THE SPOILED UNDER-30 CROWD
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how
When they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every Morning... Uphill... Barefoot. BOTH ways yadda, yadda, yadda!
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how
hard things were.
When they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every Morning... Uphill... Barefoot. BOTH ways yadda, yadda, yadda!
Heard that story many times from my grandfather, except he did it in two feet of snow with the snot in his nose frozen solid.
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in the world I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on my kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it.
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in the world I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on my kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it.
But guess what? I do. Maybe not to the extreme that my Grandfather did to me but I do it all the same.
But now that... I am WAY over the ripe old age of Thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today.
But now that... I am WAY over the ripe old age of Thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today.
You've got it so easy. I mean, compared to my childhood, you
live in a Utopia, Go ahead laugh it up...you will be walking ten miles in my shoes and it's going to happen sooner than you think!
*Smile*
And I hate to say it but "kids" today do not know how good they've got it.
I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have the Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue. Just thinking about spending hours with that bitchy librarian again still makes my skin crawl.
There was no email. We had to actually write somebody a letter, with a pen. Then we had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and often times it would take a week to get there.
There were no MP3's or Napsters. You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the record store and shoplift it yourself. Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and mess it all up. The fad then was 8 track or cassette players.
And I hate to say it but "kids" today do not know how good they've got it.
I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have the Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue. Just thinking about spending hours with that bitchy librarian again still makes my skin crawl.
There was no email. We had to actually write somebody a letter, with a pen. Then we had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and often times it would take a week to get there.
There were no MP3's or Napsters. You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the record store and shoplift it yourself. Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and mess it all up. The fad then was 8 track or cassette players.
"Yeah baybee!"
We didn't have fancy stuff like Call Waiting. If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it. And we didn't have Caller ID either. When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was. It could be your school (sucked for you if you decided to "hook out" that particular day), your Mom, you just didn't know so you had to pick it up and take your chances.
We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics.
We didn't have fancy stuff like Call Waiting. If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it. And we didn't have Caller ID either. When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was. It could be your school (sucked for you if you decided to "hook out" that particular day), your Mom, you just didn't know so you had to pick it up and take your chances.
We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics.
We had the Atari 2600. With games Like, 'Pac Man,' 'Space Invaders' and 'asteroids'
Your guy was a little square. You actually had to use your imagination...wow, what a concept. And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever.
And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died.
And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died.
Much like LIFE!
You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on. You were screwed when it came to channel surfing. You had to get off your butt and walk over to the TV to change the channel and there was no Cartoon Network either. You could only get cartoons on Saturday morning. Do you hear what I'm saying? We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons.
You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on. You were screwed when it came to channel surfing. You had to get off your butt and walk over to the TV to change the channel and there was no Cartoon Network either. You could only get cartoons on Saturday morning. Do you hear what I'm saying? We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons.
Oh yeah, and did I mention having cable was rare? I remember having channels 21, 27, 33 and on a clear day 53 (which was a Pittsburgh station that aired really cool shows).
And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up we had to use the stove. No microwave popcorn, my Mom made it in a big silver pan with a little bit of oil and corn kernels and a lid of course.
And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up we had to use the stove. No microwave popcorn, my Mom made it in a big silver pan with a little bit of oil and corn kernels and a lid of course.
You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!
Regards,
The over 40 Crowd
Regards,
The over 40 Crowd
I hope you spoiled brats have a wonderfully prosperous week!
~Cee~