Loooong, but worth it!

[JPop & Taz 2]

really hope this works!

This is dedicated to

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 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 , CD's or Ipods, 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 kno cked 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




And 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?"

For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over
us....go ahead and delete this.
For the rest of us.....pass this on.

[Rem&Silkmom]

Love it

[Lexi Rae]

yup i was one of those kids... had nothing

[RoxyJosMom]

Me too. My biggest and best toy was my imagination. With that, I had anything I could ever want to play with. Oh, 'cept for my Whirly-Gig. Anyone ever ride one of those? One of those things you and your best friend sit on and pump it to make it spin and see how dizzy you can make yourselves. Now, just the thought of it makes me want to yak.

[Connie]

I was one of those kids...and lived to tell about it. LOL

One thing that bugs me about kids these days is when they say, "I'm bored." Good grief...I NEVER got boredwhen I was a kid...I'd get on my bike...without a helmet...and go riding and visit friends...I could always find something to do! Those were definitely the good ole days!

[doortego]

I was one of those kids too but I don't think all of those raised in the 70's were. Both my children were born in the 70's and I don't think many of those things applied to them.

[chloe'smom]

Yep I was born in 78 and even though I caught the tail end of this era I still remember it. I remember when KICK BALL was a sport amongst the neighborhood children. I remember when TRICK or TREATING wasn't a death wish. I remember when I was happy to 10 dollars a week for allowance at 15 years old! Those definately were the Good Ole Days!!!!

Thank for sharing that!!!

[RoxyJosMom]

Originally Posted by chloe'smom

Yep I was born in 78 and even though I caught the tail end of this era I still remember it. I remember when KICK BALL was a sport amongst the neighborhood children. I remember when TRICK or TREATING wasn't a death wish. I remember when I was happy to 10 dollars a week for allowance at 15 years old! Those definately were the Good Ole Days!!!!

Thank for sharing that!!!

$10.00 a week, WOW! I go 50 cents to 1.00. But then, the movies were $.25, a pack of gum $.05, I babysat for $.50/hr. When I got my first job, I got $1.00/hr in a diner. My first real F/T job brought me a $47.00 weekly paycheck, with $75.00/mo going to my first car, a 3 yr. old loaded Cougar. You could get a brand new Mustang or VW Bug for $1995.00 and gas was around $.25/gal. And the music was the best there ever was!!! You could understand the words and it wasn't embarassing to listen to with your parents around (it didn't even hurt your ears). Noone ever locked their doors and kids could play outside after dark and not be afraid. What will the world be like in another 20 years? Scary thought.

[Peters]

i was born in the late 70's and i remember the majority of that stuff!
kids have it so easy these days but still aren't happy! oh well.

i also remember dollar store jelly shoes,having a car that the driver side window didn't roll down playing with fruit from the pear tree in the back yard wanting a horse..getting a stuffed my little pony! the giant radio cabinet made of wood with the record player and 8track,the tv with metal bunny ears you had to move..so on lol

[bettyeanne]

Having been born in the 40's .... we refer to that as "The Good Old Days!!"

Seriously .... Patrick and I often have conversations about our grandchildren being deprived of the childhood memories [as described in your post] that we have. It makes us sad!

[alisonJ]

My allowance was 15 cents/week....I laugh when I think about it.

We used to leave home in the morning (when there was no school) and be gone all day. At dinner time, my father would whistle REALLY LOUD and we would know it was time to come home. I never got into too much trouble. I DID get stuck in a few trees, but only had to be rescued once. Ah, the good old days.

[RoxyJosMom]

Back in my day we had to walk miles to school, in the snow, uphill both ways! I was born in 1950, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth - according to my dtr.

[peanut]

Originally Posted by RoxyJosMom

Back in my day we had to walk miles to school, in the snow, uphill both ways! I was born in 1950, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth - according to my dtr.

I know what you mean, I was born in the 60's and both my 20yr olds think the same.....
Thanks for the post....brings back many memories of the good times we had as kids....my kids use to ask me when they where younger how did you survive without a computer..your life must have been really boring....nope it was the best....

[JESSY_RN2B]

I loved this!

[RoxyJosMom]

I am a huge fan of Little House on the Prarie and The Waltons. I would love to be able to experience life in both of those era's. Things were so much simpler and gamily life meant so much more. AND THERE WEREN'T ANY GUL-DANG CELL PHONES! Just out of curiosity, if any of you have teenagers with cell's, how many texts do they average. I just want to say here that our local carrier has a copy of my dtrs text msgng bill posted so any prospective parents who think the low cheap plan will suffice will see what happens when texting is put into the hands of a teen. Thank goodness we have unlimited texting. Here's my Aug. breakdown for my dtr's phone:
IN TXT - 16,634 messages
IN PIX - 138
TXT/PIX - 151
Sept. breakdown:
IN TXT - 16,500 messages
IN PIX - 371
TXT/PIX - 53
That's why I wish I could live before cell phones were ever invented!!!!!