Sappy

Posted on April 5, 2009

I was thinking the other day about all the stuff that my kids will never experience, play with, watch or enjoy.

Here is my list:

A dial phone. Shoot, I remember a two party phone. If you have to ask you were either rich or much too young to remember.
A typewriter. My mom had a real typewriter. I typed my entire Eagle Scout Report on that thing. My son is proficient at MS Word at age 8.
A phonebooth. A real phonebooth with a door and a seat. Remember those?
How about Penny candy at the corner store. Or finding pop bottles in the ditch to cash in for a dime to buy the penny candy.
Mr. Rogers. Need I say more. iCarly and the Suite Life with Zach and Cody are no substitute.
MerryGoRounds and Teeter Totters on the playground. They have been outlawed.
Jarts. Yard Darts. Come one. I never got hurt with those things.
Marbles for keeps, they now play games in Japanese on cards for keeps. No aggies or shooters.
VHS Players. My kids have already forgotten them
Cassettes

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2 Comments so far

Jeri April 6, 2009 9:07 am
JARTS! It wasn’t a family get together unless all the grown-up were completely lit and all the kids were dodging jarts. My dad hit my uncle in the foot with a jart from 20 feet. Not bad for a dude that had to hold on to my mom to get to the bathroom. Aaahhhhh…memories! Don’t forget 8 track tapes. And t.v. without remotes! The insanity!
iDude July 8, 2009 4:51 pm
I found a box full of my old cassettes from the 80’s and early 90’s and plan on testing them in my car, which still has a cassette player, even though it’s a 2002 model ford. (it has a 6 disk CD changer as well)…
Heck even CDs are getting antiquated now w/ iPods and other MP3 players.

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