The Ford Barn

BILL WZOREK · 06-30-2014, 04:52 PM

Taking a trip down Memory lane today~~

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How many remember going to the local swimming Hole Then after changing up & taking the cut offs and hanging them on the antenna to dry as you cruised along with you arm around ( insert name here ) and trying to keep the AM adjusted to maybe Wolf Man Jack.

Heck the kids now have NO Wolf man and may not even know the name of the Girl his arm is around.

And after all that he Ain't got no Antenna to hang the cut offs on.
Throws them on the windshield where the antenna is at at 30 MPH they go BYE ~ BYE

Scott H in Wheaton · 06-30-2014, 05:03 PM

Might not have his arm around a girl...might have his arm around a guy

texas webb · 06-30-2014, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott H in Wheaton

Might not have his arm around a girl...might have his arm around a guy

Funny/sad but true.Altho,there are some young folks interested in this hobby.

HCO41 · 06-30-2014, 05:17 PM

Hey Scott, I had to take a second look to see if you were from Vermont. I'm NOT proud of our reputation!
Howard

Vic Piano · 06-30-2014, 05:26 PM

Let's see, today that swimming hole is either polluted or a housing development is built where it used to be... And the kids listen to their choice of music on an I-pod, not the radio, and AM is mostly talk, very little music... or DJ to identify with. As for not knowing (or remembering) the name of the girl you're with... Well, I was guilty of that once or twice back in my younger days...

LOL

Lawson Cox · 06-30-2014, 05:34 PM

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Hey, at my age I am lucky to remember the name of the gal I have my arm around, and we've been married for 52 years. LOL

BILL WZOREK · 06-30-2014, 05:41 PM

Lawson:
I was thinking about your Quote:

Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes.

I've got it beat / I am switching to 2Ply. LOL ~ LOL

Vic Piano · 06-30-2014, 05:44 PM

Lawson, you are lucky she still puts up with you...LOL Your wife is the quintessential Southern Belle, a very lovely lady.

Barry-ct · 06-30-2014, 06:11 PM

Things just ain't what they used to be.............Too bad. That's progress for you.

39portlander · 06-30-2014, 07:11 PM

Growing up we were surrounded by folks with knowledge that passed on that first hand, with a lecture.

Now a question or problem is solved through an in-human devise with no life learned knowledge/example to retain, when the battery dies....Duh

Todays kids have to understand, "You got to fail to succeed"

Shadetree · 06-30-2014, 08:39 PM

I tell my 18 year old grandson about the way it was back in 1955. Not sure he believes me. After graduating high school I was working 5 days a week, 12 hours a day in a service station and cleared $40. Had my own car and a steady girl...

I shudder just thinking about it. Thank goodness I joined the air force.

cohammer60 · 06-30-2014, 08:57 PM

I don't know if it was the good old days but I will never forget the days with 3 channels on the black and white TV and having to go outside and turn the antena when you changed channels . We had a party line on the telephone and had to listen for 3 shorts and a long ring to know if it was for us. We have come a long way.

malpais · 06-30-2014, 09:10 PM

These memories are the same for me, and I often wish more folks had grown up in the country or small towns like we did. But.......I remember my grandparents and parents talking about how good it was in "the old days". Now I do it. The other day, my 30 year old son was talking about "kids these days".

Maybe it's part of getting old?

Sure hate to admit that though.............

tubman · 06-30-2014, 09:36 PM

It gets worse. I saw a segment on one of the major networks news shows that says that a large percentage of today's kids are not even interested in getting their drivers licenses. They are more interested in video games and social networking, and are perfectly happy to get a ride with a parent, relative, or a friend. I think they will get a rude awakening when they have to take full responsibility for their lives, but it seems this is the way it is these days. (BTW, I can confirm this after interacting with my own and my friends grandkids.) Remember how bad we all wanted to get our licenses?

jim1932 · 06-30-2014, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vic Piano

Let's see, today that swimming hole is either polluted or a housing development is built where it used to be... And the kids listen to their choice of music on an I-pod, not the radio, and AM is mostly talk, very little music... or DJ to identify with. As for not knowing (or remembering) the name of the girl you're with... Well, I was guilty of that once or twice back in my younger days...

