To All The Kids Who Were Born In The...

[SUBMAN1]

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN 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 carried us.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were 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 children, we would ride in cars with no 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 soda pop with sugar in it, 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 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound,no cellphones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet 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 yelled for 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!

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.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we 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.

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

PS -The big type is because your eyes are shot at your age

[waste gate]

I'm one of those kids and I had a great time. Thanks for taking me back!!!!

[Iceman]

Bravo Bravo!!!!!

[CCIP]

Peh! It might not have been in the 70's or before - but I'm a Soviet child, beat that gringos :p

[TteFAboB]

I actually ran with scissors once or twice and lived.

WARNING: KIDS, DON'T DO THIS! YOU'll DIE! I did! But then my corpse suffered massive doses of radiation and I came back from the dead, I'm a zombie and my purpose in this undead life is to eat the brains of kids who run around with scissors.

I never ate worms though.:-? Blergh!:ping:

[waste gate]

I think in the early to mid '70s is when it started to change. In the '80s the mess was done and now we have a bunch of adults who cannot cope with the hard world where competition is what gets you ahead in the world and whose mommies have castrated them.

Here is an example of what I'm speaking of. Ten kids get sick in a population of four million and its a news story. Rediculous, and would only happen in a castrated society.
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=64874

[August]

Peh! It might not have been in the 70's or before - but I'm a Soviet child, beat that gringos :p

I survived Catholic school. BAM!

[waste gate]

Peh! It might not have been in the 70's or before - but I'm a Soviet child, beat that gringos :p

I survived Catholic school. BAM!

I survived Catholic Military School.

[August]

I survived Catholic Military School.

:o You win the thread you poor poor man!

[Linton]

.....and if you are British Gordon Brown is now extracting every penny out of you and will leave you in poverty when you retire.

[waste gate]

I survived Catholic Military School.

:o You win the thread you poor poor man!

Don't feel badly for me. Looking back I think I enjoyed the discipline and the opportunity for advancement which was clearly laid out. Not that I was perfect by any stretch of the imagination. Spent a few hours in the head masters office and was rewarded with the appropriate reduction in rank (military schools award rank).

I look very fondly on my time at the school. It is defunct now. Probably because it created too many people that the mommies of the world (read nanny state, welfare state, socialists...etc) didn't like.

[STEED]

.....and if you are British Gordon Brown is now extracting every penny out of you and will leave you in poverty when you retire.

So spend all your money now and when your penny less stick to fingers up to the chancer and say you can't get anymore out of me you.................

And stop paying Council Tax it's crippling me and another rise will finish me out right.

Back to the topic
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
I remember in summer the lights would come on about 11pm and it was not very dark then.

[CCIP]

Peh! It might not have been in the 70's or before - but I'm a Soviet child, beat that gringos :p
I survived Catholic school. BAM!

Actually I beat everyone. Cause my high school here in Canada was also Catholic :p

So BAM - I survived both Soviet and Catholic, and ended up neither religious nor communist. You can imagine the sort of attitude that involved :|\\

[waste gate]

One of the things I remember about my childhood, I was probably eight maybe 9 or 10 years old. My family lived in Dallas, TX at the time.

Racing the cars from the the top of my street and having to race them twice when the came from the bottom of the street. This game was played at dusk or after dark when we could see the headlights. Man it was fun! We raced them and won more often than not. We were gods!


Thanks for making this post SUBMAN1! So many great memories are flooding in.

[KevinB]

Oulaw Political Correctness, outlaw cell phones to kids, let them grow up without being wrapped in cotton wool and growing up to be nancy boys later in life.

[SmokinTep]

Kids today are so freakin spoiled.

[Konovalov]

I'm one of those kids and I had a great time. Thanks for taking me back!!!!

:yep: Spot on.

I was born in 1974. One of my favourite memories were the days when we would get milk bottles with the foil lid on the top. It was always a bit of a battle for who got to open the new bottle of milk and get the first pour. This first pour was prized because the milk at the top of the bottle was extra creamy which made ones breakfast cereal oh so delicious. Unfortunately now all milk is in cardboard or plastic cartons and the creamy bit at the top no longer exists. :cry:

[Kpt Lothar]

how about 1980ers? does it apply either?

[The Avon Lady]

So many people starved to death in China on account of my eating every last morsel on my plate. :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Takeda Shingen]

I know a guy who stuck his head in a tiger's gaping maw and nothing happened. Therefore, I conclude that tigers are all gentle, and not the powerful, savage masters of death and the hunt that modern zoology portray them. Accordingly, I plan to raise my children with a plethora of big cats roaming the premises with impunity.

[d@rk51d3]

I was born in 1974..........



Ahhh, 74 was a great year here wasn't it. :up:

[SUBMAN1]

I know a guy who stuck his head in a tiger's gaping maw and nothing happened. Therefore, I conclude that tigers are all gentle, and not the powerful, savage masters of death and the hunt that modern zoology portray them. Accordingly, I plan to raise my children with a plethora of big cats roaming the premises with impunity.

Yep - you missed the point. A lot of that point is when we grew up, we learned a ton about what not to do ourselves (ie. We learned ourselves not to put our hand or even our head into the tigers mouth!)- and no, we didn't die from doing it. I take it though that you must have grown up much later, which is fine. I made a new thread to deal with late comers since late comers have been sheltered way to much to even know how to deal with real life:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=105837

-S

[STEED]

Oulaw Political Correctness, outlaw cell phones to kids, let them grow up without being wrapped in cotton wool and growing up to be nancy boys later in life.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I have to agree with that. :up: :up:

[Takeda Shingen]

Yep - you missed the point. A lot of that point is when we grew up, we learned a ton about what not to do ourselves (ie. We learned ourselves not to put our hand or even our head into the tigers mouth!)- and no, we didn't die from doing it. I take it though that you must have grown up much later, which is fine. I made a new thread to deal with late comers since late comers have been sheltered way to much to even know how to deal with real life:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=105837

-S

Ooh! Vitriol!

