Those Born 1920-1979

Amen, that post is ME. Born in '57. Had a BLAST as a youngster! I LOVED the 70's (Class of '75 here). Those were the good old days, LOL...

But the rest weren't half bad, either. :jointsmile:

i was born in the eighties and my mom still smoked when she had me. the only one she quit for was my brother, and he was lucky he survived birth, so after that she figured it didnt help anything. my sister and i came out fine is the funny thing

Cool post try,Thanks for sharing it with us.

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Originally Posted by trynagethigh

Being born in the 60's, Ill be damned if this aint true...:thumbsup:

Those Born 1920-1979

READ TO THE BOTTOM FOR QUOTE OF THE MONTH BY JAY LENO. IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE---VERY WELL STATED!

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 Playstations, 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 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!

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?!

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!

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My gosh, this is one of the best and truest things I have read in a long time.
WE SURVIVED without all the things todays children throw tantrums over.

It was so great to just hop on our bikes and ride to school and to friends houses and daytime babysitting jobs.
I applaude your post. Those WERE the days my friend too bad they had to end.

lol, so true

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Originally Posted by ceecee79

I can agree with some of this. I caught the end of it, born in '79, and we did have nintendo, I think it came out when I was in 4th grade or so....

I was very much a tomboy, and enjoyed playing outside, climbing trees, ect, but my mother did actually watch what we ate, and if we had fast food it may have been on average once a week. Every other day she cooked us dinner. People are more busy now, and having children almost demands a 2 income household, but you still have to watch what you eat. I blame the fast food industry for the obesity issue in this country, not to mention for low income households, the price of healthy foods. You can buy a whole box of little debbie cakes for $1, but if you want to buy a lb. of grapes or something it's like $4. I was also watching something on the news, where in the poorer parts of LA there were like 40+ fast food restaurants in a 1 mile radius, and 1 grocery store. Also, we had PE in school 3 times a week, where now at my daughter's school it has been cut to 1 time.

I never had a bike helmet, but I busted my head and required stiches a few times too, and that's a lesson I could have lived without :)

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We had pe every single day and dodgeball was perfectly fine and tons of fun too. We did lots of running and biking and general playing.
We always had a dime in our pocket in case of emergency to call home from a nearby gas station or the corner.

Fast food? That was a treat and maybe once a month. TV dinners in the tins were a treat and maybe twice a month we'd have a pizza take out. No dlivery then.

In the mornings, our milk was in the box on the doorstep, nice and fresh along with cream whipped butter and eggs.
I miss those days.
These days life is so much more complicated. I never see kids out playing and riding bikes or roller skating. Most kids are hidden out in their rooms now.
Dinner as a family is all but obsolete now.

Good thing there are a lot of kids tho. They'll be paying our social security.:D SS will probably be dry by the time they are ready for it.

I do worry for the future, very much.

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Originally Posted by illnillinois

lol, so true

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Hi neighbor! My doctor has plates that say Ill N OY. lol

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Originally Posted by mamma puffpuff420

this is 1 of the best thread's i have ever read
it brought back fond memories of when life really was good
where did it all go??
id rather b there

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AMEN mamma puffpuff!:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by jeepboi

true especially this one:

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

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I was always told "if you do something stupid and get arrested, expect to sit in jail and don't call us to bail you out. :eek:!!
Sure kept 99.9% of us on our toes. lol:cool:

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Originally Posted by fasterspider

Yes, that list hits home in many places.
Class of 80 and I never had cable TV when all the neighbors did because my dad was so friggin cheap.
Video games did not really exist except for Pong and that game sucked ass.
We were the ones that went from metal wheels to softer rubber wheels on skate boards.
I could jump 5 garbage cans with my Schwinn Stingray and one time when riding a wheelie on my newspaper delivery bicycle, the front wheel fell off and I did a bitchin' digger that flipped me and the bicycle off into someones front lawn.
Ring & run was a blast.

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Laughing at ring and run!:smokin:
I wish more people would post on this FANTASTIC thread!
Our clothes rocked too!