Ain't nothing crueller than kids.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:01pmOof. I knew a couple kids growing up who wore homemade jeans. Not good. In retrospect, man, kids are hard bastards in terms of enforcing pants orthodoxy.Marky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 9:55pmI remember back in the 70s when I asked my mum for some patch pocket trousers to wear to school as lots of kids were wearing them and they were that weeks fashion. My mum says I've got a friend who's a seamstress she'll make you a pair. So I'm thinking great and throw away my old school trousers that had seen better days. The weekend passes and the new trousers arrive and boy these trousers were the most hideous thing I have ever seen. They were made from some sort of crimpolene material I knew in an instance that I was in for the most piss taking day of my life. I get on the school bus and the sniggering starts get to school and the finger pointing starts man I just want a huge hole to open up and swallow me. All day comments "hey you who made your trousers the local council?" by mid afternoon I had enough one lad opens his mouth once too often so I fill it with my fist. Straight to the headmasters office who is threatening to expel me. He wants to know what the fight is over so I show him my trousers and the fucker takes one look at them and starts laughing. I get home that evening and rescue my old trousers from the bin and hid the new ones under my bed. Eventually throwing them in the bin and telling my mum I couldn't find them. She suggested getting her friend to make me another pair. Somehow I managed to avoid getting another pair but the whole thing traumatised me for a while. Thank fuck there were no pictures taken of me wearing those fuckers! I was 11 at the time and thank fuck punk was just around the corner.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 8:34pmMy life has been about recovering (and failing) from that moment.Heston wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 8:32pmYeah, but at least I never wore unisex jeans with no back pockets to school. That would be traumatising, see a shrink for life stuff.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 8:21pm
I so love your story of early adolescent trauma. It is perfectly stupid yet perfectly real and relatable.
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I remember a kid at junior school who would carry a ruler to measure the heels on your wedges. Again thank fuck punk came along and we all swapped to Docs.Marky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:23pmAin't nothing crueller than kids.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:01pmOof. I knew a couple kids growing up who wore homemade jeans. Not good. In retrospect, man, kids are hard bastards in terms of enforcing pants orthodoxy.Marky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 9:55pmI remember back in the 70s when I asked my mum for some patch pocket trousers to wear to school as lots of kids were wearing them and they were that weeks fashion. My mum says I've got a friend who's a seamstress she'll make you a pair. So I'm thinking great and throw away my old school trousers that had seen better days. The weekend passes and the new trousers arrive and boy these trousers were the most hideous thing I have ever seen. They were made from some sort of crimpolene material I knew in an instance that I was in for the most piss taking day of my life. I get on the school bus and the sniggering starts get to school and the finger pointing starts man I just want a huge hole to open up and swallow me. All day comments "hey you who made your trousers the local council?" by mid afternoon I had enough one lad opens his mouth once too often so I fill it with my fist. Straight to the headmasters office who is threatening to expel me. He wants to know what the fight is over so I show him my trousers and the fucker takes one look at them and starts laughing. I get home that evening and rescue my old trousers from the bin and hid the new ones under my bed. Eventually throwing them in the bin and telling my mum I couldn't find them. She suggested getting her friend to make me another pair. Somehow I managed to avoid getting another pair but the whole thing traumatised me for a while. Thank fuck there were no pictures taken of me wearing those fuckers! I was 11 at the time and thank fuck punk was just around the corner.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 8:34pmMy life has been about recovering (and failing) from that moment.
Conforming to pack mentality is so much easier and safer as a kid. Respect to those that break the molds.
