Simple exciting things when we were kids

Originally posted by FishHead111
Never did nuthin like that, where did you grow up, South Vietnam?

Hey, I did most of these things too, especially walking barefoot in the rain gutters, luckily there were no dumpy bottles yet. Our tunnel was about five to six meters long, into a cave.
What a jol! 😀

Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
Ridding a bike without holding the handlebars.

"Look Ma, no hands!"
"Look Ma, no teeth!"

Saturday morning cartoons

Scouting. I saw wonders which don't exist anymore. The fire fall at Yosemite, for example. Natural Bridges State Beach (I'm told one of the bridges has since collapsed). Sighting whales off the No. California coast; sighting bear and lynx in the mountains. I suppose these things are gone now.

Originally posted by FMF
Soaking conkers in vinegar.

Baking them on a low oven for an hour!!

Whether or not to play "stampsies"

Originally posted by Kewpie
Climbing the apple tree.

Going down back alleyways and "scrumping" apples n pears from overhanging garden trees.

Getting a pair of skates that clamped on your street shoes that had steel wheels and....just.....sucked.
Hopping on a pogo stick and pretending it was fun.
Home made stilts

Having the freedom of outside from the age of 5. Kids today are bubble wrapped by the same parents who themselves had the same freedom.

Originally posted by vivify
Saturday morning cartoons

Happy days.
Now its a cartoon of wine.

Crossing guards that made sure you got to school when you walked a half mile to school across city streets in the first grade.
Taking your tricycle to the corner store when you were five to get a loaf of bread.
That was in Los Angeles in the 50's. It was OK then, nobody thought anything of it.
In Iceland women leave their infants in baby buggies outside supermarkets and department stores in a parking area outside the door.
Why is that OK there ?
Hint: It won't be OK much longer the way things are going.
Celebrate diversity folks, it's gonna save the world.
Right?

Occasionally bunking off and spending all day in a forest.

Originally posted by FishHead111
That was in Los Angeles in the 50's. It was OK then, nobody thought anything of it.
In Iceland women leave their infants in baby buggies outside supermarkets and department stores in a parking area outside the door.
Why is that OK there ?

Iceland is small. Everyone knows everyone, and there's nowhere to hide.