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| To all the kids who survived the 30's,40's,50's,60's and 70's
Posted: 1/18/2007 8:11:44 AM | I just wanted to share this with all of you... I remember doing most of the items listed below!
Those 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-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
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, 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 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! | |
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| To all the kids who survived the 30's,40's,50's,60's and 70's
Posted: 1/18/2007 9:37:25 AM | For all the trouble we had, it was better being a kid then than it is now. I still miss lawn darts. And don't forget the monkey bars (or "jungle gyms") constructed with steel tubes set in concrete!
This is sort of a bittersweet list; yes, it's very funny, but it's also all true, and it's a good sign of everything that's wrong in society today. How could kids who had such good times and valuable experiences grow up to be parents stupid enough to deny them to their own children? | |
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| To all the kids who survived the 30's,40's,50's,60's and 70's
Posted: 1/18/2007 11:52:26 AM | So true Mr. M. This list reminded me of the "obesity" thread where they were talking about obesity in kids, etc... If kids today did half of what we did back then, I don't think we would be in the situation we are currently in. But that is just my opinion on that subject.
All I can say is that I miss riding in the back of a pick-up truck and drinking water directly from the hose... | |
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| To all the kids who survived the 30's,40's,50's,60's and 70's
Posted: 1/18/2007 2:26:47 PM | | You know what...I've taught my daughter to drink from the hose! It is way too much fun!! Last summer I was the only yard anywhere around who had a hopscotch drawn on it! Times have changed, but we as parents have to just stick our kids outside and tell them not to come back in unless someone is bleeding! We learned how to work out our own battles and I am still friends today with some of those kids from way back then!! | |
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tambr1
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Joined: 10/27/2006
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| To all the kids who survived the 30's,40's,50's,60's and 70's
Posted: 1/18/2007 3:35:46 PM | [For all the trouble we had, it was better being a kid then than it is now]
I couldn't have said it better myself Mr. M! I grew up on a tiny island here in NB which was literally 3 miles long and 1 mile wide; had ONE store, a small post office, a church and from grades 7 - 12 we took a half hour ferry ride to and from school. The ferry stops running at 5pm still to this day. There were less than 300 people there, so you took it for granted that your parents knew what you were doing way before you even got home from doing it, and that the person you were friends with one day would be beating the crap outta you the next. To this day, I remain extremely close to those people that I fought with one day, partied with the next, and they've been the truest friends a person can ever have! We sure didn't have many planned activities, other than the ones we came up with ourselves, and it amazes me how kids these days have to have all the bells, whistles, and gadgets or else they are bored. I, for one, don't believe that we're "progressing" as a society by giving our kids every single gadget that's out there...although I understand the desire to want your children to be happy. There's simply so much out there that kids get bored with it all very quickly, and it stagnates the growth of their imagination sometimes. | |
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| To all the kids who survived the 30's,40's,50's,60's and 70's
Posted: 1/26/2007 5:06:22 AM | i love this thread , it takes me back to my youth when i could stay out all day and come home at dark, jump rope, ride my bike, go exploring in the woods, catch frogs (i was a little tomboy with short blond hair...lol).....i loved living in the country as a child....funny how now i love the city life better....i do agree with the fact that children aren't really being children now....i encourage my son to GO outside and play--just stay in the yard...lol...my son does have all the little gadgets (PSP, PS2, gameboy, etc) but i limit his time on it....
now i feel like moving to the country and letting my child experience all that wonderful freedom that i had way back when....lol.... | |
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raak
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Joined: 7/28/2006
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| To all the kids who survived the 30's,40's,50's,60's and 70's
Posted: 1/26/2007 8:01:28 AM | ahhh...the good ole days! Thanks for the flashback!
Children who were innocent and naive...and were better for it! Imagine! Kids were allowed to be kids. We relied on our imaginations to entertain us, instead of a video game or tv..Gosh we even liked READING BOOKS! lol
Our parents did what they said they would do. There was no big rush to ship us off to daycare...we stayed at home until we were old enough for school. Consider the sacrifice our parents(and their parents before them) made compared to todays standards. All I can say is - God bless them! :-)
When we came of age, we were taught a few simple things - 1) Life is hard - just buck up and do it. 2) Keep your word. 3) take responsibility for your actions. and 4) in everything, do your best.
Honestly, the society that my children are growing up in scares the heck out of me. I certainly wouldn't want to be a kid today....When my children(all girls) hit the teenage years, I'm getting a shotgun! ("trying to get lucky with my daughter punk? click-click...well - are ya?! hahaha) | |
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| To all the kids who survived the 30's,40's,50's,60's and 70's
Posted: 6/12/2008 9:09:10 PM | I really enjoyed that...you brought my mind back to what I would term as the good old innocent days...
We went berry picking down by the old abandoned rail-station...and we brought home black berries and red berries and my mum would make lovely home made jam...yea, with plenty of sugar....
We went off...the group of us kids...to Dollymount Beach, Dublin...and spent the whole day there...without parent guidance...such freedom we had.
We'd sit down in the back garden at evening time, in a neibhouring shed which was made in to a hide out, just for us kids. We would sit and tell ghost stories to the point where we had ourselves scared witless....
And then their was the church...wow..that I'll always remember...all us kids had to sit up at the front of the church...while mums and dads sat behind....and the the priest would be giving out the sermon and breathing fire and brim stone at us...we'd be stiff in the pews...you could feel the sweat roll down the back of your neck...and the whole mass took an hour in those days...The minute the mass was over, and we had to wait for the priest to bow in front of the alter, and he and the alter boys would be just disappearing out of sight...you see the biggest scramble for us to get out of the church, and home for something to eat, as you had to fast for mass to receive your holy communion.
