Full Version: Remembering how it used to be
From: laserman (MIKEMAC) [#1]
17 Jun 2005
To: ALL
I posted this on another forum because there was a discussion regarding Government regulations, Laws and how the way we used to live our lives has changed. The thread started with someone asking about Cerdec or metal marking paste being used on surgical equipment.
Enjoy and see if this brings back any memories.
I totally agree with you Everything and anything is somewhat harmful to you according to the government.
Here is something I got a laugh out of I hope everyone enjoys it.
To all the children who survived the 1930'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.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored LEAD based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, 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 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 and real butter and drank soda pop 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 them down the hill, only to find out we forgot BRAKES. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Play stations, Nintendo's, X-Boxes, No Video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell 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 cuts, broke bones and teeth and there were no LAWSUITS from these accidents.
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, 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 friends 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!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, Problem solvers, and inventors EVER!!
The past 50 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 show 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!!
EDITED: 17 Jun 2005 by DGL
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#2]
17 Jun 2005
To: laserman (MIKEMAC) [#1] 17 Jun 2005
Mike,
Mixed emotions. I grew up during the era you depict and reveled in the wonderment.
Sadly, those magical (and oh-so-dangerous:) times are just stories I tell my kids. Not to say there are none of those elements left, but they're often pushed aside, these days, by all of life's "improvements."
Great post. Thank you.
From: Myyk [#3]
17 Jun 2005
To: ALL
Great post!
I second that.
From: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#4]
9 Jul 2005
To: laserman (MIKEMAC) [#1] 11 Jul 2005
Thanks for the great post down memory lane Mike...... it sure is a good thing we have the governement here to protect us from ourselves huh?
(insert belly laugh here )
From: Pete (AWARDMASTERS) [#5]
10 Jul 2005
To: laserman (MIKEMAC) [#1] 11 Jul 2005