Posted on 09/06/2023 9:11:54 AM PDT by jcon40
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930’s, 40’s and50’s !!
First, we survived being born to mothers who may have 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, locks on doors or cabinets, and, when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps, not helmets, on our heads.
As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.
Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
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, locks on doors or cabinets, and, when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps, not helmets, on our heads.
As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.’
Riding in the back of a pick- up truck 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, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And we weren't overweight. WHY? Because we were always outside playing...that's why!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day and, we were OKAY.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them down the hill, Only to find out that we forgot about brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not Have Play Stations, Nintendo and X-boxes. There were No video games, No 150 channels on cable, No video movies Or DVDs, No surround-sound or CDs, No cell phones, No personal computers, No Internet and No chat rooms. WE HAD FRIENDS And we went Outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, Broke bones and Lost teeth, And there were No lawsuits From those accidents.
We would get Spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles, or just a bare hand, And no one would call child services to report abuse.
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, 22 rifles for our 12th, rode horses, 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 60 to 85 years have seen an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it ?
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The quote of-the month by Jay Leno:
"With hurricanes, tornadoes, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of Coronavirus and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"
In searching for the original author, the oldest date I could find this published was from 2006. The URL I used is from that site which claims to have gotten it from a Doc Searl but I was unable to trace back who he was as that link is broken.
This site
https://pad39a.com/gene/survival.html
Also had some pics with the same poem and notes at the bottom that were fun.
Have a great day my older FRiends, even you grumpy types. J
Well, we did lose a couple of kids in elementary and high school. That’s why people had three or four, just in case!
Check, check, check for all of it. :O)
.......... LAWN DARTS.....
nuf said
My father was a house painter. Back in the 1940’s, he mixed lead into his paint by hand. For about 5 years, we lived less than a mile from a coal fired power plant. The crap in the air was so bad from the plant that my mother could not open our windows.
My Mother made it to 92 and my Dad to 95.
“First, we survived “
Many didn’t.
Yeah the 60s saw some changes but most of what was mentioned was still going on then.
Add:
1. Watched Mickey Mouse Club on B&W TV
2. Used wax paper on the slide at the park to make us go down faster
3. Had a newspaper route to earn a few dollars (and my father taught me to drive a stick shift at 12, when he helped me deliver the Sunday Papers)
Man, this brought back memories! Everything is right on in this article. One thing I would add is that our parents cared. They cared about us and were willing to let us learn lessons the hard way. My mom used a ping pong paddle and man it hurt!
Very few would seriously want to go back. And many were traumatized or they would be raising their kids the same way.
Oh yes. A kid took one in the foot once. Didn't penetrate the tennis shoe but was good for some jumpin up and down. ;O)
M-80’s and Cherry Bombs on the 4th of July.
We had such fun!
I remember all that. It’s a miracle we even survived.
Thank god we have big government to look after us now. /s
More importantly, we had GOD in our lives and in our culture.
“Used wax paper on the slide at the park to make us go down faster”
I forgot about that.
“Very few would seriously want to go back.”
I seriously would. It’s called freedom.
“many were traumatized or they would be raising their kids the same way.”
And they’re raising spoiled, entitled, fragile little bitches. The old ways were better.
We lost quite a few kids actually
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