Survivors

[Rockrolex]

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE
1930's 40's, 50's, and 60's.

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
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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 .
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As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special
treat.*
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We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a
bottle.*
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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 soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!*
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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.*
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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
99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound,* no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
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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.
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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 yelled for 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!*
This generation has 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.
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We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned*
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HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!*
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And YOU are one of them!*
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CONGRATULATIONS TO US!*
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[Launch Mini]

Yup Yup.
I remember doing just about everything on that list, and then some.
Back of Pick Ups, we would put the whole baseball team in the back , ride into town for ice cream after the games

[C.J.]

I was born in 71 and can remember, fondly, doing all of the above It's a shame things changed so much over the years. I think kids are a lot lazier and take too much for granted now

[padi56]

Yes remember all those done most of them,and bloke my first bone on a go-cart fond memories childhood days.

[JJ Irani]

Good post, Ed...and spot on all the way, my friend!! Those certainly were the days!!

I've seen this circulate in emails a while back. Amazing how we all survived. I remember as a kid in 1970, sitting in the back of my aunt's Pontiac convertible with my two cousins and two siblings, racing around a country road. Each bump we'd jump a few inches in our seats (no children's seats and no seat belts) and I wondered who would be the first to be bumped out of the car.

Crazy when you think I can't even let my daughter eat peanut butter before we cart her off to nursury school.

[Otis]

Originally Posted by C.J.

I was born in 71 and can remember, fondly, doing all of the above It's a shame things changed so much over the years. I think kids are a lot lazier and take too much for granted now

I'm sure I'd have a comback for that....but frankly I couldn't be bothered.
I'm sure someone else will do it for me.

[C.J.]

Originally Posted by Otis

I'm sure I'd have a comback for that....but frankly I couldn't be bothered.
I'm sure someone else will do it for me.

A comeback for what? You're twenty-two years old. Do you consider yourself a kid?

[Otis]

Originally Posted by C.J.

A comeback for what? You're twenty-two years old. Do you consider yourself a kid?

Sorry mate, didn't mean that in spite...just a joke at my expense that ended up being more 'miss' than 'hit'!

I was in the process of adding & when I hit enter by mistake.
That's an early saturday morning for ya!
Maybe I should fire my writers......
Sorry again!

[C.J.]

Originally Posted by Otis

Sorry mate, didn't mean that in spite...just a joke at my expense that ended up being more 'miss' than 'hit'!

I was in the process of adding & when I hit enter by mistake.
That's an early saturday morning for ya!
Maybe I should fire my writers......
Sorry again!

No worries, buddy I should have PM'd you before I added my post anyway I'm glad we got it squared away

[Manatee]

Originally Posted by Rockrolex

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE
1930's 40's, 50's, and 60's.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned*

Yeah, only the best of us managed to survive to adulthood. Now everybody makes it. What will become of the world?

[Rockrolex]

Originally Posted by Manatee

Yeah, only the best of us managed to survive to adulthood. Now everybody makes it. What will become of the world?

Hey, Peter, welcome back. How did the Lasik go? Alan thought you might be preoccupied for awhile now that you can see Maureen clearly.

[Earl]

Hey I survived my childhood, and all them terrible, nasty things which today we or our parents would be considered as being irresponsible parenting. What have I done... I've grown up and I'm still here to look back at it all and smile at todays generation and scratch my head.

[Rockrolex]

Originally Posted by Manatee

Yeah, only the best of us managed to survive to adulthood. Now everybody makes it. What will become of the world?

That's what happens when you tamper with Darwinism. Survival of the fittest goes out the window and the gene pool becomes polluted.