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[Xedes]

Those of You Born
1930 - 1979

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 ?

The quote of the
month is by Jay Leno

[ss409cid]

The good ole days.....

[INTIMIDAT3R]

Now all of you young, whippersnappers GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

[90503]

lol...Pretty sure I did everything listed...lol

[Revo1]

How things ought to be...

[Ieatfordsforlunch]

I remember them days lol once I was in high school though everybody had cell phoned cars.

[SSE 4 2SS]

Originally Posted by 90503

lol...Pretty sure I did everything listed...lol

you and me both... and then some...I'm sure there is a military hospital ER named after me somewhere...

[Cynthius]

LMAO! Reminded me of the George Carlin bit about germs (apologies for the language but it's just not the same w/o it):

Where did this sudden fear of germs come from in this country? Have you noticed this? The media constantly running stories about all the latest infections? Salmonella, E-coli, hanta virus, bird flu, and Americans will panic easily so everybody's running around scrubbing this and spraying that and overcooking their food and repeatedly washing their hands, trying to avoid all contact with germs. It's ridiculous and it goes to ridiculous lengths.

In prisons, before they give you lethal injection, they swab your arm with ALCOHOL. Wouldn't want some guy to go to hell AND be sick.Fear of germs, why these ****in' pussies. You can't even get a decent hamburger anymore they cook the shit out of everything now 'cause everyone's afraid of FOOD POISONING! Hey, wheres you sense of adventure? Take a ****in' chance will you? Hey you know how many people die of food poisoning in this country? Nine thousand, thats all, its a minor risk.

Take a ****in' chance bunch of goddamn pussies.Besides, what d'ya think you have an immune system for? It's for killing germs! But it needs practice, it needs germs to practice on. So if you kill all the germs around you, and live a completely sterile life, then when germs do come along, you're not gonna be prepared. And never mind ordinary germs, what are you gonna do when some super virus comes along that turns your vital organs into liquid shit?! I'll tell you what your gonna do ... you're gonna get sick. You're gonna die and your gonna deserve it because you're ****ing weak and you got a ****in' weak immune system!

Let me tell you a true story about immunization ok. When I was a little boy in New York city in the nineteen-forties, we swam in the Hudson river. And it was filled with raw sewage! OK? We swam in raw sewage, you know, to cool off. And at that time the big fear was polio. Thousands of kids died from polio every year. But you know something? In my neighborhood no one ever got polio. No one! EVER! You know why? Cause WE SWAM IN RAW SEWAGE! It strengthened our immune system, the polio never had a prayer. We were tempered in raw shit!

So personally I never take any precautions against germs. I don't shy away from people who sneeze and cough. I don't wipe off the telephone, I don't cover the toilet seat, and if I drop food on the floor I pick it up and eat it!Even if I'm at side walk cafe! IN CALCUTTA! THE POOR SECTION! ON NEW YEARS MORNING DURING A SOCCER RIOT! And you know something? In spite of all the so called "risky behavior ".... I never get infections. I don't get em. I don't get colds, I don't get flu, I don't get headaches, I don't get upset stomach, And you know why? Cause I got a good strong immune system! And it gets a lot of practice!

My immune system is equipped with the biological equivalent of fully automatic military assault rifles, with night vision and laser scopes. And we have recently acquired phosphorous grenades, cluster bombs and anti personnel fragmentation mines.

So, when my white blood cells are on patrol reconnoitering my blood stream seeking out strangers and other undesirables, and if they see any, ANY, suspicious looking germs of any kind, THEY DON'T. ****. AROUND. They whip out the weapons, they wax the mother****er and deposit the unlucky fellow directly into my colon! Into my colon. There's no nonsense! There's no miranda warning, there's none of that three strikes and your out bullshit. First defense, BAM! Into the colon you go!

-- George Carlin

[DJ UNKNOWN]

Wish i could go back....

[krabtree13]

"amen"...they call them "the good old days " for a reason ! i really feel sorry for the upcoming generations.in spite of all the technological advances spewing forth;it seems like you can't do ANYTHING anymore without big "brother" government,or some bottom feeder whose looking for a handout or control over our lives screwing with our lives.i'm not apologizing for the rant,i had to get it off of my chest.i feel much better now...thanks !

[Caddyroger]

I remember those days very well no computers no xbox, no cable tv just a few ota stations. I broke my left arm twice cut open my knee, played chicken with a pocket knife bare footed

[CamaroWinz]

I would point out that George Carlin IS dead.

When I was about 7 years old I went to the ER twice in one day.

My best friend at the time ran out into the street and got hit by a car. Broke both his legs, an arm and a few ribs.

When he got all his casts off, his father kicked his ass for being stupid.

[Mark's SS]

I survived all of the above and more. Thanks for the reminder. I wouldn't change a thing.
"his father kicked his ass for being stupid". And this should happen more often today.

[mikeinmobile]

I've always said I'd only want to be a teenager again if I could go back to "my time" (77 to 82). I noticed two teens walking yesterday and they both had headphones on. If my buddy had phones on I'd say why don't you stay home and listen to music and I'll walk to the store with somebody who wants to shoot the s**t. I'm not anti youth, I actually feel sorry for kids now. Adults and authorities have NO sense of humor anymore. You can't smoke or drink or anything else that will kill you, except text and drive of course. You damn sure can't run from the law. We only stopped for cops if we knew for sure they had our tag number, and we never got caught because there weren't five trillion cars on the road and helicopters with satellite link to run you down. You knew that if you got caught they were going to beat the s**t outta you and take you in (no lawsuits needed, you deserved the a**whipping). The cops busted us several times at parties, bonfires or cruisin' and all they'd do is either take your beer and weed for themselves (fact) or make you pour it out. If you were wasted they'd let you go as long as someone was sober enough to get you home. Trust me I don't need a lecture on this behavior, but the OP is correct, somehow we survived all this, and every person I knew that died was non drug or alcohol related. I have noticed a lot of kids playing outside the last couple of years and this is encouraging!