I remember a Priest called the old cannon...he loved children and we loved him...on confession day his pew to the confession box was full, and the others empty...when you went in and knelt down...the old cannon would sing what he was saying to you and you would have to sing back to him all your sins...now the singing was not rock and roll...it was more like the way that monks chant...but it was fun...you'd spend ages in the box..and then when you come out...the next kid would say to you..."You took ages in there"..."how many our fathers and hail Mary's did he give ya.....
Then there was the time my sis went into one of the other priests...now she forgot she was chewing gum...and you could hear the priest yell at her in the box...and he jumped out from the curtain and pulled my sis out of the box...dragged her down a few rows and gave her 10 hail marys and 10 our fathers to say....she was mortified in front of everyone...Some old lady there said...Sure he needs to say a few himself..dosn't he hav two goblets of wine on the mass of a sunday...instead a the one...
Well I could keep going and going...but sure they were the days of innocence...pardon any misspelling... | |
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| To all the kids who survived the 30's,40's,50's,60's and 70's
Posted: 6/13/2008 2:11:56 PM | This does take me back, what a joy my life was way back then. I could run outside in bare feet, play out all day, come in tired and dirty to eat a suppper cooked by a Mom who didn't open packages or thaw out mystery meat. She really cooked real food and it was so good!
Gone are those days, my children's generation may be the last to have experienced all those things on that list, and I'm glad they did. They were healthier and happier than a lot of children now-a-days.
Just my 2cent's worth, hope I didn't ruffle any feathers.
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| To all the kids who survived the 30's,40's,50's,60's and 70's
Posted: 6/13/2008 3:36:20 PM | so very true.back in the days when kids where kids.laughed,played,cryed,and fought.always found something to do and always had fun.
now being a mother i have taught my children those same things.we camp out side in tents with no bathrooms,we run around bare foot,we build camps outta old wood.i know times have changed and it scares the heck outta me.
life just seemed so simple back them. | |
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| To all the kids who survived the 30's,40's,50's,60's and 70's
Posted: 6/21/2008 5:46:34 AM | | This is a really good thread, I rember doing most of those things, we were outside from morning untill night, siometimes later, my mom would "say get the F**K out of the house, and don't came back...untill dark. My friends and I would spend the day outside playing cops and robbers or cowboys and indians, building forts, and camps , playing street hockey or baseball, riding our bikes all over creation, swimming, teasing the girls, busting windows in abandoned houses , starting grass fires, etc. what ever happened to the good old days. Kids today don't know how to have fun , they only want to sit on the couch and play video games or watch TV, when I was a kid we only had one channel on TV and my dad was usually watching it. So much has changed. | |
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| To all the kids who survived the 30's,40's,50's,60's and 70's
Posted: 6/27/2008 7:26:34 PM | | I was one of those lucky kids who had the first Pong Video game but hell I still went outside...Played in the snow..The Dirt....Explored every inch of every path that lead to school..Home...My friends houses...Hell I did a lot of crazy stuff when I was a kid. I would never have played any sports if I was born in the 90's...I would probably stuck at home being a zombie watching the teletubbies.....I blame them....I watched one episode and I felt my brain melt.........*shivers* | |
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| To all the kids who survived the 30's,40's,50's,60's and 70's
Posted: 6/27/2008 7:52:34 PM | That was hilarious! Hope this isn't considered a hi-jacking but I got this sent to me and seems relevant:
SPOILED UNDER-30 CROWD!!!
If you are 30 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!!
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears
With their tedious diatribes about how hard things were
When they were growing up; what with walking
Twenty-five miles to school every morning ... Uphill BOTH ways
Yadda, yadda, yadda
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up,
There was no way in hell I was going to lay
A bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it
And how easy they've got it!
But now that... I'm over the ripe old age of
Thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today.
You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my
Childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!
And I hate to say it but you kids today you
Don't know how good you've got it!
I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet .
If we wanted to know something,
We had to go to the damn library and
Look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!!
There was no email!! We had to actually write
Somebody a letter... with a pen!
Then you had to walk all the way across the street and
Put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!
There were no MP3's or Napsters! You wanted to
Steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and
shoplift it yourself!
Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the
DJ'd usually talk over the
Beginning and @#*% it all up!
We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you
Were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal,
that's it!
And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either!
When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was!
It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, your
drug dealer,
A collections agent, you just didn't know!!!
You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with
high-resolution 3-D graphics!
We had the Atari 2600!
With games like 'Space Invaders' and 'asteroids'.
Your guy was a little square!
You actually had to use your imagination! !
And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever!
And you could never win.
The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died!
Just like LIFE!
When you went to the movie theater there no such thing as stadium seating!
All the seats were the same height!
If a tall guy or some old broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see,
You were just screwed!
Sure, we had cable television, but back then that
Was only like 15 channels
And there was no on screen menu and no remote control!
You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on!
You were screwed when it came to channel surfing!
You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the
Channel and there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons
On Saturday Morning.
Do you hear what I'm saying!?!
We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-**stards!
And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat
Something up we had to use the stove or go build a frigging fire ..
Imagine that!
If we wanted popcorn, we had to use that stupid Jiffy Pop thing
And shake it over the stove forever like an idiot.
That's exactly what I'm talking about!
You kids today have got it too easy.
You're spoiled.
You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!
Regards,
The over 30 Crowd | |
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