and I know it, but I don't know how to get through to them.

The truth is you can't in most cases. But remember other people are reading, and what you post might turn on a light.

[Christian Liberty]

The truth is you can't in most cases. But remember other people are reading, and what you post might turn on a light.

So I guess my question is, if you know they're brain dead and incapable of comprehending basic morality, is it wrong to tell them to their faces that they are evil?

[Origanalist]

So I guess my question is, if you know they're brain dead and incapable of comprehending basic morality, is it wrong to tell them to their faces that they are evil?

If you are face to face, hell no. If you're on a public forum that's filled with people who haven't been shown the truth, just factually show how that person is wrong.

edit;
There are a hell of a lot of people out there who only get their information fed to them, I know I was one.

[heavenlyboy34]

btw, ban childhood. Too dangerous. :(

[Origanalist]

btw, ban childhood. Too dangerous. :(

Do it for the children!

[Christian Liberty]

Do it for the children!

Banning childhood for the children, lol! Orwellian doublethink!:)


If you are face to face, hell no.

Just playing devil's advocate, but why not? Is there any actual moral reason not to expose them as evil, or would you say that just for self-preservation?

(For the record, I don't actually do this, again, I'm playing devil's advocate, if nothing else it helps me to learn. Knowing WHY you believe what you believe is as important as knowing what you believe.)




If you're on a public forum that's filled with people who haven't been shown the truth, just factually show how that person is wrong.

edit;
There are a hell of a lot of people out there who only get their information fed to them, I know I was one.

OK, what's the best way of showing them that they're wrong? I really SHOULD know the answer to this, but I don't.

[Origanalist]

ust playing devil's advocate, but why not? Is there any actual moral reason not to expose them as evil, or would you say that just for self-preservation?

Sorry, what I meant is that if you are face to face, by all means let em have it with both barrels.


OK, what's the best way of showing them that they're wrong? I really SHOULD know the answer to this, but I don't.

Why do you think they are wrong? You know why, and if you are on the net take a minute to gather some links and present evidence. You might just wake somebody up.

[Christian Liberty]

Sorry, what I meant is that if you are face to face, by all means let em have it with both barrels.



It wasn't you that made the mistake, I actually failed at reading comprehension and forgot my own question:p





Why do you think they are wrong? You know why, and if you are on the net take a minute to gather some links and present evidence. You might just wake somebody up.

The problem is, these people are arguing from legal positivism and utilitarian premises. I don't really know how to "disprove" that, but its still evil.

I might be able to prove that war isn't generally utilitarian, but I honestly don't know what the point of that would be. Non-moral arguments are pointless.

[Origanalist]

The problem is, these people are arguing from legal positivism and utilitarian premises. I don't really know how to "disprove" that, but its still evil.

I might be able to prove that war isn't generally utilitarian, but I honestly don't know what the point of that would be. Non-moral arguments are pointless.

The wars we wage never produce the stated desired results. They are always entered into under false pretenses, and the conflicts are always a result of our meddling in others affairs. These things can be proven. Make them show the positive results from Iraq. From Afghanistan. You can go back further if needed.

[Origanalist]

Sorry donnay, another thread derailed....:o

Last little point to FF. Research Ron Paul's speeches on the subject, he did a pretty good job.

[heavenlyboy34]

Also, tree-climbing and treehouses. Very dangerous for the balance-impaired...therefore, ban it.

[Origanalist]

I know I'm going to piss of the smoking nazi's but there was a time when parents would send their kids to the store with a note to buy them a pack of smokes.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Ride in the back of these without a seat belt.

http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/files/1/0/0/9/1965_country_squire_tailgate.jpg

That's awesome. Kids should ride in those during demolition derby! :eek::D

[Origanalist]

I used to be able to drive the logging roads over the mountains from one county to the next. Now they are closed. And huge chunks of land are being designated as "protected wilderness".

[heavenlyboy34]

I know I'm going to piss of the smoking nazi's but there was a time when parents would send their kids to the store with a note to buy them a pack of smokes.
Before my time, but I believe you, old man. :D I do know I was always able to the grocery, convenience stores, Big Lots, etc and pick up stuff as a chore or for fun.

[Origanalist]

That's awesome. Kids should ride in those during demolition derby! :eek::D

Only if they wear a helmet. :D

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Only if they wear a helmet. :D

Heh, heh.

[heavenlyboy34]

Any of y'all ever fall out of a tree? Only happened to me a few times. It builds character. If ya get a scrape, playing whatever, just rub some dirt on it and it'll be fine. :D

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

I know I'm going to piss of the smoking nazi's but there was a time when parents would send their kids to the store with a note to buy them a pack of smokes.

I did that as a kid. Walked up to the corner gas station. Did it from about age 7-10.

