Lynnie Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BORN IN 1930's, 1940's, 50's, 60's, 70's and Early 80's !!! First, you survived being born to mothers who smokedand/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, your baby cots were covered with bright colored lead-based paints. You had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when you rode yourbikes, you had no helmets, not to mention, the risks you took hitchhiking .. As children, you would ride in cars with no seat belts orair bags. Riding in the back of a van - loose - was always great fun.You drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a bottle. You shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONEactually died from this. You ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but you weren't overweight because...... YOUWERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!! You would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. Noone was able to reach you all day. And you were OK. You would spend hours building your go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill,only to find out you forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, you learned to solve the problem .You 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 mobile phones, no text messaging, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........YOU HAD FRIENDS and you went outside and found them!You fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents you played with worms(well most boys did)and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although you weretold it would happen, you did not poke out any eyes. You rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, orjust yelled for them! Local teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imaginethat!! The idea of a parent bailing you out if you broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! This generation hasproduced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and newideas. You had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and you 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 governmentregulated our lives for our own good. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bams Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 That was the life!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSalter Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Yup and if you were naughty at school you got canned and if your parents found out then you also got another smack.I got canned a few times at school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drought Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Caning was almost like a badge of honour! Still tell my kids stories about our individualised "gatvelle" that each boy had. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronfire Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Yup and if you were naughty at school you got canned and if your parents found out then you also got another smack.I got canned a few times at school LOL.Was lucky if I just got another smack. In my case, it was usually a second hiding....Caning was almost like a badge of honour! Still tell my kids stories about our individualised "gatvelle" that each boy had. Yikes, I did the same recently! Told my son about how the marks took about a week to disappear....his jaw dropped down to his shoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac777 Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Same message with colours! Yay!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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