My son, who is 34 years old these days, sent me this yesterday. Good thing I had finished drinking coffee when I opened my email this morning!

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If you are 30 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!!

UNDER 30 JUST READ!!!!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears With their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every morning . Uphill... barefoot...
BOTH ways

Yadda, yadda, yadda

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, There was no way in hell I was going to lay A bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it And how easy they've got it!
But now that... I'm over the ripe old age of Thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today.

You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my Childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!
And I hate to say it but you kids today you Don't know how good you've got it!

I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, We had to go to the damn library and Look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue!!
There was no email!! We had to actually write Somebody a letter, with a pen!
.Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!

There were no MP3' s or Napsters! You wanted to Steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself!
Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up!

We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you Were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it!

And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either!
When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, Your mom, your boss, your Bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you Just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!

We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video Games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games Like 'Space Invaders' and 'asteroids'. Your guy was a little square! You Actually had to use your Imagination!! And there were no multiple levels or Screens, it was just one screen Forever!

And you could never win. The game just kept getting Harder and harder and Faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!


You had to use a Little book called a TV Guide to find out what was On! You were screwed when it Came to channel surfing! You had to get off Your ass and walk over to the TV to change the Channel and there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons On Saturday Morning. Do you Hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK For cartoons, you spoiled Little rat-bastards!

And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat Something up we had to use the stove ... Imagine that!
That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids Today have got it too easy.
You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted Five minutes back in 1980!

Regards,
The over 30 Crowd

Growing up in Ohio in the 1960s & '70s, I remember going to school with two FEET of snow on the ground. One day last week, they closed schools here in the swamp------because there was snow IN THE FORECAST! A FORECAST for "Possibly up to TWO INCHES."-----That never materialized. What a joke.

Caller ID? Do you remember---Party Lines?
E-Mail? Do you remember having to---Write and mail a letter?
T.v. Guide? Do you remember only having---six channels, and a set of "rabbit ears"?
(Or no t.v. at all?)
"Space Invaders" & Asteroids"?----Remember when to only options you had were boardgames or cards?

I'm old.:sigh:

Dave

HAHA 2" inches of snow... we still do the speed limit here in Wisconsin with 4"-6".

Remember "PONG"?

Growing up in Ohio in the 1960s & '70s, I remember going to school with two FEET of snow on the ground. One day last week, they closed schools here in the swamp------because there was snow IN THE FORECAST! A FORECAST for "Possibly up to TWO INCHES."-----That never materialized. What a joke.

There is a big difference between an area that's used to moving lots of snow and an area that doesn't see as much. For example - an amount of snow or ice that O'Hare and Midway would laugh at would completely cripple DFW and Love Field. Dallas isn't used to that kind of weather, so they don't have the resources and know-how to deal with it. Same thing works for road crews.

Nice post Abpeep!
My son scoffs at me when I tell him about playing marbles when I was a kid & liking it. He just can't understand.

Technlogy in simplifying our lives has its advantages, but has lulled many into a life of complacency.

I can remember being happy filling a tire with dirt & rolling it with my friends. Dare I say, there are not to many kids that would consider this form of entertainment today.

Oh, lest I forget to mention. How many remember dating in the over thirty crowd when you grew up?

If I wanted to date a girl back in 70s, I had to get out of my car, walk up to the door, ring the bell, & meet the parents. First, the father would greet me & ask questions, then the mother. They wanted to know who was going to be taking their baby out on a date & also know something about your parents.

I have heard stories when it comes to dating nowadays of some kid just honking his horn & the girl comes out, never having to introduce himself formally (respectfully) to her parent(s).
God forbid in my day!

Just venting!
Rome

Growing up in Ohio in the 1960s & '70s, I remember going to school with two FEET of snow on the ground. One day last week, they closed schools here in the swamp------because there was snow IN THE FORECAST! A FORECAST for "Possibly up to TWO INCHES."-----That never materialized. What a joke.

Caller ID? Do you remember---Party Lines?
E-Mail? Do you remember having to---Write and mail a letter?
T.v. Guide? Do you remember only having---six channels, and a set of "rabbit ears"?
(Or no t.v. at all?)
"Space Invaders" & Asteroids"?----Remember when to only options you had were boardgames or cards?

