Were you outside much as a kid?

[Nr1Humanoid]

I could be outside all the time. Right out after school and only come in for homework and dinner. In winter my clothes could practically stand on their own when I finally came in. Sandwhiches under a blanket never felt better than after a full day in the snow.

[Orange]

Eh, not really. The place where we lived didn't really have a ton of room to play, so I didn't get out much when I was real young.

But during the summer of 2005 or 2006, I met a friend who taught me how to play football, so I was outside the vast majority of that summer playing football and riding bikes with him and some other friends of mine. Lost 40 pounds that summer, too, which was probably puberty - but I'll take what I can get. ;D

[wrestleauthor]

Are you kidding? My mother practically threw us outside almost all the time, and we only came in for meals and when it got dark.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

Right after school until dark and from morning to night on the weekends.

[The Ichi]

I basically lived outside until the internet came into my life.

["Gentleman" AJ Powell]

I used to stay out in the garden most of the time, on a trampoline, playing on the swings, you name it!

Then I got a Playstation, and my time outside dropped a bit.

Then I got a Playstation 2, it dropped a lot, and I gained a shit load of weight!

I try to go outside when the weather's nice these days, but over here, it ain't too often!

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Feb 8, 2013 15:02:02 GMT -5 The Ichi said:

I basically lived outside until the internet came into my life.

[BK From WV]

Yeah,I was outside more than inside. Funny how that's changed the older I get.

[StuntGranny®]

Never. The NES, SNES, and Genesis put a stop to that. Plus, I lived in the middle of nowhere. There was nothing to do/nowhere to go even if I did go outside.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

I was inside a lot with my NES/SNES/N64... but occasionally my parents would throw me out of the house to get fresh air...


Or they wanted to put me to work, shoveling the snow/raking leaves/cutting the grass... etc.


Also were... not Where.

[Deleted]

Unless it was late spring or summer, I stayed indoors. Playing outside in say, October or November was nearly foreign to me.

Didn't have lots of snowball fights

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

Feb 8, 2013 15:02:02 GMT -5 The Ichi said:

I basically lived outside until the internet came into my life.

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Feb 8, 2013 14:51:12 GMT -5 wrestleauthor said:

Are you kidding? My mother practically threw us outside almost all the time, and we only came in for meals and when it got dark.

[AFN: Judge Shred]

Yup all the time. Then they tore down the woods! Dammit all. Now I teach outdoor education so I get paid to play outside.

[ERON]

I was fortunate to grow up with a HUGE yard. If I wasn't cold or rainy, I was outside either swinging, playing baseball or basketball with the neighbor kids, on the trampoline, swimming or fishing in the creek across the street, walking the dog, or riding my bike.

[Piccolo]

Yeah, I'm one of the ones whose default state was outside. If mom made us come inside, we would, but most of our play was outdoors.

Plus, we lived far enough away from the road and other houses that there wasn't much danger of us being snatched or anything.

[The Sam]

Eh, I used to have a trampoline when I was a kid that I would constantly play on. But besides that not really.

[wrestleauthor]

When and if kids are outside nowadays, they're usually equipped with cell phones. The only way Mom called us inside was "GET YOUR A** IN HERE!" when the street lights came on.

Those were the days. ;D

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

Yeah, I think about how it was when I was younger and what today kids are missing in the same area. We had some creative people in the bunch. Where we had bike trails and rope swings. Those things I know are not there. They are gone after High School ended and everyone moved on. Kids these days don't have that there.

My neighbor was huge. We had our own pool that is no longer there. It went away by high school. I was sad by that. We have three lakes which are still there. We had two giant fields that was awesome for just about anything not basketball or Hockey. If you can play it in grass it can be done. Plus all of us kids on the street had water fights and ext. Awesome times.

[twiggy101]

I grew up on a farm so I spent a fair amount of time outside either working or playing. Kind of went downhill since I started playing video games.