[Origanalist]

Any of y'all ever fall out of a tree? Only happened to me a few times. It builds character. If ya get a scrape, playing whatever, just rub some dirt on it and it'll be fine. :D

Lol, I used to climb anything and everything as a yoot. I would shinny up poles on the school buildings during summer to get the ball stuck up there. I snuck into a concert when I was 15 by climbing onto the roof and came in through the ducts. Ended up in the girls bathroom. :p

[heavenlyboy34]

Ever seen "Fight Club"? Observing this thread, I see that kids are being put into similar positions as Ed Norton...stuck in sterile, uber-safe environments all fucking day. One of these days these kids a Tyler Durden type is going to start a Fight Club. :cool:

[mad cow]

Carry a pocket knife to school,I did it every day starting when I was 11 or so.Drop out of school,I did it when I was 16,many others did younger than that.
I was genuinely shocked to learn,on this site,that it was against the law to drop out of school before you were 18 and an adult.

[Origanalist]

There were also a lot of laws that just were never enforced. 14 year olds driving farm trucks down the road, etc., etc..

[fr33]

It's not so much about childhood but a relatively new thing around here is the burn bans. Over the last few years any time it doesn't rain for a couple of weeks the county commissioners initiate a "burn ban" with a minimum fine of $500 if violated. Often they do so even when the fire marshal advises against it. I understand the threat of acting irresponsible when conditions are not favorable to burning but we are no longer allowed to use common sense. Right now we are under a burn ban until the commissioners meet again to end it, even though we've had over 2 inches of rain dumped on us in the past 3 days.

[heavenlyboy34]

It's not so much about childhood but a relatively new thing around here is the burn bans. Over the last few years any time it doesn't rain for a couple of weeks the county commissioners initiate a "burn ban" with a minimum fine of $500 if violated. Often they do so even when the fire marshal advises against it. I understand the threat of acting irresponsible when conditions are not favorable to burning but we are no longer allowed to use common sense. Right now we are under a burn ban until the commissioners meet again to end it, even though we've had over 2 inches of rain dumped on us in the past 3 days.

How broad is this ban? Lanterns? Charcoal grills? Candles? /curious And what part of TX are you in? IIRC, Texas generally has been one of the cooler desert states even though the drought conditions are all over the place.

[heavenlyboy34]

Carry a pocket knife to school,I did it every day starting when I was 11 or so.Drop out of school,I did it when I was 16,many others did younger than that.
I was genuinely shocked to learn,on this site,that it was against the law to drop out of school before you were 18 and an adult.
Must be a new thing. My sis dropped out in the late 90s/early 2000s with no problem.

[Origanalist]

Must be a new thing. My sis dropped out in the late 90s/early 2000s with no problem.

No, it's not new. It seems to be one of those thing they only enforce when they want to.

[mad cow]

Must be a new thing. My sis dropped out in the late 90s/early 2000s with no problem.

Yeah,it was in a thread on here about Texas schools.It was against the law to drop out before you graduated or you turned 18 and they provided links to prove it.

I fished for years in Texas and knew more dropouts than HS graduates and like I said,I was shocked.

[Origanalist]

Yeah,it was in a thread on here about Texas schools.It was against the law to drop out before you graduated or you turned 18 and they provided links to prove it.

I fished for years in Texas and knew more dropouts than HS graduates and like I said,I was shocked.

Hmm, I could be wrong, but I think it's been illegal here for a long time.

[fr33]

How broad is this ban? Lanterns? Charcoal grills? Candles? /curious And what part of TX are you in? IIRC, Texas generally has been one of the cooler desert states even though the drought conditions are all over the place.

It's a statewide law that allows individual counties to initiate the bans. There are protections for grills, lanterns, etc like you mentioned with specific rules on containment.

Here's the most recent map from September 20:

http://i41.tinypic.com/2zia4wj.png

On the 19th and 20th many of those red counties were being rained upon. But here we are on the 22nd and all of those bans are still in place until the bureaucrats get back to work to end them on the 23rd. How can we mundanes make decisions without politicians telling us what to do...

[mad cow]

Well,it's been a long time.I haven't fished in Texas since 1976.
But it was the same all over,people working on their dad's boats in the summer when they were 14~15 and full time from about 16~17 on.
I know one guy,still know him,who was running his own boat when he was 16.

[Mani]

Ride in the back of these without a seat belt.

http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/files/1/0/0/9/1965_country_squire_tailgate.jpg

Forget seatbelts.....i remember my friend her mom's car, we sat in the back on a tire. No SEAT just a tire. And we had to share the tire.


Im middle school our shop teacher built his own car, if he gave you a lift, in the passenger seat he warned to, "keep your feet up.". There was a thin carpet but no floor. He never built a floor fir the passenger seat.

[Anti Federalist]

Ya'll are a bunch of awful people, who wan to hurt kids and probably skin kittens in your spare time.

You are all reported.

[kpitcher]

the last week of school was always a scorcher. Water wars with squirt guns was a tradition. Teachers would have armfuls of squirtguns by the end of the day. If they liked you, you may have got them back. Or collected new weapons. I started using just pop bottles and extra caps with a hole - cheaper if they got confiscated.

