# Damn kids... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 1999, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-kids/8689 "1999-09-30T23:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lovelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@lovelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lovelee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-kids/8689/21 "1999-10-01T20:00:00Z")
And that Atari 2600 still works. _sniff_ I will force my kids to play Yars Attacks, and at least try a few games of Frogger and Pac-man. Mwahaha. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-kids/8689/22 "1999-10-01T20:08:00Z")
> [@](#): > > We had to \>i\>walk across the room to change the channel… My remote went AWOL on me a few months ago. Boy, do I know how rough my mom had it! Atari! Ha! We would have cut off our arms to have Atari! Pong. That was all I had growing up. And I was happy to have it, too! ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-kids/8689/23 "1999-10-01T20:19:00Z")
Oh, Puhleeeeze! Pong? PONG! Who had Pong? We had to make do with pinball at the corner store. Lousy music, and the bumper action sucked! Don’t talk to me about Pong. * * * According to the Pope, a woman can be a saint, but not a priest. ---
**Author:** ![eden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f9b8f/32.png) [@eden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eden)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-kids/8689/24 "1999-10-01T20:20:00Z")
Hah! I can top you all. We played with sticks or scraps of fabric, since we were too poor to buy a new TV for a few years. Uphill! In the snow! Both ways! There must be a parenting manual (Dr. Spock?) that teaches parents these phrases. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-kids/8689.md?page=1)