When I was a kid...  

I love the modern inventions but miss the ole fashioned values. My physical life as a child was difficult as most in my day, so I really do not miss it much. However, I am grateful for the knowledge I gained living in a world where near poverty was the norm because when life's little emergencies happen now, I am prepared. We all lived in momentary bliss, not missing what we never had. My parents were goodly people who have both passed away; now them I DO miss dearly.

Thanks for the walk down memory lane.

Some things of the modern world are good, like computers, but they haven't really saved time, and some people have twisted the use of them for filth like porny. My hubby and I are holding on to our landline (we don't own a cell phone, and don't want one), until the landlines are all taken away. Yes, gone are the days of rolling around in the backseat without a care. I think the baby carseat regulations are getting out of control. Thanks..

Oh man you had it good, I can remember when all we had was only 3 channels and forget about colored TV unless you were well off. To change the channels you had to turn the knob on the TV, there wasn't a remote control. If you were lucky you had an outside antenna but you had to go out and turn it by hand. I can even remember sharing a phone line with other families outside of your home, if you picked the phone up and they were on the line you just had to wait. Oh yes I remember them days,even riding in the car, I can remember riding in the car with no seatbelts and heck you didn't think nothing of just holding one of your kids in your lap.

Things sure have changed since then, I would say that some things have changed for the better and I would hate to know that I had to go back to some things. But I think the ones of us that has lived through those times is better person because of it. I think a lot of people take things for granted now, having all the things that we have, in fact I think it would do the younger people some good if they had to do without some of the things they have now.

I totally miss the much simpler life I had as a child. My husband and I are always talking about this. We find it sad that today's children are very spoiled and cannot seem to function without the XBox, PS3, PSP, Ninetendo DS. We remember enjoying playing outside with our bikes, friends, and making up games. Anything to come back indoors. Now children claim to be bored by being outdoors. I remember when my brother and I got Donkey Kong. We loved it and were so happy. The classics!

yes i sure do! although i love the internet and the ideas you can get from it, i miss simple times. i would love to go back to my child and even back further. i think life is just way too rushed now.

So, I'm only twenty-four. I'm probably way too young to be nostalgic, and when I was a kid, there was plenty of technology available to us. But even in the last twenty years, we've come amazingly far. I remember my first computer... it was an apple, not even a mac, and it only ran DOS. And then, when we first got internet, it was so slow that I literally took a book to the computer with me so I would have something to distract me while I waited for the pages to load.
Maybe this is also a product of being part of my generation, but if I had a choice, I would keep all the technology we have. I know that it's messed things up for a lot of people, but I think we need to learn to use it right, not just get rid of it. I think the internet is amazing. I mean, without it, we couldn't do this. I couldn't connect with all the people I connect with every day.
I think that's the best part of technology. We are all so connected. My parents live 3000 miles away and I hear their voices almost every day, and visit them every couple months. Thank g-d for technology that makes us both able to live in the parts of the world we want to live in, yet not have to lose contact with each other.

I do appreciate the technology we have today. Two things you said in particular brought back flashes of memories, the first is the car thing. I remember being on our school basketball team in grammar school. There were so many times that not only were we not buckled in the back seat, but there was about 5 of us crammed back there with one laying across the top.

The other thing you made me remember was talking to my niece and telling her about the old tv's. She asked in shock and awe,"You mean you didn't have a channel changer?" I said, "Sure we did. My mom would just call me into the room and tell me to change the channel. I was the channel changer."

Ahhh, the good'ol days.

I grew up in this age and i personnally think its great. I mean we have computers and dish tv and all these great things. This is the digital age now we all just have to get used to it. And its still a rather simple life. I mean what made life so simple back then.

You are showing your age my dear. I remember all of those things clearly. I miss the simple times. Our world has become so complex and difficult to live in now.

One piece of technology I do appreciate is the electronic firing system for internal combustion engines. The day I got a retrofit that replaces the points and condensor that fired the spark plug was the day I went AHHHHH to that bit of technology.

Those calculators you spoke of used LEDs and the batteries didn't last long.
LCD??? Solar powered??? OMG! Who could have dreamed of that???

Some new technologies I do enjoy but i do think technology is making people more and more lazy. Such as remotes before you would have to get up and change the channel and also calculators are only useful if you doing some complex equations that require a lot of math other than that i dont think they should be allowed to be used unless there is a reason especially for younger people because they need to learn to not be dependent on some technology.