For those born before '80. You 30 somethings....

[MOBILEMERCMAN]

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-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 with scissors, doesn't it ?



From an E-mail I received yesterday.

I find it funny and truthful

[Bobcat]

you forgot flameable halloween costumes

[Sea-Dated]

Hell Yah!!!!!

[Airpacker]

and REAL fire crackers ( m80's) come to mind

[Wrinkleface]

I'm here, don't know who I am but I am here!!!!!!

[rainmn]

.....and played with Lawn Darts. Those were always good for hours of fun when I was a kid.

[Wrinkleface]

.....and played with Lawn Darts. Those were always good for hours of fun when I was a kid.

true, had 1 nail me just above my knee!! thought kid at other end was out!! he wasn't!!!

[Knot 4 Me]

BB gun fights, rock fights, dirt clod fights, etc. Ah the memories of my youth growing up in the 60's/70's. We also used to hang off of car door handles on our bikes, hop on the Illinois Central Gulf train and ride it from my house to downtown, and jump my bike off of anything that made me feel like I was Evel Knievel.

[PARADOX]

I told my Son to red this and the other similar thread. He read 5 words and left the computer.
Generation "X" has no clue what life is all about, yet they are teh future??
We'r all in big chit. If I known 20 years ago what my kids turn out to be? and what society would be (and actually they are good kids, but no sence or reality, spoiled brats, no motivation,) I would have a few guns and used them a lot earlier. Kinda like a "do over" and try again.

[Tony]

.....and played with Lawn Darts. Those were always good for hours of fun when I was a kid.

Especially when there were stray cats around.

[Brian41]

Especially when there were stray cats around.

Your not saying the neighborhood cats played Jarts are you

[Brian41]

Anybody still have a set? I do my mother bought them at a garage sale last summer and thought my daughters would enjoy them as I did growing up.

[Formula 382 sr-1]

BB gun fights, rock fights, dirt clod fights, etc. Ah the memories of my youth growing up in the 60's/70's. We also used to hang off of car door handles on our bikes, and jump my bike off of anything that made me feel like I was Evel Knievel.

Damn wasn't that the best time . But the paint ball fights are a blast though !!!

[Formula 382 sr-1]

Anybody still have a set? I do my mother bought them at a garage sale last summer and thought my daughters would enjoy them as I did growing up.

Yes we still have a set .

[Formula 382 sr-1]

Remember these I got my first one in 1982 ATC 125 . I still have this one it is a 1985 ATC Honda 250R . Very fast 82 on radar and don't ask how I know that. tha other one is a Honda ATC 50 and we still have it also.

[JJ Apache]

Those were the days!!!!!! Truth to tell, I was more privaledged than my 19yr old. Or feel anyway.

[phragle]

Remember these I got my first one in 1982 ATC 125 . I still have this one it is a 1985 ATC Honda 250R . Very fast 82 on radar and don't ask how I know that. tha other one is a Honda ATC 50 and we still have it also.

and they are both now worth at least double what you originally paid for them

[dwtinc]

Look at us now sitting around a computer

[RichL]

Post 1 reminds me of a song...

...and yeah I have no problem with having grown up in the 50's and 60's.

[dwtinc]

What song