[MRK]

You know what's a pet peeve of mine? A statist actually calmly defending their position, especially on the internet. It literally fills me with rage, they act like they're actually reasonable just because they can articulate things in a calm manner. I'm so enraged that I have a hard time actually dealing generously with socialists, warmongers, and people who would support things like the OP described.

The state is a direct result of anarchy. Statists just obey and use the state because its the biggest kid on the block with the most muscle. No one can escape anarchy, it is the nature of life. If you believe anarchy is superior to a state, I have to point out that the state exists within anarchy.

The state is just one of the biggest players in anarchy that has convinced people to accept its dictates through military and psychological means.

[RockEnds]

Carry a pocket knife to school,I did it every day starting when I was 11 or so.Drop out of school,I did it when I was 16,many others did younger than that.
I was genuinely shocked to learn,on this site,that it was against the law to drop out of school before you were 18 and an adult.

I dropped out at 15, just before semester my sophomore year. I didn't need parental permission. I just called and told them that my boss wanted me to work full-time, so I wouldn't be coming back. Then at 16, I walked in off the street and got my GED without parental permission. I walked in, signed a sheet, took a test, and that was the end of that. I was enrolled part-time at the local junior college before I turned 17.

I guarantee you can't do that nowadays.

*eta, I guess working at 15 is also a no-no now.

[donnay]

We were able to leave the school grounds for lunch even in junior high. Its probably against the rules now.

Yes, we had open campus lunches.

There were smoking areas.

No truancy was enforced. I skipped 38 consecutive days my junior year. When I finally got caught I got yelled at--the harshest punishment I got was from my parents, not the school.

I also remember that boys could bring long rifles to school on a rack in their pick-up trucks without anyone going spasmodic and freaking out. There was never one school shooting, either.

[69360]

6: Ride a bicycle without one of those ridiculous looking helmets.

In many states, including NH, it is illegal for minor to do so.

I never made my kids wear the helmets. When I was a kid in the 70's you would get beaten up if you wore a funny looking helmet.


7: High School "smoking areas".

We had one.


Aren't lemonade stands basically illegal now in some states?

Yes, need a business license, health inspection and collect sales tax.


Being unbuckled in the back seat of the car.

I never wore one.


We were able to leave the school grounds for lunch even in junior high. Its probably against the rules now.

I never ate lunch in school always went home in the lower grades and out to eat in HS.


Rifles in your pick ups in the school parking lot.

I don't recall this, but I went to HS in the NJ burbs, no hunting there. I don't see the big deal.


Ride in the back of these without a seat belt.

http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/files/1/0/0/9/1965_country_squire_tailgate.jpg

Yep, I would lie down in the cargo area.


I used to be able to drive the logging roads over the mountains from one county to the next. Now they are closed. And huge chunks of land are being designated as "protected wilderness".

We still can on most of them here in Maine. A few are gated. You can drive 100 miles on dirt in some places all the way to Canada.


Any of y'all ever fall out of a tree? Only happened to me a few times. It builds character. If ya get a scrape, playing whatever, just rub some dirt on it and it'll be fine. :D

I fell more than once and almost poked my eye out.


Carry a pocket knife to school,I did it every day starting when I was 11 or so.

We did, nobody cared.

[rprprs]

I know I'm going to piss of the smoking nazi's but there was a time when parents would send their kids to the store with a note to buy them a pack of smokes.


Before my time, but I believe you, old man. :D ....

Who are you calling an old man? Why he's just a young whipper-snapper.

I wasn't given a note. I was given a quarter (yes, 25 cents!) and dispatched to the corner store for a pack of Lucky Strikes for my mom.

C'mon...let me see somebody beat that! :p

[Origanalist]

Who are you calling an old man? Why he's just a young whipper-snapper.

I wasn't given a note. I was given a quarter (yes, 25 cents!) and dispatched to the corner store for a pack of Lucky Strikes for my mom.

C'mon...let me see somebody beat that! :p

You might have me beat old man. I'm not really sure, my parents never sent me to the store for smokes. I remember them being 35 cents in the machines.

[DaninPA]

Being unbuckled in the back seat of the car.

Standing up on the front seat. If Grampa had to stop quick, he held me back with his arm.

[cajuncocoa]

I could be wrong, but I don't think I am younger than some in this thread who said they had smoking areas at their high schools. Maybe it's because I grew up and went to school in the suburbs, but we would get detention if we got caught having cigarettes in our purses. Our principal was pretty anal about "representing" the school in a good light; as a result, you could get reported for smoking while walking home. Not even on school property. I attended that school from 1969-73...public school, too.

[RockEnds]

I could be wrong, but I don't think I am younger than some in this thread who said they had smoking areas at their high schools. Maybe it's because I grew up and went to school in the suburbs, but we would get detention if we got caught having cigarettes in our purses. Our principal was pretty anal about "representing" the school in a good light; as a result, you could get reported for smoking while walking home. Not even on school property. I attended that school from 1969-73...public school, too.