In actuality, I am refering to your first few statements. Most especially, the smoking and drinking while pregnant. We know of the harmful effects of this by the fact that many children died or were born with very serious deformities. The fact that your mother may have done so and that you had not been scathed indicates that you were lucky, not wise, just as the man with the tiger was.

I was born in '76. I am 30 years old. That I do not agree with you is not a prerequisite of youth and inexperience.

[AVGWarhawk]

I was born in 1965. Damn I'm getting old. Time for the mid-life crisis. I'm not going to cheat on my wife....I'm going to go buy a super computer.:up:

I loved growing up in the 70 and 80. TV pong at its bests

[SUBMAN1]

I was born in 1965. Damn I'm getting old. Time for the mid-life crisis. I'm not going to cheat on my wife....I'm going to go buy a super computer.:up:

I loved growing up in the 70 and 80. TV pong at its bests

What happened to buying a Corvette? That is what you're supposed to do! I'd highly recommend it!

-S

[SUBMAN1]

Yep - you missed the point. A lot of that point is when we grew up, we learned a ton about what not to do ourselves (ie. We learned ourselves not to put our hand or even our head into the tigers mouth!)- and no, we didn't die from doing it. I take it though that you must have grown up much later, which is fine. I made a new thread to deal with late comers since late comers have been sheltered way to much to even know how to deal with real life:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=105837

-S
Ooh! Vitriol!

In actuality, I am refering to your first few statements. Most especially, the smoking and drinking while pregnant. We know of the harmful effects of this by the fact that many children died or were born with very serious deformities. The fact that your mother may have done so and that you had not been scathed indicates that you were lucky, not wise, just as the man with the tiger was.

I was born in '76. I am 30 years old. That I do not agree with you is not a prerequisite of youth and inexperience.

I'm just giving you a bad time. Yes, I disagree with the lines you disagree with, but alass, I'm still here too.

-S

[STEED]

Bring back the space hopper. :up:

Hang on PC England would not allow this its dangerous. :down:

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. :damn:

[AVGWarhawk]

I was born in 1965. Damn I'm getting old. Time for the mid-life crisis. I'm not going to cheat on my wife....I'm going to go buy a super computer.:up:

I loved growing up in the 70 and 80. TV pong at its bests
What happened to buying a Corvette? That is what you're supposed to do! I'd highly recommend it!

-S
I keep my Lincoln. I like the ride better. My wife is 9 years younger than me and she is a sweet ride also:D. But, I would like a car from the 50's to restore. Maybe a 1958 Plymouth Fury:up:

[Konovalov]

I was born in 1965. Damn I'm getting old. Time for the mid-life crisis. I'm not going to cheat on my wife....I'm going to go buy a super computer.:up:

And if you spend all your free time on that super computer what would your wife think? My wife refers to the computer as the mistress and she has threatened to sabotage my SHIII GWX campaign. I responded by saying no need to bother with that as I have the sabotage option enabled via SHIII Commander. :lol: :lol: She was not impressed after that. :doh:

[AVGWarhawk]

I was born in 1965. Damn I'm getting old. Time for the mid-life crisis. I'm not going to cheat on my wife....I'm going to go buy a super computer.:up:
And if you spend all your free time on that super computer what would your wife think? My wife refers to the computer as the mistress and she has threatened to sabotage my SHIII GWX campaign. I responded by saying no need to bother with that as I have the sabotage option enabled via SHIII Commander. :lol: :lol: She was not impressed after that. :doh:

Same with mine but she always knows were I am!

[SUBMAN1]

Same with mine but she always knows were I am!

You just hit the nail on the head - It may eat into her time, but she knows damn well exactly where you are! :D This is a world just full of compromises!

-S

[STEED]

A CLASSIC FROM THE 1970'S http://www.neave.com/games/invaders/ (http://www.neave.com/games/invaders/)

SPACE INVADERS

[Konovalov]

Same with mine but she always knows were I am!

You just hit the nail on the head - It may eat into her time, but she knows damn well exactly where you are! :D This is a world just full of compromises!

-S

I never looked at it that way. I'll try that one next time. ;)

[AVGWarhawk]

Space Invader....precurser to SH3:up:. These young kids today don't know good gaming if it were to bit them in the but!

Pac Man:smug:

[Konovalov]

Bah, don't forget Galaga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaga) from the early 80's. :up: I remember feeding many 20 cent coins into this arcade game at the local 10 pin bowling alley. :up:

[August]

Peh! It might not have been in the 70's or before - but I'm a Soviet child, beat that gringos :p
I survived Catholic school. BAM!
Actually I beat everyone. Cause my high school here in Canada was also Catholic :p

So BAM - I survived both Soviet and Catholic, and ended up neither religious nor communist. You can imagine the sort of attitude that involved :|\\

That explains a lot CCIP... :roll: :D

[Sailor Steve]

So many people starved to death in China on account of my eating every last morsel on my plate. :cry: :cry: :cry:
:rotfl:
How many times did I hear that? "DON'T YOU KNOW THERE ARE..."

[Sailor Steve]

I was born in 1974..........



Ahhh, 74 was a great year here wasn't it. :up:
That makes him only a few years older than my KIDS! My oldest was born in '79 (actually I almost had one in '71, but that's another story).