The good old days | Arthritis Information

I cut it back it is a lot longer,  but it is funny.  enjoy
 And  I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don't  know how good you've got  it!
 
1)  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 damn library and look it up  ourselves, in the card  catalog!!   
 
2)  There was no email!!  We had to actually  write somebody a letter - with a  pen!  Then  you had to walk all the way across the street  and put it in the mailbox, and it would take  like a week to get there!  Stamps were 10  cents!
 
3)  Child Protective Services didn't care if our  parents beat us.  As a matter of fact, the  parents of all my friends also had permission to  kick our ass! Nowhere was  safe!
 
4)  There were no MP3's or Napsters or iTunes!   If you wanted to steal music, you had to  hitchhike to the record store and shoplift it  yourself!
 
5)  Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off  the radio, and the DJ would usually talk over  the beginning and @#*% it all up!  There  were no CD players!  We had tape decks in  our car.  We'd play our favorite tape and  "eject" it when finished, and then the tape  would come undone rendering it useless.   Cause, hey, that's how we rolled, Baby!   Dig?
 
6)  We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting!   If you were on the phone and somebody else  called, they got a busy signal, that's  it!
 
7)  There weren't any freakin' cell phones  either. If you left the house, you just didn't  make a damn call or receive one. You actually  had to be out of touch with your "friends". OH  MY GOSH !!!   Think of the horror... not being in touch  with someone 24/7!!!  And then there's  TEXTING.  Yeah, right.  Please!   You kids have no idea how annoying you  are.
 
8)  And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When  the phone rang, you had no idea who it was!   It could be your school, your parents,  your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, the  collection agent... you just didn't know!!!   You had to pick it up and take your  chances, mister!
 
9)  We didn't have any fancy PlayStation or Xbox  video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics!   We had  the Atari 2600!  With games like 'Space  Invaders' and 'Asteroids'.  Your screen guy  was a little square!  You actually had to  use your imagination!!!  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!   Just like  LIFE!
 
10)  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 ass and walk over to the TV to change  the channel!!!  NO REMOTES!!!  Oh, no,  what's the world coming  to?!?!
 
11)  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 spoiled little  rat-bastards!
 
12)  And we didn't have microwaves.  If we  wanted to heat something up, we had to use the  stove!  Imagine  that!   
        
 13)  And our parents told us to stay outside and  play... all day long.  Oh, no, no  electronics to soothe and comfort.  And if  you came back inside... you were doing  chores!
      And  car seats - oh, please!  Mom threw you in  the back seat and you hung on.  If you were  lucky, you got the "safety arm" across the chest  at the last moment if she had to stop suddenly,  and if your head hit the dashboard, well that  was your fault for calling "shot gun" in the  first place!   
        See!   That's exactly what I'm talking about! You  kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled  rotten!  You guys wouldn't have lasted five  minutes back in 1970   or  any time before!
 
Regards,
 The  Over 40 Crowd
I could not agree more.

But, but, It's us oldies that has over compensated for our "lack of" during our younger days.

I remember having a blue with my wife about purchasing a swing set for the kids.
I said, What's wrong with a rope and old tire.
Not good enough came the reply, all the other kids have a swing set.

I went ahead anyway and went the old fashioned way.

All the kids with swing sets ended up playing on the old tire swing.
Thanks Rusty, I got a big kick out of that. Those really were the good old days (as I get ready to text my son)

OH MY GOSH RUSTY!  THIS MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD!  THANKS ! Rusty,