Kids who survived childhood prior to 1990+

[Hektik]

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the

1930's 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, and 80'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 cell phones, 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 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!

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?!

[ZEDEX32]

Hektik, you are so right.:goodjob::goodjob:

[PRiMAdonna]

aww, i liked this...

makes me wanna be a kid again :(


ok /sentimental.

[thecrazyone]

good shit

[4DRGSR]

GREat post...wheres the part where we could have the shit beat out of us and were then dared to call the cops......or having more than one relative beat the shit out of us.....or having it happen in public places like the grocery store or the mall or at church...then were told "if you keep crying i'll give you a real reason to cry"...hahahahaha memories

[JustinSane110™]

GREat post...wheres the part where we could have the shit beat out of us and were then dared to call the cops......or having more than one relative beat the shit out of us.....or having it happen in public places like the grocery store or the mall or at church...then were told "if you keep crying i'll give you a real reason to cry"...hahahahaha memories
HAHAHA, or the "Wait til we get home...." you come up with every place possible to try and stop to postpone the beatdown, LOL!! "Dad, I think we're almost outta milk..." "The gas is almost on E..." "Can we stop and get somethin to eat, I'm hungry..." :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao:

[4DRGSR]

or this classic "go get me a switch from the tree" i always came back with a twig...which in turn pissed him/her off more...thus prolonging the amount of lashes to the ass........or when you made fun of a brother/sister for getting beat...then they turned to you and it was worse for you .......man the world would be better if we could go back to those times with kids nowadays

[JustinSane110™]

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.
Man, reminded me of when me and a cousin of mine got pellet guns, I was 11 and he was 12. Outside shooting cans, the we see a rabbit run underneath a pine tree. We both loaded up a pellet, laid down in the grass, he goes...

"I dont wanna kill it so i'll just shoot it in the foot..."

~steadies his aim~

POP!!....

hit the rabbit directly in the eye, it starts flopping around the yard like a fish out of water, my dad looks outside and sees what just happened grabs my pellet gun and finishes it off, hands my cousin a shovel and tells him to go clean up his mess. He just happened to be grilling that day and he told my cousin he grilled the rabbit for him, fucked up his whole dinner. :lmfao: :lmfao:

[JustinSane110™]

or this classic "go get me a switch from the tree" i always came back with a twig...which in turn pissed him/her off more...thus prolonging the amount of lashes to the ass........or when you made fun of a brother/sister for getting beat...then they turned to you and it was worse for you .......man the world would be better if we could go back to those times with kids nowadays
LOL, man I always got the "Bring me my belt" I knew which one he wanted everytime too, but for some reason I always tried to be smart and get a different one. Take the belt to him "Go to your room, I'll be up there in a minute" I know I wasn't the only one that as soon as I got up to the room started trying to throw on some extra underwear, maybe another pair of pants before the ass beating. :lmfao: :lmfao:

[LS2ner]

Yea, everyone talks about their parents having a belt with their name on it backwards. Well my step dad really did. I remember i had Johnny on my Ass cheeks for like 2 weeks one time.

[wantsanS14]

i was born in '89, does that count.

i got beat broom sticks, the flying sandal.

man i miss honduras

[The Ninja]

yes be proud of being old >.>... j/k

[JustinSane110™]

i was born in '89, does that count.

i got beat broom sticks, the flying sandal.

man i miss honduras
Man, that reminded me of this post I made a while back, LOL!!


Thats what happens when parents are scared to beat their kids, gettin your ass beat builds character, haha. Ain't nothing wrong with a good ass whoopin' with any of the following:

Belt.
http://www.cottage-workplace.com/works/works-ht/belt-photo/belt.jpg

Extension Cord
http://www.asubookstores.com/collegecomforts/images/items/extension%20cord.jpg

Hot Wheels Track
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00062J93Q.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Houseshoe
http://www.presentandcollect.co.uk/acatalog/isotoner_logo.gif

Flyswatter
http://www.atstecks.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/tools/flyswatter.jpg

Switch
http://members.tripod.com/jay_cloth_sectioned/twig.jpg

Garden Hose
http://www.floridaswater.com/images/tipshose.jpg

:lmfao: :lmfao:

[RandomGuy]

Man, that reminded me of this post I made a while back, LOL!!

LIRLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL HOT WHEELS TRACK ME TOOOOOOOOO LMAOOOOOOOOO

[BluesClues]

GREat post...wheres the part where we could have the shit beat out of us and were then dared to call the cops......or having more than one relative beat the shit out of us.....or having it happen in public places like the grocery store or the mall or at church...then were told "if you keep crying i'll give you a real reason to cry"...hahahahaha memoriesHell yeah or if you got sent to the principal's office they would whoop yo ass too!

[BluesClues]

Man how about I still have my belt marks on my arm. No LIE!!!! I would do stupid shit like run around the table or the house straight into a corner and get the shit beat out of me!!!!! WTF was I thinking lol

[JustinSane110™]

Man how about I still have my belt marks on my arm. No LIE!!!! I would do stupid shit like run around the table or the house straight into a corner and get the shit beat out of me!!!!! WTF was I thinking lol
You ever tried to sit down mid swing so it would go over your head and miss, I did... mis-timed it caught that shit right in the back of the head and neck, got pulled back up to my feet and the ass whoopin' continued. :lmfao:

[BluesClues]

You ever tried to sit down mid swing so it would go over your head and miss, I did... mis-timed it caught that shit right in the back of the head and neck, got pulled back up to my feet and the ass whoopin' continued. :lmfao:

:lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao:
I would always try to shield that shit and got hit in the head, arms, hand, whatever was in the way

[ZEDEX32]

When I was 10,I got beat up by 7 year old girl. Thatz because my parents kept sayin' "you should never-ever beat lil Nancy again".

[R.Kelly]

mmm leaded paint FTW

[5thgcelica]

I know I wasn't the only one that as soon as I got up to the room started trying to throw on some extra underwear, maybe another pair of pants before the ass beating. :lmfao: :lmfao:


lol hell yeah man! lol.

oh man, the good ol days, i remember spending every day durring summer, and after school. bein out in the woods, building forts and shit.. man we made this one, one time, it was huge, it had 3 levels up into this tree, then we made a rope swing way up there. crazy 20ft in the air.

ah, goodtimes indeed.

[teggy 2nr]

First, we survived being born to[color=#000000] 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.


dont apply to me, im not a redneck...

[teggy 2nr]

Man how about I still have my belt marks on my arm. No LIE!!!! I would do stupid shit like run around the table or the house straight into a corner and get the shit beat out of me!!!!! WTF was I thinking lol


belts aint shit...yall noe the plastic stick on the window blinds u turn to close them?... :cry:

[~The_Duke~]

I remember getting in trouble for shooting birds off of the neighbors birds feeder with a bb gun...

[eViLMunkey]

What I had a nintedo and the first Sega (not genesis), did the go-kart thing.... yeah never had brakes on any of them...

[~The_Duke~]

What I had a nintedo and the first Sega (not genesis), did the go-kart thing.... yeah never had brakes on any of them...

My parents werent let us build go-karts, so we just used those red wagons...it didnt even have a good way to steer it...

[teggy 2nr]

big cardboard and grassy hills :goodjob:

i was already touge-ing as a toddler...

[~The_Duke~]

What about stick sword fights...it is all good and fun til your stick breaks and you get the hell beat out of ya with a stick...

[teggy 2nr]

What about stick sword fights...it is all good and fun til your stick breaks and you get the hell beat out of ya with a stick...


i went through like a million of those plastc made in china katana swords from the flea market....LOL

[~The_Duke~]

i went through like a million of those plastc made in china katana swords from the flea market....LOL

lol we just used sticks...we would go wander around in the woods and find a stick that we thought was good enough then just go at each other with them til there was only one left...and if your stick broke that ment atleast one good hit to the ribs from someone with a bigger stick that you...

[teggy 2nr]

ghetto ass samurai

[~The_Duke~]

ghetto ass samurai

I prefered a bow staff myself lol

[eViLMunkey]

Automatic Water uzi's