[rodeoqueen18]

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
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 s***** 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 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 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!

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?!

[I LUV BESS]

wow! i was born in 1992...

[westerngrl]

im 14 and my mom tells me stories like that and i still wish it was like that today.

[Cowgirl2135]

"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."

The risk of hitchhiking was really low back then, nobody mudered or raped, back then LOL
I mean sure there was a few people, but def not as much as now.

Parents today worry a lot more than back then.

[James Robert]

I'm one of those who survived the '40s and turned out pretty good. I had a shotgun long before I was 10. I still remember shooting piles of cow poo just to see how far it would fly. We'd get watermelons and place them on a fence post and shoot it to see what a mess it'd make. Ahhhh! Those were the good old days. Thanks for the memories.

JR

[Pharaoh's Fire]

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!

Applies to me, even though I was born in the 80's.

Heh, my mum was born in '53 to a poorish family in a rual town, and tells me all these stories about her old house, since it didn't get indoor plumbing until she was like 8(they actually had an outhouse!), and she had a cast iron wood stove even longer. It's quite interesting!

[3WishesDun]

Loved that! So true-

and JR- I have a feeling you STILL blow away watermelons.....



April

[James Robert]

Originally Posted by 3WishesDun

Loved that! So true-

and JR- I have a feeling you STILL blow away watermelons.....



April

Watermelon is not good unless you get it in your ears. Now I spend my shotgun time blowing away cotton mouths in the pond. Just bought a new box of 12 ga. yesterday. And I still blow dry dry my head.

JR

[tiffany]

I've read this one before and my parents love it! I wish it was like that today too.

[3WishesDun]

Originally Posted by James Robert

Watermelon is not good unless you get it in your ears. Now I spend my shotgun time blowing away cotton mouths in the pond. Just bought a new box of 12 ga. yesterday. And I still blow dry dry my head.

JR

JR- I want a picture of you with your cradling you shotgun, hair feathered back perfectly ....

You're the greatest JR!