TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 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 OK. 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 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! 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?!
Posted by retiredat49 on :
Good post JR...brings back fond memories
Posted by bdgee on :
"before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good."
For almost 100% of it, those lawyers and the Government were only responding to your sister's and brother's wailing and complaining and demanding and they only gave in to it after years of the crap and accusations and no one stood up to object.
Posted by jordanreed on :
Who walks the stair without a care It shoots so high in the sky. Bounce up and down just like a clown. Everyone knows its Slinky.
The best present yet to give or get The kids will all want to try. The hit of the day when you're ready to play Everyone knows it's Slinky.
It's Slinky, It’s Slinky for fun it's the best of the toys It's Slinky, It’s Slinky the favorite of girls and boys.
Posted by bdgee on :
Slinkies went to the devil when they decided to make them out of plastic.
Posted by Peaser on :
Might need to scale back the end date 10 years, although much of this e-mail goes for these years as well. I grew up with an Atari.
Posted by IWISHIHAD on :
Quote Peaser:
"Might need to scale back the end date 10 years, although much of this e-mail goes for these years as well. I grew up with an Atari".
How about a crystal diode or tube radio, here we go again.
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Posted by Peaser on :
I still have an older Fender tube amplifier that still sounds great. I love the sound that comes from the old tube amps.
It goes nicely with my 84 Ovation acoustic/electric. Posted by T e x on :
quote:Originally posted by jordanreed: Who walks the stair without a care It shoots so high in the sky. Bounce up and down just like a clown. Everyone knows its Slinky.
The best present yet to give or get The kids will all want to try. The hit of the day when you're ready to play Everyone knows it's Slinky.
It's Slinky, It’s Slinky for fun it's the best of the toys It's Slinky, It’s Slinky the favorite of girls and boys.
Ya know? That PM guy sorta reminds me of a Slinky: really kinda useless...but still fun to push down the stairs. Posted by bdgee on :
Yeah, Tex, but as soon as PM opens his nasty hateful mouth the comparison goes to the devil.
Posted by Peaser on :
Well, at least ya can play with'em for hours on end.
Posted by jordanreed on :
quote:Originally posted by Peaser: I still have an older Fender tube amplifier that still sounds great. I love the sound that comes from the old tube amps.
It goes nicely with my 84 Ovation acoustic/electric.
Blues harp also sounds great thru a tube amp Posted by T e x on :
That's a great idea...we always just used Shure 58s through the mains.
Posted by jordanreed on :
captain kangaroo, axels treehouse, mickey mouse, superman, andy, barney, opie, beaver, wally, mrs. Cleaver, Mels matinee movie, ma n pa kettle, Laurel n Hardy, satch, little rascals....
Posted by retiredat49 on :
Drive-In movies...
Posted by wallymac on :
Paper routes and mowing lawns now done by adults. Marbles, super ball and silly putty.
Baseball cards that could be used for making bikes sound like motorbikes and used to play a game instead of as an investment.
Wiffle Ball, hula hoop and twister. Simple toys that caused you to use your imagination.
Posted by glassman on :
it's illegal in MS for a child under 13 to mow the lawn
Opey, real silver coins in your paper route money
Johny Quest!
catching a 4 pound channel cat was major league Posted by bdgee on :
A four pound channel cat ain't pre-sackly bus league now.
Posted by Highwaychild on :
I survived lawn darts!
Posted by Ace of Spades on :
quote:Originally posted by jordanreed: Who walks the stair without a care It shoots so high in the sky. Bounce up and down just like a clown. Everyone knows its Slinky.
The best present yet to give or get The kids will all want to try. The hit of the day when you're ready to play Everyone knows it's Slinky.
It's Slinky, It’s Slinky for fun it's the best of the toys It's Slinky, It’s Slinky the favorite of girls and boys.
quote:Originally posted by Highwaychild: I survived lawn darts!
i survived alot of archery "stunts"
seriously? not everybody made it. we used to play tackle football without pads in the neighborhood till a 15 year old that also played for the HS JV died from waht seemed like a minor head injury.
he was four years older than me and i was not allowed to play football until HS and then i really had to argue like hell with my folks.
football was banned in Jr high in my county (right next to DC) by '72 due to paralysing injuries, trampolines were pulled from the school gyms, (i had to go to the UMd gym to use theirs),
diving boards were just starting to disappear.
insurance co's and prices are the reason the diving boards got pulled.
Posted by a surfer on :
quote:Originally posted by Peaser: Might need to scale back the end date 10 years, although much of this e-mail goes for these years as well. I grew up with an Atari.
Jeez....I had PONG.
Remember the knob that was way too sensitive to move the paddle.......which was just a line of course.
Posted by rhwdetroit on :
quote:Yeah, Tex, but as soon as PM opens his nasty hateful mouth the comparison goes to the devil.
What about your hateful mouth? All we ever hear from you is hate and garbage towards anyone who disagrees with you! I'll bet even the people who agree with you would tell you to shut up if they were around you in person. I understand though, you must have been beat up a lot in school and if you had the internet back in the day, this would be your way of spouting off without getting your face knocked in by the high school bully after school while you and your pals were hangin' out hittin' some bud. By the way, I think your friends probably got beat up a lot in school too.
