What is something you had to do as a child...

[toys2cool]

work for your crap

[HardyGirl]

DAMIEN!! We've missed you around here, buddy!

work for your crap

[Drzsmith]

i was stunned to find out my 15 year old nephew had to go to summer school,but summer school is now once a week and done on the computer.shocked and repulsed

[ubermanx]

I had to write an entire history essay using nothing but one paragraph of reference text from our Funk and Wangles Encyclopedia cause I left it to the last minute and a snow storm meant I couldn't get to the public library.

- Marty

[ubermanx]

Each morning I had to put both of my arms into molten lava and rub thumbtacks on my stomach or I wasn't allowed to go school, which was 72 miles away and buried in shards of glass I had to dig though with my bare hands.

And the most annoying part was that the older generation labeled us "slackers" because they said we were unmotivated, self-absorbed, rude, and entitled.

Bwa ha ha ha ha ... coffee out the nose reading this one.

- Marty

[palitoy]

And the most annoying part was that the older generation labeled us "slackers" because they said we were unmotivated, self-absorbed, rude, and entitled.

Slacker...it never stops hurting does it?

[HardyGirl]

I think you mean Funk and Wagnall.

I had to write an entire history essay using nothing but one paragraph of reference text from our Funk and Wangles Encyclopedia cause I left it to the last minute and a snow storm meant I couldn't get to the public library.

- Marty

[ubermanx]

I think you mean Funk and Wagnall.

I do indeed ... but when you get as old as me you need to be kind and forgive the occasional memory slip

- Marty

[Mikey]

Speaking of nostalgia and Funk & Wagnalls back in the 70's my mom got me an entire set of their current encyclopedias at my local Shop-Rite (grocery store)

If you bought a certain amount of groceries per week you'd get a free volume.

Had the entire set within a year.

You don't see great promo give-aways like that nowadays

[enyawd72]

My list of chores went something like this...

Haul five-gallon buckets of water to the barn so the cows could drink.
Feed the cows.
Feed and water the dogs.
Feed and water the chickens.
Check for eggs.
Clean out the barn stalls.
Bale and stack hay in the summer
Carry and stack firewood in the fall.
Push mow the lawn and do the trim.

Kids today got it so easy...

[Mikey]

Dumb question, how do you water the chickens ?

I can't imagine ever seeing a chicken water trough but I guess there must be one

We had a couple chickens but I would just use an old pot from the house for their water

[jwyblejr]

Speaking of nostalgia and Funk & Wagnalls back in the 70's my mom got me an entire set of their current encyclopedias at my local Shop-Rite (grocery store)

If you bought a certain amount of groceries per week you'd get a free volume.

Had the entire set within a year.

You don't see great promo give-aways like that nowadays

Price Chopper was the one that carried them when I was growing up. First volume was something like a dime,second one was like a quarter and then it jumped up to around $3 each for the rest.

[enyawd72]

Dumb question, how do you water the chickens ?

I can't imagine ever seeing a chicken water trough but I guess there must be one

We had a couple chickens but I would just use an old pot from the house for their water

Using one of these...we had four of them. They had to be cleaned and refilled every day, because our chickens were not in cages, but a chicken coop, and let me tell you...chickens crap on EVERYTHING.

1-gallon-water-for-chickens.jpg

[Mikey]

That's pretty neat.

We only had like 10 chickens.

Weird story ... 9 chickens used to constantly beat up the 10th one all the time.

No.10 had the least feathers and was always extra timid.

I decided to leave her out of the coop and run free 24/7.

She used to bed down under a hemlock tree on my lawn.

Within a month she was the most beautiful chicken you'd ever seen (after not getting constantly pecked)

[Boy_Wonder_1978]

Learn values.
Earn what I wanted.
Respect my elders.
Know when to shut up.
Plenty that kids are sadly lacking today. Then again, I know a few adults that need a lesson or two. Growing up in the first place would be a start for a few of them.