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Do You Remember When?.........?

Those Born From 1930-1979 READ TO THE BOTTOM FOR QUOTE OF THE MONTH, BY JAY LENO. IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE---VERY WELL STATED TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930s, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!! First, we survived being born to mothers who 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, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking. As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, 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 Kool-aid made with sugar, 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 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms........ WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cuts, 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 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 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! If 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 so much of our lives for our own good. While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were. Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?! The quote of the month is by Jay Leno: 'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?' For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us...go ahead and delete this. For the rest of us...pass this on.

Public Comments

I remember well. Born in 1957. All I can say is Amen.
In Jesus name AMEN! Can i say that?
I was born in 1942. I remember those days well. Right on!
This has been floating around for a couple years. Yes it's true. One thing not on the list-we used leaded gas. Leaded paint.
I was born 1947 and remember everything here..
I was born in 1946. Grew up on a dairy farm. In spite of all the dangers you listed, I had a great childhood. I feel sorry for today's youth.
well i was born in 1976. So i pretty much grew up in the 80's. As kids than we did have a more tech stuff than those who born before us. However back than we did go out and just play. TV was very limited. we did not have cell phones or DVDS. I do not think tapes came out till middle of the 80's. Alot of those things you mentioned i think we did as kids. Now, more and more kids are staying at home and playing video games and don't get me started on how some of them dress. great question.BTW i do remember saying the the Pledge of Allegiance and NOBODY had a problem with it. It was not an issue.
I do remember....thanks for the memories...
I was born in 1948 so yes, I remember cause those were MY DAYS! ♥
Yes, and in the WW2 years, we the remaining homefront kids, and our mothers,and those that were too old to fight, some were veterans of the first world war, were active in planting victory gardens and learned, we took anything with wheels and fabricated pull wagons to collect and add to the scrap pile, and learned. we were rewarded along the way with the freedom of being able to wander away from home on our own without supervision, and by cashing in deposit bottles we found in the weeds and gutters, and spending an occasional afternoon in a movie theater, where we were shown movie-tone news about how the war was going,but remembered seeing all the black wreaths on front doors,that clued us in on how maybe things were really not that rosy. We were not so young that we did not tear-up when we watched our older brothers march by on decoration day, while they played John Phillip Sousa marching music
Although most sounds American I can agree with it all. I can tell you we never kicked a can or picked up stuff laying around because it could have been an anti-personal bomb. Neighbours would take you in if there was an air raid and usually phoned home to tell your parents where you were. I could go for ages.
Yes I sure remember born 1944 some change is not for the better. Oh those good old days we need them back.
I was born in 1951. I remember. Thank God! I would like to add to all of that....when as children we needed money, we would walk around the neighborhood offering to do odd jobs such as shoveling snow or raking leaves. Now, I wish I could be so lucky to find a kid to do that. Amen.
Born in 1935 and remember all the kid things we did during ww2, we were good little soldiers, tended gardens collected tin foil,listened to FDR on the radio, watched war news in the local movie theater. Because gasoline was rationed we didn't go on long trips so a weekend at our Aunt's farm was real entertainment. Somehow I feel kids today who have to make play dates are missing out on the spontaneity of childhood.
I was born in '43 and remember playing out all day in the 50's and exploring the city where I lived without fear. The only news we saw was at the movies or listening to the radio. Kids today are bombarded with too much information and are maturing at a much younger age than we did.
weren't those the most wonderful years of our lives ?? My best years was back then Man I forgot alot of it til now thanx !
Yes, and I to was a child of the homefront during the war, and had a worrisome over-protective mother. My father however wanted me to be a boy and do as boys did in them days. He grew up too young for ww1 and then became too old for ww2 so he was one of them old guys back then. He would take me with him when he was out making a living as a jack-of-all-trades handyman. Plenty of work building, plumbing, wrecking and junking, and even repairing radios by switching vacuum tubes to see if they lit up, from a cardboard box he kept. I thought he was the smartest dad, and tried to copy him, even though he got on me for disobedience. He drove an old 33 chevy coupe that we would load the rumble seat with tools, equipment and scrap to take to the scrap yard. In the evenings we all of us went and picked coal from the RR tracks that fell off the coal cars that rumbled and bumped through the railways. Sold a fifty pound burlap bag of it for $2 He had access to the stored coal in our apartment buildings basement coal bin, as he was the one that kept the boiler going, but I do not remember him taking any to sell, and always stressed honesty and it's rewards. Now if someone threw away anything that could be repaired, he would collect it, and then luck up by finding the material to repair it, the good Lord was a step ahead of him, and us too.
Have seen this several times but still worth reading again. Brings to mind a good point. One of our 30' something children states how poor and underprivileged he was because he grew up in Military household and we didn't pay for his college education. Now he makes enough income for 2 families and is arrogant and greedy. Go figure.
I so agree with what you have said.
I was born in 1950, and I remember all these things and a few others: Also, there were no remote controls, so we had to move to change the channel. Of course, there were only 2 channels. Most of us had no air conditioning in my neighborhood. We sat outside at night and visited with the neighbors. I walked almost a mile to school through the woods, and no one ever thought anything about it. My mother cleaned the house, but she didn't "disinfect" everything. I got colds and get over them naturally without antibiotics. I got through twelve years of school without my parents calling the teacher even once to complain about a grade. And I had a few really bad ones!! They dealt with me at home. How times have changed!!!
I was raised on a farm so I also remember we drank untreated water from a hole in the ground (well) & all your neighbors had water that tasted different from each others. also dont forget to check the outhouse for snakes before you use it!
1954-AMEN
I was born in 1936 and thank God for this and every day that He is with me.
I have lived through each decade that you mentioned. I felt safe and now I don't feel safe and I don't think my children and my grandchildren are safe. I also had fun when I was a child. I am not sure that children today know what fun really is.
It seems so wasteful to me to watch kids sit on beds or chairs for hours a day playing with video games. I was outdoors everyday riding bikes for hours. I walked to school (elementary school) every day. We didn't have slacks then; I wore rubber boots. The snow got down inside and soaked my socks, the boots chapped my legs, my dad drove right by me ( I Think he thought it would build character) and it was tough work getting through that snow. Three long blocks of walking in that all winter up north. We'd take off our socks and put them on the "radiator" in the classroom. My cheeks got chapped, I had ice sticking to my hair. Happiest childhood I can imagine. Ignorance was bliss. Of course, I could talk forever on the fun I had, loving the little things. To think that a kid can tell a grandparent to "shut up" just blows me away. It would never have entered my mind to do such a thing. And I never got slapped or spanked!
Born in 51 We would leave the house in the morning, come home for lunch, leave again come home for dinner. Play outside until the street lights came on. Or until my Dad whistled for us to come home. When we went home so did everyone else. I can still hear the whistle. We went trick or treating by ourselves. Had candied apples, popcorn balls, homemade cookies. I can even remember taking my dad's check to the bank to be cashed. Cartoons on Sat only and then only until your mom kicked you out.
i'm with the amen praise Jesus people!
I miss the smell of burning leaves outdoors ..
1966 . Anytime I say the " Pledge of Allegiance " God will remain in it . My brother who was born in 1958 used to get into fist fights with Davey down the street and can you belive our mothers would have coffee together as they watched the whole thing going down ? ! ? LoL True story .
52---i still say the pledge everyday!!!!!