Those Born 1920-1979

owen
By owen

"" apologies, another cut and paste (just want to share it...:D )

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 Kool-aid 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 Playsta tions, 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 ey es.

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!

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 .

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?!

By Scarlett• 5 Sep 2007 03:44
Rating: 4/5
Scarlett

I can remember playing out in the vacant lots with all the neighborhood kids..gathering up enough kids to have a game of "pick up" baseball, riding my bike EVERYWHERE..(even where we weren't allowed!), falling out of trees and landing on your back so hard you couldn't breathe for seemed like forever, because it knocked the breath out of you...playing in the creek and coming in so muddy that the only thing recognizable on you were the whites of your eyes...and that was questionable. needless to say..my friends and I drove our parents crazy..

Ohh remember one time taking dad's innertube for the car tire, nailing it up in the tree for a stretchy swing and getting the ever living tar whipped out of us for putting holes in a perfectly good innertube. Ahh..and playing with my older cousins..I was the lady who stood in front of the board whilst they threw darts at me..always supposed to miss, but didn't...that game didn't last long when mom looked out the window and came screeching out the back door for him to stop. Must be nice having younger gullible cousins!

Thanks for the memories!!!

By dweller• 4 Sep 2007 22:23
dweller

what it tastes like Owen. Probably of nothing. I assumed it was an old wives tale.

I know my dad occasionally sucked it (he worked down a mine). Mind, he also ate two fingers of vaseline before he went to work.

By owen• 4 Sep 2007 22:18
owen

how does it taste? :P

i remember myself sucking this sweet sap from this gumamela flower, but it has to be the budding ones..kind of weird if i will try those now..:)

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By dweller• 4 Sep 2007 20:32
dweller

They used to say that sucking coal stopped heartburn.

By FriendRaj• 4 Sep 2007 16:20
FriendRaj

read the topic and it reminded me of of playing 'kabbadi' with boys. All you north indian people will understand this game. Only for rough guys.

By anonymous• 4 Sep 2007 12:40
anonymous

My mother told me she found me outside eating coal one day. She did not rush me to the emergency department - can't remember if I enjoyed it.

By cygnet_chay• 4 Sep 2007 12:33
cygnet_chay

This is spot on! we really had a good playing time before! when i had my son i was really stressed coz my mother in law always tells me that we have to look after him like a hawk, coz ull never know what things he might put in his mouth,or whatever, well yeah i can understand that when he was really still tiny but now that his a bit older, im trying to just let him play outside without me, and his really dong well, even around horses ( we have a yard here full of horses) he knows not to go near them,my husband was a bit worried with what im doing but evntually see the advantage....

His more independent now just like me when i was little....

1980

By r7• 4 Sep 2007 12:29
Rating: 5/5
r7

Luckily im not as old as u Owen I had a Nintendo hehehehe :P

By celia j• 4 Sep 2007 11:26
Rating: 4/5
celia j

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! (VERY TRUE)

Yes.. we are lucky... we got to experience the great ideas from the past...and still live long enough to see what's in-store for us in the future...

celia

1974 :)

Carpe Diem....

By dweller• 3 Sep 2007 16:54
Rating: 4/5
dweller

of the late Tony Capstic: "we had Hitler, diphtheria, polio, rickets and all our little heads painted purple 'cos we had ringworm" kids don't know they're born today!

I remember swinging from a bike tyre hung off the arm of the street gas lamp.

By owen• 3 Sep 2007 14:16
owen

oh oh i remember we also have this wheel tire (the interior) makeshift as a swing tied up in one strong tree from our backyard...i remember doing my homework there, doing some memorizations...:)

and the rain back then, after it rains you can smell the scent of green grass and dried leaves...(now, most of those lands were already developed to subs..:( )

....being nostalgic..shoo shooo..go away..:D

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By anonymous• 3 Sep 2007 14:09
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

Nice thread Owen I loved my bike, I used to go out for hours on it. I read lots of books too as when I was young hardly anyone had a TV and the nearest telephone box was a mile away. Even if I wanted to call someone I wouldn't have known who, because about two people in the street had a telephone. Four or five people in the street had a car and on Sundays one of them would take all the kids on a picnic. The mothers had time to sit together and drink a cup of tea in the afternoon and the kids gathered in the one house that had TV to watch Blue Peter, and the small kids in the afternoon to watch Andy Pandy and the Woodentops. Looking back I can't really remember the rainy days.

When I'm in Europe I still ride bike and did in the UAE to.

By owen• 3 Sep 2007 13:55
owen

me, i remember drinking kool aid and yes playing outside whole day, riding our bikes within the subs and still we got back home safely (a mystery though, how?..:P )

i remember playing on the grass, play street games...lots of human interaction...hmmmmm...:)

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By t_coffee_or_me• 3 Sep 2007 13:54
Rating: 2/5
t_coffee_or_me

If our kids could just get our type of chidhood days ....

our children r more into video game then field games.

By ainarl• 3 Sep 2007 13:48
Rating: 3/5
ainarl

very true owen, i built my own go-cart out of scrap, superman suit out of my moms curtain. fell from my horse at the age of 10 broke may arms, no problem my old folks fix it by twisting my arm and cover it with herbal leaves and wooden stick braces. Todays generation, with just a few scratches, parents will rush you right away to the ER to avoid any infection.

"waiting is an art, timing is everyting"

By owen• 3 Sep 2007 13:37
owen

same thing here shreeya, last time i check mom is not a fan of both...and again heard the same story she has been telling me while i was on her tummy, how much i was a pain in the azz (or inside her womb to be precise)..:P

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By shreeya• 3 Sep 2007 13:00
Rating: 4/5
shreeya

Very true Owen, we really had some life!!!! (Except my Mom never drank or smoked)...LOL....

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