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Title: Growing up without a cell phone
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URL Source: http://abraxasmail
Published: Jun 7, 2010
Author: Some Funny Person
Post Date: 2010-06-07 22:56:01 by abraxas
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Views: 722
Comments: 27
Growing up without a cell phone 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 And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell 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 now that I'm over the ripe old age of thirty five, 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 damn Utopia! And I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don't know how good you'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 damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!! 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! 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! 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! 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. 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! 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 GOD!!! 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. 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! 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! 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!!! 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 ! And we didn't have microwaves. If we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove! Imagine that! 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 guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980 or any time before! Regards, The Over 30 Crowd
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#1. To: abraxas (#0)
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That's what little sisters (were) for.
At least 50 minutes for a TV dinner in a little aluminum tray. And that was fast!
"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." lol......and some say that little sisters are merely pests. Humph!! They simply didn't know how to put 'em to work. : ) I liked this part about no caller ID: You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister! Oh, the horrors.....
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
50 minutes???? A person could starve in 50 minutes. One would need a Scooby Snack to make it until dinner time. : )
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
God I miss great cartoons. There are no good ones any more. Where is Speedy Gonzales anyway?
"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." He can be located on DVD since his removal from TV. The only cartoons I let my girls watch are on DVD. I can't tolerate the advertising (nagging 101 instructions) that go along with any cartoons these days, not to mention that the characters and story lines are beyond lame, inappropriate and NEVER funny.
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
The boys were into Dragon Ball Z, Ninja Turtles and Transformers. Yes it is all about the toys or cards.
"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." At least 50 minutes for a TV dinner in a little aluminum tray. And that was fast! With soupy mashed potatoes - if they weren't burnt, mystery meat, and overcooked rubbery vegetables. Yum! However though we had a Microwave in the 70's. My Mom worked for the largest local Dept Store Chain and much to chagrin of the Buyer when it went on sale, using her employee discount, she was able to get one for below cost (it was still over $300 - about $1,000 in current dollars). I had that very same microwave up until about 4 years ago. It was BUILT. In all that time she had the power tube replaced once - around 1987. When it blew again in 2006 I scrapped it finally. It was the Sharp Carousel that weighed about 400 pounds and needed 3 stout men, or one very studly son, to move. I still have the cart it was on and use it for storing lesser used pots and pans.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
*69 and caller id put an end to prank calls.
I lament the loss of......... Amanda Hugnkiss? I'm lookin' for Amanda Hugnkiss. Is there Amanda Hugnkiss around here? Derb Nub It!!
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
I never was much of a prank caller.
Me neither.....I remember that one from Bart Simpson calling Moe at the bar.
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
Oh, that's right : )
Yeah, like the Looneytoons cartoon character, Yosemite Sam. He doesn't wear sidearms anymore.
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
OH man! I missed that one. That's just disgusting.
"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." Do you have Prince Albert in a can? Is your refrigerator running?
"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." lol.....that reminds me of this one. Sphincter says what?
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
LOL exactly.
"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." I remember, as a kid, thinking that was the funniest. : )
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80629781/
Considering all the kids that will soon be dying with brain tumors caused by cell phones, they don't have it lucky at all.
God is always good!
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "You've got to put right and wrong above legal and illegal. Because when tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty; and it is not rebellion at all, it is submission to the higher law that our government is in rebellion to. We're not the rebels, they're the rebels."
Amanda Hugnkiss? I'm lookin' for Amanda Hugnkiss. Is there Amanda Hugnkiss around here? I was a little more .... mean. We'd visit my grandparents in the Big City. I'd dial a random number looking for a black to answer. I'd be recruiting for the KKK, and looking for donations like wood and gas for cross burnings, clean bedsheets to make robes etc. .
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files Live free or 33 1/3 RPM records, 8-track in the car, the Ghoul hosting the Saturday Night Late movie (Cleveland area), Drive-in movie Theaters, 7% beer (no 3.2% for this crowd), a pack of smokes for 65 cents, and NO stinking cell phones (I hate those things).
Jeez, I remember Party Lines.
lol......I forgot about those. Probably becasue we had a busy body neighbor who continually tied up the line so we rarely made any calls out.
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
It was so bad where I lived that when I walked down the street all the adults would come out of their houses and hit me. It was like running a gantlet. When I asked what I did, they all said, "It's for what you did that none of us caught you for, or for what you're going to do in the future." When I called the cops they hit me too!
For it is not the wolf or any of the other beasts that would join the contest in any noble danger, but rather a good man. — Aristotle, Politics, Book IIX
NO REMOTES!!!
“It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone.” ~ Rose F. Kennedy
#2. To: abraxas, wudidiz, Original_Intent (#0)
And we didn't have microwaves. If we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove! Imagine that!
James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
#3. To: wudidiz (#1)
#4. To: farmfriend (#2)
#5. To: abraxas (#4)
One would need a Scooby Snack to make it until dinner time. : )
James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
#6. To: farmfriend (#5)
Where is Speedy Gonzales anyway?
#7. To: abraxas (#6)
not to mention that the characters and story lines are beyond lame, inappropriate and NEVER funny.
James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
#8. To: farmfriend, abraxas, wudidiz (#2)
And we didn't have microwaves. If we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove! Imagine that!
#9. To: abraxas (#3)
I liked this part about no caller ID: You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister! Oh, the horrors.....
“It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone.” ~ Rose F. Kennedy
#10. To: wudidiz (#9)
*69 and caller id put an end to prank calls
#11. To: abraxas (#10)
“It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone.” ~ Rose F. Kennedy
#12. To: wudidiz (#11)
#13. To: abraxas (#12)
“It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone.” ~ Rose F. Kennedy
#14. To: farmfriend (#5)
God I miss great cartoons. There are no good ones any more. Where is Speedy Gonzales anyway?
#15. To: buckeroo (#14)
He doesn't wear sidearms anymore.
James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
#16. To: wudidiz, abraxas, Original_Intent (#11)
James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
#17. To: farmfriend (#16)
#18. To: abraxas (#17)
James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
#19. To: farmfriend (#18)
#20. To: abraxas, farmfriend (#19)
“It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone.” ~ Rose F. Kennedy
#21. To: abraxas (#0)
(Edited)
#22. To: abraxas (#0)
#23. To: abraxas, all (#10)
I lament the loss of.........
CHIMPOUT!
die kill ~~ Me
God is a separatist. That's good enough for me.
#24. To: abraxas (#0)
#25. To: abraxas (#0)
#26. To: Jethro Tull (#25)
Jeez, I remember Party Lines.
#27. To: abraxas (#0)
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!
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