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Fitting in was never easy. There were some real wealthy kids in my school who had cross country motorbikes at 13 . No way my mum could compete with that and I'm real glad she didn't try.101Walterton wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:33pmI remember a kid at junior school who would carry a ruler to measure the heels on your wedges. Again thank fuck punk came along and we all swapped to Docs.Marky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:23pmAin't nothing crueller than kids.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:01pmOof. I knew a couple kids growing up who wore homemade jeans. Not good. In retrospect, man, kids are hard bastards in terms of enforcing pants orthodoxy.Marky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 9:55pmI remember back in the 70s when I asked my mum for some patch pocket trousers to wear to school as lots of kids were wearing them and they were that weeks fashion. My mum says I've got a friend who's a seamstress she'll make you a pair. So I'm thinking great and throw away my old school trousers that had seen better days. The weekend passes and the new trousers arrive and boy these trousers were the most hideous thing I have ever seen. They were made from some sort of crimpolene material I knew in an instance that I was in for the most piss taking day of my life. I get on the school bus and the sniggering starts get to school and the finger pointing starts man I just want a huge hole to open up and swallow me. All day comments "hey you who made your trousers the local council?" by mid afternoon I had enough one lad opens his mouth once too often so I fill it with my fist. Straight to the headmasters office who is threatening to expel me. He wants to know what the fight is over so I show him my trousers and the fucker takes one look at them and starts laughing. I get home that evening and rescue my old trousers from the bin and hid the new ones under my bed. Eventually throwing them in the bin and telling my mum I couldn't find them. She suggested getting her friend to make me another pair. Somehow I managed to avoid getting another pair but the whole thing traumatised me for a while. Thank fuck there were no pictures taken of me wearing those fuckers! I was 11 at the time and thank fuck punk was just around the corner.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 8:34pm
My life has been about recovering (and failing) from that moment.
Conforming to pack mentality is so much easier and safer as a kid. Respect to those that break the molds.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
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Yeah I was thinking more haircut than motorbikesMarky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:51pmFitting in was never easy. There were some real wealthy kids in my school who had cross country motorbikes at 13 . No way my mum could compete with that and I'm real glad she didn't try.101Walterton wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:33pmI remember a kid at junior school who would carry a ruler to measure the heels on your wedges. Again thank fuck punk came along and we all swapped to Docs.Marky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:23pmAin't nothing crueller than kids.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:01pmOof. I knew a couple kids growing up who wore homemade jeans. Not good. In retrospect, man, kids are hard bastards in terms of enforcing pants orthodoxy.Marky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 9:55pm
I remember back in the 70s when I asked my mum for some patch pocket trousers to wear to school as lots of kids were wearing them and they were that weeks fashion. My mum says I've got a friend who's a seamstress she'll make you a pair. So I'm thinking great and throw away my old school trousers that had seen better days. The weekend passes and the new trousers arrive and boy these trousers were the most hideous thing I have ever seen. They were made from some sort of crimpolene material I knew in an instance that I was in for the most piss taking day of my life. I get on the school bus and the sniggering starts get to school and the finger pointing starts man I just want a huge hole to open up and swallow me. All day comments "hey you who made your trousers the local council?" by mid afternoon I had enough one lad opens his mouth once too often so I fill it with my fist. Straight to the headmasters office who is threatening to expel me. He wants to know what the fight is over so I show him my trousers and the fucker takes one look at them and starts laughing. I get home that evening and rescue my old trousers from the bin and hid the new ones under my bed. Eventually throwing them in the bin and telling my mum I couldn't find them. She suggested getting her friend to make me another pair. Somehow I managed to avoid getting another pair but the whole thing traumatised me for a while. Thank fuck there were no pictures taken of me wearing those fuckers! I was 11 at the time and thank fuck punk was just around the corner.
Conforming to pack mentality is so much easier and safer as a kid. Respect to those that break the molds.
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Heh, around the same age there were a bunch of guys who had mini bikes, including some friends. It didn't interest me at all, but one friend was desperate to get one and always talked about how his parents would be getting him one next month. Month after month, nothing but excuses. It wasn't that his parents couldn't afford it, they just thought it was too dangerous. Total obsession for him.Marky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:51pmThere were some real wealthy kids in my school who had cross country motorbikes at 13 . No way my mum could compete with that and I'm real glad she didn't try.
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Same here.101Walterton wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 12:54amYeah I was thinking more haircut than motorbikesMarky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:51pmFitting in was never easy. There were some real wealthy kids in my school who had cross country motorbikes at 13 . No way my mum could compete with that and I'm real glad she didn't try.101Walterton wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:33pmI remember a kid at junior school who would carry a ruler to measure the heels on your wedges. Again thank fuck punk came along and we all swapped to Docs.Marky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:23pmAin't nothing crueller than kids.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:01pm
Oof. I knew a couple kids growing up who wore homemade jeans. Not good. In retrospect, man, kids are hard bastards in terms of enforcing pants orthodoxy.