I'm old.:sigh:

Dave

Nice Dave!
How about using rotary phones?
Walking to the arcade & playing pinball machines that would give you free games?
How about hanging clothes on the clothes lines? This was a chore for kids back then.

Gotta stop,
Rome

HAHA 2" inches of snow... we still do the speed limit here in Wisconsin with 4"-6".

I wish you would come down here to Texas & teach these idiots how to drive on just a whisper of rain on the roads.

Rome

Growing up in Ohio in the 1960s & '70s, I remember going to school with two FEET of snow on the ground. One day last week, they closed schools here in the swamp------because there was snow IN THE FORECAST! A FORECAST for "Possibly up to TWO INCHES."-----That never materialized. What a joke.

Caller ID? Do you remember---Party Lines?
E-Mail? Do you remember having to---Write and mail a letter?
T.v. Guide? Do you remember only having---six channels, and a set of "rabbit ears"?
(Or no t.v. at all?)
"Space Invaders" & Asteroids"?----Remember when to only options you had were boardgames or cards?

I'm old.:sigh:

Dave

How about 3 channels + the weather channel which consisted of a pivoting camera looking at an analog barometer, temperature gauge and clock? Rabbit ears didn't work in these hills so cable was the norm if you had a TV all for the princely sum of $1 per month. Finally got a 4th channel in 1968 when educational TV went on the air! HBO was just a set of initials. For movies you went to the theater.

How about AM radio only? It was a marvel that FM came to town.

Let me qualify this one as just a few years before my time. School didn't dismiss period. They finally had to close in '57 when the flood started filling the basement. The cafeteria was there...

Yep, I'm old too...

When I was a kid we had a Zenith metal square box and two channels, 5 and 8. 8 was in Tulsa so we didn't get it very good. Most of the time you had to jiggle the tuning knob to get the snow to go away. Loyds TV repair had cleaned the tuner to death.

We didn't even have a phone, I do remember my aunts phone though. You dialed 4 numbers if there wasn't somebody already using it. (party line)
If you lucky enough to have .50 you could go to the Liberty Theater get a pop, small popcorn and see the movie. If you were like me had an older sister with a boyfriend you could sit behind them and bug them until the boyfriend gave you more money for candy. :D

Pop bottles were a ready forum of cash @ .02 each :yes:
Mowing a large yard would net 5 bucks if you worked hard.
Loading one side of a charcoal truck with hard wood would net 5 bucks but you also had to unload it in the kiln.
Hauling hay would pay a penny or 2 cent a bail depending on who owned the truck.

Come to think of it, I have it pretty easy today! :D

Yes, we have told all those stories - just interesting to hear the same shit from the next generation.

Alan

PS: tasha, you are old.

We had a tractor that started with a crank.

We had a tractor that started with a crank.

Youd get busted now days for that! :D

Remember "PONG"?

My dad swore that playing Pong ruined the TV.

"My son scoffs at me when I tell him about playing marbles when I was a kid & liking it. He just can't understand."

Did you tell him that the loser sometimes had to give up their favorite shooter?

"I can remember being happy filling a tire with dirt & rolling it with my friends. Dare I say, there are not to many kids that would consider this form of entertainment today."

We usually put some rocks in it and found a hill to roll it down. We had a stash of dirty magazines in a plastic bag under a railroad bridge, too. Used to take a whole box of Caps and smash them with a big hammer or a rock, burn things with a magnifying glass, build model cars and boats, fill them with glue and light them up so they could roll or float as far as possible. Hitting small stones with a tennis or badminton racket was good for a few laughs, too.

Slushball fights, where the sides wouldn't be even and slouching down to make up some reserves, then lob one really high so the other side would all look up and watch it so we could nail them because they weren't paying attention to us. Now that was fun!

"If I wanted to date a girl back in 70s, I had to get out of my car, walk up to the door, ring the bell, & meet the parents. First, the father would greet me & ask questions, then the mother. They wanted to know who was going to be taking their baby out on a date & also know something about your parents."

First date, ever- walked up to the door, she answered and I went in. Got to meet her parents, her brother & SIL, already knew her younger sister but that didn't count for much.

That was like walking through a door and finding that I was on TV.