Posted by bdgee on :
quote:Originally posted by rhwdetroit:
quote:Yeah, Tex, but as soon as PM opens his nasty hateful mouth the comparison goes to the devil.
What about your hateful mouth? All we ever hear from you is hate and garbage towards anyone who disagrees with you! I'll bet even the people who agree with you would tell you to shut up if they were around you in person. I understand though, you must have been beat up a lot in school and if you had the internet back in the day, this would be your way of spouting off without getting your face knocked in by the high school bully after school while you and your pals were hangin' out hittin' some bud. By the way, I think your friends probably got beat up a lot in school too.
You are way far off anything close to being ballanced, ain'tcha?
Ya sound and act like the rotten sort of school bully you seem to admire.
Maybe you attended and are the resulting product of schools without the same quality as the ones I did. I actually enjoyed almost every aspect of school. Sorry it embittered you so.
Maturity will smooth out a lot of those sharp and rough edges.
Yaw'll have a nice day, now. Ya heah?
Posted by rhwdetroit on :
I am not a bully. I liked my school and did very well. You are no different. You bully people on here because you can't, for some reason, do it in person. Maturity? You have none. I'm pretty sure many will agree. You don't agree with someone? Berate them or kick and scream until they give in or give up. I'll bet, no matter how much you lie, you are a very unhappy person.
Posted by bdgee on :
Every school yard bully I ever saw claimed he was only providing justice and never was mentally capable of recognizing the fact that his "justice" was only justice in his narrow minded bias.
I only treat those that have already bullied someone else repeatedly in a like manner and correct the lies they brandy to bash and demean others.
Most often they consider insulting others to be fair and acceptable when someone isn't adhering to the the same narrow minded political dogma they want them to, then when someone speaks up for their victim or his positions or corrects them, they get up on a pure hate campaign and call me names, sorta like you.
You get the idea?
Posted by rhwdetroit on :
quote:Every school yard bully I ever saw claimed he was only providing justice and never was mentally capable of recognizing the fact that his "justice" was only justice in his narrow minded bias.
I guess, by your own definition, you ARE a bully then.
By the way, every bully I saw wanted money in exchange for not kicking your *$$ or just to hit someone for fun. You either went to a private school, girls school (in which case you still got beat up-oops sorry about the lack of political correctness), or a school in a well-to-do area.
Posted by bdgee on :
You make really ridiculous assumptions and can't seem to express yourself without insulting vulgarities.
You play games with reality, I see.
And, no doubt are confused when reality doesn't play back.
Posted by Lockman on :
quote:Originally posted by bdgee: You make really ridiculous assumptions and can't seem to express yourself without insulting vulgarities.
You play games with reality, I see.
And, no doubt are confused when reality doesn't play back.
You looking in the mirror again?
Posted by rhwdetroit on :
The use of that word was not directed at you specifically and again you tried to twist things to your advantage. I'm sure everyone else on here knows what I mean but you. Even so, whether vulgar or not, insults are insults. You are just as bad as anyone else on here (maybe worse) with the insults. Judging from this last post of yours, I'm probably right. Have I insulted you? Maybe. However, I'm not this bad-
quote:You play games with reality, I see.
And, no doubt are confused when reality doesn't play back. ----- Ya sound and act like the rotten sort of school bully you seem to admire. ----- Yeah, Tex, but as soon as PM opens his nasty hateful mouth the comparison goes to the devil. ----- You really are a crude loudmouth fool. ----- That nonsense seems to resonate with lock....
Ain'tcha proud to have dioscovered you are in sympathy with what? ----- etc.
I think that might just be today. And I am the immature one. lol
Posted by bdgee on :
Yes, you are....
But no one expects a child to recognize his childishness or if he did, to understand that it can or should be outgrown.
With a bit of luck, someday.....
Posted by rhwdetroit on :
quote:Yes, you are....
But no one expects a child to recognize his childishness or if he did, to understand that it can or should be outgrown.
With a bit of luck, someday.....
Another insult? Just can't stop can you?
Posted by jordanreed on :
I got my azz kicked on a reglur basis..by my own bro
ah..the good ol daze..
Posted by bdgee on :
he he he he
Insult? Nope, a quite general reality.
If you choose to take it personally, then,
If the shoe fits.....
Posted by jordanreed on :
going to kindergarten with a patch over my eye...
Posted by jordanreed on :
nap time...sleeping on a rug during kindergarten..
Posted by jordanreed on :
felix the cat, the wonderful,wonderful cat, you'll laugh so much your sides will ache your heart will go pit a pat..
Posted by jordanreed on :
5 dollar lids...4 fingers!
Posted by bdgee on :
I went to kindergarten in Southern California. It was a in a big OLD building and it was always too cold for napping.
Posted by jordanreed on :
double albums...
Posted by glassman on :
quote:Originally posted by jordanreed: double albums...
to separate the stems seeds on? Posted by glassman on :
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