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I've always said I'd only want to be a teenager again if I could go back to "my time" (77 to 82). I noticed two teens walking yesterday and they both had headphones on. If my buddy had phones on I'd say why don't you stay home and listen to music and I'll walk to the store with somebody who wants to shoot the s**t. I'm not anti youth, I actually feel sorry for kids now. Adults and authorities have NO sense of humor anymore. You can't smoke or drink or anything else that will kill you, except text and drive of course. You damn sure can't run from the law. We only stopped for cops if we knew for sure they had our tag number, and we never got caught because there weren't five trillion cars on the road and helicopters with satellite link to run you down. You knew that if you got caught they were going to beat the s**t outta you and take you in (no lawsuits needed, you deserved the a**whipping). The cops busted us several times at parties, bonfires or cruisin' and all they'd do is either take your beer and weed for themselves (fact) or make you pour it out. If you were wasted they'd let you go as long as someone was sober enough to get you home. Trust me I don't need a lecture on this behavior, but the OP is correct, somehow we survived all this, and every person I knew that died was non drug or alcohol related. I have noticed a lot of kids playing outside the last couple of years and this is encouraging!
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