CONGRATS!! To all those born in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, and 70's

Probably already posted here but love it!!!



CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BORN IN 1930's, 1940's, 50's, 60's, 70's and Early 80's !!! First, you survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, your baby cots were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
You had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when you rode your bikes, you had no helmets, not to mention, the risks you took hitchhiking .. As children, you would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.Riding in the back of a van - loose - was always great fun.
You drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a bottle. You shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.

You ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but you weren't overweight because...... YOU WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
You 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 you all day. And you were OK.
You would spend hours building your go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out you forgot the brakes.
After running into the bushes a few times, you learned to solve the problem .

You did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no text messaging, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........YOU HAD FRIENDS and you went outside and found them!
You fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents you played with worms(well most boys did) and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

You made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although you were told it would happen, you did not poke out any eyes.
You rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Local teams 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 you out if you broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law! This generation has 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.

You had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and you learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And 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 our lives for our own good.
And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

Not sure why we deserve any congratulations. We are the ones who created this litigious, paranoid, and feminized society we have now.

How hard can it be to have a decent lay out (fuck you).
And apart from that, this shit has been copied more times on the internet than hitler raised his hand (beat that) (fuck you once more).

Have a great day bud!

lol, you beat me to the edit :)
cheers mate.

just a bit grumpy today.

Just a quick copy and paste. Feeling a bit sentimental today.

Probably already posted here but love it!!!



CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BORN IN 1930's, 1940's, 50's, 60's, 70's and Early 80's !!! First, you survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, your baby cots were covered with bright colored lead-based paints. You had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when you rode your bikes, you had no helmets, not to mention, the risks you took hitchhiking .. As children, you would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.Riding in the back of a van - loose - was always great fun. You drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a bottle. You shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. You ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but you weren't overweight because...... YOU WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!! You 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 you all day. And you were OK. You would spend hours building your go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out you forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, you learned to solve the problem . You did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no text messaging, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........YOU HAD FRIENDS and you went outside and found them! You fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents you played with worms(well most boys did) and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although you were told it would happen, you did not poke out any eyes. You rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Local teams 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 you out if you broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! This generation has 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. You had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and you learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And 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 our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

I figured it must have been posted a million times. Just a quick copy and paste. Feeling a bit sentimental today.

OP I was just writing today about how I think we should all throw away our cell phones. I miss the old days when human beings could be human beings. This planet must have been hijacked by aliens. Time to take it back.

I can remember taking a bowie knife to Show-and-Tell.

It was well regarded.

Probably already posted here but love it!!!



CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BORN IN 1930's, 1940's, 50's, 60's, 70's and Early 80's !!! First, you survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, your baby cots were covered with bright colored lead-based paints. You had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when you rode your bikes, you had no helmets, not to mention, the risks you took hitchhiking .. As children, you would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.Riding in the back of a van - loose - was always great fun. You drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a bottle. You shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. You ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but you weren't overweight because...... YOU WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!! You 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 you all day. And you were OK. You would spend hours building your go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out you forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, you learned to solve the problem . You did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no text messaging, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........YOU HAD FRIENDS and you went outside and found them! You fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents you played with worms(well most boys did) and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although you were told it would happen, you did not poke out any eyes. You rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Local teams 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 you out if you broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! This generation has 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. You had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and you learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And 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 our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

I remember when we were stuck in-doors for whatever reason, one of my favorite games to play was battle. We would get our hundreds of little green army men, set them up five to seven feet away from each other, like a battle field, then take turns using a piece of balled-up foil as a canon. Last man standing won.

Those were the days.

And kids actually used the phone to talk by voice! Imagine!

And the only feature dolls had -- sometimes -- was the "drink and wet"(until Chatty Baby and Chatty Cathy came along).

And TV (and radio) was all G-rated, and kids didn't cuss -- or at least not in front of adults.

And most kids (usually) respected teachers, even in junior high!

And holidays were allowed to be celebrated in school without so much worrying about offending others. (And, yeah, I am talking about Christmas concerts with actual carols. Although I think it is right to do one's best to not offend others, I think that Christian Christmas carols should still be allowed, along with presentations/songs from other religions. And I am an agnostic!! Sorry if this makes me a hypocrite.)