I started HS 10 years after you. We were allowed to smoke.

[rprprs]

You might have me beat old man. I'm not really sure, my parents never sent me to the store for smokes. I remember them being 35 cents in the machines.

Hmmm... 35 cents. Let's see... what memory does that conjur up?

Ah yes, that's what I paid for a gallon of gas in my first car.

(Sorry, I don't mean to derail this thread with all this reminiscence, but those were the days...) ;)

[Origanalist]

Hmmm... 35 cents. Let's see... what memory does that conjur up?

Ah yes, that's what I paid for a gallon of gas in my first car.

(Sorry, I don't mean to derail this thread with all this reminiscence, but those were the days...) ;)

Yep, you're older...:p I remember gas being that cheap but I wasn't driving.

Are you using a walker yet???:D

http://www.imageenvision.com/450/30774-clip-art-graphic-of-a-nude-old-white-senior-man-wearing-only-slippers-using-a-walker-with-a-horn-his-penis-sagging-down-to-the-floor-by-djart.jpg

[rprprs]

Yep, you're older...:p I remember gas being that cheap but I wasn't driving.

Are you using a walker yet???:D

http://www.imageenvision.com/450/30774-clip-art-graphic-of-a-nude-old-white-senior-man-wearing-only-slippers-using-a-walker-with-a-horn-his-penis-sagging-down-to-the-floor-by-djart.jpg

Nope... but part of my anatomy looks like that. lol

[JK/SEA]

1. drinking beer while out fishing in your boat...thats a ticket/jail these days if caught.

2. as discussed...seat belts..in the 50's, no such thing as seat belts, plus mom or dad on long trips in the 57 Buick Century would cradle a beer in their legs while driving doing 90 mph....good times...

3. Fireworks...back in 'the day' fireworks on the 4th was something to behold. A lot of the stuff that the 'adults' played with are now considered illegal and un-safe...bah...

[Danke]

There were plenty of things illegal growing up that kids did, but the punishment was light if caught, like making you walk the motorcycle home and telling your parents.

[specsaregood]

Rifles in your pick ups in the school parking lot.

Hell, in 7th grade they offered a hunting safety extra-curricular class just before deer season. We were required to bring our rifles INTO school in order to attend the class.

[calendula]

When I was in high school, seniors had a tradition where they'd have a huge parade of all their vehicles from one town to another, hooting and hollering, squealing tires, etc... on their last day school. Found out that a year or two after I graduated, it was banned and people were being ticketed for trying.

My son got in trouble for playing "army" at recess. He was also reprimanded for pretending a pointer was a gun, and I was called in to talk to his teacher because when the class was asked to name words starting with the letter N, he said "knife." (And she wasn't concerned because knife starts with K, not N. She was concerned because a knife is a weapon, and we shouldn't be talking about weapons.)

[phill4paul]

All I can say is it damned amazing that the human race didn't simply die out with all these safety concerns going un-addressed in our youth.

[tod evans]

You might have me beat old man. I'm not really sure, my parents never sent me to the store for smokes. I remember them being 35 cents in the machines.

35 cents here too, nobody freaked out when kids bought 'em either..

Guns in the rack at school, drag racing before class, LSD and Jack Daniels for breakfast....

[Origanalist]

35 cents here too, nobody freaked out when kids bought 'em either..

Guns in the rack at school, drag racing before class, LSD and Jack Daniels for breakfast....

What the hell did you do fur lunch???:eek:

[tod evans]

What the hell did you do fur lunch???:eek:

Burnt a couple, maybe a lude or some reds.....

Had to wind down before going home....

[Origanalist]

Burnt a couple, maybe a lude or some reds.....

Had to wind down before going home....

It's good to go home after a long hard day. :)

[rprprs]

35 cents here too, nobody freaked out when kids bought 'em either..

Guns in the rack at school, drag racing before class, LSD and Jack Daniels for breakfast....


What the hell did you do fur lunch???:eek:

And what did you do after moving on to the 2nd grade? :D

[Origanalist]

And what did you do after moving on to the 2nd grade? :D


Who are you addressing?

[Carlybee]

If you saw the movie Dazed and Confused, that was pretty much my high school experience.

[rprprs]

Who are you addressing?

Tod. Sorry if it wasn't clear.

[Brian4Liberty]

Ride in the back of these without a seat belt.

http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/files/1/0/0/9/1965_country_squire_tailgate.jpg

Remember that little pull-up/fold down seat looking out the back window?

And what about riding in the back of pick-ups?


Standing up on the front seat. If Grampa had to stop quick, he held me back with his arm.

Yep. Then again, my mom hit the breaks and found out she couldn't get her hand over there quick enough. Put my head through the windshield. Guess I had a hard head.

[Origanalist]

If you saw the movie Dazed and Confused, that was pretty much my high school experience.

That movie really wasn't too far from the reality was it?

[Origanalist]

Remember that little fold down seat looking out the back window?

