Wouldn't Trade My Childhood For Nothing

[toejam]

Hell yea, whoopings were a weekly event at my house and I deserved every damn whooping I got.

LOL My brother and I got the leather belt from dad or the wooden spoon from mom. After the spoons being broken on our asses, we'd just laugh at mom and she'd give up after awhile.
I'm only 36 and feel old! :ROTF:

[levantin]

when I was 12 I got this, 250ccm Jawa


still have it

A buddy of mine had one of those It actually started me off with motorcycles.

[SEEGERMANY]

The crack cocaine of the '60s!

[SEEGERMANY]

Jawa/CZ had one of the most bullet proof gearboxes in the industry. It was strong enough for world 250cc champ Joel Robert from Belgium.

[SEEGERMANY]

My first computer! (yes Joe, that's Hall & Oates)

[toejam]

LOL I have a Hall & Oates vinyl record in the collection somewhere.

[SEEGERMANY]

Well, I didn't want you to think it was Marty & Dave!

[toejam]

Bwahahaha! It does look like Marty & Dave, too!!! Dave Hall & Marty Oates. :ROTF:

[SEEGERMANY]

The Smothers Brothers - a show that was light years ahead of its time.

[VitaminG]

Bwahahaha! It does look like Marty & Dave, too!!! Dave Hall & Marty Oates. :ROTF:

holy shit, it does too!

[joelayres]

Remember thinking how dumb your parents were? Hell, they knew shit before I even thought of it!

Why is it that when we got to be closer to 30, our parents seemed to get so much smarter?
If I had listened to them only 10% of the time I could have saved myself SO much grief!
To me, this is indeed proof that the man above has a sense of humor.

[guitarsjb]

Our parents didn't have remotes..they had us kids. And yes, we got off our asses and changed the channel everytime they got bored with what was on. We didn't call it exercise back then, but that's just what it was.

You went out and played ALL DAY. Long as you were home by dark no one WORRIED.

Act up in school. Teacher gave you a whoopin, got another one when you got home for actin up.

Ate dirt, and lived. Built our immune system.

[Soap]

The Smothers Brothers - a show that was light years ahead of its time.

Yes, my parents were avid watchers.
I may be wrong (usually am) but didn't Carlin and Pryor both get their start from the Smother Brothers? Well maybe not a start, but appearing on their TV show really helped their very early somewhat unknown careers?

Other TV shows that were a part of my childhood.
Flip Wilson
Hee Haw
Swat
Kojak
Get Smart
Avengers
The Green Hornet

My dad was a fan of western movies.
All the John Wayne western's were watched.

[Soap]

Our parents didn't have remotes..they had us kids. And yes, we got off our asses and changed the channel everytime they got bored with what was on. We didn't call it exercise back then, but that's just what it was.

Yep, I was a channel changer too.

We had black and white televisions for the longest time and I recall when we got a color Television. It was a big deal that the whole family went together and shopped for it. When it was delivered and ready to watch the next several days the whole family watched TV together. Pretty much after a couple of weeks the newness wore off and wasn't a big deal anymore.

[guitarsjb]

Yes, my parents were avid watchers.
I may be wrong (usually am) but didn't Carlin and Pryor both get their start from the Smother Brothers? Well maybe not a start, but appearing on their TV show really helped their very early somewhat unknown careers?

Other TV shows that were a part of my childhood.
Flip Wilson
Hee Haw
Swat
Kojak
Get Smart
Avengers
The Green Hornet

My dad was a fan of western movies.
All the John Wayne western's were watched.

You forgot:
Sanford and Son
The Jackie Gleason show
Rawhide
Gunsmoke
The Rifleman
Batman
Bj and the Bear (LOL)..
Laugh in
The Nightstalker (Kolchack)