How it really was back then....

[Kern Dog]

Remember the thread I had about the guys that suck out toilets? How about the toilet sucker that was seen eating a sandwich with one hand and the sucker hose in the other ???

 

[Dennis H]

Reminded me of a guy that set down a half eaten donut on the urinal. Finished, picked it up and was munching on the way out the door. I flush those things with my knee or foot.

 

[2quick]

If it wasn't for peanut butter and jelly, I would have starved as a kid,

My Daughters school doesn't even allow her to bring Peanut Butter to the school. When I was a kid that's all I ate for lunch WTF is that. If your kid has an peanut allergy then don't eat my kids sandwich. Pretty simple (Liberals)

 

[Brandy]

My wife is from a two kid, wealthy family. She and her brother were not allowed to play out doors, could not watch TV, had to get A's in school, and lived all over the world in a military family of a career officer. She has allergies of many types. I grew up outside, no supervision, watched TV, got poor grades and lived in one place till 17 yrs old, and have 5 siblings. Not a single allergy.

 

[not so famous bob]

My wife is from a two kid, wealthy family. She and her brother were not allowed to play out doors, could not watch TV, had to get A's in school, and lived all over the world in a military family of a career officer. She has allergies of many types. I grew up outside, no supervision, watched TV, got poor grades and lived in one place till 17 yrs old, and have 5 siblings. Not a single allergy.

U guys are gonna think I`m nuts, but I read an article on why allergies are so prevalent now. It said "and I kid u not", that it was from minute particles of tire rubber in the atmosphere. I don`t know about that, but about the only thing that ever bothered me was pine dust. ' Now " maybe a little more than that. I never could get into burn out contests, such a waste of time and everything else, but think about the rubber thing next time u do a long one for no reason.
LOL. ps- back when we were racing the old hemi car, a rich kid turned up w/ a sox-martin everything on a roadrunner, his dad paid someone else to build. I couldn`t afford any of that stuff, and gotta admit I was jealous, but he ended up doing burn outs w/ it pulled up against a bldg. at night.

 

[funknut]

I grew up playing outdoors every nice day and most of the crappy ones as well. Out in the neighborhood, down in the creek, etc. Quickly learned to wash most of the mud out of my clothes using the garden hose so I didn't get an earful once my mom saw what a mess I made.

I'm allergic to damn near everything. Cats are the worst. Has gotten better with age, though. When I was young, on hot summer days I could only cut the grass for 30-45 mins before I had to come in wheezing like an accordion. 30 mins later I was good enough to get back out there.

I don't know what the deal is with allergies. I've been to at least 3 different experts in the field and at the end of the day they'll basically tell you it's black magic. I even got allergy shots on and off for around 20 years. I thought they were helping, so I kept going back. My allergist closed up shop 6-7 years ago and I took my time finding a new one. Summer came around and I had been off shots for around 9 months and didn't notice any significant difference then or since. Haven't gone back to an allergist since.

My dad swears by his allergy treatments, and having seen him the day before and the day after his shots, it works wonders for him.

 

[not so famous bob]

I grew up playing outdoors every nice day and most of the crappy ones as well. Out in the neighborhood, down in the creek, etc. Quickly learned to wash most of the mud out of my clothes using the garden hose so I didn't get an earful once my mom saw what a mess I made.

I'm allergic to damn near everything. Cats are the worst. Has gotten better with age, though. When I was young, on hot summer days I could only cut the grass for 30-45 mins before I had to come in wheezing like an accordion. 30 mins later I was good enough to get back out there.

I don't know what the deal is with allergies. I've been to at least 3 different experts in the field and at the end of the day they'll basically tell you it's black magic. I even got allergy shots on and off for around 20 years. I thought they were helping, so I kept going back. My allergist closed up shop 6-7 years ago and I took my time finding a new one. Summer came around and I had been off shots for around 9 months and didn't notice any significant difference then or since. Haven't gone back to an allergist since.

My dad swears by his allergy treatments, and having seen him the day before and the day after his shots, it works wonders for him.

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My son had a problem w/ cat dander when he was young. Now its ragweed. I went down to his house to watch the O U game Sat., and his eyes watered all the time I was there. Felt bad for him. I may be watering up after the next game ! LOL (HOPE NOT!)

