supernuke Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 PEOPLE OVER THIRTY People over 30 should be dead. According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's,60's, or even maybe the early 70's probably shouldn't have survived. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. There was nothing to stop us from sticking a fork in an electrical outlet. 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 pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors! We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this. We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then rode 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 would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. No cell phones. Unthinkable! We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Game Cubes, X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms. We had friends! We went outside and found them. We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt. We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents? We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it, or punch harder next time. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and mud pies, and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever. 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. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't went out and started their own team. Some students choose not to be 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. 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 and 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're one of them! Congratulations. Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good... Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest williestokes Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 I first saw that on polihale.com. Makes you think, doesnt it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. That pretty much sums up 12 childhood summers on the southside growing up for me in the 70s and early 80s. I'd give just about anything to be able to let my kids have the same experience. It really is such a different world though, and not necessarily one frought with danger around every corner. It's more that the neighborhood used to know you and look out for you. The old guy who would keep your baseball if it landed in his flower bed was still looking out for you and still had a personal connection with you. Just as there are less and less 'traditional extended families,' there is also often no sense of belonging in many communities community and you don't expect your stranger/neighbors to watch out for the neighborhood kids they way neighbors used to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Pshaw......you old people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 From someone turning 30 on Friday, f***ing awesome post Nuke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSteve Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Seems I was born in the wrong decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Seems I was born in the wrong decade. Damn skippy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Damn skippy What is it with guys around thirthy saying 'Damn Skippy?" Also, that is why Brian and I plan on staying were we are - his family is everywhere - sister across the street, 2 cousins around the corner, several friends in the next few blocks, his aunt is 3 blocks away, one of my aunts is 5 minutes away and the other is 15 minutes away. We also know our neighbors and ther kids fairly well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 What is it with guys around thirthy saying 'Damn Skippy?" Also, that is why Brian and I plan on staying were we are - his family is everywhere - sister across the street, 2 cousins around the corner, several friends in the next few blocks, his aunt is 3 blocks away, one of my aunts is 5 minutes away and the other is 15 minutes away. We also know our neighbors and ther kids fairly well. Maybe too much family ties as a kid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 LOL! Brian says that all the time...just wondering if I missed something being a little younger...probably missed alot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandoFan Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 PEOPLE OVER THIRTY People over 30 should be dead. According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's,60's, or even maybe the early 70's probably shouldn't have survived. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. There was nothing to stop us from sticking a fork in an electrical outlet. 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 pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors! We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this. We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then rode 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 would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. No cell phones. Unthinkable! We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Game Cubes, X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms. We had friends! We went outside and found them. We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt. We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents? We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it, or punch harder next time. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and mud pies, and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever. 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. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't went out and started their own team. Some students choose not to be 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. 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 and 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're one of them! Congratulations. Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good... Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it? White-washing and oversimplification has never been THIS fun!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernuke Posted December 9, 2003 Author Share Posted December 9, 2003 Pshaw......you old people. You listen here you little whipersnapper (by the way I am shaking my fist at you as I say this). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernuke Posted December 9, 2003 Author Share Posted December 9, 2003 White-washing and oversimplification has never been THIS fun!!! Come on that is what old folks do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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