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Brought back some memories!

Over 35

People over 35 should be dead.
Here's why ............
According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us
who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, or even maybe the early 70's
probably shouldn'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 rode 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 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.

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 found them.

We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt.

We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, 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 learned to get over it.

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms, and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very 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, 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.

Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade and were
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 we broke a law was unheard of.

They actually sided with the law.

Imagine that!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and 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're one of them!

Congratulations!
 
Originally posted by 97forever@Mar 11 2004, 11:17 AM
I don't know you folks over 35 made it! :mellow:
I've already called you mr. smartypants this morning. But this time it has taken on a different meaning! B) :blink:
 
Originally posted by 97forever@Mar 11 2004, 11:17 AM
I don't know how you folks over 35 made it! :mellow:
no dought, glad I'm not in that catagory. <_<
 
Originally posted by 97forever@Mar 11 2004, 12:35 PM
Old folks are funny, aren't they Bow? :blink:
you better watch it! you just might step in that pile of :bslfag: that Guido and bow were discussing in the other thread! :lol: :lol: :p
 
I saw that!! What happened over there anyhow? Rampant kissing( :eek: ), BS flags....and now my buddy Bow is missing!!


Ok,where do you have him hid, Maj?!? <_< <_<
 
:eek: You have to give him back Maj! You have no idea how hard it is to find a reliable sidekick!! And he was a good one! Do you have any idea how long it took Batman to train Robin? Starsky to train Hutch?? How about Luke to train Bo?? Come on!! Where is he.... <_<
 
:wub: Ahhh...please?? :wub: Not even if I offer you some of this CHOCOLATE- BLUEBERRY stuff?
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1. Kat honey! :wub: My, but you are looking good today dear---as usual,of course! :wub:


2.AND FOR GOD'S SAKE, MAJ,TELL JIMMIE!!Where is Bow?
 
Well, I just went to where I left bow, and he has escaped! I don't know where he is now!
 
TRL, remember when Teachers were respected? I has some of the BEST and was gently chastised when I didn't do as well as expected.
 
Originally posted by TexasRaceLady@Mar 11 2004, 07:38 PM
kat, when we were in school, teachers were the next thing to God. *sigh*
Rightfully so! Too bad "progress" has kinda messed up RESPECT!
 
Yep I grew up with all of that. But where I lived What were street lights and door bells? :lol:
 
I was married to a teacher. Now days only way a teacher can get respect is have a 357 straped on. :lol:
 
Originally posted by 97forever@Mar 11 2004, 12:39 PM
I saw that!! What happened over there anyhow? Rampant kissing( :eek: ), BS flags....and now my buddy Bow is missing!!


Ok,where do you have him hid, Maj?!? <_< <_<
Damn, Just call me Houdini, Maj. had me tied in granny knots, took me forever to get them untied.
 
I can relate to those too. I remember getting the snot kicked out of me several times and it never occured to me that it was anybody elses fault but my own. :eek:
 
So few yununs are able to take responsibility for their own actions nowadays and that's one thing I got beat into be.....that and "If you tell me the truth NOW, I won't punish you as bad".

"Go out in the back and break off a switch so I can punish you. You better not bring in a twig and force me to go find a bigger one"
 
Originally posted by bowtie+Mar 11 2004, 08:39 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (bowtie @ Mar 11 2004, 08:39 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--97forever@Mar 11 2004, 12:39 PM
I saw that!! What happened over there anyhow?&nbsp; Rampant kissing( :eek: ), BS flags....and now my buddy Bow is missing!!


Ok,where do you have him hid, Maj?!? <_<&nbsp; <_<
Damn, Just call me Houdini, Maj. had me tied in granny knots, took me forever to get them untied. [/b][/quote]
I just made you 'think' they were tied tight! :lol: :lol: But, they weren't your ordinary granny knots either! :D :wacko:
 
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