Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore

My mom was going to drop me off at my friends house, where I've never been before. My friend gave me the directions, but my mom wouldn't listen to me and we went to the address from the phonebook. Arriving at the house, they were not living there anymore. They moved recently to the location my friend explained to me. We went back home and I called my friend I couldn't come because "my mom didn't believe me". And then, my mom was angry at me for telling that :-)

Knock, knock, “Hi, can Susie come out and play?” Best part of childhood in the 70s and 80s!

I’ve mentioned this before: no cell service where I live and landlines often get ignored. If you want to talk or visit with someone, you walk to the edge of their property and let out a loud “whoooo-eeee” call so they know someone is there. Then walk up a little & wait for an answer. Then call out their name and announce yourself. If no one replies, you either bail or investigate depending on the type of relationship you have with them. People who know me know not to come calling between 4-6PM, my siesta time.

At that house? You’re worried ?

Or making a plan for next week or month etc with no follow ups and everyone will show up.

For safety reasons, I (14f) have memorized both my mom's and dad's phone numbers. Fortunately I've never been in a serious situation where I'd need to remember their numbers.

I can still remember my dad's land line number. But it was shut down last year. I still keep it in my contacts because of the memories. :)

I can't remember my own number anymore.

I knew phone numbers, license plate numbers and street addresses.

I'm sad that I can't remember my husband's number.

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Omg writing a 12 page report front and back. "Where are your citations?" My a*s, just give me a passing grade for achieving this feat as a 12 year old...

I still love those things. I'm sorry I still do. I like Google too. But I really love those too

We had a few sets because my dad would bring home from water/fire damaged homes instead of throwing them out (he did restoration and cleaning). Since I had like 3 sets, i occasionally would cut pictures out for reports (left one set intact)

My dad picked up an old encyclopedia when I was in high school in the mid-60s. I was doing a project on WWI and couldn't find any info under the names of battles like the Somme, Paschendale, &c. Puzzled until I looked at the publication date: 1879!

My mom has the complete set of the 1985 edition of World Book Encyclopedia on one of her shelves right now.

Now it's all QR codes. Just not the same.

It used to be a normal thing.

I miss this a lot my kids will never experience this. I remember my dad telling me about the things they would get in box's. So sad.

We were the lucky generation to get that!

Saving cereal codes for discounts on silverware

Definitely not as abundant these days but I did see more this summer than I usually do and more of a variety too

Plant native species in your yard! They desperately need habitat!

But I bet you still use a bugspray when you see more than three bugs gathered...

Same thing with fireflies

A boyfriend friendly garden 😂

Before videogames, were pinball parlors. Are those still around? Devouring pocket change? Corrupting youth?

90’s. Lol. You’ve know idea how we camped out at the store for the Atari 5200 when it went on sale. How we teased the kids who had Intellivision instead, even tho we secretly wanted one, too.

I remember this my dad love it. And it was pretty cool.

An hour? should consider himself lucky because with my internet the average update takes 6-7(sadly my isp is the best in the area, my old one would have taken days to download an update).

I'm 42, and I remember loading a game by playing a cassette. that took ages.

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Yesss the sleepovers, slamming that bad boy on the table and getting the prank calls started..

I remember getting these at my door every year and there would be pizza coupons, among others. But all I cared about mostly was the coupons. This was also my job hunting book, where I would look up all the types of places I was interested in working then call the number or find their address. That's what my folks told me to do. And I can't forget the best part, looking up funny last names and prank calling a few. LOL ah.. times before call display.

We dialed 211

We get a tiny phonebook every year still, and never, ever use it.

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Or when mother started calling your name

I'm gonna cry now. I hurt for my grandbabies growing in this hellish world where no one is safe outside anymore.

Well I didn't play with the whole neighborhood, but the street light rule applied.

You were allowed to go outside?