Remember when? (814 hits)
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Submitted by Anjie <anjiekristeena.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2003-09-08 17:14:37 EDT
I got this in an email today, and I thought of the Uber users....
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 probably shouldn't have survived.
Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
We had no child-proof lids or locks 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 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, although we were told it would happen , we did not put out any eyes.
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, not sue the league because their child is sports challenged.
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, even if your parents and the teacher or principal were good friends.
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!
But maybe these were just my childhood experiences...
User Reviews
Submitted by SubstnceP (user info) at 2003-09-09 09:42:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
The truth never sounded so sweet.
Submitted by Bellebrown (user info) at 2003-09-09 09:14:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I had this kind of conversation with my Dad (whilst we were both drunk, in the pub).
We talked about drink driving laws. He agreed they were a good idea but that he couldnt actually remember a huge amount of accidents actually happening when they were all brought in.
He then went on to tell me about how he used to drive "home" (he never always managed to remember where he lived) absolutely wankered.
We then went on to talk for about an hour and a half about all the things that are bad for you... and how some of the used to be considered good for you and actively encouraged!
Submitted by Nicole3 (user info) at 2003-09-09 08:57:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
It was Oregon Trail on the Apple at school for me. At home, booting up required, I swear, 5 floppies. And how much fun can you have programing Basic - none. It is no wonder we spent all of our free time outside. You got to play with real bats and balls and see real blood oozing out of gashes. None of that fake stuff, thank you.
Submitted by MickGinny (user info) at 2003-09-09 08:52:23 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2003-09-08 20:30:09 (#)
Ranking: 2
I remember all the things you said in your post. I think I saw them on TV or something.
Again, i like this kid!
good post angie with a j.
Submitted by Hadooken (user info) at 2003-09-09 03:32:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
forgot to +2
Submitted by Hadooken (user info) at 2003-09-09 03:32:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I am fairly young and my childhood was like that too. Its a damn shame how things are becoming.
Submitted by Otter (user info) at 2003-09-09 03:01:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I remeber playing Castle Wolfenstein on my Apple II plus with the green monitor and five by five floppy disks.
Good times, good times...
Submitted by Hairsphincter (user info) at 2003-09-09 02:48:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
God, I remember all of that.
If you were lost, you were told to ask a stranger for directions.
What happened in the past 15 years?
Submitted by MOssiah (user info) at 2003-09-09 02:37:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Ditto Dooza
Submitted by Raimee (user info) at 2003-09-08 22:37:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I liked this a lot!
Submitted by Semi_Random_Joe (user info) at 2003-09-08 21:36:41 EDT (#)
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OK, enough Über. I'm going outside to skate.
Submitted by DooZa (user info) at 2003-09-08 21:21:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Allmost like when I was a kid .. sometimes I love how australia is behind everyone else
*adjusts his hypercolour shirt*
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2003-09-08 20:50:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
good times...
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2003-09-08 20:30:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I remember all the things you said in your post. I think I saw them on TV or something.
Submitted by lucid (user info) at 2003-09-08 20:04:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
That's what I remember most about being a kid. I couldn't stay in the house even if I wanted to. I was forced to go outside. The one and only television was downstairs with the old man glued to it watching NBC News and car races all day anyway.
When we did get a video game it required taking a plastic covering that looked like an old west town and covering the tv with it. We then sat on the couch and tried to shoot at the white dots with a light gun when they popped in the plastic windows. It got really boring once we figured out that it didn't even matter if you aimed the gun.
All of that changed when Atari came out. I remember getting a hard on when I got Porky's Revenge in exchange for 3 of my carts from a 4th grade friend. That game was awesome. You could see little brown dots on little pink blocks that almost looked like a little pink girl.
Submitted by Anjie (user info) at 2003-09-08 17:46:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Intelevision....I like that. I was born in '79. I remember most of this....plus my parents didn't let me stay inside and watch TV.
Submitted by Chad_Sexington (user info) at 2003-09-08 17:42:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Phinch (user info) at 2003-09-08 17:42:31 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by SoHipItHurts (user info) at 2003-09-08 17:36:53 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by gr8_ceezers_gh0st (user info) at 2003-09-08 17:28:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm not even that old(25) yet...i think that's not old, but i remember most of this stuff from the days of Intelevision.
Submitted by Illicit_Joe (user info) at 2003-09-08 17:19:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Towards the end I was surprised I didn't read "We had to walk 10 miles to the bus stop in 3 feet of snow, up hill, both ways!"
Submitted by Snipa (user info) at 2003-09-08 17:16:17 EDT (#)
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I was a kid in da 30's