Conforming to pack mentality is so much easier and safer as a kid. Respect to those that break the molds.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
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These guys were real spoilt brats. I would go to their houses occasionally and just be stunned by the amount of stuff they had and they always wanted more. I was lucky if I got what I would be liked for Xmas let alone every weekend.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 6:04amHeh, around the same age there were a bunch of guys who had mini bikes, including some friends. It didn't interest me at all, but one friend was desperate to get one and always talked about how his parents would be getting him one next month. Month after month, nothing but excuses. It wasn't that his parents couldn't afford it, they just thought it was too dangerous. Total obsession for him.Marky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:51pmThere were some real wealthy kids in my school who had cross country motorbikes at 13 . No way my mum could compete with that and I'm real glad she didn't try.
Forces have been looting
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It was odd growing up because my much older siblings, who'd all moved out by then, thought I was spoiled because my parents were now more prosperous, which meant I got a bigger allowance. But my friends all had more toys and better clothes than me because my parents, having come from rough circumstances, refused to be that extravagant. So I was spoiled but not spoiled.Marky Dread wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 7:34amThese guys were real spoilt brats. I would go to their houses occasionally and just be stunned by the amount of stuff they had and they always wanted more. I was lucky if I got what I would be liked for Xmas let alone every weekend.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 6:04amHeh, around the same age there were a bunch of guys who had mini bikes, including some friends. It didn't interest me at all, but one friend was desperate to get one and always talked about how his parents would be getting him one next month. Month after month, nothing but excuses. It wasn't that his parents couldn't afford it, they just thought it was too dangerous. Total obsession for him.Marky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:51pmThere were some real wealthy kids in my school who had cross country motorbikes at 13 . No way my mum could compete with that and I'm real glad she didn't try.
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I was just lucky to get liked at ChristmasMarky Dread wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 7:34amThese guys were real spoilt brats. I would go to their houses occasionally and just be stunned by the amount of stuff they had and they always wanted more. I was lucky if I got what I would be liked for Xmas let alone every weekend.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 6:04amHeh, around the same age there were a bunch of guys who had mini bikes, including some friends. It didn't interest me at all, but one friend was desperate to get one and always talked about how his parents would be getting him one next month. Month after month, nothing but excuses. It wasn't that his parents couldn't afford it, they just thought it was too dangerous. Total obsession for him.Marky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:51pmThere were some real wealthy kids in my school who had cross country motorbikes at 13 . No way my mum could compete with that and I'm real glad she didn't try.
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Whoa, childhood just got dark.coffeepotman wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 8:30amI was just lucky to get liked at ChristmasMarky Dread wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 7:34amThese guys were real spoilt brats. I would go to their houses occasionally and just be stunned by the amount of stuff they had and they always wanted more. I was lucky if I got what I would be liked for Xmas let alone every weekend.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 6:04amHeh, around the same age there were a bunch of guys who had mini bikes, including some friends. It didn't interest me at all, but one friend was desperate to get one and always talked about how his parents would be getting him one next month. Month after month, nothing but excuses. It wasn't that his parents couldn't afford it, they just thought it was too dangerous. Total obsession for him.Marky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:51pmThere were some real wealthy kids in my school who had cross country motorbikes at 13 . No way my mum could compete with that and I'm real glad she didn't try.
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An allowance we called pocket money. I got 50p when I was 12 and thought it was the best thing ever. Just save for two weeks and I could get a least 1 7" single.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 7:58amIt was odd growing up because my much older siblings, who'd all moved out by then, thought I was spoiled because my parents were now more prosperous, which meant I got a bigger allowance. But my friends all had more toys and better clothes than me because my parents, having come from rough circumstances, refused to be that extravagant. So I was spoiled but not spoiled.Marky Dread wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 7:34amThese guys were real spoilt brats. I would go to their houses occasionally and just be stunned by the amount of stuff they had and they always wanted more. I was lucky if I got what I would be liked for Xmas let alone every weekend.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 6:04amHeh, around the same age there were a bunch of guys who had mini bikes, including some friends. It didn't interest me at all, but one friend was desperate to get one and always talked about how his parents would be getting him one next month. Month after month, nothing but excuses. It wasn't that his parents couldn't afford it, they just thought it was too dangerous. Total obsession for him.Marky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:51pmThere were some real wealthy kids in my school who had cross country motorbikes at 13 . No way my mum could compete with that and I'm real glad she didn't try.
