Red and Rover by Brian Basset for January 07, 2017

  1. Username catfeet
    Catfeet Premium Member almost 8 years ago

    Red, you can read in front of the television…a little multi-tasking can be a good thing!

     •  Reply
  2. Missing large
    mymontana  almost 8 years ago

    Rover, you are one smart puppy…pay attention to him, Red

    Have fun, boysWith love and Hugs to Red & the ever brilliant Rover

     •  Reply
  3. Portrait
    TossedSaladCartoon  almost 8 years ago

    Television? Kids don’t watch television these days… if it isn’t on a phone or tablet they simply don’t care. I used to feel like rover about television – now I long for the days of TV over this new stuff. I guess I’m old.

     •  Reply
  4. Missing large
    kansasfarmgirl  almost 8 years ago

    I haven’t had a TV in over 20 years and don’t miss it. I listen to the radio and also use the computer for some things.

     •  Reply
  5. Missing large
    brwydave Premium Member almost 8 years ago

    Dogs were healthier too.

     •  Reply
  6. Missing large
    brwydave Premium Member almost 8 years ago

    Dogs were healthier too.

     •  Reply
  7. Missing large
    brwydave Premium Member almost 8 years ago

    Dogs were healthier too.

     •  Reply
  8. Missing large
    hippogriff  almost 8 years ago

    brwydave

    Check your post before leaving. If it has repeated, and it happens to the best of us, run the courser to the lower right corner of each extra post, and click the X between Delete and Reply. That will erase each extra so treated and improve your reputation with the rest of us.

     •  Reply
  9. Stinker
    cuzinron47  almost 8 years ago

    I lived in the pre-TV times and we did spend most of the time outdoors where the fun was. We learned to be creative. We even made an original skateboard that consisted of a 2X6 board with skate nailed to it. We eventually did get TV though, but it didn’t change our will to play outside that much.

     •  Reply
  10. Shetland sheepdog
    ellisaana Premium Member almost 8 years ago

    We read, alot. The whole family did. Getting a library card was a big deal…I got mine in first grade after I learned how to print my name.Other than that, if we weren’t playing outside, we listened to the radio, or 78 rpm records, while we played inside with blocks, little plastic cars, plastic cowboys, or craft toys – coloring, paper dolls, etc. We also played a lot of board games…After dinner, we did homework. …Unlike, most kids, we were allowed to stay up late – 9pm on school nights, 10pm on Friday and Saturday nights.

     •  Reply
  11. Avatar
    neverenoughgold  almost 8 years ago

    Yup, “meep meep” pretty much says it all…

     •  Reply
  12. Missing large
    Stephen Gilberg  almost 8 years ago

    But what did kids do back before even books had been invented? Mostly physical pursuits, I assume, when they didn’t have chores to do. Sometimes they’d hang around elders looking for knowledge and wisdom.

     •  Reply
  13. Tumblr mbbz3vrusj1qdlmheo1 250
    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  almost 8 years ago

    And they would have matured mentally faster too. Some never reach that stage in our society.

     •  Reply
  14. 06 us2c ue24
    Sailor46 USN 65-95  almost 8 years ago

    Not having a T V until I was about 12, you played outdoors A Lot, Read, well… only when I had to stay indoors.

     •  Reply
  15. Xfiles 031
    Squirrelchaser  almost 8 years ago

    The main cause of childhood obesity is not diet as everyone is pushing these days (remember what we used to eat as kids?) It is lack of physical activity. Not only do kids spend too much time parked in front of a TV or tablet, but they are taught that from an early age (can’t go outside without adult supervision…) We had a television when I was a kid, and I always watched my favorites, I also read a great deal, but from an early age I spent a great deal of time outdoors doing things that kids do … or at least they used to do.

     •  Reply
Sign in to comment

More From Red and Rover