That's just what I meant. Pretty cool little kid seats.

[donnay]

I know I'm going to piss of the smoking nazi's but there was a time when parents would send their kids to the store with a note to buy them a pack of smokes.

Forget the note--my father always asked me to run to the store and pick up a carton for him while I was under the age of 18. :)

[Origanalist]

Tod. Sorry if it wasn't clear.

Eh, it's Sunday morning. I'm a little fuzzy anyway.

[moostraks]

Ride in the back of these without a seat belt.

http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/files/1/0/0/9/1965_country_squire_tailgate.jpg

We have an old wagon with the side facing seats in back. Some nasty gal in Atlanta jumped all over my stuff at a light about driving with the children buckled into car seats in it. Then she called the police on me.

Well an officer pulled me over a couple miles down the road. He saw they were properly restrained and there was no reason to stop me. (IIRC he said he had a call on me weaving which was crap AND they needed to check on the children). I gave him a piece of my mind about stopping me after explaining what happened at the traffic light. Luckily he wasn't a taser happy officer.

[heavenlyboy34]

So much fun nostalgia going on here :) ...the present and future are so depressing in comparison. :(

[tod evans]

And what did you do after moving on to the 2nd grade? :D

2nd grade was crew-cuts and saddle shoes..... still get shown the pictures and told how wonderful life was before I hit puberty...:o

[Origanalist]

We have an old wagon with the side facing seats in back. Some nasty gal in Atlanta jumped all over my stuff at a light about driving with the children buckled into car seats in it. Then she called the police on me.

Well an officer pulled me over a couple miles down the road. He saw they were properly restrained and there was no reason to stop me. (IIRC he said he had a call on me weaving which was crap AND they needed to check on the children). I gave him a piece of my mind about stopping me after explaining what happened at the traffic light. Luckily he wasn't a taser happy officer.

See something, say something. The do-gooders are everywhere. it's disgusting.

[Carlybee]

That movie really wasn't too far from the reality was it?

Nope, especially in Texas. I don't remember the boys chasing down kids with paddles but most of the rest of it was spot on.

[Carlybee]

Hmmm... 35 cents. Let's see... what memory does that conjur up?

Ah yes, that's what I paid for a gallon of gas in my first car.

(Sorry, I don't mean to derail this thread with all this reminiscence, but those were the days...) ;)


My mom would hand me a dollar to go to the store for her cigs and she told me if I didn't bring her change back to just keep going. We had gas wars and gas was 26 cents a gallon. I had a 65 Mustang V8 and I could fill it up for really cheap. Although things being relative I only made $1.75 an hour at my part time job at a Steakhouse. You could buy 2 day old donuts for a nickel and a Coke float for a quarter.

[Theocrat]

You can add "Prayer in Schools" to that list.

[SeanTX]

See something, say something. The do-gooders are everywhere. it's disgusting.

Yep. A guy on a talk radio show a few years back mentioned how on the old "Leave it to Beaver" tv show there was a girl who would always speak up to remind the teacher that she had forgotten to assign homework, or to rat on other students for every little thing, etc. And the caller said that we've turned into an entire nation full of people like that -- pretty much spot on.

[SeanTX]

Ride in the back of these without a seat belt.

http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/files/1/0/0/9/1965_country_squire_tailgate.jpg

That station wagon is parked on grass -- which is illegal in most places.

[69360]

That station wagon is parked on grass -- which is illegal in most places.

Hmm I don't have any pavement on my property to park on. Send a swat team.

[I<3Liberty]

Passing notes was detention-worthy when I was in middle school. Texting quickly replaced it once everyone was old enough to own a phone.

A lot of foods I was allowed to have in public school, are now prohibited. Back in like 2000, donuts counted as a breakfast entree at my public elementary school. We also got to pick whatever we wanted for lunches (including ice cream and slushies) and bring in junk food for snack time or birthday celebrations. Now they have to pre-order a healthy birthday snack instead of bringing in cupcakes or whatever. As per the new public school lunch guidelines, the school has to follow certain portion guidelines and require each child to pick a vegetable and fruit to go with his/her entree.

[catfeathers]

I know I'm going to piss of the smoking nazi's but there was a time when parents would send their kids to the store with a note to buy them a pack of smokes.

My oldest son's friends probably didn't believe him when he would tell them about buying cigarettes from the gas station down the street or at the machine on the corner for his step-dad when he was 8. We were living in Germany at the time. He's 26 now.

[Anti Federalist]

Who are you calling an old man? Why he's just a young whipper-snapper.

I wasn't given a note. I was given a quarter (yes, 25 cents!) and dispatched to the corner store for a pack of Lucky Strikes for my mom.

C'mon...let me see somebody beat that! :p

LSMFT

+rep to the first person who tells me what that means.

No Googling.

[klamath]

btw, ban childhood. Too dangerous. :( It is called Abortion. "Think what a horrible life the kid will have if it isn't aborted". Most common argument.