LOL

Was that the early evening date? Or the late evening date. You know it a small town when you find out your father once dated the mother of the gal you are going out with (true story....more than once)

BILL WZOREK · 07-01-2014, 02:47 AM

We have to remember Life is like going to the Cigar City Flatheads Barners Bash.
The road we take to get there may not be the same road as our children or grandchildren
Take , But in the end we all end up getting to the same place~~~

BLACKNRED · 07-01-2014, 04:26 AM

Mainly generational issues.

The biggest change has been in marketing, including the must have now, and cotton wool kids getting all their experience from technology (computer games).
There is some out there that buck this trend but to be honest it would be lucky to be 40%.

Bassman/NZ · 07-01-2014, 05:51 AM

The thing that us old farts fail to understand, is that was our reality. And we loved it. The kids today have their own reality. They dont want to know about ours, just as we didn't want to know about our parents' reality. Our parents despaired of us just as we despair of the young ones today. The reality of the kids of today is really not that much different in concept, just in details. We dug cars, they dig cars. We dug chicks, they dig chicks. We dug music, they dig music. I know a lot of young people through my work and also my other hobby, and they are by and large very nice, decent people. You have to remember, we had a lot of ratbags in our day too. We had hooligans, we had thugs, we had gangs, very little changes really.

CC33 · 07-01-2014, 06:14 AM

My wife and I were driving through town recently and noticed the quiet little neighborhoods with not a soul in site. This is summer vacation now! When I was a kid, the first thing I did every day on vacation was to get on my bike and meet all of the other kids in the neighborhood. We would either be playing frisbee, street hockey, whiffleball. The girls, hopscotch, jump rope, etc. There are NO kids in ANY neighborhood outside playing. What have we created???

FortyNiner · 07-01-2014, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by CC33

My wife and I were driving through town recently and noticed the quiet little neighborhoods with not a soul in site. This is summer vacation now! When I was a kid, the first thing I did every day on vacation was to get on my bike and meet all of the other kids in the neighborhood. We would either be playing frisbee, street hockey, whiffleball. The girls, hopscotch, jump rope, etc. There are NO kids in ANY neighborhood outside playing. What have we created???

Parents who over-schedule their kids.

06-30-2014, 04:52 PM	#1
BILL WZOREK Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Florence Ma. Posts: 2,404	Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! Taking a trip down Memory lane today~~~~ How many remember going to the local swimming Hole Then after changing up & taking the cut offs and hanging them on the antenna to dry as you cruised along with you arm around ( insert name here ) and trying to keep the AM adjusted to maybe Wolf Man Jack. Heck the kids now have NO Wolf man and may not even know the name of the Girl his arm is around. And after all that he Ain't got no Antenna to hang the cut offs on. Throws them on the windshield where the antenna is at at 30 MPH they go BYE ~ BYE

06-30-2014, 05:03 PM	#2
Scott H in Wheaton Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Wheaton, IL near Chicago Posts: 861	Re: Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! Might not have his arm around a girl...might have his arm around a guy

06-30-2014, 05:17 PM	#4
HCO41 Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Lyndon, Vt. Posts: 456	Re: Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! Hey Scott, I had to take a second look to see if you were from Vermont. I'm NOT proud of our reputation! Howard Last edited by HCO41; 06-30-2014 at 07:10 PM.

06-30-2014, 05:26 PM	#5
Vic Piano Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Odessa, FL Posts: 7,611	Re: Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! Let's see, today that swimming hole is either polluted or a housing development is built where it used to be... And the kids listen to their choice of music on an I-pod, not the radio, and AM is mostly talk, very little music... or DJ to identify with. As for not knowing (or remembering) the name of the girl you're with... Well, I was guilty of that once or twice back in my younger days... LOL __________________ Imagination is more important than knowledge.

06-30-2014, 05:34 PM	#6
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,009	Re: Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Hey, at my age I am lucky to remember the name of the gal I have my arm around, and we've been married for 52 years. LOL __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".

06-30-2014, 05:41 PM	#7
BILL WZOREK Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Florence Ma. Posts: 2,404	Re: Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! Lawson: I was thinking about your Quote: Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. I've got it beat / I am switching to 2Ply. LOL ~ LOL

06-30-2014, 05:44 PM	#8
Vic Piano Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Odessa, FL Posts: 7,611	Re: Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! Lawson, you are lucky she still puts up with you...LOL Your wife is the quintessential Southern Belle, a very lovely lady. __________________ Imagination is more important than knowledge.

