Expat
No Salvation
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Posts: 11751
Age: 63
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| To all the kids who survived the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's |
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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-base paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,
Locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode
Our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.
As infants & children,
We would ride in cars with no car seats,
No booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.
Riding in the back of a pick-up truck 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, real butter and bacon.
We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And, we weren't overweight.
WHY?
Because we were
Always outside playing...that's why!
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 them 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 and X-boxes.
There were no video games, 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 and no 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
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03/08/10 08:20pm |
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Wolfbitch
Warnings: 27,491
Joined: 01 Mar 2003
Posts: 31622
Age: 105
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*runs through the house with scissors WITH THE POINTY END FACING HER*
I'm so glad I'm not a kid today. Yeah, they have cool stuff - computers turned out to be pretty useful. So did polio vaccine. So did getting birth control without having to prove you were married. Buying condoms was no longer embarrassing and sneaky.
But I'm still glad I grew up when I did.
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sorceress
Plays With Dead Things
Joined: 22 Sep 2006
Posts: 5046
Age: 35
Location: Southern, Illinois
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Well...I grew up in the late 70's and 80's. I played outside...was given milk straight from the cow after it had been strained thru cheese cloth. Ate meat we butchered ourselves...mom cooked with lard. Watched very little tv. and I still drink from the garden hose. I turned out ok.
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Adolph
Bow to your God
Joined: 30 Mar 2003
Posts: 29306
Age: 43
Location: The Empire State
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quote:
Originally posted by sorceress
Well...I grew up in the late 70's and 80's. I played outside...was given milk straight from the cow after it had been strained thru cheese cloth. Ate meat we butchered ourselves...mom cooked with lard. Watched very little tv. and I still drink from the garden hose. I turned out ok.
We used to play football on concrete - We lived |
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andykaye
flat out fucked
Joined: 19 Jul 2004
Posts: 6132
Age: 12
Location: SE Asia
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We ate lard and were sold off for scientific experiments. |
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RavenMadd
Coffee House Tyrant
Joined: 26 Mar 2005
Posts: 10580
Age: 100
Location: Up Your Mother Next Door!
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quote:
Originally posted by sorceress
Well...I grew up in the late 70's and 80's. I played outside...was given milk straight from the cow after it had been strained thru cheese cloth. Ate meat we butchered ourselves...mom cooked with lard. Watched very little tv. and I still drink from the garden hose. I turned out ok.
 are you sure? ....you say you play with dead things? 
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si
AN OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED CUNT!
Joined: 11 Mar 2005
Posts: 33501
Age: 15
Location: SUNNY B.A
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quote:
Originally posted by sorceress
Well...I grew up in the late 70's and 80's.
Yes, of course you did! 
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draven
No Salvation
Joined: 19 Sep 2008
Posts: 734
Age: 43
Location: planet fuckit
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the 70,s were the best days of my life , i found out how to make explosive devices from copper tubing , weed killer , fertilizer and sugar, man those suckers were fucking fun on the long school holidays .Not to mention the fun chases from the law in a fucking sherpa van across endless fields, why they thought they could catch our kawasaki field bikes is beyond me , but i think they secretly enjoyed the chase. No-one got hurt but we made some pretty impressive craters in fields. What hurt us the most is that the sodium chlorate was then impregnated with a flame retardant, fuckers had no sense of humour. 
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Silentassassin
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Joined: 07 Mar 2003
Posts: 11750
Location: Wales
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There were no kids in school with Dyslexia or other learning difficulties, they were just THICK !!
If you were bullied in school you had no counciling, you kicked the fucker back or got bullied by your Dad for being a PUSSY !!
All teachers had a ''Weapon of choice'' to beat you with when they felt like it, a cane or a rubber gym shoe or even a wooden paddle !!
There was only 1 type of designer clothes ... hand me downs !!
When your Mam said she was tellin your Dad, you shit yourself !! not dialled child line !!
and last but not least .... you had your tea in what ever house you were in at the time !!
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sorceress
Plays With Dead Things
Joined: 22 Sep 2006
Posts: 5046
Age: 35
Location: Southern, Illinois
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quote:
Originally posted by si
Yes, of course you did!
I'm still growing up...
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