Brings back memories
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11-09-2007, 07:26 AM
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Brings back memories
Not sure where to put this but man, did it bring back memories and how true it all is.
Those Born 1930-1979... TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930s, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking. As infants &children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because, WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computer! s, no Internet or chat rooms........ WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them! Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!
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11-09-2007, 07:38 AM
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Amen on that one.
Born in 1975 and did everyone of those things listed but the broken bones forst one of those was 2004. Best thing was the fireworks my dad would sneak into the state since IL would not allow anything that went BOOM. Ever seen a bullfrog with an M-80 in its mouth they make a pretty but gruesome sight or the best was shooting them with BB guns at Grandma's.
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11-09-2007, 07:49 AM
We never blew up frogs. :roll:
We shot them with our .22 rifles, cut off the legs, and fried them up.
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11-09-2007, 08:02 AM
AMEN!! I was born in 1966 and only watched 1/2 hr or so of TV because I was OUTSIDE palying.....no broken bones though...
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11-09-2007, 08:03 AM
Yeah I never see pick up games of Football,Baseball,Hockey whatever thats all we did,until girls weren't icky anymore.Then the real games began......
born 1964
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11-09-2007, 08:28 AM
why do you guys have to rub it in. That you were born in the GOOD OLD DAYS. Growin up today sucks. I know i was born in 83.
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