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Those Born 1930-1979
- johnbron
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Those Born 1930-1979
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 REMEMBER WHEN LIFE WAS SIMPLE!Â
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. < /P>
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 phon es, no pe! rsonal 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 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!
Those 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?!
 REMEMBER WHEN LIFE WAS SIMPLE!Â
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. < /P>
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 phon es, no pe! rsonal 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 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!
Those 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?!
Then came Bronson
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Home town voted to replace a high/junior high school building built in 1919 and 1920 because it had asbestos, needed an elevator and was in poor physical condition.
None of the several thousand people who attended school in the building or probably 100s of thousands of people who attended public events in the building died of an asbestos related ailement.
When the building was torn down. The asbestos removal cost was about $3500-.
Eugene
None of the several thousand people who attended school in the building or probably 100s of thousands of people who attended public events in the building died of an asbestos related ailement.
When the building was torn down. The asbestos removal cost was about $3500-.
Eugene
- Ron Luebke
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our kids may see this and say wow we are lucky we have our psp ,x/boxes ,cellphones and personal computers,but i believe we where the lucky ones ! i would not trade my childhood for a kids today,no way.kids today have to worry about child molesters,kiddnappers and, drug dealers. i never heard of these as a kid. born in 1967 and proud of it!!!
TED NUGENT FOR PRESIDENT !!!
' its just plain ole Ron '
' its just plain ole Ron '
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ron luebke wrote:our kids may see this and say wow we are lucky we have our psp ,x/boxes ,cellphones and personal computers,but i believe we where the lucky ones ! i would not trade my childhood for a kids today,no way.kids today have to worry about child molesters,kiddnappers and, drug dealers. i never heard of these as a kid. born in 1967 and proud of it!!!
You Can Say That Again!!!
I was born in 1954 in a mining town that was blessed with a lumber industry as well. We had everything we wanted.. hunting, fishing, snowshoeing, trapping. We even had a movie theatre where a matinee was $0.25, and that included the admission a king-size by today's standards fizzy pop and humongous popcorn.. What more could you want
We didn't have TV until the 60's and nobody cared.. imagine that. Maybe that is why I still can go for weeks and not watch anything but the news occassionally..
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- Mag Man
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BRAVO.
I was born in 63 remembered lying on the floor with my cousins that were visiting from FL watching the first man on the moon or at least that's what we thought we were watching, Conspiracy theory, Could not wait till the first snow to play with farmall tractors on the picnic table,Rode a 20" with a sissy bar that was so long people would call me a sissy today, Hunted, Trapped,Skipped school on the first day of trout season, Principle did not expect you to attend, Got whacked pretty hard when I did something wrong, Made homemade fire works shot cannons , Homemade in shop class in school on the lathe, HHMMMM even brought a jacknife to school everyday, Never hurt no body though.
I was born in 63 remembered lying on the floor with my cousins that were visiting from FL watching the first man on the moon or at least that's what we thought we were watching, Conspiracy theory, Could not wait till the first snow to play with farmall tractors on the picnic table,Rode a 20" with a sissy bar that was so long people would call me a sissy today, Hunted, Trapped,Skipped school on the first day of trout season, Principle did not expect you to attend, Got whacked pretty hard when I did something wrong, Made homemade fire works shot cannons , Homemade in shop class in school on the lathe, HHMMMM even brought a jacknife to school everyday, Never hurt no body though.
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I like what everyone has said I was born in 1954. When I got in trouble with mom & dad they would bust my bottom because I desire it and not get in trouble busting my bottom in public . NOT TODAY
Thats whats wrong with todays kids they need thier a&*^% beat.
Jeff
Thats whats wrong with todays kids they need thier a&*^% beat.
Jeff
In my line of work
" EVERYBODY GOES HOME THE NEXT MORNING"
" EVERYBODY GOES HOME THE NEXT MORNING"
- Mag Man
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I agree Jeff,
I do not believe a child should be beat every day by a drunken parent or smacked around or hurt for no reason other then you did not want them or want them around. BUT Most kids and I use the word most lightly do not have any respect at all. I say again AT ALL!!! . I grin from ear to ear when I hear a southern child say no sir yes sir. It make's me wince to think some of these kids will grow up to be in politics.
