If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
|
Posted by Vikki In WA State on December 16, 2006, 3:36 am
My sister sent this to me. I thought you might enjoy it.
Vikki in WA State.
Those Born 1930-1979!
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-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 infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster
seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up 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 koolade made with
sugar, 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. After running into the
bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, 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 or 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
And 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?!
|
|
Posted by CATS on December 16, 2006, 4:01 am
Along this tack - what do you remember or miss from those
halcyon days of youth that would not be appreciated by the
youth (generalisation) of today?
I miss fried fish and chips wrapped in last week's newspaper
that turned your fingers black
and real red and green cordials that you mixed with clear
clean tap water in a glass
and spending at least two hours outside (basically
unsupervised, walking to school or playing sport or
whatever) every day no matter what the weather
and I remember learning to ride a bike without using
training wheels and falling off and just getting back on
again
and the joy of being given a book as a birthday or Christmas
gift
and being proud to wear jumpers my mum had spent hours and
hours knitting for me
If that makes me old so be it - but I don't think I'm old,
and that's what counts!
--
Cheryl & the Cats in OZ
o o o o o o
show/hide quoted text
( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < )
Enness Boofhead Donut
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest
catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau
show/hide quoted text
"Vikki In WA State" <palnpartneratsawdotnet> wrote in
message
: My sister sent this to me. I thought you might enjoy it.
:
: Vikki in WA State.
:
:
:
:
:
: Those Born 1930-1979!
:
:
: 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-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 infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car
seats, booster
: seats, seat belts or air bags.
:
: Riding in the back of a pick up 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
koolade made with
: sugar, 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. After
running into the
: bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
:
:
:
:
: We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no
video games at all, 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 or 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
:
:
:
:
: And 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?!
:
:
:
:
:
:
|
|
Posted by Sally Swindells on December 16, 2006, 5:05 am
CATS wrote:
show/hide quoted text
> Along this tack - what do you remember or miss from those
> halcyon days of youth that would not be appreciated by the
> youth (generalisation) of today?
>
>
>
> I miss fried fish and chips wrapped in last week's newspaper
> that turned your fingers black
>
> and real red and green cordials that you mixed with clear
> clean tap water in a glass
>
> and spending at least two hours outside (basically
> unsupervised, walking to school or playing sport or
> whatever) every day no matter what the weather
>
> and I remember learning to ride a bike without using
> training wheels and falling off and just getting back on
> again
>
> and the joy of being given a book as a birthday or Christmas
> gift
>
> and being proud to wear jumpers my mum had spent hours and
> hours knitting for me
>
>
>
> If that makes me old so be it - but I don't think I'm old,
> and that's what counts!
>
At the moment the most topical thing I can think of is food!
Our national Womens Institute have issued guidelines on serving food.
The only food our branch serves is at our Christmas and Birthday party
which are for members only, and at our charity lunch in the summer -
salad, cold meats/quiches and desserts.
So now people have to go on courses and get food hygiene certificates.
Food has to be kept at the right temperature - number of degrees laid
down, prepared in a sterile kitchen, etc, etc. Obviously you expect the
food to be fresh and prepared and kept in clean hygienic conditions,
refrigerated properly, etc. but this has gone so over-the-top that no
one is prepared to cook, serve or donate anything (including those who
have got the certificate) for fear of being liable for something. The
days of 'bring a dish' have gone and our Christmas party was a lunch at
a local hotel - very enjoyable but too formal and without the usual fun
element.
So silly - our home-made food was always delicious and well prepared. No
one ever got food poisoning. Just a case of bureaucracy gone mad.
Now I will get off my soap-box!
--
Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin
|
|
Posted by Carolyn McCarty on December 16, 2006, 8:11 am
Good grief, sounds a bit nuts to me. Big Brother and Big Sister have
definitely gone over the top!
Our potlucks at work involve everyone (up to 70 people) bringing a food
item, and despite the variety of cooking conditions and traditions, nobody
gets sick unless they are allergic to something. We've gotten good at
letting everyone know if a dish contains milk products or nuts, which are
sometimes not apparent to the hungry eye, or if a dish is extra spicy; but
even before that we had no problems. My family always did potluck
gatherings, and there again we had no bad reactions (except the occasional
uncle or aunt who drank a little too much, LOL).