06-30-2014, 06:11 PM	#9
Barry-ct Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Newington, Connecticut Posts: 1,374	Re: Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! Things just ain't what they used to be.............Too bad. That's progress for you. __________________ Barry 50 F-1

06-30-2014, 07:11 PM	#10
39portlander Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Suth'N Maine Posts: 1,996	Re: Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! Growing up we were surrounded by folks with knowledge that passed on that first hand, with a lecture. Now a question or problem is solved through an in-human devise with no life learned knowledge/example to retain, when the battery dies....Duh Todays kids have to understand, "You got to fail to succeed"

06-30-2014, 08:39 PM	#11
Shadetree Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cottageville, WV Posts: 1,535	Re: Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! I tell my 18 year old grandson about the way it was back in 1955. Not sure he believes me. After graduating high school I was working 5 days a week, 12 hours a day in a service station and cleared $40. Had my own car and a steady girl... I shudder just thinking about it. Thank goodness I joined the air force. __________________ Son, you will never blow an engine up in high gear.

06-30-2014, 08:57 PM	#12
cohammer60 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Silver Creek GA Posts: 100	Re: Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! I don't know if it was the good old days but I will never forget the days with 3 channels on the black and white TV and having to go outside and turn the antena when you changed channels . We had a party line on the telephone and had to listen for 3 shorts and a long ring to know if it was for us. We have come a long way.

06-30-2014, 09:10 PM	#13
malpais Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Northern Colorado Posts: 506	Re: Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! These memories are the same for me, and I often wish more folks had grown up in the country or small towns like we did. But.......I remember my grandparents and parents talking about how good it was in "the old days". Now I do it. The other day, my 30 year old son was talking about "kids these days". Maybe it's part of getting old? Sure hate to admit that though............. __________________ Don't mind learning from my mistakes. Just wish I didn't learn EVERYTHING from my mistakes..

06-30-2014, 09:36 PM	#14
tubman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Minnesota, Florida Keys Posts: 10,320	Re: Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! It gets worse. I saw a segment on one of the major networks news shows that says that a large percentage of today's kids are not even interested in getting their drivers licenses. They are more interested in video games and social networking, and are perfectly happy to get a ride with a parent, relative, or a friend. I think they will get a rude awakening when they have to take full responsibility for their lives, but it seems this is the way it is these days. (BTW, I can confirm this after interacting with my own and my friends grandkids.) Remember how bad we all wanted to get our licenses?

07-01-2014, 02:47 AM	#16
BILL WZOREK Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Florence Ma. Posts: 2,404	Re: Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! We have to remember Life is like going to the Cigar City Flatheads Barners Bash. The road we take to get there may not be the same road as our children or grandchildren Take , But in the end we all end up getting to the same place~~~

07-01-2014, 04:26 AM	#17
BLACKNRED Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: adelaide australia Posts: 165	Re: Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! Mainly generational issues. The biggest change has been in marketing, including the must have now, and cotton wool kids getting all their experience from technology (computer games). There is some out there that buck this trend but to be honest it would be lucky to be 40%.

07-01-2014, 05:51 AM	#18
Bassman/NZ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Napier, New Zealand Posts: 2,001	Re: Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! The thing that us old farts fail to understand, is that was our reality. And we loved it. The kids today have their own reality. They dont want to know about ours, just as we didn't want to know about our parents' reality. Our parents despaired of us just as we despair of the young ones today. The reality of the kids of today is really not that much different in concept, just in details. We dug cars, they dig cars. We dug chicks, they dig chicks. We dug music, they dig music. I know a lot of young people through my work and also my other hobby, and they are by and large very nice, decent people. You have to remember, we had a lot of ratbags in our day too. We had hooligans, we had thugs, we had gangs, very little changes really.

07-01-2014, 06:14 AM	#19
CC33 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 465	Re: Trip down Memory Lane Or why young kids are messed up!! My wife and I were driving through town recently and noticed the quiet little neighborhoods with not a soul in site. This is summer vacation now! When I was a kid, the first thing I did every day on vacation was to get on my bike and meet all of the other kids in the neighborhood. We would either be playing frisbee, street hockey, whiffleball. The girls, hopscotch, jump rope, etc. There are NO kids in ANY neighborhood outside playing. What have we created???