Anyone else want to reminisce what else was good about the good old days? (And, yeah, I know that they certainly not perfect what with so much permitted racism and other defects, but we are talking about what was so great about being kids then, right?)

Great post, OP -- even if it was copied! (Although in the future, you might want to acknowledge that and give a source if you know it.)

Well, I cussed a bunch then and still do...sorry about that. But I can turn it on and off. Not sure we respected our teachers much more, but you're probably right.

Some of the staff at the place I work get together to sing Christmas carols during the holiday for the patients. They are not allowed to sing songs with Christ or Jesus mentioned....can you fucking imagine that?

About cussing -- well, I don't think that you said the "f-word" in front of a teacher, did you? LOL!!

And by respecting teachers, I guess I should have said "appeared to respect teachers." Well, at least the kids today are more honest about their feelings and do not feel the need to hide them so much. (Although in some cases, I am not so sure that some feelings should NOT be hidden more! Again, sorry if that makes it appear that I support hypocrisy.)

Not sure why we deserve any congratulations. We are the ones who created this litigious, paranoid, and feminized society we have now.

You are 10,000% right. When I was young parents didn't want to run their child's life.

When I was a kid I played outside, away from my house in the 3rd largest city at the time. I there were no cell phones, if I said I was going to Lynn's and then we decided to go to Judy's I went home and called through the screen door. I knew to be home for dinner.

I never went on a play date. I roller skated and rode my bike on pavements without a helmet, knee pads or designated bike lanes. If I fell down & hurt myself I got a band aid no lawyers were consulted.

No one had ADD; kids who couldn't sit still got yelled at or smacked by the nuns not medicated. Everyone ate peanut butter, everyone got chicken pox, we took St Joseph's children's aspirin and chewed asper-gum.

My school had no guards, metal detectors or police officers.

No one ever said "hypoallergenic, natural or free trade"

Most parents didn't go to their kids games and none went to practices. If your parents came to all of them the other kids thought they or you were weird.

When I was 5 I walked to school and walked home - alone there were crossing guards and neighbors along the way - it was fine. We went trick or treating without adults, outdoors after dark on Halloween.

We knew everyone wasn't gifted and only the winners got a trophy. Every child wasn't going to college, lots of them were going into trades. You learned to try harder and study harder. You fought your own battles, some times with fists.

No one worried about dirt, germs or sunscreen.

I remember when we were stuck in-doors for whatever reason, one of my favorite games to play was battle. We would get our hundreds of little green army men, set them up five to seven feet away from each other, like a battle field, then take turns using a piece of balled-up foil as a canon. Last man standing won.

You are 10,000% right. When I was young parents didn't want to run their child's life.

When I was a kid I played outside, away from my house in the 3rd largest city at the time. I there were no cell phones, if I said I was going to Lynn's and then we decided to go to Judy's I went home and called through the screen door. I knew to be home for dinner.

I never went on a play date. I roller skated and rode my bike on pavements without a helmet, knee pads or designated bike lanes. If I fell down & hurt myself I got a band aid no lawyers were consulted.

No one had ADD; kids who couldn't sit still got yelled at or smacked by the nuns not medicated. Everyone ate peanut butter, everyone got chicken pox, we took St Joseph's children's aspirin and chewed asper-gum.

My school had no guards, metal detectors or police officers.

No one ever said "hypoallergenic, natural or free trade"

Most parents didn't go to their kids games and none went to practices. If your parents came to all of them the other kids thought they or you were weird.

When I was 5 I walked to school and walked home - alone there were crossing guards and neighbors along the way - it was fine. We went trick or treating without adults, outdoors after dark on Halloween.

We knew everyone wasn't gifted and only the winners got a trophy. Every child wasn't going to college, lots of them were going into trades. You learned to try harder and study harder. You fought your own battles, some times with fists.

No one worried about dirt, germs or sunscreen.

Cookie lady, you are SO right! I especially miss the following (from your post): "When I was 5 I walked to school and walked home - alone there were crossing guards and neighbors along the way - it was fine. We went trick or treating without adults, outdoors after dark on Halloween."

I think I lament that almost as much as anything stated in this thread. Sad, sad times we are living in now.

I wish TV had never been invented. It turned us into a bunch of neurotic losers.