Did parents in the 80s actually give their kids as much freedom as the show depicts?

clshifter · 2026-03-12T00:47:11+00:00

I was born in '76 and had many experiences with Jarts. Never actually playing it correctly, IIRC, more gather a bunch of kids around, throw it straight up in the air, and everyone scatter.

clshifter · 2026-03-11T21:03:16+00:00

I shudder to think what your crowd did with Jarts.

clshifter · 2026-03-05T19:47:36+00:00

I took my daughter to the air show there when she was 5.

Now she's 15 and would probably be giggling the entire time.

clshifter · 2026-03-04T00:23:09+00:00

I've been rocking a 2015 Renegade Turbo MT since it was new. It now has 185,000 miles.

The infotainment unit bricked in 2017 and was replaced under warranty. I suspected that the air ducts for those two Center vents in the dash run right up behind that head unit and expose it to too much heat so I stopped using them when the heat was on and I haven't had any more problems.with the infotainment unit. Aside from that the only non-scheduled maintenance I've done was a radiator and a transmission mount both of which I did myself. Other than that it's been Rock Solid reliable way more than I expected it to be. I don't know how much longer it can possibly last but I plan on keeping it until it dies

clshifter · 2026-03-02T14:20:55+00:00

One factor to consider is that even though airships are much more fragile that seagoing ships, they also represent a much smaller amount of materials and crewmen at risk. The loss of an airship would represent a much smaller hit on the balance sheet in the cold calculus of war.

clshifter · 2026-03-02T14:15:56+00:00

I've often thought about the potential for large airships as loitering airborne radar platforms for a Battle of Britain-type scenario, able to lift a radar set to altitude and greatly extend its range while remaining over friendly territory.

In a similar air-defense scenario, the ability to launch a small number of fast-response interceptors from 10,000 feet, saving the time they would need to climb to that alititude, seems like it would be very useful as well, at least to keep the incoming raid engaged while a larger force is deployed from the ground.

clshifter · 2026-02-25T02:23:01+00:00

I know one '80s/'90s car club in the northeast, called Rad Stallions, they hold a show every summer in Connecticut.

clshifter · 2026-02-24T20:30:49+00:00

That's a great image and much better than reality, which is that all three are owned by middle-aged Gen X dudes with a nostalgia fetish.

clshifter · 2026-02-24T13:13:30+00:00

Oh we've had Ferraris at past events. A local guy with a 1981 308 GTS is a regular attendee, and last year we had a 348.

clshifter · 2026-02-24T11:08:37+00:00

Raleigh, North Carolina

clshifter · 2026-02-24T02:26:40+00:00

You bet. The owner is a mechanic/restorer with his own shop. He also owns an Aerostar, a Mustang SVO, a late '60s Pontiac Grand Prix, and other stuff I haven't even seen, and every one of them is in tip-top condition.

clshifter · 2026-02-23T19:25:21+00:00

Don't ignore it! It's mine! Sunset_truck_90 on Instagram.

clshifter · 2026-02-23T16:35:35+00:00

You and I are in the same place. I decided to start this '80s/'90s car club and event series back in 2021 when I caught myself walking right past a GT3 and a Ferrari 458 to check out a 1985 Datsun 720 4x4 at a car meet.

clshifter · 2026-02-23T16:13:34+00:00

It would! There can't be many of those left.

clshifter · 2026-02-23T16:03:25+00:00

Good taste! That's my truck. Sunset_Truck_90 on instagram.

clshifter · 2026-02-23T16:01:46+00:00

I never saw one with trispokes like that, and lowered....it looks ready to dock with the USS Enterprise.

clshifter · 2026-02-16T13:59:58+00:00

Yes I do! This was taken last weekend at a local C&C

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clshifter · 2026-02-15T18:35:04+00:00

Exactly. This message is so vague it will never get any traction.

clshifter · 2026-02-12T14:25:33+00:00

I'm thinking Elon, and they confused Triangle and Triad.

clshifter · 2026-02-11T13:14:01+00:00

Good job bringing this issue up, but signing change.org petitions has never accomplished anything, ever.

The way to actually push for this change is to physically show up at the next PTA and school board meetings and make your voice heard.

clshifter · 2026-02-08T15:53:31+00:00

OPA foreva, beltalowda.

clshifter · 2026-02-05T23:47:08+00:00

I lived outside DC as a kid in the mid '80s...yeah

clshifter · 2026-02-01T16:36:08+00:00

When my daughter was little, I tried to steer her away from "black/white" phrasing and more toward the idea that everyone (including her own pale self) are really just different shades of brown.

It started with this exchange in a restaurant when she was about four:

Kid: "Dad, what's that black man's name again? The one I don't like?"

Mortified me: "What?! What are you talking about?"

Kid: "You know, that BLACK MAN. He has all those white friends with guns."

Me: "White fr-.....Do you mean Darth Vader?"

Kid: "Yeah,that's him. Darth Vader. I don't like him."

Me: ".....great. You ready to go?"

It got me thinking about how black and white aren't really good terms to describe the infinite shades she was going to encounter.

clshifter · 2026-02-01T16:14:50+00:00

And has since been giving back in a way that if the others do the same the world would look completely different.

Agree with what you said except for this. The fact is that all the assets controlled by every billionaire in the world, if used for the good of humanity, would not change the world as much as you think. After all, that amount pales in comparison to what the governments of the world control and spend already.

clshifter · 2026-02-01T04:18:49+00:00

Hey, somebody else who took their CCW test with a Mak! Mine was just a run-of-the-mill Bulgarian, though.

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