Gettin old....

My dad did too lol.

I still watch episodes of the Rifleman.

 

Life of Riley, The Honeymooners, The Gale Storm Show, I Love Lucy, Father Knows Best, Sky King, Sea Hunt, Flipper, My Friend Flicka

Yeah, I'm an old dude.........

 

Of course, when I was really young, it was Mickey Mouse Club, Howdy Doody, Captain Kangaroo and Looney Toons.

 

Growing up in the 70s as a kid, my reading material consisted mostly of “Peanuts” and “Harold and the Purple Crayon”.

Who had time for reading when you’re outside building jump ramps for your banana seat bike with ape hanger handle bars?

Besides you couldn’t go inside before the street lights came on and when you did, you always end up fighting with the 5 other siblings over the TV channel waiting to see who’s going to spin the dial fast enough to break it.

 

The Hardy Boys
During the long cold winters in MT we had some inside time

Didn't see Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid mentioned

 

I guess I should have written:
‘Any of you that enjoy reading books NOW’ But never mind; you fellas that read my comment as a listing reading as a childhood pastime, are probably not gonna dedicate attention to reading a book just for fun. Now.

 

At 55, I am not as old as some on here, but I remember watching original episodes of The Lone Ranger and Superman when I was a little boy. And growing up with all the hit shows of the 70's and early 80's. I pretty much dropped all TV watching when I went to college and through the 90's. I was very disappointed in what was available when I started watching again in the 2000's. Even my kids preferred shows from the 70's and 80's to what was on TV when they were young. Most recently, my wife and I have rediscovered Head of the Class. Pretty funny stuff!

 

We would leave in the morning and not come home until after dark.

My bike as a little kid as a Sears Spyder 5 speed.
My Mom worked at Sears in advertising..



Then in '76 I got a Sears Ted Willams bicentennial 10-speed..



By then we were sneaking our parent's liquor and beer out of the house and hanging out drinking in the street..

 

Remember the televised Elvis concerts?

Epic.

 

https://youtu.be/8V8QMbLd2f8

 

Here's a blast from the past:

https://youtu.be/pXR-N2egMoY

 

https://youtu.be/Mi56Xm9jjVk

 

https://youtu.be/tpBz704oqRc

 

Ha! I took auto shop and metal shop.

 

Same here! Then Bonanza came along in color on Sunday night...

 

The Morgan Freeman few people knew about…
https://youtu.be/K00rz73s_zU

 

Nothing like watching John Baker rockin the OG cocobolo hardwood straight stick

 

What's the cutoff between boomer and GenX??

 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/-7aIf1YnbbU

 

Anybody remember a detective show called Hawaiian Eye? Was black and white maybe late 60's. And of course the Little Rascals, Leave It to Beaver, the Beverly Hillbillies, Batman, Superman, science fiction show called UFO, and also of course Lost in Space. I actually have the DVD box set of that show.

 

Couple more
My Favorite Martian
Mr Ed

 

I forgot all about stomper trucks, bad little toys....I wonder why I forgot ???? Too Damn Old....

 

Born before 1965 supposedly.

 

I'm a BOOMER !!! Born in '64

 

Generations Born Current Ages
Gen Z 1997 – 2012 11 – 26
Millennials 1981 – 1996 27 – 42
Gen X 1965 – 1980 43 – 58
Boomers II (a/k/a Generation Jones)* 1955 – 1964 59 – 68
Boomers I* 1946 – 1954 69 – 77
Post War 1928 – 1945 78 – 95
WWII 1922 – 1927 96 – 101

*We increasingly break up Boomers into two different cohorts because the span is so large, and the oldest of the generation have different sensibilities than the younger. In the U.S., Generation Jones (Boomers II) are just young enough to have missed being drafted into war.

 

If they are at the mall telling off their genx-millennial parents they are gen z

If they yell “ok boomer” they are a millennial

if they are largely ignored and don’t give a damn about any of this, they are GenX

If they are yelling at a millennial calling them lazy or whatever, they are boomer.

If they are the “greatest generation” they are probably dead.

Or so the GenZ’s tell me anyway….

 

58 here. I remember watching Laverne & Shirley as well as Happy Days. Rest her soul. I recall watching claymation show called David and Goliath along with H&R Puff and Stuff on Saturday mornings. They were obviously puffing on something! I would then finish up the weekend Sunday evening watching the Wonderful World of Disney before going to bed. My favorite show though was Bah Bah Black Sheep.

I wish I still had my dads truck nowadays. He had either a 75 or 76 calf shit yellow with a white hard top Chevy Blazer. I took it many of times with friends 4 wheelin in the early 80’s. Dad never confronted me about the mud and scratches. Pretty cool dad.

 

Sounds about right although I didn’t know people still went to the mall.

 

I thought Millenials were after Gen Z