And That's The Truth!

[Big Z]

I Guess I'm Dated!


Another Goody for the Old-timers:

My Mom used to cut chicken, chop eggs and spread Mayo on the same cutting
board with the same knife and no bleach, but we didn't seem to
Get food poisoning.

> >My Mom used to defrost hamburger on the counter AND I used to eat it raw
> >sometimes, too. Our school sandwiches were wrapped in wax paper in a
brown
> >paper bag, not in icepack coolers, but I can't remember getting e.coli.
> >
> >Almost all of us would have rather gone swimming in the lake instead of a
> >pristine pool (talk about boring), no beach closures then.
> >
> >The term cell phone would have conjured up a phone in a jail cell, and a
> >pager was the school PA system.
> >
> >We all took gym, not PE... And risked permanent injury with a pair of
high
> >top Ked's (only worn in gym)
> >Instead of having cross-training athletic shoes with air cushion soles
and
> >built in light reflectors I can't recall any injuries but they must have
> >happened because they tell us how much safer we are now.
> >
> >Flunking gym was not an option. Even for stupid kids! I guess PE must
be
> >much harder than gym.
> >
> >Speaking of school, we all said prayers and sang the national anthem, and
> >staying in detention after school caught all sorts of negative attention.
> >
> >We must have had horribly damaged psyches. What an archaic health system
> >we had then. Remember school nurses? Ours wore a hat and everything.
> >
> >I thought that I was supposed to accomplish something before I was
allowed
> >to be proud of myself.
> >
> >I just cannot recall how bored we were without computers, Play Station,
> >Nintendo, X-box or 270 digital TV cable stations.
> >
> >Oh yeah! In addition, where was the Benadryl and sterilization kit when
I
> >got that bee sting? I could have been killed!
> >
> >We played 'king of the hill' on piles of gravel left on vacant
construction
> >sites, and when we got hurt, Mom pulled out the 48-cent bottle of
> >Mercurochrome (kids liked it better because it didn't sting like iodine
> >did) and then we got our butt spanked.
> >
> >Now it's a trip to the emergency room, followed by a 10-day dose of a $49
> >bottle of antibiotics, and then Mom calls the attorney to sue the
> >contractor for leaving a horribly vicious pile of gravel where it was
such
> >a threat.
> >
> >We didn't act up at the neighbor's house either because if we did, we got
> >our butt spanked there and then we got our butt spanked again when we got
> >home
> >
> >I recall Donny Reynolds from next-door coming over and doing his tricks
on
> >the front stoop, just before he fell off. Little did his Mom know that
she
> >could have owned our house? Instead, she picked him up and swatted him
for
> >being such a goof. It was a neighborhood run amuck
> >
> >To top it off, not a single person I knew had ever been told that they
were
> >from a dysfunctional family How could we possibly have known that?
> >
> >We needed to get into group therapy and anger management classes? We were
> >obviously so duped by so many societal ills, that we didn't even notice
> >that the entire country wasn't taking Prozac! How did we ever survive?
> >
> >LOVE TO ALL OF US WHO SHARED THIS ERA, AND TO ALL WHO DIDN'T - SORRY FOR
> >WHAT YOU MISSED. I WOULDN'T TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING

[Donkey_Kong]

Amen to that ol'school.

[Sewie]

Very similar to an email I got awhile back

We survived....

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's or even the early 80's, probably shouldn't have survived.

Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.

We had no childproof lids or locks 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 our 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 64, 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.

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out any eyes.

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 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.

The idea of parents bailing us out if we got in trouble in school or broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the school or the law. Imagine that! This gerneration has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility--- and we learned how to deal with it.

And you're one of them!

Congratulations.

[Big Z]

That's What this was--an E-mail--None the less..True Stuff! All of it!......Well Almost!

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.

This is BS!

[dеiтайожни]

Oh you may have survivied your childhood, but all those statements will explain why my life span will be 20 years longer than yours.

[deserth3]

Originally Posted by dеiтайожни

Oh you may have survivied your childhood, but all those statements will explain why my life span will be 20 years longer than yours.

Yeah. Sitting in a nursing home, being spoon fed, pills three times a day, drool pouring out the side of your mouth........No thanks

builds character and resistance...

S.

[Agriv8r]

Originally Posted by dеiтайожни

Oh you may have survivied your childhood, but all those statements will explain why my life span will be 20 years longer than yours.

if it is, I STILL PREFER MY CHILDHOOD!

[KenP]

We didn't have Cartoon Network, PlayStation, XBOX, etc...

We didn't have ADD.