Feel free to add to the list. So many kids today call us boomers as if it were insulting, but only because they have no clue how good life used to be.

All day outside, maybe coming in to grab a snack, or mom would catch a glimpse of us drinking from the hose as we head back out on our adventures.
Usually exploring life in the micro world, or observing buzzards circling, seeing if we could spot their prey, or building a hidden fort.

But usually we all shared the exact same values, the golden Rule. Even TV shared these values back in the day, like Andy of Mayberry, which usually carried a societal message of kinship.
One such episode, where Opie met a hobo, I know you all remember it well, I know I do.
I had the same experience with a drunk down by the river. He was dirty, broke and drinking cheap wine.

Andy's wisdom:

When a hobo told Andy he should just let Opie "decide for himself," how he wanted to live ... Andy had these words of wisdom.

"No, I'm afraid it don't work that way. You can't let a young'n decide for himself. He'll grab at the first flashy thing with shiny ribbons on it. Then, when he finds out there's a hook in it, it's too late. Wrong ideas come packaged with so much glitter that it's hard to convince 'em that other things might be better in the long run. All a parent can do is say 'wait' and 'trust me' and try to keep temptation away."

What do you remember in comparison?

I was taught if you break it, fix it. Later in life I learned that had changed to if someone in your family breaks it, fix it. And still later that became if you see it broke, fix it, don't even bother to ask questions. It taught me lots about mechanics, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, welding, etc. Found out there are lots of appliances I can fix, and some I can not, and which I don't even bother with. When there are projects around the house I only factor in the cost of materials, my labor is free. I do know my limits, but only after I test them. The reward? the satisfaction of doing it, the savings of doing it, the being able to help others, and the ability to recognize the skills others have when I need to call on them because I am in over my head. 

Quote from: Possum on June 15, 2022, 11:50:10 AMI was taught if you break it, fix it. Later in life I learned that had changed to if someone in your family breaks it, fix it. And still later that became if you see it broke, fix it, don't even bother to ask questions. It taught me lots about mechanics, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, welding, etc. Found out there are lots of appliances I can fix, and some I can not, and which I don't even bother with. When there are projects around the house I only factor in the cost of materials, my labor is free. I do know my limits, but only after I test them. The reward? the satisfaction of doing it, the savings of doing it, the being able to help others, and the ability to recognize the skills others have when I need to call on them because I am in over my head.

Yep, and if you couldn't fix it or replace it, you paid for it. Proof of the left trying to destroy our culture.
ANTIF/Whitehouse
They were paid tp break, destroy and burn, and we're going to make them pay dearly!.

If our Government went to WAR with the American people...

What would they be do different?

Biden has started to yell all the time now to show all the NPC's out there he really is in charge when we know it's Susan Rice. I've seen hard boiled eggs with more brain power than Biden's stupid ass.

Throw the ball glove on the handle bars and peddle across town to the diamond for summer baseball practice. Zero moms and dads present just us kids and the coach. Then hit the outdoors swimming pool playing tag and doing cannon balls off the board until the chlorine got to our eyes, pick up a 5 cent treat at the concession stand and head out on the bikes until sunset. Finally, straggle home near dark just to hit the bed wake up and do it again. Man, summer lasted forever back in the day.

Quote from: yrunvs on June 16, 2022, 02:04:00 PMThrow the ball glove on the handle bars and peddle across town to the diamond for summer baseball practice. Zero moms and dads present just us kids and the coach. Then hit the outdoors swimming pool playing tag and doing cannon balls off the board until the chlorine got to our eyes, pick up a 5 cent treat at the concession stand and head out on the bikes until sunset. Finally, straggle home near dark just to hit the bed wake up and do it again. Man, summer lasted forever back in the day.

 

Quote from: yrunvs on June 16, 2022, 02:04:00 PMThrow the ball glove on the handle bars and peddle across town to the diamond for summer baseball practice. Zero moms and dads present just us kids and the coach. Then hit the outdoors swimming pool playing tag and doing cannon balls off the board until the chlorine got to our eyes, pick up a 5 cent treat at the concession stand and head out on the bikes until sunset. Finally, straggle home near dark just to hit the bed wake up and do it again. Man, summer lasted forever back in the day.

Yep, that was childhood...
I remember those early cold and rainy Spring days, when getting a ride would've been a pleasure.

But all parents agreed, that suffering was all a part of suffering and making men out of us, toughening us up for what lie ahead in life.
If only parents today had kept that thinking alive...

How did we ever survive?