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Congradulations. by Tom McGarry. on 25 Sep, 2008 13:40
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CONGRATULATIONS
> >TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE
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> >1920's, 30's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70'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 coloured
> >lead-based paints.
> >
> >We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when
> >we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks
> >we took hitchhiking.
> >
> >As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
> >
> >Riding in the back of a Ute on a warm day was always a special treat.
> >
> >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 crackers to blow up frogs 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 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 staps and bullies
> >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 and
> >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 TO DEAL 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
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#1 by Brkeatr on 25 Sep, 2008 14:01
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I sure miss the good old days.....
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#2 by Rob on 25 Sep, 2008 14:33
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I agree: they WERE the good old days
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#3 by buuckkweet on 25 Sep, 2008 15:34
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Growing up in the 60's and 70's was good!
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#4 by wpruitt on 25 Sep, 2008 17:50
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That preaches !
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#5 by GASlick on 25 Sep, 2008 18:50
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I was born in 1970, but I remember a lot of what that says.
We were never inside and rarely watched TV. I know I am on the far end of that time frame, but a lot of it applied to me as well.
Good Stuff and very true. -
#6 by skiking on 25 Sep, 2008 22:14
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I was born in 87, and that just about mirrors my childhood
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#7 by GASlick on 25 Sep, 2008 22:29
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I was born in 87, and that just about mirrors my childhood
Now I really DO feel old!
I tell my wife "I'm a 25 year old trapped in a 37 year old body".
Thanks skiking! No really, thanks.
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#8 by skiking on 25 Sep, 2008 22:59
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I was born in 87, and that just about mirrors my childhood
Now I really DO feel old!
I tell my wife "I'm a 25 year old trapped in a 37 year old body".
Thanks skiking! No really, thanks.
My childhood was probably the exception, most of my friends that I have now weren't as lucky as I was -
#9 by joergHH on 25 Sep, 2008 23:27
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Let's give our children a happy childhood and youth-time!!!!!!!!!!
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#10 by Timmay on 26 Sep, 2008 05:41
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YOUTH TIME??? YOUTH TIME! Todays YOUTH time...is already all about them. Everything caters to them....they have their time.
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#11 by Brkeatr on 26 Sep, 2008 05:58
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YOUTH TIME??? YOUTH TIME! Todays YOUTH time...is already all about them. Everything caters to them....they have their time.
Timmy, you sound a little cranky this morning.....lol
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#12 by Rafter on 26 Sep, 2008 06:03
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I'm almost certain Tom's nostalgic post has made it's way to this site before. If memory serves me right it was in reference to the Bucky Covington song, "A Different World".
I did a site search and discovered it was RazorX that first posted this tidbit of nostalgia. Thanks RazorX and thanks Tom for appreciating the good old days. Life was simpler and sweeter and there was no such thing as stress. -
#13 by Timmay on 26 Sep, 2008 06:47
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nahhh i am not cranky...its my kids who were cranky. They expect you to do this and that. How hard is it for a 15 year to put two slices of bread in a toaster??? Thats my point. lol
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#14 by Brkeatr on 26 Sep, 2008 08:08
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nahhh i am not cranky...its my kids who were cranky. They expect you to do this and that. How hard is it for a 15 year to put two slices of bread in a toaster??? Thats my point. lol
LOL....I know....just ribbin' you bro...