Comments on: Child Of The 70s + Dangers Of A Time Gone By

By: Mr.BD

Mr.BD — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:40:18 +0000

Some of this is crazy. Did they really dope up a lion so some white kids could take a picture with it? Then that ski lift picture with the man holding a baby and nobody is strapped in. What kind of silliness was this? Black people did not do any of this to my knowledge.

By: Mr.BD

Mr.BD — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:37:44 +0000

This brings back memories from the seventies and eighties. I rode that same merry go round getting dizzy and almost falling off a lot of times. We also did the jump on our bikes. We would be gone all day on our bikes but we better be home when the street lights came on. Those were good times back then.

By: Truthiz1

Truthiz1 — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 11:43:53 +0000

Re: the Evel Kienevel bike jump…lol

My brother (who was younger than I) and his little crew were dare-devils on bikes. And they had some really nice bikes! 🙂

But they didn’t do the Kienevel jump. They peddled as fast as they could and then stood up on the bike-seat, with both arms stretched out like they were flying…smh!

My mom nearly had a stroke when she looked out the front door one sunny afternoon and saw my brother doing that dangerous trick! Suffice it to say, that was the last time he “got caught” doing it!…Lol

By: Truthiz1

Truthiz1 — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 11:29:00 +0000

Lol…Okay DJ, now some of this spilled over to the 80s as well. But I agree with you on most of it being “Crazy”! And none of it would be considered “Safe” today.

Now I will say this – kids being able to go outside and play as long as we were home in the evening when the street lights came on are the days many of Us wish kids could experience today. Back then parents really didn’t have to worry a lot about the safety of their children because, in general, it was a much different time, a much Safer time.

People looked out for each other and they especially looked out for the kids!