 

[PRND21]

Ritalin??? If you weren't paying attention, you got "a good talking to." Acted up, you got your *** beat. No such thing as ADHD back then.
I just read an article in a farm magazine that said that farm kids shouldn't be allowed to do farm chores before the age of 13. Before that age they shouldn't even be allowed to out in the farmyard. Kids learn a lot more at home, outside than they do in school.
And, don't get me started on not having any shop classes in school. If not for shop classes, I might have never graduated.

 

[not so famous bob]

Ritalin??? If you weren't paying attention, you got "a good talking to." Acted up, you got your *** beat. No such thing as ADHD back then.
I just read an article in a farm magazine that said that farm kids shouldn't be allowed to do farm chores before the age of 13. Before that age they shouldn't even be allowed to out in the farmyard. Kids learn a lot more at home, outside than they do in school.
And, don't get me started on not having any shop classes in school. If not for shop classes, I might have never graduated.

U probably wont believe this, but I was learning to drive a B farmall tractor when I was 5. Was plowing and discing by myself at 7. Had to, hauling hay at 10. If u haven`t been in a loft stacking hay when its around a 100 degrees out side, and about 150 in the loft, u ain`t lived! ALTHO IT WILL ABOUT KILL U , u cant stand it for long periods of time w/o switching off. (wasn't in the loft at 10)

 

[Ron H]

Raw ground round was the meat; raw onions on rye...delicious. But today cattle and pigs and chickens get fed mass doses of antibiotics that we end up eating. Then there's the modified vegetables and then the pesticides...beginning to think eating pop tarts are healthier..

 

[Brandy]

Agree, put up hay at 12 garden chores at 6-7, driving farm truck in the fields at 8. Uncle Bob would just throw us the keys and say have fun, but keep it inside the fences. Picture three boys who could only see over the dash by sitting on a stack of books, wailing around the field bouncing and laughing......and it was a 3 speed on the column. Couldn't steer and shift too so the kid in the middle would shift by sliding down to mash the pedal and pulling down the lever.

 

[1969 Hemi RTs]

the guy in post 10 might have dated Madona

 

[PRND21]

U probably wont believe this, but I was learning to drive a B farmall tractor when I was 5. Was plowing and discing by myself at 7. Had to, hauling hay at 10. If u haven`t been in a loft stacking hay when its around a 100 degrees out side, and about 150 in the loft, u ain`t lived! ALTHO IT WILL ABOUT KILL U , u cant stand it for long periods of time w/o switching off. (wasn't in the loft at 10)

Yep, yep. Driving our G John Deere through gates for dad when I was 6. Our large barn has a door in the front, one in the back with no windows for ventilation. Probably cost another 10-20 dollars to put in windows when it was built. Used to pack that barn to the roof with hay and straw every summer. A well with COLD water was right outside the front door, unload the wagons, go out and rinse off. For some reason I really don't miss having livestock.
I guess I didn't understand just how dangerous life was, can't believe I lived through all that and still have all my fingers and toes. We THOUGHT we were having fun, little did we know...

 

[Mopars & Missiles]

U probably wont believe this, but I was learning to drive a B farmall tractor when I was 5. Was plowing and discing by myself at 7. Had to, hauling hay at 10. If u haven`t been in a loft stacking hay when its around a 100 degrees out side, and about 150 in the loft, u ain`t lived! ALTHO IT WILL ABOUT KILL U , u cant stand it for long periods of time w/o switching off. (wasn't in the loft at 10)

Been there, done that too!

 

[fwi]

One of my favorites after school snacks was a fat piece of salt pork on a piece of baguette bread when I was growing up in Paris. To this day I still eat rare hamburgers.

 

[hawkeye]

Yep, yep. Driving our G John Deere through gates for dad when I was 6. Our large barn has a door in the front, one in the back with no windows for ventilation. Probably cost another 10-20 dollars to put in windows when it was built.

That is why the barns all had cupolas.

 

[hawkeye]

[QUOTE="PRND21, post:]
I just read an article in a farm magazine that said that farm kids shouldn't be allowed to do farm chores before the age of 13. Before that age they shouldn't even be allowed to out in the farmyard. Kids learn a lot more at home, outside than they do in school.
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Any 13 year old farm kid worth their salt should be able to completely run the place for short stretches.

 

[eldubb440]

dirt bikes ruled the day around here...... great times!

 

[PRND21]

That is why the barns all had cupolas.

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Cupolas must be a regional thing. I'm over 60, there were very few barns in this area with them, except for round barns. Of course there aren't that many barns left around here now, although we still have a couple of nice ones.

 

[Fran Blacker]

That is why the barns all had cupolas.

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Don't let RC see this pic it will give him ideas.