.....back in the third-grade, I showed up an hour late for school one morning, and it was snowing hard....the teacher asked me why I was late when everyone else was on-time....I told her around half-way to school walking, I started slipping and falling on the snow and ice....yeah, I told her every time I took one step forward, I would fall and slide-back two steps....the teacher told me that was the worst excuse for being late she had ever heard....she then asked me how I ever got to school....I told her I turned around and tried to go back home.....

We got our first color TV the evening of the first Moon landing, which of course, was in B&W. Used to rush in after church and put the TV on, so my brother and I could watch All Star Wrestling. All kinds of flare from the bright lights, Black Jack Lanza, The Crusher, Dick- The Bruiser, The Vachonne Brothers, Baron von Raschke and Pepper Gonzales "with the cast iron stomach". Then, our dad would sometimes come in and change the channel because he wanted to watch Bowling With The Champs. IIRC, the winner got $50.

I wish you would come down here to Texas & teach these idiots how to drive on just a whisper of rain on the roads.

Rome

I was in Dallas for New Year 2000, during the ice storm. We had no trouble getting around and the cars were left all over. In the road, on sidewalks, on the grass, on the medians, in ditches- pathetic!

I remember high school in the early '60s in south Florida. No schools had air condition, or heat. You either opened the windows, or closed them. The classes were hot and muggy in the summer. I can remember being in study hall doing homework, sweating on the paper that I was trying to write on. The ballpoint pen didn't want to work where the sweat was, so you put another piece of paper under your arm to keep the paper you were writing on dry.

There was no air conditioning on the school buses, either. We didn't complain. That was just the way it was back then.

I remember high school in the early '60s in south Florida. No schools had air condition, or heat. You either opened the windows, or closed them. The classes were hot and muggy in the summer. I can remember being in study hall doing homework, sweating on the paper that I was trying to write on. The ballpoint pen didn't want to work where the sweat was, so you put another piece of paper under your arm to keep the paper you were writing on dry.

There was no air conditioning on the school buses, either. We didn't complain. That was just the way it was back then.

Yea summer school sure sucks! :D

"My son scoffs at me when I tell him about playing marbles when I was a kid & liking it. He just can't understand."
Rome

Did you tell him that the loser sometimes had to give up their favorite shooter?

"I can remember being happy filling a tire with dirt & rolling it with my friends. Dare I say, there are not to many kids that would consider this form of entertainment today."
Rome

We usually put some rocks in it and found a hill to roll it down. We had a stash of dirty magazines in a plastic bag under a railroad bridge, too. Used to take a whole box of Caps and smash them with a big hammer or a rock, burn things with a magnifying glass, build model cars and boats, fill them with glue and light them up so they could roll or float as far as possible. Hitting small stones with a tennis or badminton racket was good for a few laughs, too.

Slushball fights, where the sides wouldn't be even and slouching down to make up some reserves, then lob one really high so the other side would all look up and watch it so we could nail them because they weren't paying attention to us. Now that was fun!

"If I wanted to date a girl back in 70s, I had to get out of my car, walk up to the door, ring the bell, & meet the parents. First, the father would greet me & ask questions, then the mother. They wanted to know who was going to be taking their baby out on a date & also know something about your parents."
Rome

First date, ever- walked up to the door, she answered and I went in. Got to meet her parents, her brother & SIL, already knew her younger sister but that didn't count for much.

That was like walking through a door and finding that I was on TV.


Did you tell him that the loser sometimes had to give up their favorite shooter?
No, but that was part of the game & left a many kids crying all the way home!

Great stuff Highfigh!
Cap guns were one of the best toys around.

Didn't have any slush fights. My dad would have killed me! :D

Yea, I can remember a many parents I had to interview with. They meant business & if they felt you did not qualify in dating their daughter, you were sent packing brother.

Great stuff indeed & those days will forever remind me of the good old days.

Rome

Nice Dave!
How about using rotary phones?
Walking to the arcade & playing pinball machines that would give you free games?
How about hanging clothes on the clothes lines? This was a chore for kids back then.

Gotta stop,
Rome

Rotary phones? How about magneto phones, the ones with the crank on the side.:D

Rotary phones? How about magneto phones, the ones with the crank on the side.:D

Now that is going waaaaaaaay back Merrylander! :thmbsp:
Lilly Tomlin use to do a skit with one of those phones IIRC.

