OUR BOLOGNA HAD A FIRST NAME

There's a generation that doesn't have the largest population which probably was for the best...

Many call it a forgotten generation...

They didn't have X Box but, the things they could do with a cardboard box kept them entertained for days or until they needed a new box...

​​​​​​Kids were remote controls when the parents didn't want to get up to change the channel on the television...

​​​​​​There were no cell phones so if you spent your change at the five and dime store, or the arcade and you wanted a ride home...

There were pay phones...

Your parents would get mad at you if you called collect and said your name...

You were just to say your location...

Later the police got mad at you if you didn't use your name and they had your location....

Kids were made to play outside and don't come home until the street lights came on...

Netflix was a bunch of VCR movies lined up in a row...

If you rented from the video store and didn't rewind you had to pay a fine...

​​​​​​The first time I heard someone burned a CD...

I thought they set it on fire until it was explained...

We were never even thanked...

It was our idea first...

We didn't have computers...

We had a Radio, A Tape Recorder, and we would press play and record and made mixed tapes and we gave them to our friends for them to listen to and we get some in return...

Sony caught on and started charging a fee to download music...

Halloween we were handed a pillowcase and sent down the road to knock on doors and take candy from strangers...

Cars didn't have seatbelts...

We didn't know a helmet wasn't just for motorcycles...

I don't care is a common response to just about anything...

It's not disrespect or being rude, we just don't care...

​​​​​​It's a carefree attitude and they love to have fun...

​​​Some kids were a middle child, some were the youngest of the family and summer began on the last day of school and ended on the first day of school in the fall.

​​The next Generation has a screen to read over a bowl of cereal...

​​​​​​We read the Cereal Box...

You could have a knife in your room, just don't smoke weed in the kitchen...

Gen X at the age of 10 you were 30 when you turn 50 you're 30....

If you could make it, you could eat it...

We didn't have lactose free, gluten free...

We had Peanut butter and Jelly in the same jar...

​​​​​​We were good climbers and learned to balance on chairs...

If you fell and were unconscious you were there until your Mom came home and told you to walk it off...

​​​​​​Some had children and they're treated like they're made out of glass...

I'm surprised they're not being made to wear bubble wrap because, they sure have gotten soft...

We didn't have mental illness because, there just wasn't medication available...

We had to figure it all out on our own...

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