Generation 70's and 80's

Captain_Lost
By Captain_Lost

We who were BORN in end 70s and beginnng 80's.
The last SANE generation! -
We are the last generation that learned to play in the street,the last generation who played hide an seek. we are the first who've played video games, seen cartoons in color and amusement parks. We were the last to record songs of the radio on cassettes, we knew the connection between a pencil and cassette and we are the pioneers of walk mans and chat rooms. We Learned how to program the VCR before anyone else, play with the Atari, Super Nintendo, Mario Bros and believed that the Internet would be a free world. We are the generation of the Thunder Cats, the Transformers, Silver Hawks, Gumby, Highwayman, Manimal, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, - Traveled in cars without seat belts or air-bags ,lived without cell phones, - We did not have Play stations, 99 television stations, flat screens, surround sound, mp3s, I Pods, computers and the Internet, ...but we had time to rest our head on our grandmas lap and listen to bed time stories, we had time to sit and watch Grandizer, Bell and Sebastien.. and saturday evening movies with our parents. We knew how to built a sand castle in the beach, we knew how to fish with a bend needle and a worm. We knew the smell of a slate and chalk pencils. We knew the music before the news at 7 in the radio. We held our dads hands to wait in the bank while they drew money , instead of ATMS.
We had a GREAT Time,
thanks to technology thats just a memory now!!
Feel Really Sorry 4 Todays Generation! They will never know The beauty of A Simple and Stress Free Life

By britexpat• 12 Jan 2012 17:05
britexpat

I remember playing Attari and listening to Abba ... Good times :O)

By drsam• 12 Jan 2012 16:30
drsam

TFS!

yes, those were the days!

i remember studying "basics" software programming at 10, and being good at it!!

By ingeniero• 12 Jan 2012 12:54
ingeniero

Wow... Nice post... Miss that old times...

Thanks for such a nice post Captain...

By yurizacky• 12 Jan 2012 12:30
yurizacky

totally agree! nice one...i played Atari and Game&Watch, watched Thundercats and Transformers, watched Saturday night movies with my cousins and siblings, waiting for the JAWS movie to be shown on tv... missing those good 80's days...c",)

By Rizks• 12 Jan 2012 11:27
Rizks

LP, u would have tried Black cumin seeds ? :)

By Prism• 12 Jan 2012 11:26
Prism

After a long long time a very nice post...brings back memories of those sweet n sour good old golden days...:) Thanks man...

By anonymous• 12 Jan 2012 11:22
anonymous

Never mind, Rizks, I always dreamed of being black like Muhammed Ali. But all the coffee and the cigarettes didn't work.

By Rizks• 12 Jan 2012 11:20
Rizks

LP, i got rid of my hairs but sad...:( I didnt get his fair complexsion looks....:(

By anonymous• 12 Jan 2012 11:18
anonymous

Yeah, and Rizks was so fond of Casper that he also wanted to look like him, that's why he got rid of his hair!

By anonymous• 12 Jan 2012 11:04
anonymous

lol Risks,.....

By Rizks• 12 Jan 2012 11:00
Rizks

watching most of Casper the friendly ghost cartoons gave me goosebums....lol

By anonymous• 12 Jan 2012 10:58
anonymous

...and Wonder Woman,Famous 5,Captian Peacock,Fairy Tales ......Sat wide-eyed through them all,and importantly had to wait till 4 or 5 p.m for the telecast to begin!....I was so scared to watch Silver and Steel,LOL....

By osamabawab• 12 Jan 2012 10:54
osamabawab

we will be the last generation who buy captain majid's chewing gum just for collecting the pictures which are inside it and throw the gum away.

By blue_rose• 12 Jan 2012 10:50
blue_rose

captain majid cartoons i remember that

By Rizks• 12 Jan 2012 10:48
Rizks

Grandizer was my favorite those times....:)

By t_coffee_or_me• 12 Jan 2012 10:45
t_coffee_or_me

In simple term kids get older younger

By visiblyhidden• 12 Jan 2012 10:22
visiblyhidden

Cheers to the good old times CL.....those were memorable days...I still remember the day when I got hold of my Atari and later the Sega Mega Drive...hehe...I still have the Sega Mega Drive actually....and another favourite those days were watching Captain Majid cartoons on QTV....cannot forget that...:)...