Rome

"Cap guns were one of the best toys around."

Cap guns? They were OK, Super Caps were much better but I never had one. We used to stack a few of the Greenie Stickum Caps to make more noise.

"Didn't have any slush fights. My dad would have killed me!"

Well, there's your problem. You don't tell the parents about slushball fights, unless you got one in the eye and if that happened, it was the other kids' fault.

Ya gotta work the angles!

Many of the experiences here I can definitly relate to. No A/C in the class rooms here when in elementary school. My dad was not impressed with the idea of having A/C in the house, so we did not have a/c in the house till I bought a window unit for my bedroom when I was in high school. Used a fan with the windows open and around here in the summer, that was miserable. I remember buying that pong game when it first came out and thought it was futuristic. Went through that black and white tv era and when dad came home with a Airline color tv from wards I thought we had arrived. Funny how expensive things were when they first came out, whether it was color tv or microwaves or hand held calculators. I guess that is the one thing that hasn't changed. Mowing a large lawn here paid two dollars back when I was in that business. I guess it's all relative to the cost of living. One things for sure, things always change.

I am thrilled we live in a time with a/c or heat(if you need it). I am definitly glad we have the internet with high speed connection. I definitly love being able to have a car and go where and when I want, although I never lived without one. Can't wait to see what comes next.:thmbsp:

"Cap guns were one of the best toys around."

Cap guns? They were OK, Super Caps were much better but I never had one. We used to stack a few of the Greenie Stickum Caps to make more noise.

"Didn't have any slush fights. My dad would have killed me!"

Well, there's your problem. You don't tell the parents about slushball fights, unless you got one in the eye and if that happened, it was the other kids' fault.

Ya gotta work the angles!

Wish you could have been a brother of mine Highfigh! :D

Rome

Many of the experiences here I can definitly relate to. No A/C in the class rooms here when in elementary school. My dad was not impressed with the idea of having A/C in the house, so we did not have a/c in the house till I bought a window unit for my bedroom when I was in high school. Used a fan with the windows open and around here in the summer, that was miserable. I remember buying that pong game when it first came out and thought it was futuristic. Went through that black and white tv era and when dad came home with a Airline color tv from wards I thought we had arrived. Funny how expensive things were when they first came out, whether it was color tv or microwaves or hand held calculators. I guess that is the one thing that hasn't changed. Mowing a large lawn here paid two dollars back when I was in that business. I guess it's all relative to the cost of living. One things for sure, things always change.

I am thrilled we live in a time with a/c or heat(if you need it). I am definitly glad we have the internet with high speed connection. I definitly love being able to have a car and go where and when I want, although I never lived without one. Can't wait to see what comes next.:thmbsp:


Ahhhh CF!
I can relate to the schools I went to until high school that did not have central ac or heat. Also, I can remember going to church & all we had were the hand held fans with ads from the local funeral homes. :yes:

I did not get to enjoy chilled air conditioning until I was married in 1977 & we got our first apartment. Indeed it makes life more enjoyable, but if I had to live without I could nonetheless.

We had no color TV, only one channel to look at in Tyler Texas back then it was KLTV-7. Man, my grandmother & I watched wrestling a many Saturdays on that B&W tv. My brother & I shared a 1972 VW SuperBeetle my dad bought when we went out on dates. Since I was the oldest I would drop him off after his date first & I would go to drop my girlfriend off. That way I got to spend more time on a date. These kids today cry & throw fits when they can't get the latest model of car & they do not appreciate it or their parents, the ones who bought the dang car for them to drive. I think my BP just went up to 220/170 thinking about how some of these kids are so spoiled.

I can also remember our push lawn mower without an engine on that thing. Anyone had the pleasure of cutting a yard with one of these? It was a beating, but you got some great exercise.

My first real job I got was a dishwasher at the local Kettle Restaurant. I applied there when they were putting the bricks on that place. The manager told me to come back when they finished building it. He hired me at the paultry sum of $.95 cents an hour. I later was promoted to cook at $1.90 an hour. I finished high school with that job & take care of my 1970 Honda CD175 motorcycle.