JON
I do not believe a child should be beat every day by a drunken parent or smacked around or hurt for no reason other then you did not want them or want them around. BUT Most kids and I use the word most lightly do not have any respect at all. I say again AT ALL!!! . I grin from ear to ear when I hear a southern child say no sir yes sir. It make's me wince to think some of these kids will grow up to be in politics.
JON
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Mmmmmm, I still remember that yummy lead based paint. It was on all my toys too
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yeah Donny. We used to take coins and would write on the wall would leave a lead trail. Also, we rarely wore shoes during the summer, If we cut our feet we would walk into the mud and let it dry on . Not like that now. I heard a Christian comedian talk about the same topic. He mentioned that his antibacterial wipe was MOM's spit. Worked for everything.
Thanks for the post
Phil
Thanks for the post
Phil
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- Merlin
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The Drug Problem in America
The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a
methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the
adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, ''Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?''
I replied: "I had a drug problem when I was young":
I was drug to church on Sunday morning.
I was drug to church for weddings and funerals.
I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the
weather.
I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults.
I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a
lie, brought home a bad report card, didn't speak with respect, spoke
ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put forth my best
effort in everything that was asked of me.
I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with
soap if I uttered a profane four-letter word.
I was drug out to pull weeds in mom's garden and flower beds and
cocklebur's out of dad's fields.
I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors to help
out some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the
clothesline, or chop some firewood; and, if my mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed.
Those drugs are still in my veins; and they affect my behavior in
everything I do, say, and think. They are stronger than cocaine,
crack, or heroin; and, if today's children had this kind of drug problem,
America would be a better place.
The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a
methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the
adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, ''Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?''
I replied: "I had a drug problem when I was young":
I was drug to church on Sunday morning.
I was drug to church for weddings and funerals.
I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the
weather.
I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults.
I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a
lie, brought home a bad report card, didn't speak with respect, spoke
ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put forth my best
effort in everything that was asked of me.
I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with
soap if I uttered a profane four-letter word.
I was drug out to pull weeds in mom's garden and flower beds and
cocklebur's out of dad's fields.
I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors to help
out some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the
clothesline, or chop some firewood; and, if my mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed.
Those drugs are still in my veins; and they affect my behavior in
everything I do, say, and think. They are stronger than cocaine,
crack, or heroin; and, if today's children had this kind of drug problem,
America would be a better place.
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It makes you respect the good ones. I really like reading and seeing what Scotty, Johny, Camo, Nic, Colin and the rest are up to. I enjoyed spending time with the ones that made it to Cubfest Ohio. And it was great waching Peter's bous they never stoped
Billy
Billy
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"Those that say it can’t be done should not interrupt the ones who are doing it.”
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Hey Johnbron...GREAT ARTICLE Son
I'd also like to add that when I was a kid the ONLY Psychologist was located in New York City (NOW...there's at least one in EVERY SCHOOL in EVERY TOWN) and "ADD" was a type of MATH you did in your head NOT a HEAD Dissorder
...Do You Suppose the overwhelming supply of Psychologists, Lawyers, Career Politicians, prescription-writing Doctors and liberal-minded-empty-headed Teachers have anything to do with the COMPLICATION OF TODAY'S YOUNG PEOPLE..."Ask Your Educator If ZOLOFT can calm your kid down TODAY"
I'd also like to add that when I was a kid the ONLY Psychologist was located in New York City (NOW...there's at least one in EVERY SCHOOL in EVERY TOWN) and "ADD" was a type of MATH you did in your head NOT a HEAD Dissorder
...Do You Suppose the overwhelming supply of Psychologists, Lawyers, Career Politicians, prescription-writing Doctors and liberal-minded-empty-headed Teachers have anything to do with the COMPLICATION OF TODAY'S YOUNG PEOPLE..."Ask Your Educator If ZOLOFT can calm your kid down TODAY"
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