SuGaRNSpIcE Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 this is so true People over 30 should be dead. Here's why ...................According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who werekids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, or even maybe the early probablyshouldn't have survived.Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.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 seatbelts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat.We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors!We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in it,but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rodedown 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 would leave home in the morning and play all day , as long as we wereback when the street lights came on .No one was able to reach us all day. NO CELL PHONES!!!!! Unthinkable!We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound,personal cell phones, personal computers , or Internet chat rooms .We had friends! We went outside and foundthem. We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt .We fell out of trees , got cut and broke bones andteeth , and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.They were accidents. No one was to blame but us.Remember accidents? We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learnedto get over it.We made up games with sticks and tennis balls andate worms , and although we were told it would happen, we did not put outvery many eyes , nor did the worms live inside us forever.We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door , orrang the bell or just walked in and talked to them. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those whodidn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade andwere held back to repeat the same grade. Horrors!Tests were not adjusted for any reason. Our actions were our own.Consequences were expected . The idea of a parent bailing us out if webroke a law was unheard of They actually sided with the law. Imagine that!This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problemsolvers and inventors, ever.The past 50 years have been an explosion ofinnovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned howto deal with it all. And you're one of them! Congratulations! Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good !!!!! People under 30 are WIMPS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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georgym Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 My friend just got back from Thailand, and much of what was listed still takes place out there.We just aren't aware of it b/c it's on the other side of the world. Point is we are spoiled beyond belief in this country, while driving in thailand is a suicide mission Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therunner Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 We had friends! We went outside and foundthem. We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt .When did this take place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nomembername Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 People under 30 are WIMPSspeak for yourself...I remember last summer I was so hot in my friends back yard with nothing to drink and I went right over to his garden hose and drank that shityeah I'm hard core, I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatman Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuGaRNSpIcE Posted January 20 Author Report Share Posted January 20 speak for yourself...I remember last summer I was so hot in my friends back yard with nothing to drink and I went right over to his garden hose and drank that shityeah I'm hard core, I knowme too, ive done that a few times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therunner Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 speak for yourself...I remember last summer I was so hot in my friends back yard with nothing to drink and I went right over to his garden hose and drank that shityeah I'm hard core, I knowI remember swimming in the resevoir, playing war, beating up the fat kid, making fun of girls (and then a few years later apologizing), dirt clod fights, breaking windows out of K-mart, running from the neighbors dogs, and all kinds of other good shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelle65 Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 wow so true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomembername Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 wow so truewud up R? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatman Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 ...no drive-thru son....thems were hard times..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 speak for yourself...I remember last summer I was so hot in my friends back yard with nothing to drink and I went right over to his garden hose and drank that shityeah I'm hard core, I knowthats pussy shit...we used to cross the roads without looking both ways...now that is hardcore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelle65 Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 wud up R? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therunner Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 thats pussy shit...we used to cross the roads without looking both ways...now that is hardcore...Shit - when I was young we didn't even have roads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAZE Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 thats pussy shit...we used to cross the roads without looking both ways...now that is hardcore...Yea, I did that in Paterson too, but I got hit.Ouch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAZE Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 ...dirt clod fights...Yo, remember that shit?Remember how happy you'd get when you found the perfect dirt bomb to throw?That shit would explode on impact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therunner Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 Yea, I did that in Paterson too, but I got hit.Ouch. I got hit by a school bus when I was a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 I got hit by a school bus when I was a kid.so there were no roads but school buses when u were a kid??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therunner Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 so there were no roads but school buses when u were a kid???Yep. I had, no shit, to walk half a mile up a gravel lane to catch the school bus. And when I mean up, I mean really straight the fuck up, like 10% grade. My family lived in the last house on a one lane road that turned into gravel and then ended in the river. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 Yep. I had, no shit, to walk half a mile up a gravel lane to catch the school bus. And when I mean up, I mean really straight the fuck up, like 10% grade. My family lived in the last house on a one lane road that turned into gravel and then ended in the river.did u also have to defend urself from a grizzly bear with your loose-leaf notebook??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamme Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatman Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 ....i hated walking to the bus stop....we lived on a big ass hill...long walk in snow and rain....plus if you missed it you had to run across the street to the other stop and wait and wait and wait...and do you know now kids have all these choices for lunch now at school?...wtf is that?....we had one item per day and friday was always pizza day....if you didnt like it you brownbagged it or skipped a meal.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 ....i hated walking to the bus stop....we lived on a big ass hill...long walk in snow and rain....plus if you missed it you had to run across the street to the other stop and wait and wait and wait...and do you know now kids have all these choices for lunch now at school?...wtf is that?....we had one item per day and friday was always pizza day....if you didnt like it you brownbagged it or skipped a meal....lmao...friday was always cold pizza stuck to cardboard and a tossed salad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfitz73 Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 and a tossed salad...That must have been some school... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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