Well, I could go on, but I am glad I grew up that way as it has shaped me into the person I am today & I am not spoiled by no means.

Ole Rome

Now that is going waaaaaaaay back Merrylander! :thmbsp:
Lilly Tomlin use to do a skit with one of those phones IIRC.

Rome

In my early days with Bell I looked after four rural centres that were still using magneto. The secret was to get along well with the chief operators.

Ahhhh CF!
I can relate to the schools I went to until high school that did not have central ac or heat. Also, I can remember going to church & all we had were the hand held fans with ads from the local funeral homes. :yes:

I did not get to enjoy chilled air conditioning until I was married in 1977 & we got our first apartment. Indeed it makes life more enjoyable, but if I had to live without I could nonetheless.

My brother & I shared a 1972 VW SuperBeetle my dad bought when we went out on dates. Since I was the oldest I would drop him off after his date first & I would go to drop my girlfriend off. That way I got to spend more time on a date. These kids today cry & throw fits when they can't get the latest model of car & they do not appreciate it or their parents, the ones who bought the dang car for them to drive. I think my BP just went up to 220/170 thinking about how some of these kids are so spoiled.

I can also remember our push lawn mower without an engine on that thing. Anyone had the pleasure of cutting a yard with one of these? It was a beating, but you got some great exercise.

Well, I could go on, but I am glad I grew up that way as it has shaped me into the person I am today & I am not spoiled by no means.

Ole Rome

That's hillarious about the funeral home pimping on the hand held fans. I remember those too.:D

There are kids at my son's school that drive brand new BMW's and all kinds of other things that going to high school doesn't pay for, so I know that story well. I just think to myself, when that gravy train from mommy and daddy runs out those poor kids won't have a clue how to cope with life. It is sad for them that they aren't having a chance to prepare for supporting themselves in the future. It would be much better for the child in the long run if the parent paid the child a wage for work and require them to save 50% of it in a fund that couldn't be touched until they were older.

Funny you should mention about the lawnmower without the engine. We had one of those in the utility room that my dad had used in the past. I never had the pleasure of taking that thing for a drag around the yard. By the time my dad figured I was old enough to mow they had gas powered engines on the mowers. Not sure what kind of grass you mowed there, but around here some of the lawns were St. Augustine grass. That grass was so thick I often felt like I was pushing uphill without wheels. I probably weighed a little over 100lbs back then, so it was a workout for sure.

Uh oh.........I'm starting to go up hill in the snow both ways.:D

PS: tasha, you are old.

Alan;

I'm only ahead 7 months of you!! Do I hear the pot calling the kettle black?

Back to the topic at hand, a visit to my grandparents was a hoot. They had a two hole outhouse, party line phone (which grandma loved to ease drop on), only one channel maybe two on a great day on the TV, and a genuine coal cook stove. All this rustic living just less than a dozen miles from our house.

I think the author of the original E-Mail was poking fun at the old "We had it tougher in our day" stories.
Jimmy

Centralflori,
Ever try mowing zoysia grass with a pushmower? ..That's how I got a hernia when I was a kid..... Probably.

Something fun,( and dumb)? My friend Jason and me, would roll empty cans down the street and listen to the racket when they were run over in the intersection.:nono:

I am glad for all the conveniences that technology has brought us. Unfortunately it has made our society soft.

I read articles about moms looking for help on how to get their 30 something (and older) children to take more responsibility. Still living at home, and mom can't figure out why.

I am sure there are responsible youth out there, but they are rare. IMHO part is because it was easier to keep them occupied with technology (so mom and dad could enjoy their technology) Less interaction is never a good thing.

I am not trying to start anything here ...it's just my take. I just find it amazing that things like video games constitute a majority of some peoples lives.

Reread some of these posts...WE DID HAVE IT HARDER back in the day. There was a certain respect that is no longer apparent. We still tried to get away with things that we should not have been doing, but we knew there were consequences. Today we seem to only be sorry that we got caught.

Rant over.

Rotary phones? How about magneto phones, the ones with the crank on the side.:D Yes, I do, but only vaguely.

