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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

It was suggested to me in a message to start a thread on what we used to do as kids that the youth of today have missed out on or you don't or rarely see them doing." (I know my opening paragraph is shit.. Bear with me.)

I was thinking, getting pulled around the scheme on your bike by either the rag and bone man (not the brit award winner btw) or the floats on gala day.

nicking milk from the door step.

Bulding rope swings from ridiculously high trees across rivers or lakes with stupidly dangerous high drops.

Playing tig on scaffolding..

Anything else.

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By *ab femWoman
over a year ago

Ayrshire

They can't buy cigarettes for 20p at the shop in your lunch break now. No carryouts either

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By *ictiiWitchCouple
over a year ago

Helensburgh

Buying penny mixtures.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"They can't buy cigarettes for 20p at the shop in your lunch break now. No carryouts either "

20p I remember my mum sending me to the local corner shop with 10p and a note saying I was to buy a "single" for her... I used to keep the note and go back later and get one for myself and my friends to share.. Then the shopkeeper started signing it so I couldn't.. The bastard. Hehe

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By *ola cubesMan
over a year ago

coatbridge


"Yup that many think your so fantastic they get you to post their threads is what i take from this

Thanks for your contribution... Kola... Now that's off your chest, there must be something you have observed that kids are missing out on from your experience. "

nothing was on my chest kids miss out on nothing its a new world with new adventures.

Same old same old the old guard try to put kids down not going out and playing lightashite on someones doorstep.

My thoughts its a brave new world and its theirs they are doing whats right for their generation

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By *izzmasterzeroMan
over a year ago

Aberdeen

Actually going outside.

Coming home with scabby knees, building forts in the woods, catching frogs in the ditch, getting chased by the local farmers for being in their fields.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Actually going outside.

Coming home with scabby knees, building forts in the woods, catching frogs in the ditch, getting chased by the local farmers for being in their fields."

There used to be a gooseberry Bush in the farmers field and he would chase us all the time when we went in to eat some.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Going out and not coming back in till the street lights go on

Cyclibg everywhere with my friends, making dodgy ramps that would terrify me today and doing jumps with my bmx, and no bike helmets

Watching married with children on Thursday nights after the news with my dad looking forward to seeing Kelly bundy

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Going out and not coming back in till the street lights go on

Cyclibg everywhere with my friends, making dodgy ramps that would terrify me today and doing jumps with my bmx, and no bike helmets

Watching married with children on Thursday nights after the news with my dad looking forward to seeing Kelly bundy

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Kelly bundy... Wowser..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Going out and not coming back in till the street lights go on

Cyclibg everywhere with my friends, making dodgy ramps that would terrify me today and doing jumps with my bmx, and no bike helmets

Watching married with children on Thursday nights after the news with my dad looking forward to seeing Kelly bundy

Kelly bundy... Wowser.. "

Even better when she was playing pool

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Going out and not coming back in till the street lights go on

Cyclibg everywhere with my friends, making dodgy ramps that would terrify me today and doing jumps with my bmx, and no bike helmets

Watching married with children on Thursday nights after the news with my dad looking forward to seeing Kelly bundy

Kelly bundy... Wowser..

Even better when she was playing pool"

Marcy Was hot too.. I'm sure she was a swinger. Hehe.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

10p fredo, taz bar, and chocolate cigarettes

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By *e DevilMan
over a year ago

Blantyre


"Yup that many think your so fantastic they get you to post their threads is what i take from this

Thanks for your contribution... Kola... Now that's off your chest, there must be something you have observed that kids are missing out on from your experience. nothing was on my chest kids miss out on nothing its a new world with new adventures.

Same old same old the old guard try to put kids down not going out and playing lightashite on someones doorstep.

My thoughts its a brave new world and its theirs they are doing whats right for their generation"

God help the future of the world then and calling it a brave new world is a bit optimistic in my opinion, the youth coming through today is a bunch of , im entitled snowflakes, not all , but nearly half i reckon.

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By *ola cubesMan
over a year ago

coatbridge


"Yup that many think your so fantastic they get you to post their threads is what i take from this

Thanks for your contribution... Kola... Now that's off your chest, there must be something you have observed that kids are missing out on from your experience. nothing was on my chest kids miss out on nothing its a new world with new adventures.

