Posted on 09/06/2023 9:11:54 AM PDT by jcon40
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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