By FathimaH• 12 Jan 2012 10:15
FathimaH

very nostalgic and touchingly true...TFS Captain! Brings back a lot of bittersweet memories.

By britexpat• 12 Jan 2012 10:12
britexpat

The good old days. Climbing trees, confer fights, push halfpenny, footy in the park . As for toys, we never really had many.

By cherukkan• 12 Jan 2012 10:11
cherukkan

Captain Lost, I am your senior and have got many more nostalgic things to say. We enjoyed playing football bare foot, we enjoyed playing with friends in the nearby grounds, we enjoyed walking in the rain, we enjoyed clean food and fruits and vegetables without pesticides on them, we enjoyed rowing boats and we enjoyed sleeping at 9.oopm when the neighbours were aleady in deep sleep and at last we enjoyed reading in the light of candles.

By osamabawab• 12 Jan 2012 10:09
osamabawab

OMG this is very touching real information, I miss the old days :'(

By Captain_Lost• 12 Jan 2012 10:05
Captain_Lost

TCOM... please elaborate :P

By Captain_Lost• 12 Jan 2012 10:04
Captain_Lost

RAK... LOL.."Hide' .. its right there.. :P

By Rizks• 12 Jan 2012 10:02
Rizks

why is it Tcom ?

is it due to the diet ?

is it due to the regular use of the technology ?

is it due to the climate ?

By t_coffee_or_me• 12 Jan 2012 10:01
t_coffee_or_me

The big difference is now Kids get older faster, even when they are young

By Rizks• 12 Jan 2012 09:59
Rizks

LOL Tcom !

By dr.xray• 12 Jan 2012 09:58
dr.xray

agree with u totallyy.....

By blue_rose• 12 Jan 2012 09:57
blue_rose

ohh thats nice...yes i miss those childhood momeries also.

By anonymous• 12 Jan 2012 09:53
anonymous

Hmm BTw I was born at the end of the 80's so I kinda have lil idea wot u on abt :P

By anonymous• 12 Jan 2012 09:51
anonymous

If we don’t kill ourselves we’ll be the leaders of a messed-up generation

If we don’t kill ourselves will they believe us if we tell them the reasons why

Do we take it too far, take it too far

Did we chase the rabbit into wonderland

There’s a hundred grand, will they understand

It was all to stay awake for the longest

THE WTF Generation: Wikipedia Twitter & Face Book: P

By RAK• 12 Jan 2012 09:51
RAK

CL, This is what happens when u hide ur real age and then post such topics :p

By t_coffee_or_me• 12 Jan 2012 09:49
t_coffee_or_me

Remember Michael Jackson was black.

By Captain_Lost• 12 Jan 2012 09:49
Captain_Lost

LP... yes, Right!! anything else you wana say?? :P

By RAK• 12 Jan 2012 09:48
RAK

Nowadays on QL, everybody seems to be in a flashback mode

By t_coffee_or_me• 12 Jan 2012 09:48
Rating: 5/5
t_coffee_or_me

watched first run episodes of The Jefferson's and Sanford & Son

Television set took about 3 or 4 minutes to warm up

By fodripulav• 12 Jan 2012 09:48
Rating: 3/5
fodripulav

well said captain....stress free & more outdoor games played. Good memories...

By Khanan• 12 Jan 2012 09:47
Khanan

how old are you ??

is the profile age real ?

By fea_sad• 12 Jan 2012 09:44
fea_sad

nice :)

By anonymous• 12 Jan 2012 09:43
anonymous

hooo ha before no

By anonymous• 12 Jan 2012 09:41
Rating: 2/5
anonymous

CL, you can still live like that - if you want. Nobody forces you to have a mobile phone! You can make your own music if you want. You can always go into the bank and withdraw cash while you have a chat with the teller. And you can go fishing. So, it's a choice, not a destiny!!

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