To the kids born in the 40's, 50's and 60's

[clem]

I remember the milkman,getting up to adjust the tv.When my brother and I got caught fighting by dad,he made us stand by the hyway and hug.When mom caught us we got the broken breadboard on the hiney.My first ride was a 65 Skylark doorslammer and an 8track player the size of a small VCR.Billy beer cause thats all we could afford.

 

[95_stroker]

Clem, why was the milkman adjusting the TV in your house?

 

[ranger boy]

Clem, why was the milkman adjusting the TV in your house?

in one year your sense of humor is still the same LoL

 

[powerboatr]

Clem, why was the milkman adjusting the TV in your house?

A: Dad was working late

 

[ranger boy]

A: Dad was working late

touché

+5 kudos for you my friend

 

[BIG JOE]

I grew up like this but I lived in the sticks in Deep East Texas. I constantly had cuts, brusies, and almost breaking every bone in my body. Things I learned as a kid: Bobcats are not big kitty's. Heifers get real pissed off when you mess with their babies. Jumping off the house with bungie cords around your ankles does not work. Chasing the farm truck cause it slipped into gear and you left it running is not as funny as it seems when it gets stuck with the rearend facing towards the sky cause of a ravine. Open one of your field gates and your biddy drives off just to see if you will chase after the truck. After 10 minutes of running I did catch it. Only cause he stopped is it really funny afterwards. Nissan pickups can not stand 20 ft jumps in the air. There is alot more.

All the above and, play'n "Chicken" with the Train.... on the Sandy River (Oregon) bridge... Jumpn off at the last moment. 10 kids on an 'ol 51 Ford hood.. going down "2 mile Hill", in the snow... just to see how many could make it, ALL the way down. Float'n down the Clackamas river during the spring floods.... on a home made raft (Huck Finn driven), just to see if we could make it.

Nowa dayz, you'd get arrested.

Good Memories....

Joe

 

[powerboatr]

How about jumping off the roof with WET sneakers on to the trampoline. then instead of going back up in the air, you sort of go shooting off like out of a cannon, doing your best impression of superman as you belly slide across the yard.
ah the days before safety

 

[clem]

95 stroker you are quick.I guess I went into this with both feet.Somebody throw me a rope.


#1 I remember the milkman
#2 Getting up to adjust the tv

 

[Black_Mamba]

Here is more I learned as a kid: Armadillo's will explode at close range with a 12 gauge shotgun. Wild hogs with russian in them are not big pot belly pigs (had to stay in a tree for over 2 hours on that one). DO NOT pop the clutch on the old tri pod tractors when trying to pull out a stump. Cat's do not like to swim. Mazada hatchbacks do not climb trees to well. Lysol spray on a cat's rearend is alot of fun to watch. I just hope my kids get to have as much fun as I did.

 

[pdt1081]

Wild hogs with russian in them are not big pot belly pigs (had to stay in a tree for over 2 hours on that one).

Kinda on the same note:

1) When you weigh 80 pounds you cannot stop a 250 pound pig by standing in front of it and squeezing it with your legs. That was a fun ride at the county fair.

2) When you weigh 80 pounds you cannot stop 2 pigs from fighting by kicking yours in the head. Luckily, I still have my leg after that one. (Yes, it was the same pig.)

3) Pigs love beer. Easiest way we found to load pigs to go to county fair was leave a trail of beer up the ramp with a pan of it in the front of the trailer. (Different pig. Wonder why he behaved so much better.)

4) A 400 pound calf can drag an 80 pound boy a long ways. I didn't let go either.

5) A 400 pound calf has the ability to tackle (yes, I said tackle, as in get front hoofs on shoulders) an 80 pound boy.

6) Baby calves headbutt when they are thirsty.

7) It is possible for a donkey to leave a horseshoe print on the stomach of a 50 pound kid. I wonder why I get nervous walking around horses and such now.....