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[la.lovesorange]

TO ALL THE KIDS

WHO SURVIVED BEING BORN DURING 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-based paints.

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.

As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.


Riding in the back of a pick up 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 and real butter and drank koolade made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because .

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!

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 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 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or 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!!

We 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!!

And what the heck is T-Ball all about???



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".

And 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?!


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[Jasongivm6]

TO ALL THE KIDS

WHO SURVIVED BEING BORN DURING 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-based paints.

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.

As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up 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 and real butter and drank koolade made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because .

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!

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 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 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or 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!!

We 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!!

And what the heck is T-Ball all about???



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".

And 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?!
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I remember sleeping on the back window dash on road trips, that dark tinted thing on the front windshield that came down about 6 inches from the top, the stickers you used to have to put on your windshield saying you were insured or worked, or whatever the reason was.

I remember playing in dirt with hotwheels and the remote control car whose battery life died after 15 minutes.

Keeping the plastic on a nerf football as long as you could.

Being pissed off when someone threw your nerf into a body of water.

Dirtbikes with 1 gear.

10-speeds with that hideous round grip that looked like a ram's head.

Ahh, the good old days.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

On a serious note, the curent generation of kids is being set up to be wiped out by a plague of some sort. All these parents trying to keep the little ones sanitized is doing two things that are very dangerous for our species.

First, these kids' immune systems are not properly developing because they are not being being exposed to germs and bacteria at healthy levels. Think about the poor indians/native americans who were never exposed to viruses that were considered commonplace childhood illnesses in Europe. Do you have any idea how dangerous chickenpox is if you catch it as an adult compared to as a child?

Second, all this antibacterial sanitizing is speeding up the evolution of all sorts of viruses and bacteria. We already have drug resistant tuberculosis and it is very likely that the bird flu will hit our shores before there is a medicinal cure. And for anyone who was feeling safe because it is springtime, please remember that the flu is not locked into what we normally consider the "cold and flu season". You can catch the flu year round.

If you think that the youngsters of today are not in trouble just look at the increasing incidences of childhood asthma, luekemia, and other conditions/diseases. A lot of people who have kids will scoff at this because as long as it's not their kids suffering they really don't care. I guess that's just human nature but this is a danger for all of us.

So what's the fix you ask? I'll tell you. Quit laundering your kids with Purell and handiwipes every five minutes. Make the little boogers go outside whether they like it or not, eventually they will find something to do out there and they will probably get dirty doing it. Don't freak out and run to the doctor evertime someone has a tummy ache or a sniffle, sometimes you just have to be sick for a little while. One other thing, and I realize this will blow some people's minds out there, but seriously if you are past your prime for having kids then just don't have any. Way too many children who are the product of in vitro wind up being born prematurely and they have terrible health problems that they never really outgrow. Is creating a sick human really worth satisfying your parental ambitions?

That's my rant for the day, month, or whatever. Enjoy.

 

[la.lovesorange]

I agree!!!!!! :clapping:

 

[volfan2024]

I saw where 40% of teenage deaths is drinking and driving. Sad.

 

[wncvolfan]

I remember sleeping on the back window dash on road trips, that dark tinted thing on the front windshield that came down about 6 inches from the top, the stickers you used to have to put on your windshield saying you were insured or worked, or whatever the reason was.

I remember playing in dirt with hotwheels and the remote control car whose battery life died after 15 minutes.

Keeping the plastic on a nerf football as long as you could.

Being pissed off when someone threw your nerf into a body of water.

Dirtbikes with 1 gear.

10-speeds with that hideous round grip that looked like a ram's head.

Ahh, the good old days.

What decade? The 80's? I was a kid in the late 40's and 50's.

No TV set. Dad made a whopping $60 per week. A 21" BW tv cost ("costed") $350. Too big an investment. I listened to the radio. Only one tv station broadcasting anyhow (WBTV out of Charlotte).

Dirtbike? I got my first bike when I was 28 yrs old. Had to learn to ride it.

BB gun. Got my first one when I was 35. To keep crows out of the garbage cans.

Nerf football? I had a real leather football. Foam rubber footballs were non-existent.

Remote control cars? No such thing. How about balsa wood airplanes with rubber band propellers?

Slingshots (beanshooters which actually shot rocks) made from a forked rhodedendron branch and rubber from red innertubes and a shoe tongue for a pocket.

Fishing with a stick and kite string.

Throwing rocks 400 feet with a cornstalk. Yes, I said 400 feet.

Green apple fights.

Smoking rabbit tobacco and dried grapevines.

Riding grapevine swings in the woods.

Playing outdoor basketball on a dirt court with the ground frozen (and your hands, too.)

A pocketknife wasn't a weapon. It was a necessity.

Playing baseball in the summer with a real baseball and no glove.

Swimming in the river, not the backyard or community pool.

Reading comic books such as Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Superman, Batman, Mutt and Jeff.

Board games on rainy days such as parcheesi, chinese checkers, chess.

Poor people had croquet sets and played often.

