Children of the 30's,40's,50's,60's,70's

[spabula]

I never post stuff like this but this is funny, and very true!!


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-base paints.


We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.


As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes


Riding in the back of a pick- up truck 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, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And, we weren't overweight. WHY?


Because we were always outside playing...that's why!


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 them 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 and X-boxes. There were no video games, 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 and no 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 f rom 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!

[AlbinoRhino]

HEY NOW! I'm an 80s/90s kid and most of this still applies!

[pirateron]

I often wonder just how the hell I'm still alive.

not only did my mom smoke while she was pregnant, our house/car was always full of smoke. Now, smoking is banned within 15 feet of a doorway to a building.

Booster seat, yeah right. another scam by the govt and shareholders of graco car seats.

I remember being my Dads remote. "Hey boy, change the channel" out of the 4 or 5 channels we got. phones were attached to walls by a cord. And what they hell was a mirowave???

Remember when betas first came out? It was soooo cool to watch a movie at home.

I wouldn't let my kid be out on his own all day now though. Too many disturbed people in the world--probably from being around too much cig smoke growing up.

[larrymeyer]

I often wonder just how the hell I'm still alive.

not only did my mom smoke while she was pregnant, our house/car was always full of smoke. Now, smoking is banned within 15 feet of a doorway to a building.

Booster seat, yeah right. another scam by the govt and shareholders of graco car seats.

I remember being my Dads remote. "Hey boy, change the channel" out of the 4 or 5 channels we got. phones were attached to walls by a cord. And what they hell was a mirowave???

Remember when betas first came out? It was soooo cool to watch a movie at home.

I wouldn't let my kid be out on his own all day now though. Too many disturbed people in the world--probably from being around too much cig smoke growing up.

You and I both. Remember 78's and 45 wasn't a gun and 8 tracks. OMG I got old

[Karma8541]

What happened to those days, Those were the times, I was 7 when i got my first .22 rifle, Was always out declining the ground hog/chip much population, Built forts, was out from pre-dawn to after dark with friends, Rode all over, Never locked the doors..Well thanks for the memories..And for making me feel old again lol..


Semper Fi,

[pirateron]

Tim Mcgraw- Back When

Don't you remember
The fizz in a pepper
Peanuts in a bottle
At ten, two and four
A fried bologna sandwich
With mayo and tomato
Sittin' round the table
Don't happen much anymore

We got too complicated
It's all way over-rated
I like the old and out-dated
Way of life

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when

I love my records
Black, shiny vinyl
Clicks and pops
And white noise
Man they sounded fine
I had my favorite stations
The ones that played them all
Country, soul and rock-and-roll
What happened to those times?

I'm readin' Street Slang For Dummies
Cause they put pop in my country
I want more for my money
The way it was back then

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when

Give me a flat top for strumming
I want the whole world to be humming
Just keep it coming
The way it was back then

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when

[Tenbulls]

Not as aged as some here, but I remember leaving the house to use the outhouse and going to the well for water and my favorite ..... horseback riding to the store that was open only one day a week!

[TaePo]

Ahhh, eight tracks. Invented by none other than William Lear. That's right, the fellow that gave us the Learjet.

Remember all those games we would play or make-up?

Redlight/green light, mother may I, Simon says, and many others. We did not need game developers. Then we graduated to kickball, baseball and football et al.

Outside, almost all the time, dawn to dusk. Always going full speed.

(Except for Saturday Morning cartoons, that is.)

Play til dark, then do homework.

And best of all, no damn bills to pay!

[BIG MIKE 2003]

yeah remember when you had to get off the couch to turn the tv channel.now point and click.

i can remember dad always said be home for dinner and if we where late holy crap.you got your ass beat.

now days kids go out and end up in jail.

and most tv's where black and white,unless you had money.

[The_Game]

ITT: Old fogeys