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Hey brother Santa loves you.coffeepotman wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 8:30amI was just lucky to get liked at ChristmasMarky Dread wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 7:34amThese guys were real spoilt brats. I would go to their houses occasionally and just be stunned by the amount of stuff they had and they always wanted more. I was lucky if I got what I would be liked for Xmas let alone every weekend.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 6:04amHeh, around the same age there were a bunch of guys who had mini bikes, including some friends. It didn't interest me at all, but one friend was desperate to get one and always talked about how his parents would be getting him one next month. Month after month, nothing but excuses. It wasn't that his parents couldn't afford it, they just thought it was too dangerous. Total obsession for him.Marky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:51pmThere were some real wealthy kids in my school who had cross country motorbikes at 13 . No way my mum could compete with that and I'm real glad she didn't try.
Forces have been looting
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Curfews have been curbing
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No fuchsias for you.
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I don't remember how much I got—tho I know friends got considerably more—but it was usually enough to cover my comics each week plus candy. By the time I got into music, I had a paper route.Marky Dread wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 10:58amAn allowance we called pocket money. I got 50p when I was 12 and thought it was the best thing ever. Just save for two weeks and I could get a least 1 7" single.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 7:58amIt was odd growing up because my much older siblings, who'd all moved out by then, thought I was spoiled because my parents were now more prosperous, which meant I got a bigger allowance. But my friends all had more toys and better clothes than me because my parents, having come from rough circumstances, refused to be that extravagant. So I was spoiled but not spoiled.Marky Dread wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 7:34amThese guys were real spoilt brats. I would go to their houses occasionally and just be stunned by the amount of stuff they had and they always wanted more. I was lucky if I got what I would be liked for Xmas let alone every weekend.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 6:04amHeh, around the same age there were a bunch of guys who had mini bikes, including some friends. It didn't interest me at all, but one friend was desperate to get one and always talked about how his parents would be getting him one next month. Month after month, nothing but excuses. It wasn't that his parents couldn't afford it, they just thought it was too dangerous. Total obsession for him.Marky Dread wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 10:51pmThere were some real wealthy kids in my school who had cross country motorbikes at 13 . No way my mum could compete with that and I'm real glad she didn't try.
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I do remember getting the early PotA mags around '75 . Strange they were the last thing I cared about before I got into punk.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 11:12amI don't remember how much I got—tho I know friends got considerably more—but it was usually enough to cover my comics each week plus candy. By the time I got into music, I had a paper route.Marky Dread wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 10:58amAn allowance we called pocket money. I got 50p when I was 12 and thought it was the best thing ever. Just save for two weeks and I could get a least 1 7" single.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 7:58amIt was odd growing up because my much older siblings, who'd all moved out by then, thought I was spoiled because my parents were now more prosperous, which meant I got a bigger allowance. But my friends all had more toys and better clothes than me because my parents, having come from rough circumstances, refused to be that extravagant. So I was spoiled but not spoiled.Marky Dread wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 7:34amThese guys were real spoilt brats. I would go to their houses occasionally and just be stunned by the amount of stuff they had and they always wanted more. I was lucky if I got what I would be liked for Xmas let alone every weekend.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 6:04am
Heh, around the same age there were a bunch of guys who had mini bikes, including some friends. It didn't interest me at all, but one friend was desperate to get one and always talked about how his parents would be getting him one next month. Month after month, nothing but excuses. It wasn't that his parents couldn't afford it, they just thought it was too dangerous. Total obsession for him.
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Curfews have been curbing
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I've dl'd scans of most (all?) of them, if you're interested in reliving your pre-punk existence.Marky Dread wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 11:21amI do remember getting the early PotA mags around '75 . Strange they were the last thing I cared about before I got into punk.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 11:12amI don't remember how much I got—tho I know friends got considerably more—but it was usually enough to cover my comics each week plus candy. By the time I got into music, I had a paper route.Marky Dread wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 10:58amAn allowance we called pocket money. I got 50p when I was 12 and thought it was the best thing ever. Just save for two weeks and I could get a least 1 7" single.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 7:58amIt was odd growing up because my much older siblings, who'd all moved out by then, thought I was spoiled because my parents were now more prosperous, which meant I got a bigger allowance. But my friends all had more toys and better clothes than me because my parents, having come from rough circumstances, refused to be that extravagant. So I was spoiled but not spoiled.Marky Dread wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 7:34am
These guys were real spoilt brats. I would go to their houses occasionally and just be stunned by the amount of stuff they had and they always wanted more. I was lucky if I got what I would be liked for Xmas let alone every weekend.
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