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05-12-2008, 09:09 AM
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| Just some thoughts... TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, and 50'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! 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 poke 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! 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?!
__________________ "What? Art thou drawn amongst these heartless hinds?" Tybalt - Romeo & Juliet When I hear someone sigh and say, "Life is hard", I am tempted to ask, "Compared to what?" Don't come to a battle of wits completely unarmed. There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty. Miss that, though, and you're pretty much doomed. So long, and thanks for all the fish.      |
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05-12-2008, 09:17 AM
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| Tony gave me a'couple'a very nice ideas. |
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05-12-2008, 10:30 AM
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__________________ Inside every older person is a younger person wondering, "What the hell happened?" |
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05-12-2008, 10:35 AM
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| Does anybody else find it funny that they would complain about the internet, yet this is sent through e-mail? lol
__________________ The difference between ninjas and crazy people is ninjas throw shurikens and spears, crazy people throw tantrums and poop. |
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05-12-2008, 01:57 PM
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| Good old days! Outstanding Tony! May I add some more? We all said "GRACE" before meals! Everyone of them! After the evening meal, we went back outside to play "Hide and Seek"! When it was dark, we hunted 'LIGHTNING Bugs"! Are they now extinct? Sundays, we ALL went to church! While still in school, everyone said a prayer to start the day out right! While in school, if we misbehaved, we got our butts paddled! You knew to not do that again! We had respect for everyone, especially the elderly! BECAUSE they all had earned it! Can anyone add any more? |
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05-12-2008, 03:14 PM
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Ed Sullivan was a staple on TV. Or the Red Skelton show. Bikes had banana seats and a sissy bar.
__________________ "What? Art thou drawn amongst these heartless hinds?" Tybalt - Romeo & Juliet When I hear someone sigh and say, "Life is hard", I am tempted to ask, "Compared to what?" Don't come to a battle of wits completely unarmed. There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty. Miss that, though, and you're pretty much doomed. So long, and thanks for all the fish. |
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05-12-2008, 05:45 PM
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| We played with Tonka trucks made out of metal and had sharp edges. Saturday mornings consisted of: eating Capn Crunch out of the box, watching cartoons until 10 (sports came on then), going outside and disapearing. Recycling meant saving Dad's beer cans for a year, crushing them, taking them to Coors, getting enough money to buy firecrackers that we threw at each other. Having "bottle rocket" fights in the street. Mowing the neighbor's lawn. Animal cruelty was killing ants with a magnifying glass, or putting gas down their ant hole, or blowing the ant hill up with firecrackers. Playing Army with cheap, plastic armymen for hours. Not knowing what "smack", "crank", "mary j" or any other slang terms for drugs were because we didn't even know they existed. Being totally shellshocked when our parents told us where babies REALLY came from.
__________________ I refuse to answer that question.....because I do not know the answer. |
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