Thunderbird Club

[Kriegs]

He'd bring a bag of fruit with him and hand it out like it was candy to anyone that wanted it

 

[Larry V]

And if you think about it, if he did that today*, he would probably be arrested.




* If he were still alive, otherwise everyone would run from the zombie apocalypse.

I wouldn't think that. He was a big shining, happy personality type of guy that made people's days brighter. Even today, he'd be welcome everywhere, I'm certain of it.

 

[PillO]

I wouldn't think that. He was a big shining, happy personality type of guy that made people's days brighter. Even today, he'd be welcome everywhere, I'm certain of it.

All it takes is one twitchy parent and there are a lot of them about these days. Police have been called on parents that let their children play in the yard without an adult directly supervising.

I miss the days of free-range children (I was one and I suspect most here were)

 

[PillO]

So, how about them Red Sox, huh??

Go Leafs!

 

[BklynKen]

I miss the days of free-range children

Did they taste better than free-range chicken?

 

[JJR58]

All it takes is one twitchy parent and there are a lot of them about these days. Police have been called on parents that let their children play in the yard without an adult directly supervising.

I miss the days of free-range children (I was one and I suspect most here were)

Yup, i fall into that category. That's why i turned out the way i did. Not sure that's a good thing. But, i sure learned a lot from growing up out on the streets in this city.

 

[Larry V]

Yup, i fall into that category. That's why i turned out the way i did. Not sure that's a good thing. But, i sure learned a lot from growing up out on the streets in this city.

Me too. Lots of times, my brother and I would take off on our bikes right after breakfast, sometimes with others, sometimes just the two of us and we'd be gone all day long. We'd catch a free lunch at a public park when the community outreach food truck would hand out bologna sandwiches, apples, oranges and milk cartons to any kid that would line up. I didn't realize it at the time but we were the poor kids that the community wanted to make sure got a square meal during the summer. Most of the time we had to be home for dinner unless we told our parents of some other plan... and this was when we were pre-teens. That type of parenting wouldn't fly nowadays.

 

[Gaolee]

I'm not going to write anymore stories for a while.

We probably all have those stories.

 

[Gaolee]

Thinking back in that light, everyone did seem a tad brittle at the social faux-pas of a child... what a good moment for some education. Being an enlightener to a child is a great privilege.

So, how about them Red Sox, huh??

Go Mariners!

 

[Gaolee]

Yup, i fall into that category. That's why i turned out the way i did. Not sure that's a good thing. But, i sure learned a lot from growing up out on the streets in this city.

I grew up as a semi-feral rural kid. There's a lot you can get into as a kid without a leash in a rural area. I was pretty happy that my son grew up in a safe, urban environment. Just a fact.

 

[Gaolee]

As a person who has been driving a van for many years, I have heard all the jokes about free candy. They are a little off base. The sign on the side of my van offers free champagne. I go for a different demographic.

 

[PillO]

Did they taste better than free-range chicken?

Funny guy...

I saw someone at the gym wearing a T-shirt for a charity called Feed the Children. All it had on it was the name of the charity. Of course I had to ask "To what do you intend to feed the children?"

And then there was this incident.

I was returning to the office after lunch, I was approached by some pamphleteer on the street. I am not sure what he/she was campaigning for; some sort of ASCPA, PETA, or other such organization I assume by the pictures of tortured cats and dogs they displayed.

The approach to me was "Do you love animals?"
I replied "Yes. They are delicious." and continued walking.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Thinking back in that light, everyone did seem a tad brittle at the social faux-pas of a child... what a good moment for some education. Being an enlightener to a child is a great privilege.

So, how about them Red Sox, huh??

Yeah, I have found myself asking often over the years, "Who's the adult here?" I ask it in general. I asked it more as a parent / grandparent. I asked it a LOT a a youth pastor.

I don't know from Red Sox.

At around 8 or 9, I was running through the yard shooting bad guys after watching a WWII movie the night before. As I ran past Mom and an older friend of hers from up the street, I shot them both with my toy gun. "Bang! Bang! Take that, Nazis!"
The next lap through the yard, I saw Mom's friend crying while Mom consoled her. Mom gave me The Look. I stopped. Turns out the friend was a Jewish lady who had fled Germany during the Holocaust. I felt so bad. But I got a history lesson and learned valuable lessons about language and thinking before I spoke. That doesn't always happen, but I try.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

All it takes is one twitchy parent and there are a lot of them about these days. Police have been called on parents that let their children play in the yard without an adult directly supervising.

I miss the days of free-range children (I was one and I suspect most here were)

Oh, yeah. Especially in the summer, we'd take off for hours. So long as we turned up when expected (or a friend's parent called, etc.), no problem. Up the street, blocks away at a playground, and y 8 or so, out roaming the desert.

It's one of the reasons we live outside cities, in non-HOA neighborhoods with big lots. So long as the kids aren't running out in front of cars or something, no one cares.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Did they taste better than free-range chicken?

Stringier, usually.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Me too. Lots of times, my brother and I would take off on our bikes right after breakfast, sometimes with others, sometimes just the two of us and we'd be gone all day long. We'd catch a free lunch at a public park when the community outreach food truck would hand out bologna sandwiches, apples, oranges and milk cartons to any kid that would line up. I didn't realize it at the time but we were the poor kids that the community wanted to make sure got a square meal during the summer. Most of the time we had to be home for dinner unless we told our parents of some other plan... and this was when we were pre-teens. That type of parenting wouldn't fly nowadays.

those were the days...seemed like every street corner had at least 20 kids and everyone knew everyone's house..you could literally walk into anyone's house and would always be offered a a drink or a snack....today, my 15 year old would rather talk to other kids thousands of miles away via internet than to go and physically mingle....strange...

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Me too. Lots of times, my brother and I would take off on our bikes right after breakfast, sometimes with others, sometimes just the two of us and we'd be gone all day long. We'd catch a free lunch at a public park when the community outreach food truck would hand out bologna sandwiches, apples, oranges and milk cartons to any kid that would line up. I didn't realize it at the time but we were the poor kids that the community wanted to make sure got a square meal during the summer. Most of the time we had to be home for dinner unless we told our parents of some other plan... and this was when we were pre-teens. That type of parenting wouldn't fly nowadays.

Like I said above, it still does in some places!

 

[Larry V]

those were the days...seemed like every street corner had at least 20 kids and everyone knew everyone's house..you could literally walk into anyone's house and would always be offered a a drink or a snack....today, my 15 year old would rather talk to other kids thousands of miles away via internet than to go and physically mingle....strange...

My 15 y/o daughter calls people she's never met friends because she plays video games with them and they belong to the same "fighting group" or "clan" and they do "missions". I think it's sad but I guess I just don't understand that part of it. I'm happy that she has balance though and she has real friends as well and outside interests beyond computer games.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

played a gig on Sat with my Markbass Little Mark 800 into a MB 2 X 10 box and about one third into the first set the amp starting popping/crackling and sounding like it wanted to sh1t the bed...I quickly swapped the whole thing with my Eden 350 into an Eden 2 X 10 and boy, what a difference....clearly a modus tollens syllogism that decent tone is proportional to weight....

 

[JJR58]

those were the days...seemed like every street corner had at least 20 kids and everyone knew everyone's house..you could literally walk into anyone's house and would always be offered a a drink or a snack....today, my 15 year old would rather talk to other kids thousands of miles away via internet than to go and physically mingle....strange...

Do i know that one. The one common factor is we were all from very dysfunctional families.
But everyone cared for one another. The net ruined actual face to face social contact.