BEFORE THEY NERFED THE WORLD

[Skinny Leaf]

BB gun wars with no safety goggles. We had a rule of three pumps only. Of course someone broke the rule. And someone then got shot in the nads. End of BB gun wars.

We lived in a two story house and the back roof was really long. We'd climb to the top and slide down the roof. It was a wood shingle roof. Mom caught us pulling splinters out of each others ass. No more roof sliding.

Street football. That was an injury just waiting to happen.

I think the banning of dodge ball began the pussification of youth reinforced with bicycle helmets. Dodgeball was the bomb.

 

[greenmatter]

we use to jump off the shed to the trampoline and land in the stylish above ground pool .......stupid as hell but FUN

until my friend fell about 2 feet short., destroying the pool and pretty much shattering his collar bone ...... his dad did not take him to the hospital for days. in his words "stupidity should hurt! bunch of little assholes!" i do think he really felt bad when he found out how bad the kid was hurt though

 

[waveguide]

pin darts.. 2" square of paper, pencil eraser cut in half, one pin.. fold paper into fins, eraser pieces hold it in place. you can put at least one between each finger and throw a handful of them at once. kids wearing big puffy jackets in summer.

kids used to throw them in the ceiling at class, they'd drop down months later..

nipple twisting was a weird one. everyone would walk round with their arms crossed and their hands under their armpits.

better than my father's generation... clamped penis pressurised piss ambushes in the bathroom.

 

[memphis man]

al these bring back memories
we used to tie fishing line to a junebugs leg and let him fly around like a kite.

 

[dagnabit]

Swimming to the middle of the bay to raid crab traps @ 10 yoa..
Swimming in gator infested waters (you could count the bastards on the bottom)
Barefoot in the southern louisiana swamp.
Fucking the neighborhood slut bareback.

 

[Herbophile]

I think the banning of dodge ball began the pussification of youth reinforced with bicycle helmets. Dodgeball was the bomb.

We used to play trenchball in grade school during rain days when we couldn't go outside for recess. The games were set up by classes and run by the lunch ladies. Today the schools would drop dead if they saw kids playing that game.

 

[Danks2005]

I've carried a knife since I was 12 or younger (also never stabbed anyone) just went to the courthouse to pay a ticket, get to the metal detector and had to go back to the truck, the knife is just part of my wardrobe now.

Also used to steel produce from peoples gardens, now I just laugh when mine goes missing

I still throw ammo in the fire when around a bonfire, I just cant help it I love yelling "ammo in the fire" and watching everyone scatter

I also raided crab traps

Jumped from the roof to the pool

Sandlot tackle football

We would drive the boat in circles to scare off the gators before using the rope swing and swimming

Going shrooming. A buddy got shot with a rocksalt round, and we were back out there two weeks later

Im sure more will come to mind, I was quite inebriated for most of it

My dad always told me "you gotta be tough to be dumb" truer words have never been spoken

 

[fishheadbob]

Skitching. Hitching a ride on the back bumper of a slow (hopefully) car on a slow clogged street. Half skiing, half hitching a ride. Great fun until you hit a dry or sanded part. Easier to jump them at a stop sign.

 

[blackosprey]

 

[diggdugg]

Awsome thread!

I remember the firework stand actually sold plastic bottle rocket pistols for blackcat bottle rockets( before they took the bang out). Awsome for firework wars.
skateboards and gravel!(no knee pads)
bb gun wars
blowing up ant beds
devising and setting all sortsa of critter traps
WALL BALL!
cheap chinese throwing stars
shotgun shell grenades
bike jump ramps
dirt bike jumps with tires lining the sides to look like a cool track that are also hazardous obstacles for the landing
skoal bandits (puked my guts out because my cuz told me to try each flavor all at once)
candy and real cigs

 

[Treetroit City]

Smear the queer.
Can I still say that?