[69360]

Passing notes was detention-worthy when I was in middle school. Texting quickly replaced it once everyone was old enough to own a phone.

A lot of foods I was allowed to have in public school, are now prohibited. Back in like 2000, donuts counted as a breakfast entree at my public elementary school. We also got to pick whatever we wanted for lunches (including ice cream and slushies) and bring in junk food for snack time or birthday celebrations. Now they have to pre-order a healthy birthday snack instead of bringing in cupcakes or whatever. As per the new public school lunch guidelines, the school has to follow certain portion guidelines and require each child to pick a vegetable and fruit to go with his/her entree.

It's total crap. My kids come home from school hungry after getting the Michelle O lunches. I've heard of kids who have to eat again before after school sports because they are too hungry to play.

[RockEnds]

My oldest son's friends probably didn't believe him when he would tell them about buying cigarettes from the gas station down the street or at the machine on the corner for his step-dad when he was 8. We were living in Germany at the time. He's 26 now.

I was living in Germany at the same time. I didn't send the kids for cigs, though. They were too expensive on the German economy. I paid $6.00 a carton at the PX, and I think they were almost that much per pack at the station down the street!

They roamed the neighborhood freely, though. I have to say, I wouldn't let my daughter have the kind of freedom here now that they had there then. There are just too many people too eager to stick their nose in other people's business nowadays.

[69360]

LSMFT

+rep to the first person who tells me what that means.

No Googling.

Lucky strikes? They were unfiltered cigarettes. They still made them when I was a kid, did they stop? I don't really pay attention.

[mad cow]

LSMFT

+rep to the first person who tells me what that means.

No Googling.

Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco.My first brand.

[Anti Federalist]

We have an old wagon with the side facing seats in back. Some nasty gal in Atlanta jumped all over my stuff at a light about driving with the children buckled into car seats in it. Then she called the police on me.

Well an officer pulled me over a couple miles down the road. He saw they were properly restrained and there was no reason to stop me. (IIRC he said he had a call on me weaving which was crap AND they needed to check on the children). I gave him a piece of my mind about stopping me after explaining what happened at the traffic light. Luckily he wasn't a taser happy officer.

According to Canadian historian Robert Gellately's analysis of the local offices established, the Gestapo was—for the most part—made up of bureaucrats and clerical workers who depended upon denunciations by citizens for their information.[36] Gellately argued that it was because of the widespread willingness of Germans to inform on each other to the Gestapo that Germany between 1933 and 1945 was a prime example of panopticism.[37] Indeed, the Gestapo—at times—was overwhelmed with denunciations and most of its time was spent sorting out the credible from the less credible denunciations.[38] Many of the local offices were understaffed and overworked, struggling with the paper load caused by so many denunciations.[39] Gellately has also suggested that the Gestapo was "a reactive organization" "...which was constructed within German society and whose functioning was structurally dependent on the continuing co-operation of German citizens".[40]

[Anti Federalist]

Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco.My first brand.

Or, as one of my first fishing mates told me one time:

Loose Safety Means Fat Tummy

[Brian4Liberty]

Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco.My first brand.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2QuAzBuY4c

[Henry Rogue]

Legally smoke at sixteen. Legally drink at eighteen. Carry a jackknife at school. Carry a shotgun in case, onto school bus and into school (for hunter safety class). Hunt.

[phill4paul]

Legally smoke at sixteen. Legally drink at eighteen. Carry a jackknife at school. Carry a shotgun in case, onto school bus and into school (for hunter safety class). Hunt.

All this. How did we ever survive? Though at 18 they changed to 21 w/ grandfather clause in NC for me. I was legal 9 months of the year. Illegal for 3. Go figure.

[catfeathers]

I was living in Germany at the same time. I didn't send the kids for cigs, though. They were too expensive on the German economy. I paid $6.00 a carton at the PX, and I think they were almost that much per pack at the station down the street!

They roamed the neighborhood freely, though. I have to say, I wouldn't let my daughter have the kind of freedom here now that they had there then. There are just too many people too eager to stick their nose in other people's business nowadays.

He only bought them if his step-dad ran out on a Monday evening and he didn't want to drive to the Shoppette, they were 5 Deutsche-marks from the machine, a little less at the gas station. I think Marlboros were about 8 dollars a carton at the commissary.

[Austrian Econ Disciple]

Passing notes was detention-worthy when I was in middle school. Texting quickly replaced it once everyone was old enough to own a phone.

A lot of foods I was allowed to have in public school, are now prohibited. Back in like 2000, donuts counted as a breakfast entree at my public elementary school. We also got to pick whatever we wanted for lunches (including ice cream and slushies) and bring in junk food for snack time or birthday celebrations. Now they have to pre-order a healthy birthday snack instead of bringing in cupcakes or whatever. As per the new public school lunch guidelines, the school has to follow certain portion guidelines and require each child to pick a vegetable and fruit to go with his/her entree.

