A "mischief night" was just that. Mischief one night a year. Now we have muggers and miscreants running loose night and day. "The good ole days" really were the good ole days

I guess if you consider a cold wooden seat on a sub-zero night and wading through the effluvia of animals that didn't have the luxury of that cold wooden seat to be "good" then maybe they were the good ole days.


Not to mention a zillion other things that contributed to an average life span of approximately 35 years.