1rooster Posted January 5, 2009 #1 Posted January 5, 2009 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930's 40's, 50's, and 60's!!! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were 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 children, we would ride in cars with no 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 soda pop with sugar in it, 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 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no text messaging, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet 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 played with 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 yelled for 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! This generation has 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! And 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 our lives for our own good. and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were. Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?! PS -The big type is because your eyes are shot at your age ! How true how true.
Yammer Dan Posted January 6, 2009 #3 Posted January 6, 2009 About those brakes! All i could find was trees to slow down. Bushes?? WIMP!! But WE MADE It!!!
friesman Posted January 6, 2009 #4 Posted January 6, 2009 Yep we ve managed to take all the fun out of being a kid!!!! Kids have no idea how to entertain themsleves or enjoy their time out doors...its so sad.... Brian
Redneck Posted January 6, 2009 #5 Posted January 6, 2009 Thats the way I remember it. Thanks for the reminder.
BoomerCPO Posted January 6, 2009 #6 Posted January 6, 2009 Friends and I built a go-cart using 2x4's, a lawnmower engine, bicycle sprockets and chains, and the wheels from a Supermarket shopping cart. Brakes? That's what tennis shoes were for!!! LOL!
BIG TOM Posted January 6, 2009 #9 Posted January 6, 2009 Iwas going to pass this on to some of the younger people I know........But thenI realized..They would't get it....
AmnChode Posted January 6, 2009 #10 Posted January 6, 2009 Hey...some of us born in the 70's remember this, too. Blaim the parents of the 80's...they're the ones who started to believe the specialist over their own experiences. I still ride my bike to my friend's house, it's just a little bit bigger bike....hehehe
BEER30 Posted January 6, 2009 #12 Posted January 6, 2009 And for what I remember the most , parents were not afraid to whoop their children . Dang it , it still hurts ! BEER30
ctraylor Posted January 6, 2009 #13 Posted January 6, 2009 My brother and I built a go cart from one we found in the trash dump. We mounted a Honda 450 engine on it with a commuter rear end. We used 13" Vega tires and rims and rode it with no brakes. That thing would run like hell. I was doing a burn out one day and the chain broke and got wound up on the front sprocket and busted the block on the engine. It was probably a good thing we might have got seriously hurt on that thing. We also put a small block v-8 in a chevy luv truck in the back yard and done all of this in our teens. AAAAHHHHHH the good ole days..........
TATERS Posted January 6, 2009 #14 Posted January 6, 2009 Thank you for the nice memories, they brought a smile to my face. Especially the part about getting home before the streelights go on. You're right....we were out all day. It makes me sad that our grandchildren couldn't experience those times. As they say....the times.... they are a changing....but is it for the better? I'm not so sure.
Snarley Bill Posted January 6, 2009 #16 Posted January 6, 2009 thanks, you just flashed the great memories of my childhood before my eyes. what a great era we got to live in. i remember the ice cream man on his three wheeled cushman with the box on the front and he would give you a peice of dry ice to put in a glass of water. or getting a wad of hot tar off the street and chewing it. to think i made it to 66 years old.
scotty Posted January 6, 2009 #17 Posted January 6, 2009 We never had hills big enough to warrant building a go cart. I did build a hang glider. It never worked well. I dropped like a rock off the garage roof:superman:
Jus Monkeyin Around Posted January 6, 2009 #18 Posted January 6, 2009 Thanks for the memories that is how I remember it. Thanks again for typing big.
davecb Posted January 6, 2009 #19 Posted January 6, 2009 Try this...Ask your grandkids if they want to play leapfrog... They won't have any idea as to what you are talking about. And when you explain it to them, they have a hard time understanding it...
GeorgeS Posted January 6, 2009 #20 Posted January 6, 2009 Daddy gave me a 20 ga. shotgun and a .22 Rifle. I skipped the BB gun alltogether. I bought my first Harley at 15 ( only a 45 C.Inch, but what the hay ) I went 85 MPH. pretty good for back in those days.
KAWoodworth Posted January 6, 2009 #21 Posted January 6, 2009 At around 11 years old I built my first motorized bicycle. I used a B&S lawn mower motor, cut the down tube short enough to mount a piece of plywood for the motor to sit on and away I went. Those sure were the days.
raceman62race Posted January 6, 2009 #22 Posted January 6, 2009 Thanks for the flash back. I remember those days.....staying out until after dark (we lived in the country and there wasn't any street lights). I would have to ride a bicycle a couple of miles just to get to the next house where more kids my age lived. Playing kick the can after dark on a summer night was some of my best memories.........more than likely most kids these days haven't heard of kick the can.
Eddie Posted January 6, 2009 #23 Posted January 6, 2009 I remeber the first go cart I built. Of course it was loaded with chrome. Not
Brake Pad Posted January 6, 2009 #24 Posted January 6, 2009 Hey...some of us born in the 70's remember this, too. Blaim the parents of the 80's...they're the ones who started to believe the specialist over their own experiences. I still ride my bike to my friend's house, it's just a little bit bigger bike....hehehe What you mean is our kids turned out to be PUSSY:ignore::bawling:So, are we to blame, for our Kids? I sure hope not.
wild hair 39 Posted January 6, 2009 #25 Posted January 6, 2009 after reading this black AND blue,all over again,guess that is the reason for thes acks and pains,i have
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