I hate Jersey Nazis....
Back in ancient times when I was a kid(the 50’s) we had all sorts of fun things that would drive today’s bureaucrats into frothing fits of rage: toxic varnish on Lincoln Logs, lead soldiers made from actual brain-rotting lead, pistol caps with real gunpowder, beautiful glass marbles, metal darts, die-cast cars that little kids could swallow and that did a fair imitation of a rock if you threw one.
I remember one kid who brought a little vial of metallic mercury to school and we had a lot of fun trying to pick it up after he dumped it on the floor. Today, this would lead to a Hazmat team in space suits being summoned and the school being shut down for a multi-million dollar cleanup.
If current standards are any guide, it’s a wonder my playmates and I survived childhood at all.
Sometimes it seems amazing that us older folks made it out of our childhoods with all the deadly toys we had and the deadly games we played and no safety nanny deciding for us.
Great post! Thanks for your kind reply.
My mom used to buy me those candy cigarettes back in the early ‘60s.