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To All the Kids Who Survived the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s
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Posted on 09/06/2023 9:11:54 AM PDT by jcon40

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930’s, 40’s and50’s !!

First, we survived being born to mothers who may have 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, locks on doors or cabinets, and, when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps, not helmets, on our heads.

As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.

Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.

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, locks on doors or cabinets, and, when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps, not helmets, on our heads.

As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.’

Riding in the back of a pick- up truck 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, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And we weren't overweight. WHY? Because we were always outside playing...that's why!

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 and, we were OKAY.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them down the hill, Only to find out that we forgot about brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We did not Have Play Stations, Nintendo and X-boxes. There were No video games, No 150 channels on cable, No video movies Or DVDs, No surround-sound or CDs, No cell phones, No personal computers, No Internet and No chat rooms. WE HAD FRIENDS And we went Outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, Broke bones and Lost teeth, And there were No lawsuits From those accidents.

We would get Spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles, or just a bare hand, And no one would call child services to report abuse.

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, 22 rifles for our 12th, rode horses, 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 60 to 85 years have seen an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it ?

~~~~~~~

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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: bestyears
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To: erlayman

“”””Very few would seriously want to go back. And many were traumatized or they would be raising their kids the same way.”””’

Your take is way, way off, and ignores generations of legal and demographic changes, for example, law, politics, and government creating woman-raised children in a feminized culture and society and institutions.


61 posted on 09/06/2023 11:13:02 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: erkelly

Bactene for scrapes.


62 posted on 09/06/2023 11:14:51 AM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: CodeToad

I remember lots of deaths among late 1960s teens, a couple of dozen that I knew.


63 posted on 09/06/2023 11:15:04 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: CodeToad

My school lost one killed when hit by car while riding bike during summer break .


64 posted on 09/06/2023 11:24:03 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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To: Chainmail
"We carried our share of the family chores, including cooking, cleaning and ironing.

In the days before permanent press fabric and when ironing boards could be lowered almost to the floor!!!

65 posted on 09/06/2023 11:29:39 AM PDT by lizma2
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To: who knows what evil?

“””Even though I am old enough to know better; I just went up AND down a flight of stairs holding a pair of scissors to cut a couple of mulato isleno peppers off a plant for a fresh batch of salsa.”””

Good point, in the 50s we knew that hot peppers were dangerous.


66 posted on 09/06/2023 12:04:56 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Fledermaus

Mercurochrome! One of my friends had that stuff. We used iodine.


67 posted on 09/06/2023 12:25:15 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: jcon40

Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
= = =

Throwing rocks at signs, from that moving PU truck bed was dicey.


68 posted on 09/06/2023 12:29:22 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob
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To: 4Runner

LOL - good catch. I really do need to reread my stuff twice before hitting post...


69 posted on 09/06/2023 12:29:37 PM PDT by GOPJ ( If diversity makes us stronger, why does it require lower standards? Daniel Greenfield )
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To: 4Runner

LOL - good catch. I really do need to reread my stuff twice before hitting post...

‘bridge’ not bride...


70 posted on 09/06/2023 12:29:57 PM PDT by GOPJ ( If diversity makes us stronger, why does it require lower standards? Daniel Greenfield )
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To: CodeToad

“Far mor kids die to ...”

Do you favor or oppose:

Seat belts

Baby seats

Kids riding in the back of trucks

Pregnant women smoking and drinking?


71 posted on 09/06/2023 12:30:23 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TangoLimaSierra
Remember Fizzies?

Yes! I also remember using an Alka Seltzer when we ran out.

72 posted on 09/06/2023 12:36:35 PM PDT by FatherofFive (I support Trump. Not the GOP)
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To: TexasGator

That’s none of your business.


73 posted on 09/06/2023 12:46:36 PM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: jcon40

Can’t be out playing all day while Chinese and Indian kids are learning math.


74 posted on 09/06/2023 12:46:50 PM PDT by x
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To: ansel12

“I remember lots of deaths among late 1960s teens, a couple of dozen that I knew.”

I don’t beleive you for a second. I am a product of the 60’s, and kids simply were not dying at such a rate outside of 18-19 year olds in Vietnam, and even then not so much that someone knew “dozens” dead.


75 posted on 09/06/2023 12:48:26 PM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: Fledermaus

“Monkey bars on concrete! Fun stuff.”

Even us preteens in the 50’s were not that stupid!

Or maybe we couldn’t afford concrete.


76 posted on 09/06/2023 12:59:03 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Fledermaus

Bactine??? Damn my mom used Iodine.


77 posted on 09/06/2023 1:01:59 PM PDT by mware
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To: CodeToad

In my grade school clas through high school lost one kid. Was sledding down hill, went onto turnpike and hit by truck. Lost about 1/2 dozen within 5 years of graduation to cancer, drugs and car accidents.


78 posted on 09/06/2023 1:09:14 PM PDT by mware
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To: TexasGator

Survival of the fittest.


79 posted on 09/06/2023 1:09:48 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: CodeToad

We had tons of deaths in my age group, the normal cancers, other medical, cars, and motorcycles, I killed one in football practice, and we had suicides, murders, drug overdoses, and shot doing a crime.

There were spurts where it was just plain nasty, especially the suicides.

You must have lived a sheltered life or gone to a small school or something if you don’t remember the deaths of the late 60s.


80 posted on 09/06/2023 1:09:49 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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