Same old same old the old guard try to put kids down not going out and playing lightashite on someones doorstep.

My thoughts its a brave new world and its theirs they are doing whats right for their generation

God help the future of the world then and calling it a brave new world is a bit optimistic in my opinion, the youth coming through today is a bunch of , im entitled snowflakes, not all , but nearly half i reckon. "

even if you were right whos fault would that be imo certainly not theirs we set the snowflake society up we allowed the maniacs make policy.

Its always a brave new world it will still be when the extinction event happens and theres no more humans

My point was kids do whats right for the times and dodering old farts havent a clue how the world works now same as the old ones when i was young.

The old always claim the young are doing it wrong and we keep marching forward

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By *vbride1963TV/TS
over a year ago

E.K . Glasgow

Kerbie , catching tadpoles KDRA or KDRLF ( kick the door and run away or run like feck . ) I can’t remember much else .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jesus, I hate the term snowflake.

Kids are a product of the society and environment they are brought up in, especially (obviously) the home environment. So don't be too much of a dick as a parent and the wee souls should be ok.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Back to the OP, we used to get the Asda trollies, jump into them and then a gang of us would push you down the hill.

I had a particularly large friend and the weight of her, combined with the weight of the trolley and the steepness (is that a word?) of the hill, meant we had to let go mid run. Watched her hurtling towards a kerb and taking a header straight out. Totally shat myself, thought we had killed her

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Yup that many think your so fantastic they get you to post their threads is what i take from this

Thanks for your contribution... Kola... Now that's off your chest, there must be something you have observed that kids are missing out on from your experience. nothing was on my chest kids miss out on nothing its a new world with new adventures.

Same old same old the old guard try to put kids down not going out and playing lightashite on someones doorstep.

My thoughts its a brave new world and its theirs they are doing whats right for their generation

God help the future of the world then and calling it a brave new world is a bit optimistic in my opinion, the youth coming through today is a bunch of , im entitled snowflakes, not all , but nearly half i reckon. even if you were right whos fault would that be imo certainly not theirs we set the snowflake society up we allowed the maniacs make policy.

Its always a brave new world it will still be when the extinction event happens and theres no more humans

My point was kids do whats right for the times and dodering old farts havent a clue how the world works now same as the old ones when i was young.

The old always claim the young are doing it wrong and we keep marching forward "

The purpose of this thread never was to do what you claim it was kola.. No where did it say they were doing it wrong. It was purely to evoke memories of things we used to do that the youth of today don't.. There are a plethora of reasons why these things have died out... If you read this as an attack on the youth of today maybe they speaks more about your mindset than that of others.

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By *ab femWoman
over a year ago

Ayrshire

Make soda streams, dig through the cereal to find the toy, have tshirts that show up hand prints

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By *ola cubesMan
over a year ago

coatbridge


"Yup that many think your so fantastic they get you to post their threads is what i take from this

Thanks for your contribution... Kola... Now that's off your chest, there must be something you have observed that kids are missing out on from your experience. nothing was on my chest kids miss out on nothing its a new world with new adventures.

Same old same old the old guard try to put kids down not going out and playing lightashite on someones doorstep.

My thoughts its a brave new world and its theirs they are doing whats right for their generation

God help the future of the world then and calling it a brave new world is a bit optimistic in my opinion, the youth coming through today is a bunch of , im entitled snowflakes, not all , but nearly half i reckon. even if you were right whos fault would that be imo certainly not theirs we set the snowflake society up we allowed the maniacs make policy.

Its always a brave new world it will still be when the extinction event happens and theres no more humans

My point was kids do whats right for the times and dodering old farts havent a clue how the world works now same as the old ones when i was young.

