You mght like to read this CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE1920's, 30's 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's and 80’s !!
First, we survived being born to mothers
who smoked and/or drank while
they carried us and lived in houses made of
asbestos.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, tuna
from a can, and didn't get
tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were
covered with bright
colored lead-based paints.
We drank water from the garden hose and
NOT from a bottle.
Take away food was limited to fish and
chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds, KFC,
Subway or Red Rooster.
Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm
and didn't open on the weekends,
somehow we
didn't starve to death!
We shared one soft drink with four
friends, from one bottle and NO ONE
actually died from this.
We could collect old drink bottles and cash
them in at the corner store and buy
Fruit Tingles and some fire crackers to
blow up frogs and lizards with.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real
butter and drank soft drinks
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 scraps and then ride down the hill,
only to find out we forgot the brakes. We
built tree houses and cubby houses and
played in creek beds with matchbox
cars.
We did not have Playstations,
Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at
all,
no 99 channels
on cable, no video tape or DVD movies, no
surround sound, no mobile 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.
Only girls had pierced ears!
We ate worms and mud pies made from
dirt,and the worms did not live in us
forever.
You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot
Cross buns at Easter time......no really!
We were given BB guns and sling shots for
our 10th birthdays,
We drank milk laced with Strontium 90 from
cows that had eaten grass
covered in nuclear fallout from the atomic
testing at Maralinga in 1956.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's
house and knocked on the door or rang
the bell, or just yelled for them!
Mum didn't have to go to work to help
dad make ends meet!
Footy had tryouts and not everyone made the
team. Those who didn't had
to learn to deal with disappointment.
Imagine that!!
Our teachers used to belt us with big
sticks and leather straps and bully's
always ruled the playground at school.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we
broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!
Our parents got married before they had
children kand didn't invent
stupid names for their kids like
'Kiora' and
'Blade'.....
This generation has produced some of the
best risk-takers,
problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 70 years have been an explosion of
innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and
responsibility, and we learned
HOW TODEAL 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?!
PS -The big type is because your eyes are
shot at your age
15278 Reading through this my mind said but we
did or did not..... and then it was covered
(ran around / no computers).
IF ONLY children of today were allowed to
explore - yes they will pick up injuries,
and what we considered childhood
complaints, the upset stomachs - both up
and down, but we all reached adults, will
this generation be so well prepared for
adulthood, somehow I think not.
BUT I am grateful for my dish washer,
automatic washing machine and vuccum
cleaner!!
1294 Tubby, Thank you very much for the memories. Yes I am one of those kids. Did most of that suff with my 8 brothers and sisters.
6499 Tubby, thanks so much for sharing with us
all,
I have also read it before, but was worth
reading again for a good laugh - Hugs
Yvonne
41099 Thanks for the memories. I am going to copy and share it with a few of my friends. *4u
3477 Sounds about right!!! Good to see you around. We haven't heard from you lately.
33605 Wow, thanks! You made me feel miraculous! I'll tell you something else.....my mother knew WHAT I had done and HOW I had done it and to WHOM before I could get home.....without email!
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38148 Thank you Tubby for the memories. I
remember white and blue saddle shoes,and
spending every Sunday at church all day.We
couldn't do anything on Sunday.
My parents had their morning coffee at
home,not at the drive-thru window. the only
meal we ever bought outside the home was
fish and chips.What happened to society
that the home life has changed so much. I
guess we have all got greedy and want to
much. Who cares what the Jones' have.
13189 I agree. We survived all of this. Remember the colored plastic over the TV to make it in color. We only got fruit and a candy bar for Christmas. I wonder what kids would say about that now. thanks for sharing
9037 Right on, Tubby!!! And I don't know about you, but our roller skates had skate keys, and fell off our sneakers, and we landed flat on our faces with no helmets to protect us! Imagine that! I never knew of a kid that died of skates, or on thier bike, because their parents taught them how to ride, and to (gasp) respect the rules of the road! Wow, hee hee hee, thanks for the memories! Hugs, Marji
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by sqdancer 12 Jul 2009
Remember getting caught up in the streetcar tracks on a bike, boy was the a feat to get yourself out of that track without getting thrown in front of a car...good memories eh Marji, we even have some scars to prove we lived through those great days...hugs G x0x0x0x
by mops 12 Jul 2009
Streetcar tracks were horrible when you first learned to ride a bike. You had to cross them at an angle or got into deep trouble.
22885 thank you for sharing all those memories with us. I remember every one of them and some that are not mentioned. *for you
7552 Ilived through it all tubby since I am past 70. the entiutire world was different n that day, different attitudes, different morals . We all sat at the table for 3 meals a day & said grace before we ate. Today they call it progress, but what have we progressed to?, a Godless nation here n America with very poor morals. *4U
by mops 12 Jul 2009
My grnadmalived in the same square my (primary) school was located. After school I went to her for a cuppa before the walk home and could choose between a slice of bread or a biscuit. I tended to choose the biscuit as I had to say grace for the bread...
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5488 So very true Tubby, tried all of the above and more.. we just lost our Mom just short of her 96th birthday and she lived life to the fullest enjoyed every day until the very end. I will be 75 in January and am looking forward to having as full a life...I don't envy the generations that have to cope with things as they are today...Thank you and nice to see you back with us hope you are well...hugs and best always x0x0x0x
15638 Oh my God I remember all the thing s you wrote. I did all the things you wrote( well actually I fed my little brother the worms)!!!! I'm still here and stronger for them. Thanks for the memeories God Bless
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20460 1483 I hope you don't mind but my oldest sisters b day tommorrow so I am sending this in her card she will love it thank you so much for sharing it.
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or cell phones!