LJFH Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 HOW TRUE.................. THOSE WERE THE DAYS If you lived as a child in the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s or 70’s, Looking back, it’s hard to believe that we’ve lived as long as we have. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention hitchhiking to town as a young kid!!) We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors. 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. No cell phones --- unthinkable. We played dodgeball and soccer and sometimes the ball would really hurt. We got cut, broke bones and broke teeth, and you know what? There were accidents. Remember accidents? No one was to blame, but us. We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue, and learned to get over it. We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank regular soda, but we were never fat… we were always outside playing. We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one died from this. We did not have Playstations, Ninetendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 75 channels on cable, no movies on tape, no pagers, no cell phones, no internet chat rooms, no e-mail, no walkmen,…. Instead, we had friends. We went outside and found them. We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s home and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them. Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent! By ourselves! Out there in the cold cruel world!! Without a guardian. How did we do it? We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever. Organized sports had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn’t, had to learn to deal with disappointment… Some students weren’t as smart as others so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade… Horrors. Tests were not ADJUSTED, for any reason. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. No one to hide behind. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. they actually sided with the law, imagine that!! This generation has produced some of the best Risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years has been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success, responsibility, and war learned how to deal with it all. And you’re one of them!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Right on.... 06.03.70 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Amen to that!! Personally I think Nintendo and MTV are seriously hurting the kids these days. Summers were the best, you would be gone all day playing in fields some day. Now the kids live in housing devlopements where the fields used to be, and hang out in the basement all day... sad, sad, sad.... BTW - LJ, did you know there was a new Tom Robbins book out?! WAhooo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJFH Posted April 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 WHAT>?? no I didn't...........what's it called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJFH Posted April 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! YIPPEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Every generation thinks the world is going to hell in a handbasket and that things were better before. It is but they weren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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