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I remember. Do you?
Can't Believe You Made It !
If you lived as a child in the 40's, 50's, 60's or 70's looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we have... 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. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention hitchhiking to town as a young kid!) We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors. 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 streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. Our parents knew that all the neighbors would watch out for all the kids. No cell phones. Unthinkable. We played dodge ball and sometimes the ball would really hurt. We got cut and broke bones and broke teeth, and there were no law suits 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 ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar soda but we were never overweight... we were always outside playing. We shared one grape soda with four friends, from one bottle and no one died from this. We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, video games at all, 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, Personal Computers, Internet chat rooms ... we had friends. We went outside and found them. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rung the bell or just walked in and talked to them. Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent! By ourselves! Out there in the cold cruel world! Without a guardian. How did we do it? We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't, had to learn to deal with disappointment..... The teams actually kept score and the winning team was allowed to be excited and the losing team learned to be good sports about it and learned that, in life - sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. 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. Almost no one went to "pre-school" and when we graduated high school we all knew how to read, use proper grammar and do basic math. We all learned how to count out change without a calculator to tell us the amount. The worst problems in school were tardiness and chewing gum in class. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. No one to hide behind. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law, imagine that! If you misbehaved - your parents spanked you and no one arrested them for doing that! We also learned that when a parent said "No" - they actually meant that and our lives would not be ruined forever by being denied every little thing we wanted at any given moment. New toys were received on birthdays and holidays..... not on every trip to the store. Parents gave us gifts out of love.... not out of guilt. This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years has been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. I'm kind of glad I'm at the tail end of the Baby boom..!
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"uncamitzi" This is a Dark Ride 92 Teal SVX LS-L 128K tranny swap with 4.11's Well.. my days of not taking you seriously have certainly come to a middle . |
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...Actually that pretty much sounds like my childhood. I grew up at the end of a dirt road in the country.. When I tell people that, they generally roll their eyes and go "well THAT explains a lot." I don't know what they're talking about
Anyway, we had no television, no computer, no toys that beeped and flashed.. for fun we played with beeswax and colored with crayons. We were blessed to live in front of 500 acres of pristine wilderness touched only occasionally by a passing snowmobile or trail bike (which we were never allowed to ride) We learned how to imagine, how to dream, and how to get along with other people instead of being stuck in front of the television whenever our parents didn't feel like dealing with us. hm.. now i'm starting to see what people are talking about.. -adam |
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Great post Mitch...Brought back some memories..And more than a few feelings of disgust
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Mitch - did you write this? If so it's brilliant. If you just forwarded it....brilliant forwarding.
I remember when we had three network TV stations to watch when the "test patterns" weren't showing. A 4th station later joined up (Dumont?) Oh no, too many choices! I watched everything on a 12 inch 1949 Sears Silvertone console TV that had a PUSH BUTTON channel selector (on the console, of course). I never could figure out why there were 12 buttons. I still have this TV set! It needs a few tubes to make it actually work. Oh well...Maybe when I retire. Ron.
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what do you think your grandparents would say? you had butter? we had to milk the cows and make our own butter. we didn't have cars, we had to walk every where. every generation always thinks they were better because of the things they didn't have. it will always be that way.
it does scare me to think what teenagers will be like in, say, 20 years.
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Mitch,
That was great. I couldn't agree more.
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Ahh...the good old days, Mitch! My Pop forwarded me that email a couple weeks ago. Really brought back a lot of memories. Good idea of yours to share it like this If the younger generation would take heed of it and think about it's message they just might understand where we come from and maybe appreciate the way things were and maybe even not take for granted the way things are.
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Good enough opportunity to dust off this oldie...
I remember when we had to walk 10 miles to school everyday in the snow in our bare feet, uphill, both ways!
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Pearl '92 LS-L 179K (Historic 1st 5-speed SVX) Mods: 5-speed, 4.11's, Group-N motor mounts, dual Magnaflows, cone air filter, Kenwood MP-228 CD/Receiver, white-faced gauges, '97 grill, custom window tinting. Ebony Mica '92 LS 80K Oct 2002 - Dec 2004: Victim of theft. She served me well. You can tell the lack of craftsmanship by the wrinkles in the duct tape. |
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Re: Good enough opportunity to dust off this oldie...
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Memories
Cool post....brings back many memories. How did we keep from choking to death on the little toys in Cracker Jack? Oh, I know.....we KNEW better that to put them into our mouths! Don
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Just a forward
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"uncamitzi" This is a Dark Ride 92 Teal SVX LS-L 128K tranny swap with 4.11's Well.. my days of not taking you seriously have certainly come to a middle . |
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Mitch,
I don't know what inspired you to post that but it is phenominal! I've copied and pasted it so I can send it to others who can relate. This has inspired me to change my quote in my signature. Randy (I'm going to drink out of the toile...uh...I mean hose now) ii |
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Not at all!!!
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I think I will spend some time to backtrack the original and see if we can give credit to the person that took the time to write it in the first place!!!
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"uncamitzi" This is a Dark Ride 92 Teal SVX LS-L 128K tranny swap with 4.11's Well.. my days of not taking you seriously have certainly come to a middle . |
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Re: Not at all!!!
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Re: Re: Good enough opportunity to dust off this oldie...
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I don't know if I should take take offense to that or not.
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