The old always claim the young are doing it wrong and we keep marching forward

The purpose of this thread never was to do what you claim it was kola.. No where did it say they were doing it wrong. It was purely to evoke memories of things we used to do that the youth of today don't.. There are a plethora of reasons why these things have died out... If you read this as an attack on the youth of today maybe they speaks more about your mindset than that of others. "

there you go again im replying to points made veey reminiscent of other users dictating what can and cant be said

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By *vbride1963TV/TS
over a year ago

E.K . Glasgow


"Make soda streams, dig through the cereal to find the toy, have tshirts that show up hand prints "

Toys in cereal packets easy , lie box on side remove cereal in bag keeping on side , open bottom of cereal bag , find toy , put cereal bag back in box upside down job done .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Reading all this is no wonder when my nieces (10 and 13 years old) tell their friends what they get up to with me they get called liars until there is photographic proof

Last time was in garden, gave them saws to saw up a tree branch that we had cut down and then told them to create a campfire in the fire pit then cooking bacon on it

Before that, cycling round Millport, doing bbqs (including letting them use chefs knifes to prep everything), and so much stuff

And before the social work get involved they did have some adult supervision now and again lol

Just need to see what I wil do with them rest of year

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Yup that many think your so fantastic they get you to post their threads is what i take from this

Thanks for your contribution... Kola... Now that's off your chest, there must be something you have observed that kids are missing out on from your experience. nothing was on my chest kids miss out on nothing its a new world with new adventures.

Same old same old the old guard try to put kids down not going out and playing lightashite on someones doorstep.

My thoughts its a brave new world and its theirs they are doing whats right for their generation

God help the future of the world then and calling it a brave new world is a bit optimistic in my opinion, the youth coming through today is a bunch of , im entitled snowflakes, not all , but nearly half i reckon. even if you were right whos fault would that be imo certainly not theirs we set the snowflake society up we allowed the maniacs make policy.

Its always a brave new world it will still be when the extinction event happens and theres no more humans

My point was kids do whats right for the times and dodering old farts havent a clue how the world works now same as the old ones when i was young.

The old always claim the young are doing it wrong and we keep marching forward

The purpose of this thread never was to do what you claim it was kola.. No where did it say they were doing it wrong. It was purely to evoke memories of things we used to do that the youth of today don't.. There are a plethora of reasons why these things have died out... If you read this as an attack on the youth of today maybe they speaks more about your mindset than that of others. there you go again im replying to points made veey reminiscent of other users dictating what can and cant be said "

Read your second comment in the thread kola where you said it's the same old guard trying to put kids down.. Which point was that replying too? Now re read mine. Tell me where I told anyone what they could or couldn't say... You try and draw a comparison between me and a user no longer on the site which is laughable..

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By *ab femWoman
over a year ago

Ayrshire


"Make soda streams, dig through the cereal to find the toy, have tshirts that show up hand prints

Toys in cereal packets easy , lie box on side remove cereal in bag keeping on side , open bottom of cereal bag , find toy , put cereal bag back in box upside down job done . "

You're a pro. I used to just stick my hand right in

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Make soda streams, dig through the cereal to find the toy, have tshirts that show up hand prints

Toys in cereal packets easy , lie box on side remove cereal in bag keeping on side , open bottom of cereal bag , find toy , put cereal bag back in box upside down job done .

You're a pro. I used to just stick my hand right in "

I had to fight my sisters to see who got to the box first

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By *ola cubesMan
over a year ago

coatbridge

Im drawing a comparison between you and a user no longer on site where did you see that.......oh dear seeing things are we

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Im drawing a comparison between you and a user no longer on site where did you see that.......oh dear seeing things are we "

Maybe reread the last paragraph of your post, the inference is there... And maybe answer my points...if not then I'm done. Maybe time for another cuppa.

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By *ola cubesMan
over a year ago

coatbridge


"Im drawing a comparison between you and a user no longer on site where did you see that.......oh dear seeing things are we

Maybe reread the last paragraph of your post, the inference is there... And maybe answer my points...if not then I'm done. Maybe time for another cuppa. "

again your seeing inference where there is none as to your points......you have none and you dont control me or my replys

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By *andsCouple
over a year ago

Edin

I would comment but don’t fancy 48hrs in the naughty corner like someone else who aired an opinion !

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By *e DevilMan
over a year ago

Blantyre


"I would comment but don’t fancy 48hrs in the naughty corner like someone else who aired an opinion ! "

Ohh go on , whats 48 hours between friends

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By *estless nativeMan
over a year ago

near Glasgow

Zx spectrums where the game was on a cassette tape and you had to furiously hammer 2 buttons to make Daley Thompson run

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By *vbride1963TV/TS
over a year ago

E.K . Glasgow

Recording the charts on a Sunday with your finger on the pause button ready to stop recording when the DJ started talking .

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