I do remember (in no particular order):

When there were only 12 television channels available - and only the three networks had stations to watch.
I also remember when the New UHF channels 14 ~ 63(?) first went on the air. You might be able to receive a few channels if you had a converter box for your television. My, how some things never change!
The first color televisions.
When PONG was first introduced.
When all telephones were rotary - and the conversion to that new touch tone thing.
When simple digital calculators first came out. I drove 10 miles to see a $130 model that could only add, subtract, multiply and divide. No constant either.
The introduction of the TRS-80 (with 4K of memory for $849.00), Timex Sinclair, and the Altair something.
Leaving the doors unlocked when you went away for the day and leaving the car keys in the ignition.
Going out to play all day anywhere within the range of your bicycle as long as you could make it home by the time it was dark.
The great blackout of the East coast in 1963(?).
Duck-and-Cover air raid drills in school.
The day JFK was assassinated.
The day Martin Luther King was assassinated.
The day Bobbie Kennedy was assassinated.
The arrival of the Beatles for the first time in the USA.
The launch of Telstar.
The first manned space flight by a Russian followed by John Glenn.
Staying home from school to watch the entire Gemini and Apollo missions.
The first commercial jets. My father used to fly on business a lot. I remember the big old rotary engine tri-tail Constellations at Idlewild and LaGuardia too.
All radios and televisions had tubes, and I don't mean the picture tubes.
Being sent to the corner store to buy a quart of milk and a loaf of bread with a Quarter (or there about).
Watching really good shows with my family on television like Saturday Night at the Movies, Ed Sullivan, Leave it to Beaver, Andy Griffith, The life of Reilly, Father Knows Best, Hazel, I Spy, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Route 66, Art Linkletter, The East Side Kids, Our Gang, Abbott and Costello, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, Dale Evans and Roy Rogers, Sky King, Loony Tunes, and test patterns when the stations went off the air at night which was preceded by the daily Sermonette (try that one today!).
'57 Chevy's were everywhere and were being traded for peanuts for new cars.
Pretty good memory for a twenty-something, eh?

Back to the topic at hand, a visit to my grandparents was a hoot. They had a two hole outhouse, party line phone (which grandma loved to ease drop on), only one channel maybe two on a great day on the TV, and a genuine coal cook stove. All this rustic living just less than a dozen miles from our house.

I know this thread is a bit dated (pun), but I could not resist making a few more points about my growing up. Tasha's points hits home with me in a big way!

Our family would travel about the same distance (15 miles) to visit kin folks & when we arrived there it was like I stepped into a time portal. My Great Grands had an outhouse that leaked & looked like it would fall down at the slightest blow of wind, but it never did. I hated to go in the night when we stayed a bit late. Also, they had a smokehouse & the first time I saw a chicken get its neck popped off, I could not believe it.

They had no running water & took baths in a #5 wash tub.
Can you believe that? :D

Anyone remember the 4 post beds that had mattresses heavier than a Mack truck to lift?

One thing that I miss the most was the fresh & cool tasting well water. It was the best. I would take that water over any sold or pumped into our homes today.

Well, enough ranting for now.
Rome

Our family would travel about the same distance (15 miles) to visit kin folks & when we arrived there it was like I stepped into a time portal. My Great Grands had an outhouse that leaked & looked like it would fall down at the slightest blow of wind, but it never did. I hated to go in the night when we stayed a bit late. Also, they had a smokehouse & the first time I a chicken get its neck popped off, I could not believe it.

Well, enough ranting for now.
Rome

I left out a few things that you've covered quite well. I wouldn't eat fried chicken for 6 months after seeing my first wringing. The live chickens are another story too. Made one of them mad and was chased around the house. It took three times around before I could slow down enough to head up the steps and safety. Mom tells the same story only when she was little grandma kept geese. Even more nostalgic is the current owner, and fellow we sold the house to almost 40 years ago, keeps guineas. Must be a fowl house! (pardon the pun)

Must be a fowl house! (pardon the pun)

HEHEHE!
Wow, this is just uncanny we have had some similar things happen in our lives. I still get ribbed when I too was chased by an old rooster from relatives. That bugger would not let up until I ran around the house about three times & got the chance to get up on the porch where he decided to let me off the hook. :D

I think I was only eight years old or so.

God stuff Tasha! :thmbsp:
Rome