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TO ALL THE KIDS 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 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-base 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 & 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
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 the brakes. After running into the bushes
a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes.
There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
No video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's,
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 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 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 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.
If 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 so much of our lives
for our own good.
While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know
how brave and lucky their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house
with scissors, doesn't it ?
God bless Texas-----------------------
Old 300
I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
Its not how you pick the booger..
but where you put it !!
Roger V Hunter
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and as toddlers we were given rags cause the parents knew we would hold onto them as we crawled around the floor helping to clean the floor?
I can't take credit for that line came from comedian carl hurley.
I was on farm so for me it was lots of chores and only good friends visited cause the rest didn't want to work all day
DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR
I LOVE MY COUNTRY IT'S THE GOV'T I FEAR
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up before daylight milking at 12 yrs old
the girls gathered the eggs and fed chickens
pack in wood for mom
don't miss the bus or you gotta walk- 17 miles to school
if mom caught you around the house,you would be weeding the garden
i did get to drive the truck while the older brothers
bucked hay
how did we survive???
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When I was a kid, the original action figure, G.I. Joe, was the craze. My mom wouldn't let me have one because it was a doll, and boys don't play with dolls. I guess those little plastic soldiers I used to line up in formation and shoot with my BB gun (the BBs representing cannonballs) were not "dolls."
"Don't believe everything you see on the Internet" - Abraham Lincoln
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forgot to mention my dad was born in 34 so one of his rules was you had to walk to school atleast 1 day a year and be on time.School is about 5 miles away and when i have kids they will do the same
DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR
I LOVE MY COUNTRY IT'S THE GOV'T I FEAR
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If I were at a friends house and misbehaved I got a butt whipping there and another when I got home because I was supposed to know better than to embarrass my parents in front of friends parents. Same thing at school too. Those folks would think I'd not been taught better.
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Funny how we look back and wish it was the same now not just for the kids to go through what we went through but for better of society
DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR
I LOVE MY COUNTRY IT'S THE GOV'T I FEAR
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Think I'll just walk real fast with the scissors. Too old and stove up to run with them..
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Campfire 'Bwana
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TO ALL THE KIDS 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 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-base 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 & 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
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 the brakes. After running into the bushes
a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes.
There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
No video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's,
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 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 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 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.
If 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 so much of our lives
for our own good.
While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know
how brave and lucky their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house
with scissors, doesn't it ?
I didn't know Bucky Covington was on the forum _________________________
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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If I were at a friends house and misbehaved I got a butt whipping there and another when I got home because I was supposed to know better than to embarrass my parents in front of friends parents. Same thing at school too. Those folks would think I'd not been taught better. I had the same experience. Once got whipped at school, then by my mother when I got home for making the school have to do it. Dad woke me up at 11:30 at night to whip me for making my Mother whoop me. All that was because I thought it would be funny to run a kids backpack up the flag pole. Apparently I tie good knots cuz they had to cut the rope. So I had it coming. And you know what? I still think it was a funny prank, but yeah, I had the A$$ whooping coming.
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But goverment people just said give the peasents some of the free stuff they want or ask for and we'll slid lot of money and befits our way.They the people are not smart enought to figure it out till to late we will be rich they will be broke
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the g.i. joe "doll" also had a bazooka that shot little rockets, bout put my sisters eye out with one !
also, don't forget running traps before school, and delivering news papers with a canvas paper sack, after school.
got enought tips one christmas to buy a brand new remington 760 in 30-06 at age 12.
also, metal wheeled roller skates that clamped on to your shoe's as well.
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I had a Lionel train set. Got a missle car for Xmas that actually lauched a rubber tipped missle. I soon figured out that if I removed the rubber tip it was more fun. I then figured out how to launch the missle while the train was moving. Had to quit when I hit the metal light fixture in the middle of the front room ceiling. Left a heck of a dent. Mom sure had good eyes cause she spotted that dent right off. Got a good whoopin. Worth it though.
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I remeber my mom kicking us kids outa the house telling us, "go play and I don't want to see you til supper!"
We rode bikes, roller skated (not roller blades!) played kick the can thru the whole neighborhood, and mostly entertained ourselves for hours. We had fun!
Came home during diner and usually went back outside till 9 pm.
We didn't wear sunscreen
We didn't carry a cell phone for our parents to check up on us
We rode our bikes in the street! there wasn't a "bike path"
Now I tell my kids to go out and play and all I hear is "there is nothing to do"
I shake my head, but I know each generation has to deal with this.
Hemi
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Yep been saying quite some time...Im dang glad I ain't a kid growing up in today's world.
The end of democracy, and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.
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also, don't forget running traps before school Remember that one very fondly. I trapped muskrats on every farm pond within walking distance from the time I was ten. Also put in some sets for coons and fox near my pond lines. The first winter, I was up every day at 5AM to make my rounds and, GASP, carried a Ruger Single Six in my pack to dispatch anything that might be in my land sets. Amazingly, I didn't kill myself?? Best part was that at the end of that year, I had enough saved to buy a Remington 788 that I had been wanting. Even had enough left over for a Weaver Scope to top it off! 
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We learned that "stupid hurts".
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Edmund Burke 1795
"Give me liberty or give me death"
Patrick Henry 1775
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Like my Grandpa always said ... "Pshaw!"
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I sat in my dads lap and steered the truck a lot.
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Man, traps before school.....
I'll never forget the mad scramble in the school parking lot before and after school to get everyone and their guns to the right vehicle during dove, duck, and deer season. Teachers and administrators were the worst....
We were more reserved during rabbit, squirrel, woodcock, and quail season. We'd take time to lay things out on the hood of the car and see who had what.
Used to have a sort of a rival (who kinda got the girl) and we would compare our morning's catch (trap lines)in the parking lot at school.
From the time I was about 5 until my last parent passed away (40+ years) about the greatest crime that could be committed by a man was sitting on his ass when the sun was up.
Funny thing, it must be instinct. My youngest is 15 and has lived 1/2 of his life w/o the divine guidance of granny's maple switch. He can lounge with the best of them, after the work is done and no one needs a hand.
Have a good day man. In honor of personal freedom and the open squirrel season, I think I'll go put a hole through dinner's head.
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