To Those of You Born 1930 - 1979

[tericared]

 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 Play
 stations, 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 ? 

[nettie630]

Jun. 26, 2009 at 2:04 AM

This is great!

[BrknWingAngel]

Jun. 26, 2009 at 2:19 AM

God, I miss being a kid and all those good time. Thanks for the memories....

[__Jayne__]

Jun. 26, 2009 at 3:28 AM

:-)

[Turtle207]

Jun. 26, 2009 at 4:47 AM

WORD.

All too true.  It's a sad world we've created.

 

[sweetpea532]

Jun. 26, 2009 at 11:11 AM

This is so true.i remeber my seatbealt being my mom's arm. Whenever she stopped suddenly out came her arm! I never sat in the back seat. I remeber spending summers at my Gramma's and hearing a whistle...that was my gramms  telling us lunch was ready. Which we ate outside because frankly the only reason to come in was to use the bathroom. this really rang true for me!

[zweedledee]

Jun. 26, 2009 at 1:53 PM

To sweetpea532

Those were the days that there was actually a thick piece of metal between you and the 18 wheelers, now it is just fiberglass!

Although we had a lot more freedom, and the govt has been vigorously encroaching into our lives and stealing our freedoms in the name of "safety" they have actually had a big hand for what makes us less safe. But honestly were people going to stop when the first fiberglass car made it out and throw a fit about it being unsafe? No... they were to busy enjoying life to see this harmful ploy being enacted.

Ah.... we all must watch closely, and resist the theft of our money and freedoms. 

"War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength"....

I think not.

 

 

[zanzeebeel]

Jun. 26, 2009 at 3:30 PM

I remember  nearly steering the car into a tree whilst driving (!!!!!)sitting on my dads lap so i could see out the windscreen, lol, hmm dont suppose thats allowed now either !!!

And blood brothers and sisters lol,lol,lol, Oh boy just imagine, cutting yourself with broken glass in order to mix blood these days , theyd have you in hospital for tetanus, and blood tests !!!!!!!!!!! hey theyd probably put you in quarantine lol. I wonder whatever happened to Alison by blood sister lol,lol, lol,

Yes you have got the memories flowing !!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

but i think i should stop there lol,lol,lol

 

[kandjsmom2]

Jun. 26, 2009 at 9:13 PM

i remember those wonderful times.....

[tericared]

Jun. 26, 2009 at 9:48 PM

lol I had forgotten about my blood sister Bird [her nick name]

(Original Poster)

[treystiredmommy]

Jun. 27, 2009 at 5:16 AM

heck yeah!! all of the above. and if we tried to come inside we were unceremoniously thrown from the house wuth the threat " if you come in now your in for the day.  this isnt a revolving door."