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How We Survived in the days of old
14 years ago
found this through a post on a family member's facebook post and i remember growing up in those times in from the mid 80's through the 90's. I got my first cell phone in 2004 about a year into college. A lot of this stuff I can identify with, and I'm sure there are other furries and non-furries out there that can as well.
~ According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who
were kids in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's or even the early 80's,
probably shouldn't have survived.
Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
...
We had no childproof lids or locks on medicine bottles, doors, or
cabinets, and when we rode our horses or bikes, we had no helmets.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts 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 and mini bikes 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 Play stations, 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, although we
were told it would happen, we did not put out any eyes.
We rode our horses, 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 parents bailing us out if we got in trouble in school or
broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the school
or the law. Imagine that!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers,
problem solvers, and inventors, ever.
We had freedom, failure, success, and responsibility --- and we
learned how to deal with it.
And if you're one of them!
Congratulations.
*God bless and keep sharing the Good News !!!
~ According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who
were kids in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's or even the early 80's,
probably shouldn't have survived.
Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
...
We had no childproof lids or locks on medicine bottles, doors, or
cabinets, and when we rode our horses or bikes, we had no helmets.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts 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 and mini bikes 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 Play stations, 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, although we
were told it would happen, we did not put out any eyes.
We rode our horses, 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 parents bailing us out if we got in trouble in school or
broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the school
or the law. Imagine that!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers,
problem solvers, and inventors, ever.
We had freedom, failure, success, and responsibility --- and we
learned how to deal with it.
And if you're one of them!
Congratulations.
*God bless and keep sharing the Good News !!!
The trick with nostalgia is to keep the good parts, and add in the good parts of what's new.
In an earlier era, I would very likely have been dead, simply because back in those days there were no seat belts. And no MRI's!
But nowadays, it seems like we're raising up a generation of highly PC wooses. Just like if I were in high school in the 40's I'd have been dead, if I were in school today I'd be in jail. Not for any malice, but just because making explosions is so much fun.