I used to have pizza and soda every day for lunch at school. Some days they had cheesesteaks so I had that instead. They have prohibitions on foods you bring into school now? Lol. Well at least the facade of not being a prison is completely blown off.

[heavenlyboy34]

Are tire swing still legal? Playing in the sprinklers? /curious

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Jarts!!!!!!

[klamath]

Boys taking a walk in the national forest and the thrill of finding an arrowhead.....stealing prehistoric artifacts now.

[RockEnds]

He only bought them if his step-dad ran out on a Monday evening and he didn't want to drive to the Shoppette, they were 5 Deutsche-marks from the machine, a little less at the gas station. I think Marlboros were about 8 dollars a carton at the commissary.

I really don't remember how much they were on the economy because, honestly I am super, super cheap, and I made sure I had plenty on hand. :) I think you were there just a little after we left. My son is 28, and we left when he was six, I think. So we were probably just a little ahead of you. He's there again now. He doesn't smoke, but his wife does, and cigs on base are considerably higher than they were back then. I haven't asked how much they are on the economy now.

It was a really safe place to let the kids have some freedom, though. I had a step-daughter that was a little older, so that was helpful. I only remember having one problem. The school lost my son on his 1st day of kindergarten. I was fit to be tied. Holy cow, I don't think I've been that upset before or after. They knew he got on the bus, but they had no idea where he got off. He didn't speak German, and the bus driver didn't speak English. He turned up at a daycare where some of his friends got off the bus. The daycare thought maybe they were supposed to have him, so they didn't call anyone until the other kids had all gone home. Cheese and rice. That was nerve wracking. I seem to remember ripping a Colonel's wife a new one before that day was over! She was supposed to put his full name and address on his little blue construction paper badge that was pinned to his T-shirt. She failed in that task. I totally lacked understanding in the matter. ;)

Other than that one time, it was a pretty good place to be a kid.

[klamath]

Riding in the back of a pickup truck.

[alucard13mm]

i met my first girlfriend in a fun way. In biology class, we had these black desktops where if you use a pencil and write on it, it is largely invisible. But if you look at the graphite at the right angle, you can see what is there.

I saw an anime drawing on the desk and I drew a drawing next to it as well. Me and her communicated like that for a few weeks. She takes the class earlier than me in the day so it takes a day to get any messages to one another.

[Paulbot99]

I remember Pokemon cards in 1st Grade. It was rather popular and, inevitably, people began to trade. It was all rather fun and I made some good deals if I say so myself. I remember kicking myself for trading a Zaptos away from a Dugtrio (a bad trade), but I blamed only myself.

However, some other kids complained to the teachers when they were "ripped off" to the extent Pokemon cards were banned at school.

I wonder what law you break when you "rip" someone off when trading cards nowadays...

[Christian Liberty]

Ya'll are a bunch of awful people, who wan to hurt kids and probably skin kittens in your spare time.

You are all reported.

I bet this would be my grandmother's response if she read this thread...

[I<3Liberty]

It's total crap. My kids come home from school hungry after getting the Michelle O lunches. I've heard of kids who have to eat again before after school sports because they are too hungry to play.

I've never seen what they look like. I heard the new lunch policy through some family friends that have little kids. For some kids, Michelle O lunches are plenty, but for other kids (especially athletic ones), it's not enough; they don't take individual needs into account. Kids would eat nutritious meals if they were prepared properly. My school would just give us the choice of apples, pears, carrots, or celery which got old pretty quickly. My university has chefs that actually prepare side dishes like baked peppers stuffed with quinoa, mango salad, and zucchini fries. Yum! <3


I remember Pokemon cards in 1st Grade. It was rather popular and, inevitably, people began to trade. It was all rather fun and I made some good deals if I say so myself. I remember kicking myself for trading a Zaptos away from a Dugtrio (a bad trade), but I blamed only myself.

However, some other kids complained to the teachers when they were "ripped off" to the extent Pokemon cards were banned at school.

I wonder what law you break when you "rip" someone off when trading cards nowadays...

Oh, yes! I remember this. :rolleyes: We had several Pokemon flip outs that led to an eventual ban. The teachers were so soft about EVERYTHING! In first grade, myself and several other kids started a "beanie baby club" where we would get together and build a beanie baby castle out of sticks and rocks during recess. The teacher said we couldn't have this club because it wasn't fair for kids that did not have beanie babies. We also got in trouble for playing with sticks. :rolleyes: Elementary school sucked pretty badly.


I used to have pizza and soda every day for lunch at school. Some days they had cheesesteaks so I had that instead. They have prohibitions on foods you bring into school now? Lol. Well at least the facade of not being a prison is completely blown off.

You also weren't allowed to have anything with peanuts because like 3 kids out of the 400 had a peanut allergy. If you wanted to get anything from a straw to a fork after you sat down, you had to raise your hand, wait for a lunch supervisor to acknowledge you, ask them then take the lunch pass. It was so ridiculous!

