Born: 1930-1979

Discussion in 'Help From Above' started by Briz, Sep 28, 2012.

  1. Briz

    Briz Founders Club Member

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    Those of You Born

    1930 - 1979

    At the end of this Email is a quote of the month by Jay Leno.. If you don't read anything else, please read what he said.

    Very well stated, Mr. Leno.

    TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED 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 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,

    Locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.


    As infants & children,

    We would ride in cars with no car seats,

    No booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.



    Riding in the back of a pick-up truck 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, real butter and bacon..

    We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.

    And, we weren't overweight.

    WHY?

    Because we were

    Always outside playing...that's why!



    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. And, we were O.K.



    We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps

    And then ride them 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 and X-boxes.

    There were no video games, 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 and no 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

    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, tornadoes, fires out of control,

    mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms

    tearing up the country from one end to another,

    and with the threat of swine 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.


    A Small Prayer!


    God determines who walks into your life....it's up to you to decide who you let walk away, who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go.

    I need this back. If you'll do this for me, I'll do it for you.

    When there is nothing left but God, that is when you find out that God is all you need. Take 60 seconds and give this a shot! All you do is simply say the following small prayer for the person who sent you this.
    Father,


    God bless my friend in whatever it is that You know they may need this day!


    And may their life be full of your peace, prosperity, and power

    as he/she seeks to have a closer relationship with you.


    Amen.


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  2. John Codman

    John Codman Platinum Level Contributor

    I'm not sure that Jay actually said that, but I take no issue with anything in the previous post.
     
  3. bhambulldog

    bhambulldog 1955 76-RoadmasterRiviera

  4. TheSilverBuick

    TheSilverBuick In the Middle of No Where

    X2! Good post, but I also don't think Jay said it.

    Reminds me of this. :error:
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  5. Fox's Den

    Fox's Den 355Xrs

    That is exactly how our lives were back in the day. I think we did all of that during our childhood, especially the Go-kart thing. We did not have to be a college person to do these great things either. Now we are driven to think that without this college degree we are not worthy of employment. But I was smart enough to take a trade in high school when it was free to take. 1957 is my year.
     
  6. Sergeant Major

    Sergeant Major Biggest Nut in the Can

    I don't care if Jay Leno said it or not. But, DAM!!! Didn't we have a blast!!! (1959 here...)
     
  7. bammax

    bammax Well-Known Member

    I didn't come along until 1981, but I can relate to all those things since I grew up somewhere smack dab in what we now call lower class.

    I remember playing with parachute clad army men on the top of a 3 story staircase
    And having toy cars that fired small spring loaded missles
    The joy of sword fighting with swords made from the neon orange hot wheels tracks
    Junglegyms anchored in concrete
    Swingsets anchored in concrete
    Swingsets balanced poorly on grass that would raise up when you swung too high (we used to see who could make the leg raise the highest by swinging really hard)
    Trampolenes (I have a small scar on my ankle from my friend who never thought to take off his baseball cleats before jumping on it with me)
    Nerf footballs which were designed to be safe, but had plastic whistler bits and pointed nosecones attached
    We were taught not to eat paint chips and then given painted wax teeth to ingest
    I grew up playing with legos back before they had the age limit on them
    I clearly remember a big box fan set on high right on the floor next to me. And I remember getting yelled at when I knocked it over and it came apart sending the blades pinwheeling across the floor
    I remember my father shooting bottlerockets out of empty budweiser bottles on the front porch to celebrate nothing in particular
    I remember walking 1/4 mile home through the projects and past the biker hangout when I was in 2nd grade and only being worried about the neighbors dog that used to chase the kids down my street (that school is now a juvy corthouse :puzzled:)

    Now I feel old :Dou:
     
  8. woodchuck2

    woodchuck2 Well-Known Member

    Born in 71 here. We played kick the can, kickball "if the ball wasnt flat", rode our bikes everywhere, made go-carts and towed each other behind our bikes since there was no hill, went sliding in the winter, cartoons were only watched on Saturday morning if it was raining and even then you prayed that dad would leave the house for an hour so you could sneak some TV time. I can honestly say i cannot even turn on a play station or one of them X-boxes. I am sure the games are fun but isnt there better things to be doing with ones time?
     
  9. gabe

    gabe "GOOSE"

    Born in 1973...and AMEN to the above post started by Briz!!! It left out a very crucial thing though....we were diciplined with belts, slippers, wooden spoons, etc, and it wasn't considered abuse. It was good for us. I thank God and my parents for how I turned out today and I thank them for it!
     
  10. I didnt come along until 90 but i can honestly say that I remember my childhood being much like what bammax described. hehe prolly cuz my parents were from the early 50's. ((Thanks mom and dad!))

     
  11. lemmy-67

    lemmy-67 Platinum Level Contributor

    1970, one of the Gen X'ers. The 70s were pretty crappy, from schools to disco music, the late 70s GM cars my parents drove, and the Fords/Mercs they rented from Hertz. I crashed my bike dozens of times, no helmet, flew over the hood of a car once (Oldsmobile). Went to the ER for that one. At least we had Looney Tunes, Woody Woodpecker, and the Little Rascals. Cheech and Chong, George Carlin and Richard Pryor were the best sources of wisdom.
     
  12. MDBuick68

    MDBuick68 Silver Level contributor

    Love it! Born in 76 and I remember doing 90% of what was posted! The only reason we wouldn't be outside playing would be because of a punishment lol
     
  13. Ryans-GSX

    Ryans-GSX Have fun, life is short.

    I was Born Aug 1966. Oh how true this is. I miss stretching out on the back seat of my parents car without a seat belt. I can even remember trying to lay down on the back deck area under the back window on cold days getting the sun to warm me up when going down the road. If my little girl did that today I would be put in jail. My how times have changed and I am not sure things are really truly better now
     
  14. garys64wildcat

    garys64wildcat garys64wildcat

    1943 Here
    The world is getting to nit picky on everything A very true statement. I have seen it several times and it does bring back the times when kids could be kids. I grew up in a small Iowa town and got my bb gun at 9. and a 22 rifle when I was 12.
    I enjoyed being a kid then, and I had to mow lawns, shovel snow and do my paper route for money.
    Gary:cool:
     
  15. cstanley-gs

    cstanley-gs Silver Mist

    1976 here, I was pretty much like the article Steve posted..
    My kids on the other hand... they're 6 and 2, and they are never out of my sight. They don't go out and play, because there's no other kids around
    their in school/daycare so by the time I pick them up at 6pm, have dinner, do homework, baths its bed time. They get very little TV time. On the weekends we try to do things with them, mostly Disney, we're passholders... that keeps them walking and running around. My 6 year old has just learned to ride her bike to I take her to the park when she asks too.


    The passage is actually a paraphrase of a joke Jay Leno told during his Tonight Show monologue on or about the night of September 20, 2005, the wording of which has been corrupted during endless rounds of repetition on the Internet.
    "As you know, Hurricane Rita is headed toward Florida, Texas and Louisiana. Another hurricane! It’s like the ninth hurricane this season. Maybe this is not a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance."
     
  16. Briz

    Briz Founders Club Member

    What?Ive been out of the loop for a few days while at BG. Is this current or past event?
     
  17. r0ckstarr

    r0ckstarr Well-Known Member

    I thought lead paint was banned in '78. So, why '79?
     

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