Those Born 1920-1979
[8D][8D]this email came in thought i would pass it along[8D][8D]
Those Born 1920-1979
READ TO THE BOTTOM FOR QUOTE OF THE MONTH BY JAY LENO. IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE---VERY WELL STATED
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-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 Kool-aid 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, Nint endo'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, 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:
'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'
Those Born 1920-1979
READ TO THE BOTTOM FOR QUOTE OF THE MONTH BY JAY LENO. IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE---VERY WELL STATED
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-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 Kool-aid 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, Nint endo'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, 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:
'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'
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Actually, Leno did not say that. What he said was similar, but was modified when attributed to him.
Having been there, I can tell you most of the rest is irrelevant. Good nostalgia I suppose, bad logic.0 -
He-Dog,
What do you mean by "bad logic"?0 -
The suggestion that growing up having survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant, 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.
The suggestion is that adversity builds character. History shows us that it builds as many evil characters as good.
and so on is somehow responsible for making us the self reliant, independant thinking, patriotic... well you get the picture. Never forget when you read a rant about how worthless the younger generation is, that we raised them.
Riding in cars without child seats turned a lot of children into missles through the windshield. Lead paint really isn't good for you. Asbestos does not make hair grow on your chest.0 -
Not all of it is bad logic. Did you know that both being canines, dogs and coyotes have the same digestive system. Yet a coyote can eat rotten meat. But if your dog does it will make him sick. Because all our good intentioned feeding of healthy dog foods has actually weakened his constitution.
Same principle applies here in not only a personal aspect and as a society.
Our kids are indoors more because it's unsafe to allow them the freedom we had to roam and play outside.
Why is it unsafe? Because we now have a legal system that thinks every crimminal has some treatable mental illness. And therefore instead to executing sex preditors, child molestors and violent crimminals, turns them back loose on society. Often with little or no punishment for prior offenses.
As a result our kids aren't outside playing like we did. And they aren't developing the same as we did.
They can't take heat and cold as well. As exemplified by the rising number of kids who have heat strokes while playing sports. I don't recall ever hearing of EVEN ONE sports related heat stroke when I was in school.
The kids lack mental toughness. When we kids, we fell out of trees and unless you broke your arm, you climbed back up. The cuts & bruises were ignored.
Nowdays, a the smallest boo-boo is cause for a trip to ER and the boys are more "sissy" than the girls we knew.
And every time we wash our hands (as recomended) in any pulic place, we are using anti-bacterial soaps that are weakening our immune systems just like our Lamb & rice dogfood is doing to our dogs.
Yep, I think there may be something positive to be said for our primitive upbringing.0 -
but we survived it,
how is growing up in a rubber room good for you either, if i had my choice to grow up nowadays or back in the 50s 60s i would pick then.(again) but what is meant to be will be .cant wait to see that bunch from 1990-2000 when they start ruling the country anybody speak D.A yet.[?]
go to the store and if the bill is $5.41 give the person $10.01 and see what you get back (only works if the computer is down)0 -
He Dog, I don't think the point is that all that "adversity" made us tough. I think the point is that a good deal of that adversity wasn't nearly as dangerous as we pretend it was.
When I was a kid I pulled bullets out of cartridges and chewed them. Not a good idea I'll grant, but nobody knew it was dangerous and I can still dress myself, wipe my own drool, and find my own way home.
I also played with dynamite when I was a kid. I'll give you that one. [:D]0 -
quote:pulled bullets out of cartridges and chewed them
That explains a lot James.0 -
I'm with Hedog..It sounds great on the surface, but all those who were killed in the process of getting through it aren't here to dispute it. 0 -
Quote: " I'm with Hedog..It sounds great on the surface, but all those who were killed in the process of getting through it aren't here to dispute it."...... Does this mean you are for all the damn foolish laws now being enacted to take our rights AND responsibilities away???
(specialy, parents responsibilities). This is not quite how I was brought up in the mid '20's. And most of us survived. Not like now with STD, AIDS, DRUGS, and high crime rates. Think back guys, maybe it wasnt so bad back then as it is now. So we didnt wear helmets, no car seats, drank out of hoses and we survived. What we actually did would probably curl your hair if the truth was known, but we did survive.0 -
more hedog logic, [V] 0 -
Somewhere in the middle works for me. Learn from the past, don't over react into the future because it dislocates the present. 0 -
I was born in 1987, but growing up I shared most of the experiences listed. I think it's alluding to the fact that back in the day, people had and used common sense. They were independent and didn't look to others (government) to bail them out and tell them what to do and not do.
"We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!"
Back in the day, people didn't want others to take responsibility for their actions, they took them on themselves.
I think this is dead on and captures the independent and strong spirit not seen now for the most part.
Watch the news, what do you see? People who are victims and can't get out of that mindset.0 -
I bet there are more neurotic kids nowadays than in those days. 0 -
I was born in 1959 and grew up exactly as described. Given the choice, i'll take that life then, rather than growing up in todays world, technology and all! 0 -
quote:Originally posted by get_involved
I bet there are more neurotic kids nowadays than in those days.
There are a lot more people alive now then there were 'back in the day'!0 -
Joe, good gracious almighty, an unqualified NO!!! But if someone learns lead paint will poison me, I'm not going to be having lead paint for breakfast the next morning either...I believe in common sense, not more stupid laws. 0 -
Some laws are just plain stupid. Aids formally know as IDS , STDs, and drug use have been around in this country since the Pilgrams landed here.. Just more media coverage now-a-days. As the old saying goes "There is nothing new under the sun, just more of it"
I was raised in the 30s and 40s and the 50s and we did some pretty stupid stuff as kids. We even played with Mercury, made dimes shine real good, did stuff back then that kids wouldnt know about today what with all the new fangled do-dads they have to keep em occupied. [:(]
I sometimes wonder if kids really know what it is to be a kid now.[:(]0
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