My high school did have pizza every single day and people would eat it instead of the more nutritious options. This is why they started requiring each kid take a fruit and vegetable to go with the entree. I ended up bringing my lunch to school. Ironically, my homemade lunches were healthier than the school lunches. :p

[Henry Rogue]

Ride in the back of these without a seat belt.

http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/files/1/0/0/9/1965_country_squire_tailgate.jpg
"68" Shelby in the back ground. My parents had a station wagon similar to that. I thought the flip up side seats were kinda cool when i was very young. I remember sitting on my Mom's lap while my dad drove (we had a big family and we filled the car up).


All this. How did we ever survive?
Those things I mentioned were not even the dangerous part of growing up. I don't know how all of us kids survived growing up on the farm. PTOs, climbing silos, angry bulls, big machinery moving and the road went right through the farm, we were constantly crossing the road.


Though at 18 they changed to 21 w/ grandfather clause in NC for me. I was legal 9 months of the year. Illegal for 3. Go figure.
At least they had the grandfather clause, it would be strange going from old enough to drink to, to young to drink. We could show are drivers license to buy alcohol or get into a bar. The license was a paper card with no picture on it and no bar code or magnetic strip.

[TruckinMike]

My grandfather remembers when he didn't even know what the IRS was.

[Anti Federalist]

Riding in the back of a pickup truck.

One of the best memories of my childhood:

Riding back on the gate of my grandfather's pickup truck with my feet dangling down over the camp road, holding on to the campfire wood.

That meant the first load of firewood, the first campfires, and summer was here.

Must have been no more than ten.

RIP Grandpop.

:(

http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=7594&pictureid=29619

[Anti Federalist]

It's total crap. My kids come home from school hungry after getting the Michelle O lunches. I've heard of kids who have to eat again before after school sports because they are too hungry to play.

Good training for what is right around the corner.

They don't feed you well in the work camps.

Arbeit Macht Frei

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

I wonder what law you break when you "rip" someone off when trading cards nowadays...

Insider trading. :D

[Henry Rogue]

It's not so much about childhood but a relatively new thing around here is the burn bans. Over the last few years any time it doesn't rain for a couple of weeks the county commissioners initiate a "burn ban" with a minimum fine of $500 if violated. Often they do so even when the fire marshal advises against it. I understand the threat of acting irresponsible when conditions are not favorable to burning but we are no longer allowed to use common sense. Right now we are under a burn ban until the commissioners meet again to end it, even though we've had over 2 inches of rain dumped on us in the past 3 days.
Growing up on the farm, we had a burning barrel. We could not burn after six am or before six pm, because in between those times is when there usually is the most wind. I don't know if that was all year long, as we have plenty of wet periods.

[UWDude]

don't forget firecrackers and bottlerockets are illegal for most people now.

[heavenlyboy34]

don't forget firecrackers and bottlerockets are illegal for most people now.
But they let us have sparklers! :rolleyes:

[Christian Liberty]

But they let us have sparklers! :rolleyes:

Not in NYS:p

[heavenlyboy34]

Not in NYS:p
Not in most of AZ either. I think it's mostly a midwest/east coast thing. I'm pretty sure the most dangerous things I could legally get are those little poppers that pop when they hit a hard surface and charcoal snakes. :(

[Anti Federalist]

But they let us have sparklers! :rolleyes:

Six inch, commercial grade, aerial bombs.

NH FTW!

[tod evans]

As a kid I could ride my horse to the quarry and get dynamite and caps on credit...

That changed before my youngest brother hit high school...

[cajuncocoa]

Do they still sell candy cigarettes and bubble gum cigars?

http://www.retroland.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/candy_cigarettes_650x300_a01.jpg

[donnay]

Do they still sell candy cigarettes and bubble gum cigars?

http://www.retroland.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/candy_cigarettes_650x300_a01.jpg

I've seen them mostly online, in retro candy stores.

Oooo...the smoking gum!

St. Paul Cracks Down on Candy Cigarettes

"Maine and Tennessee have statewide bans on candy cigarettes, as does Thailand, Canada and Australia."

http://abcnews.go.com/News/st-paul-cracks-candy-cigarettes/story?id=18076732


Candy cigarettes not such a sweet treat: Parental Persuasion
http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2012/07/candy_cigarettes_not_so_sweet.html


It shall be unlawful for any merchant doing business within the Borough of Fort Lee to sell toy cigarettes or cigars or edible cigarettes or cigars, including candy cigarettes and/or chewing gum in the shape of cigars or cigarettes, to a person under 18 years of age.
http://ecode360.com/12272044

[coastie]

I remember high school smoking areas. In Iowa, we just had to step off the curb onto the street so we weren't on school property. We had one particular area designated as Freak Street. Much smoking happened there....

I went to a Missouri high school for one semester. They didn't have open campus, so we had a designated smoking area there on school property.

Yeah, we just had to step outside the fence...this was in 91- 95, they changed it right after I graduated to no one can leve the campus at all.

[presence]

Tossing grandpa's beer cans into the swamp behind his house?