I buy tamales a couple of times a month from a man who stands outside the
local Walgreen's drugstore with a shopping cart filled with delicious
tamales. I never get sick from them. And we used to have what we called
the Taco Truck (or Roach Coach :-D ) that came to work, and the ladies who
ran it cooked to order the most delicious burritos, quesadillas and
enchiladas. I cannot believe that their working conditions were properly
sterile, but we lined up at break and eagerly ate every bite of that
heavenly food without a single episode of illness. Indigestion, yes...the
Taco Truck ladies cooked mainly for hungry construction workers and servings
were huge. If I ate the whole thing in one sitting, I deserved to have
indigestion. One serving fed me both breakfast and lunch most days.
Now it's someone else's turn on the soapbox.
--
Carolyn in The Old Pueblo
If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green
If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty
If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty
show/hide quoted text
> CATS wrote:
>> Along this tack - what do you remember or miss from those halcyon days of
>> youth that would not be appreciated by the youth (generalisation) of
>> today?
>> I miss fried fish and chips wrapped in last week's newspaper that turned
>> your fingers black
>> and real red and green cordials that you mixed with clear clean tap water
>> in a glass
>> and spending at least two hours outside (basically unsupervised, walking
>> to school or playing sport or whatever) every day no matter what the
>> weather
>> and I remember learning to ride a bike without using training wheels and
>> falling off and just getting back on again
>> and the joy of being given a book as a birthday or Christmas gift
>> and being proud to wear jumpers my mum had spent hours and hours knitting
>> for me
>> If that makes me old so be it - but I don't think I'm old, and that's
>> what counts!
> At the moment the most topical thing I can think of is food!
> Our national Womens Institute have issued guidelines on serving food. The
> only food our branch serves is at our Christmas and Birthday party which
> are for members only, and at our charity lunch in the summer - salad, cold
> meats/quiches and desserts.
> So now people have to go on courses and get food hygiene certificates.
> Food has to be kept at the right temperature - number of degrees laid
> down, prepared in a sterile kitchen, etc, etc. Obviously you expect the
> food to be fresh and prepared and kept in clean hygienic conditions,
> refrigerated properly, etc. but this has gone so over-the-top that no one
> is prepared to cook, serve or donate anything (including those who have
> got the certificate) for fear of being liable for something. The days of
> 'bring a dish' have gone and our Christmas party was a lunch at a local
> hotel - very enjoyable but too formal and without the usual fun element.
> So silly - our home-made food was always delicious and well prepared. No
> one ever got food poisoning. Just a case of bureaucracy gone mad.
> Now I will get off my soap-box!
> --
> Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)
> http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin
|
|
Posted by Patti on December 16, 2006, 8:05 am
Interesting, Cheryl - I was thinking about this, and remembering all
sorts of things that I (and usually my brother) used to do; but I came
to the conclusion that today's young people would actually appreciate
being able to do them! So, I don't think I can really answer your
question.
show/hide quoted text
(my Mum didn't knit; and I never liked fish and chips >gg<)
writes
show/hide quoted text
>Along this tack - what do you remember or miss from those
>halcyon days of youth that would not be appreciated by the
>youth (generalisation) of today?
>I miss fried fish and chips wrapped in last week's newspaper
>that turned your fingers black
>and real red and green cordials that you mixed with clear
>clean tap water in a glass
>and spending at least two hours outside (basically
>unsupervised, walking to school or playing sport or
>whatever) every day no matter what the weather
>and I remember learning to ride a bike without using
>training wheels and falling off and just getting back on
>again
>and the joy of being given a book as a birthday or Christmas
>gift
>and being proud to wear jumpers my mum had spent hours and
>hours knitting for me
>If that makes me old so be it - but I don't think I'm old,
>and that's what counts!
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill
|
| Similar Threads | Posted | | So Lucky | February 15, 2007, 8:35 pm |
| I'm a lucky guy | September 26, 2007, 12:16 am |
| My lucky friend | September 5, 2005, 11:08 pm |
| OT Today is my lucky day! | July 16, 2006, 2:26 pm |
| DWR templates - got lucky! | February 15, 2008, 12:02 am |
| OT one more is alive! | September 5, 2005, 8:05 pm |
| OT: Alive and well | January 10, 2007, 4:47 pm |
| it's ok I'm alive | May 23, 2007, 4:25 am |
| I'm Alive! | June 10, 2007, 8:33 am |
| OT (and not): I am still alive! | July 24, 2007, 12:09 pm |
|
|
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap