I remember when:

[Addicting]

Mom and dad letting us kids fold the seats down in the station wagon and laying out sleeping bags and pillows for long road trips.

Still do that!

 

[noharleyyet]

It used to be the thing in the childhoods of our fathers. Probably every one of them did mercury dimes or knew a kid who did. It was the kids who ate paint chips that turned out weird.

We couldn't afford the good glue...prolly a good thing.

 

[MTTW]

I remember laying down in the back of the 1956 chevy station wagon and smoking a cigarette with my brother while my parents drove back east to visit relatives.

They had so much smoke in the car that they never noticed. We were probably about 10 and 12.

 

[Sytes]

Anarchist Cookbook was more guarded than the playboy/penthouse magazine!

 

[Bigjay73]

Running home at 755 PM on Fridays to catch Dukes of Hazzard pre VCR days.

 

[Bigjay73]

When all it took was a few JC Penny bra ads

 

[Hem]

When I personally knew who every landowner was for at least 5 miles in any direction from home.

During my single days I had a male malamute that knew every land owner 5 miles in every direction.
One of them must have not been to happy. Dog was packing bird shot for quite a few years.

 

[BJankovich12]

..There weren’t grizzlies in the Missouri breaks

 

[Caseknife]

Remember when they showed us "Psycho" in the school auditorium for our 6th grade graduation, and no, it wasn't when it was first released

 

[Montana_Wanderer]

When wade fishing in jeans was almost normal.

 

[Richard22]

I was an Air Force brat, growing up. The Cuban missile crisis was a searing memory from my childhood. I was very accustomed to to the base being on alert. That did not come close to the tension felt for those few days. Everyone was quite certain that the end was eminent. The relief when the crisis passed, was equally palpable.

My dad was stationed at Chenault AFB in Lake Charles during the crisis, but I was too young to realize the severity of the situation. He would tell me later they scattered all their B-52's to civilian airfields with their crews to wait for further instructions. From there we moved to Glasgow AFB in Montana, another SAC base, where B-52's were serving the Iron Dome effort. A few years back one of the TV networks gave Glasgow the title "Middle of Nowhere" far being the farthest from any large city in the US. Made sense to put an AFB in such a remote place during the middle of the Cold War. To this day I could not tell you for sure if nuclear weapons were on those bases because needless to say, members of the military never mention it or ask such a question. At least, not in those days.

 

[SaskHunter]

I too remember when it was easy to cross the border. Took a 16yo girlfriend to Niagara once about turn of the century. All we needed was her driving learner’s permit and a note from her parents that it was alright with them if I took their daughter out of country.
You mentioned the border NE states and they’re fine, though I don’t see it as a fair trade to visit. Just that province alone has Windsor, the better falls, Spanish R. provincial park, hot babes of Sudbury, Georgian Bay. You see? I’d much rather drop $ on that vacation than some shitty lobster roll in the snooty Downeast.

I guess Ontario used to be Okay a long long while ago, but it's been a shytehole for a long time too though! Ha

 

[Bigjay73]

Stolen from the humor thread:

 

[NR_Hunter]

Gutting elk holding a Mag Light mini mag in your mouth.

I prefer the magnum mag light.

 

[406dn]

S and H green stamps

 

[Wildabeest]

H. R. Pufnstuf

 

[MS 9x56]

I prefer the magnum mag light.

Much better than any night stick. Ask me how I know

 

[Wild Bill]

I prefer the magnum mag light.

I can recall a couple of my dad’s friends installed a mount on the rear window of their single cab pickups for magnum mag lights, just under their gun rack. I remember as probably a 6-8 year old thinking that was so bad ass.

 

[Hem]

You youngsters don't realize how quickly the time will come when you start remembering.
@Dsnow9 ...before you know it you will be bragging about how you once was a badass tree guy.

 

[Dsnow9]

You youngsters don't realize how quickly the time will come when you start remembering.
@Dsnow9 ...before you know it you will be bragging about how you once was a badass tree guy.

I’ve been a professional athlete on and off since highschool. Snowboarding in my younger years and now tree climbing. I use to brag about those things. Having kids changes that a lot. I hope I’ll be bragging about how awesome my kids are and how great our relationship is. All the other stuff is fun but comes and goes like the wind.