interesting thoughts

[jrobie79]

For those Born 1930-1979---IT'S VERY WELL STATED.

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 o n.

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 computers, no Internet or chat rooms........
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found t hem!

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 e 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!

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good .
While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'

[E_Wrecked]

i think that extends to 82' I can relate to 98% of that, a good read though

[Victor]

Good read jrobie79! Brought back memories!

[Wellahiya]

born in '84... generation of softies...

mom: 'omg, son, you play poker... you'll end up losing everything!'
me: 'i dont lose... i win it from players that play poor...'
mom: 'even worse... you'll be the reason that those dudes will go broke... maybe not even having money to buy food.'

how should one ever become a real grown up with such a mother?

[jrobie79]

im 84 as well, but i would consider myself one of the people that list describes, i did and still do all kinds of shit like that list says

[Chicago RED]

The good days, this kind of got me thinking of how I was walking to friends houses and playing tackle football outside with my friends. It also got me thinking how my kid is missing all that and is playing playstation all day long.

[Wellahiya]

Originally Posted by jrobie79

im 84 as well, but i would consider myself one of the people that list describes, i did and still do all kinds of shit like that list says

haha, think it was my 13th birthday when my father tought me: 'dont drink any water that didnt get in contact with teh inner side of a tube in a german brewery... or coca-cola company...'

[alby]

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

[WildKat]

Originally Posted by alby

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

Nice Alby! You are reciting a little Bucky Covington! How bout, "We got daddy's belt when we miss behaved".

Pretty sure that I lived by all those "terrible" things!

[E_Wrecked]

I can remember coming home from school at like 5 years old and just going out in the neighborhood all day. Or in the summer it was in the morning till dinner and then after dinner. I never remember my mom looking for me or anything, we played sports rode bikes. I was 4.5 when I learned to ride a bike, I have 2 younger sisters 8 and 9 (respectively lol) they dont even know how to ride a bike.

Thats what pisses me off, the simplest shit that me and my friends did is liek ancient to these kids now. I felt like a grown man when I was like 6

I think some of us from that time and earlier have way more common sense then these new kids. We were street smart by 8 and fended for ourselves.

Eh I guess my g-parents said this about my parents when they were kids. I do agree though video games are taking a toll, im a fan of video games but kids these days thats all they want. I wonder if we will see a decline in atheltes in 50 years. Unless they learn to emulate what they see in Madden 08'

[Wellahiya]

bah... i remember when my grandpa gave me his rifle from WWI at my 12th birthday... and my father dumped it in the pond... and bought me a Super Nintendo and a Computer a year later... lol...

that's how all the shit begun