I can remember most of these

[imported_burrhead]

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


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 computer! s, 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!

[Ironlung]

It made me better. I'm not sure about you. I think you were eating those lead paint chips. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[whiteshoes]

No, he was too busy shooting birds out of trees with his Daisy pump action.

[imported_burrhead]

I got my first bb gun at age 8. Killed my first bird 15 minutes later. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] You killed a few yourself!!!!!!!

[R0cketer]

There's proof for gun control!!!

[AppyDawg40]

i didnt grow up in that time but i can say that i killed a rabbit with a sling shot at age 8....

[imported_Sportsman]

I'm one of these people, man I can remember playing all day til dark, ran home to eat supper(no exceptions) because you had to(not to mention it was delicious), then out the door again......whiffle ball, tackle football with no pads, rollie bats....those were the good ole days.

[imported_burrhead]

What was that game you played with 3 people -----Hot something---trying to get somebody out by throwing a baseball. Dang help me Dave [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/arcadefreak.gif[/img]

[imported_burrhead]

Rollie bat-----I loved that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[R0cketer]

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