People over 35 should be dead??

[LXDSMXL]

I read this article ealier this year it makes lot of sense and even though I'm not 35 or older I could relate to most of this stuff, because I grew up doing most of this:


According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the ‘40s, ‘50s, ‘60s, or even maybe the early ‘70s 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 streetlights 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!

[clawhammer]

Very true.

[DGB454]

Good post.

[Heep]

I still refuse to wear a stupid bicycle helmet...

[240NIZ]

Man ...this is so true.

[Jimmiz71]

although I'm not in that age bracket, I feel people don't know how to enjoy the simple things in life anymore. You cant pull my nephew away from the video games, and god forbid he go for a car ride without gameboy...
-Jimmy

[crayzayjay]

Originally Posted by Heep

I still refuse to wear a stupid bicycle helmet...

just looks too stupid

[dirtydx]

appearance before health!

i had a friend in highschool who hated wearing his helmet. Every time he saw a car coming down the road, he would get off his bike, and hide his helmet.

[Heep]

Around here, they made it law (or so I had heard, still not sure if it actually is) that you have to wear a helmet while on a bicycle. I was around 12 or 13 at this time, and bicycle cops were around everywhere enforcing it/encouraging it. I used to carry a backpack with my helmet in it, and if I saw a cop, I'd hide behind a building or down a side street and put it on until I was in the clear

[SeXy_AnGeL]

I miss those days and I was born in the 80's...the good ol' days....miss them

[-Josh-]

Yeah kids are pussies nowadays, hell i was born in 85 i can relate to some of that. That settles it, my kid is going to be spoiled with homemade games that he has to makeup himself with friends like i had to.... The days of basement dodgeball...

[Heep]

Originally Posted by Z28Josh

The days of basement dodgeball...

I made a sort of basement tennis, except with no rackets, net, and with a beach ball globe

[SeXy_AnGeL]

dodgeball...ahhh i use to LOVE that game...the days when you could ride your bike around the neighborhood with a bunch of kids and ppl didn't call the cops thinking you were "causing trouble" or "disrupting the peace"

[nialusa]

Ahhhhhh lead based paint, those where the days. I`m 30 and I still climb trees and still enjoy all the stuff that is now`frowned` upon by all the `do gooders` that have sapped the enjoyment out of life.

[LotusDreams]

Not wearing a helmet is illegal here too.. retarded.

Good post.