Clearly, I am getting old

[severine]

As I sit here on the garden bench supervising the kids playing, 3 kids rode down our hill with reckless abandon on their BMX-type bikes. One kid was standing on the back of another kid's bike, all in short sleeves and t-shirts and no helmets. And after the nervous shudder reaction I had nearly instantaneously, the first thought that popped into my head was, "Geez, I hope none of them fall off!"

I'm so old!

I remember hiking my stupid cheap-o bike up the hills around here in the summer to ride down for the thrill of it all, enjoying the breeze whipping through my unprotected hair. Since when did I turn the corner to thinking for the other side?

 

[Johnskiismore]

Grab your bike and show them up!! :-D

 

[RootDKJ]

Welcome to this side of thirty ..

+1

 

[Beetlenut]

Since when did I turn the corner to thinking for the other side?

When you had your own kids!

 

[severine]

When you had your own kids!

Yeah, it does kind of ruin a lot of things for me now. I say that with the best of intentions, but it does open your eyes to things that you never considered dangerous before. Anybody see Taken? I went to Paris when I was 14 and in retrospect, I did some really stupid things while I was there. I realize it's a movie and all but knowing what I know now and seeing that, I'm not too keen on my daughter leaving this country....ever. Scary world out there!

I didn't hear any screams so I assume those daredevil boys arrived safely at the bottom of the hill. :lol:

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

you're not getting old! clearly, it's just that those young hooligans were out of control and long overdue for a good caning. i just don't understand kids these days. in my day, kids spoke when they were spoken to, they walked uphill to and from school and they sat quietly in the corner waiting happily to be assigned their daily chores.

 

[severine]

Thanks! Gee, that makes me feel SOOOOO much better! :roll:

 

[Beetlenut]

you're not getting old! clearly, it's just that those young hooligans were out of control and long overdue for a good caning. i just don't understand kids these days. in my day, kids spoke when they were spoken to, they walked uphill to and from school and they sat quietly in the corner waiting happily to be assigned their daily chores.

I totally agree! Why I'm building a woodshed behind my house, no fireplace or woodstove, just to be able to take my kids there and coerce some sense into them! ;-)

 

[noski]

childhood memory

You just brought forth a childhood memory I had buried for a long time....Flash back to 1969 or so, I was riding my cousin's Stingray- you know the one- banana seat, big sissie bar, ape hanger handle bars.... Off I go down a dirt road hill and the handlebars came right out of the bike- no helmet, no protection, my knee and face took the main impact (no comment) and I had a gravel encrusted lip that birds could perch on for about a week.

 

[SkiDork]

You just brought forth a childhood memory I had buried for a long time....Flash back to 1969 or so, I was riding my cousin's Stingray- you know the one- banana seat, big sissie bar, ape hanger handle bars.... Off I go down a dirt road hill and the handlebars came right out of the bike- no helmet, no protection, my knee and face took the main impact (no comment) and I had a gravel encrusted lip that birds could perch on for about a week.

wow - that kicked off a memory...

I was also riding a sting ray, and chasing a dirtbag kid that lived down the street from me. I learned that you should never rub tires with the guy in front of you. The guy in back gets hosed. Over the handlebars and chipped my front tooth on the street.

 

[Ski Diva]

Sev, you're not getting older, you're getting smarter.

 

[ctenidae]

As long as some part of you, no matter how small or deeply buried, thought "That looks like fun" you're still okay. Otherwise, time to start telling them to stay off your lawn.

 

[wa-loaf]

Ha I wiped out on gravel when I was a kid and tore my leg up so it looked like hamburger. Then it got infected and I had to spend a few days in the hospital. Another time I split my chin open and needed stitches. The good old days ...

 

[Trekchick]

Wait until you start sitting in the yard in your robe and curlers and then yell.......
Get off my lawn!!!

 

[severine]

My cousin rode down a hill near my grandma's house on some ancient bike she had there when we were 11 or 12 years old. Went OTB on the asphalt and had to get stitches in his chin. Yup, the good ole days. :lol:

For a brief moment I thought what they were doing looked like fun, and I did have the fond memory. But now I know too much about safety (and what can happen when you're not prepared). Ignorance really is bliss...

 

[ckofer]

As I sit here on the garden bench supervising the kids playing, 3 kids rode down our hill with reckless abandon on their BMX-type bikes. One kid was standing on the back of another kid's bike, all in short sleeves and t-shirts and no helmets. And after the nervous shudder reaction I had nearly instantaneously, the first thought that popped into my head was, "Geez, I hope none of them fall off!"

I'm so old!

I remember hiking my stupid cheap-o bike up the hills around here in the summer to ride down for the thrill of it all, enjoying the breeze whipping through my unprotected hair. Since when did I turn the corner to thinking for the other side?

Whew, I thought it might have been worse like pissing away a whole day watching the weather channel.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I'm also getting old...I was rocking out to 90s music earlier..

 

[ctenidae]

I'm also getting old...I was rocking out to 90s music earlier..

On a classic rock station, I bet. I hate when that happens.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

On a classic rock station, I bet. I hate when that happens.

I steer clear of classic rock..I've heard all those songs enough..but I rocked out to some third eye blind earlier..

 

[RootDKJ]

I steer clear of classic rock..I've heard all those songs enough..but I rocked out to some third eye blind earlier..

Since when did the "Alternative" genre get a "Classic" sub-genre?

http://www.musicchoice.com/channelchange/#descriptions