Pitching horseshoes with real horseshoes. (Ever throw a ringer with a mule shoe?)

Working out a garden with a pushplow and a hoe instead of a tiller.

Baseball heroes were Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Harmon Killebrew, Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Duke Snider, Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Al Kaline, Rocky Colovito.

Football heroes were Doak Walker, Bobby Layne, Y A Tittle, John Unitas, Otto Graham, Marion Mottley, Elroy Hirsch, Johnny Lujack, Hugh McElhenny, Sammy Baugh, Bill Dudley.

Basketball Heroes were Wilt Chamberlain, Bob Cousy, Bill Sharmon, Dolf Schayes (6'6 and couldn't dunk), Bob Pettit, Jack Ramsey, Oscar Robertson.

NASCAR Racing legends were Lee Petty, Speedy Thompson, Tim & Fonty Flock, Rex White, Fireball Roberts, Banjo Matthews, Joe Weatherly, Curtis Turner, Jack Smith, Herb Thomas.

A kid could get into a movie for 12 cents. Adult admission was 20 cents. A coke and a big bag of popcorn cost a dime.

A Coke, Pepsi, or RC cost a nickle. Cokes were 6 oz. Pepsi was 10 oz. and RC was 12 oz. RC was the best deal. When soft drinks went up to 6 cents, it almost cause a riot.

I remember gas wars where gas would go down to 13 cents a gallon. It didn't matter to us. We didn't have a car.

 

[wncvolfan]

Also, when I was a kid, you didn't go to the doctor, the doctor came to you. You had to be dying to call doctor. I had 2 different kinds of measles, mumps, and chicken pox when I was a kid and didn't see a doctor with any of them. Mom knew how to treat each one of them.

When you had a bad chest cold with a cough, you got a tablespoon of whiskey and honey about 4 times a day. I guess that's why I like Canadian whiskey to this day.

The only disease you feared and dreaded was polio because there was no vacine until the mid 50's. That stuff crippled you for life in a lot of cases. The others were great. They got you out of school for about a week.

 

[utvolpj]

Thanks wncvolfan for making feel young! Nice post la.

It is amazing to hear the parents at work talk about their kids playing. They all seem to be doing inside stuff like video games. No wonder we have a kid weight issue in the US. Gone are the days of changing clothes the minute you got home, jumping on your bike and not coming back until the street lights came on. *Sigh* Good times... :cry:

 

[vixenvol]

That is what I love about living on a farm. Although my sis and I are grown the tradition carries on with kids of all ages loving to be here. My nephew (5) does love video games and cartoons, but he would rather be outside terrorizing the critters, riding his horse, and just being a boy. We have other kids that run barrels with my sis, and have had for 20 years. They are expected to come out at least three times a week to help with chores and keep their horses ridden and in shape. It is free for them, except for upkeep of their horses and show entry fees. If their grades fall below low B's or high C's, they are not allowed to show until the teacher of the subject relays that they are seeing improvement. They also partake in the fun things like swimming their horses in the pond, climbing Mulberry trees to shake the unreachable ones to the ground, fishing, finding the good grapevines while riding in the woods. It sure seems to make them more well rounded.

 

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

Great post la!

 

[wncvolfan]

Thanks wncvolfan for making feel young! Nice post la.

It is amazing to hear the parents at work talk about their kids playing. They all seem to be doing inside stuff like video games. No wonder we have a kid weight issue in the US. Gone are the days of changing clothes the minute you got home, jumping on your bike and not coming back until the street lights came on. *Sigh* Good times... :cry:

Yeah, it's tough remembering those days. My son, now 22, thinks marbles are things to put in an aquarium. He can't believe you can play a game with them. When I told him in my childhood all boys ever wanted for Christmas was a cap pistol and girls a doll, he broke up laughing. He just can't imagine a world without cell phones, computers, video game systems, DVD movies and soda in a can.

 

[Jasongivm6]

Yeah, it's tough remembering those days. My son, now 22, thinks marbles are things to put in an aquarium. He can't believe you can play a game with them. When I told him in my childhood all boys ever wanted for Christmas was a cap pistol and girls a doll, he broke up laughing. He just can't imagine a world without cell phones, computers, video game systems, DVD movies and soda in a can.

You sure did wait a long time to have this son you're talking about, didn't you? What were you, 60?

 

[orange4ever]

Great post la. You brought back alot of great memories that get pushed aside as we get older and our lives get busier. After I read your post, my wife and I sat talking about the good times when we were kids. She said it made her birthday even better. Thanks for the memories.

 

[wncvolfan]

You sure did wait a long time to have this son you're talking about, didn't you? What were you, 60?

All I can say is for his 18th birthday, I gave him my first social security check. ost-20645-1119625378: Actually I was 41. Old violin but very sweet music.

 

[la.lovesorange]

Great post la. You brought back alot of great memories that get pushed aside as we get older and our lives get busier. After I read your post, my wife and I sat talking about the good times when we were kids. She said it made her birthday even better. Thanks for the memories.

Awwww!!!!!! Tell her I said Happy Birthday!!!!! :wavey: