How things used to be

[Tazz]

Used to be able to go to school with a knife in your pocket and not worry about being suspended for nine days. No one had ever hear of zero tolerance and PC would have meant pure crap.

Used to carry a Buck 110 in a sheath in high school, nobody gave a crap.

we didnt have stupid people

Can't even turn around without bumping into em'. Used to be able to ride a motorcycle and not have to worry about 98% of the people playing on damn cell phones running you over.

ᎣᏏᏲ, ᏣᎳᎩᏍ ᎯᏬᏂᏍᎩ?


reminds me of a story.

(I’m waiting in line behind a woman speaking on her cellphone in another language. Ahead of her is a white man. After the woman hangs up, he speaks up.)

Man: “I didn’t want to say anything while you were on the phone, but you’re in America now. You need to speak English.”

Woman: “Excuse me?”

Man: *very slow* “If you want to speak Mexican, go back to Mexico. In America, we speak English.”

Woman: “Sir, I was speaking Navajo. If you want to speak English, go back to England."

****ing AWESOME! I'm part Lakota Sioux & Iroquois.

Used to I could fill my VW Bug up with gas, buy a pack of Marlboro, give the guy $5 and get a little change back.
Used to get cups of Coke on ice out of a machine at Marion's Thrift Town for 5 cents, 20oz ice cold bottles of Coke for a quarter and go to a Saturday matinee at The Alamo Theater for a nickle. Used to be every parent in the neighborhood could threaten to whoop your ass if you acted up and your own parents would back em' up on it.

 

[BIKER13]

I was a kid 15 years old when segregation was coming to a close.Those were some damn shore different times.

 

[Tazz]

Used to be when I was single I could get some nookie without using a rubber and not having to worry about catching something AJAX wouldn't scrub off.

 

[baxterday]

Used to be able to ride a bicycle w/o a helmet. As kids we used to leave the house at 9am, and return at 7pm just in time for dinner, swimming or crawfishing (spiny lobster for you non-conchs), or on the boat all day.

 

[Tazz]

Used to be able to go bird & squirrel hunting with a pellet rifle and not have to have an adult OR a dang hunting license with ya.

 

[Tazz]

Used to go fishing all the time and didn't need a license for that either...

 

[YOTESHOOTER]

Used to be able to attend college, work part time, and pay for going out once a week and the majority of your books and tuition.

Believe you still can at (2) Colleges in North Georgia Mountains, however not to many want to work to offset the financial expense this way now a days...

ok well there are many that believe college should be free without any responsibility??? what road are they planning for us all to travel...???

 

[coach482]

I was a kid 15 years old when segregation was coming to a close.Those were some damn shore different times.

First dealership I worked at still had the plate above the bathroom door "white only".

 

[FatBack77]

Used to change low beams to high beams on the floor board, change gears on the steering column, not have power steering, actually ask women out (not via text or some dating website).......I can keep going......used to cook every meal, play outside with just dirt or dried cow patties with 1 friend, have dirt roads, could drink and drive and get an officer to escort you home........ I'm just gonna stop right there!

 

[ole ed]

You used to be able to cash a check at the bank it was drawn from for free.

Also, you used to be able to have an open container before .08.

Keep going. I just got busy

We used to be able to laugh at ourselves with out being hit with a civil suit or a trip to HR!