 

[paulo73]

How i miss my childhood on the 70s and teenager years on the 80s.
Stones, sticks, slingshots and BBguns made epic seminal gang wars.
Jumping from 3 storage high construction sites to a pile of sand while screaming like tarzan.
Going to the Commandos training course and do it just for kicks...and a few fractured bones i admit.
Making DIY TNT sticks with gunpowder from fireworks and small plastic tubes and blow them in public places.
Do all those stupid games where by lack of brain oxygenation you would get all dizzy, stoned like.
Soon come the first mind altering substances and everything was fresh and new. Booze in all tastes, colors and grades, the smokes, our folks medicine cabinets busted happily every other week, communal sangrias done in a 30lts watering can where everything was allowed on the mix.
The pre-aids juvenile sex and all the miseries involved
Mountain climbing, Mountain biking and then all the road and off-road bikes craziness that took 2 out of every 10 male kids from my age range on the 80s.
Portugal was health&safety free until late 80s and we were a very recent democracy, since 74, so every thing was allowed and few things regulated.
The awesome Rallies Vinho do Porto on the 1st half on the 80s where we would pack up to Sintra and camp by the road side. Touching the side/back of the cars while they wre cruising at full speed on those narrow roads was a must and proof of manly hood .
Train surfing until one of us died
Oh man those were sweet&sour days but i wouldn´t swap them for the world.
The worst bit of it is having to keep all this secret from my 10yo kid and many times i need to reprehend him but because of all these memories i find it very hard if you know what i mean.
Good thread that took me down the memory lane.

 

[Homer J Pimpin]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh a thread after my own heart.....back when boy's turned into men instead of sissy's.
A time when if a dude wore eyeliner and lipstick and skinny jeans he could count on getting his ass beat on general principle...........
A time where we RESPECTED our elders
A time when add was still called lazy
A time when we took responsibilites for our own actions.
A time when being a musician ment you actually played a instrument.....
A time when a dropout with a turntable was a drop out with a turntable not a DJ
A time when integrity ment something
A time when a " lady " ment more than just a female.
A time when made in the usa ment quality
A time when we learned how to amuse our self with some mud and a stick
A time when we believed in pulling our own weight.
A time when you had to actually do something to become famous.
A time when a date was dinner and movie instead of fuck book and a condom
A time when disiplin was disiplin not child abuse.
A time when we knew that hugging it out was not the way to deal with our enimies.........
A time when if you didnt learn you didnt pass.
A time when "mediocrity is not a option" was more than just words It was a way of life.
A time when we treated the disease not just the symptom..........
A time when you could and would be proud to say born in the usa

 

[greenmatter]

building go- karts out of the shit that was available!

our first attempt was a 5 horse briggs + stratton, wheels from a fucking baby carriage, and parts from several bicycles (some scrap and others just sacrificed to the jr. gear head gods), and a rear axel made of EMT and all thread

and brakes ..... LOL ..... we don't need no stinking brakes

 

[diggdugg]

Hell yeah Greenmatter. Me and my cousin spent countless hours building a go-cart out of parts out in the barn with the help of our grandad. He told us to NEVER take it out on the highway. Well of course we did just that to go into town to the store. The next morning we awoke to find our go-cart chop sawed into 1" pieces! It must have taken him all night to teach that lesson.
Also, anyone ever pick up the old "pull" type beer can tabs and make chains out of them?

 

[Homer J Pimpin]

A time before "jarts" were considered a weapon of mass destruction

 

[paladin420]

A time before "jarts" were considered a weapon of mass destruction

aaaaaaahhhhh about that???? oopesy 'jart reulette' was not a good idea!!! funny as two cops tryin to fuck the same dougnut!! but not a good idea..

 

[greenmatter]

A time before "jarts" were considered a weapon of mass destruction

and they were not trying to make trampolines safer than the average padded cell

 

[bruceinpacifica]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh a thread after my own heart.....back when boy's turned into men instead of sissy's.

Well put. But those traits are carried by our offspring as well depending how much freedom we give them. My son was our type, I allowed him to be a boy. My grandsons, now in their 20's were also the same way and I'm sure their sons will be too.
You know the old expression, 'Young & dumb and full of ****, well you know.
In the fifties & sixties in San Francisco I used to wander the city as a kid and also San Bruno Mountain and farmers pastures, hell ride our bikes out of town and be gone from 7 am till dark in the summer wilh just a cheese & bologna sandwhich in a a brown paper bag.
Looks like I have brethren all over the country, Awesome.
Cheers,
bruce

 

[Harry Gypsna]

Rope swings we always my thing, preferably over water, we had some awesome ones in the countryside where I grew up, the scariest was in a wood, and you had to climb a tree to a pallet that had been mounted up there, when you stepped off, you would drop 10 feet for the rope to go tight before you started swinging.. I climbed that tree 3 times and chickened out before finally taking the leap.
What about toy guns, those ones that fired little red plastic discs, I had a sten gun that spat 30 discs in about 5 seconds-that would never get past the health and safety these days.