Oh yes, yes it does.

"We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE
actually died from this."

WHY am I the only one these days who still maintains that? (being a baby of the late 80's)

"We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang
the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!"

I still have a mate who's all for "just knock for me!" rather than organising when to do things. I HATE having to organise when to go out.

I think I belong back in that time frame. I wish we could go back to that, really. Ah well. That whole thing is so true.

"We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!"

Hey, I take offense at that. Once more I am put off because I have no friends. [cries] :P

Lmao, seriously though...I'm 19, and one of the only times I wanted to go out was to go see a movie with a couple friends (who happened to be guys, albeit nerds...er, not that I really talk to them anymore), but ONOES it was past nine. =) Which meant, of course, that if I left the house, I would have immediately been beaten and raped. My dad also likes me to call right before I leave work and head home. Oi.

And am I the only one that doesn't like the porch light being left on when coming home in the dark? It seems to me like that's yelling, "HERE I AM, COME MUG ME!" I'd rather the thief and I had a mutual disadvantage. :\

Er, on that somewhat random note...happy birthday! [late] Birthdays always make me want to sit on the porch and yell at everyone that walks by, followed by spinning in circles around the front yard on a wheelchair (hence OLiECSiC--Old Lady In Electric [wheel]Chair Spinning In Circles). Yes, I often make myself sad, too...but I'm laughing while I do, so oh well.

"but ONOES it was past nine. =) Which meant, of course, that if I left the house, I would have immediately been beaten and raped."

Word on that (I sound American again... XD), my parents are the same. Mind you, apparently it was safer to be out and about at later times back in those days. *sigh* I'm nearly 18 but I want the 70's and 80's to come around again... although I didn't even exist during most of that. XD

Thanks!

*laughs* I can still remember when my family got an "ATARI"! OMG! We all thought it was so cool, but it didn't glue us to the computer. I didn't get into gaming until 1994. I remember because I was at home, pregnant, nothing to do, so I started playing Zelda. I've been hooked since.

Yeah...sharing food, walking into peoples houses, staying out until it got dark...those were the days.

I like the porch light on myself, but that's just because I'm blind in the dark. *laughs* Besides, I've got a big ass scary dog that sleeps next to the door...I'm not too worried (until he runs away first)...

Times have changed. Oddly, my son has a Game Cube, but he doesn't spend all his time on it. He prefers being outside or drawing. Which is good. He is a CSI junkie though, and tearing him away from the TV during that time is nearly impossible...

Yeah... I prefer to be doing my martial arts/sports although I do love playing videogames. I'm a rather double-edged person, aheh. And of course, writing! It's my constructive lazy thing to do! ^_^ I do think, however, that more and more people are spending a lot of time indoors or just lazing around. Such are the ways of the world.

At least biker dudes didn't die out in the 80's. ^___^