Author Topic: Lets not forget Lawn Darts! (Read 9135 times)

Lady Di · « **on:** Jan 05, 2008, 08:58:55 AM »

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, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking

* As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, 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 Kool-aid made with sugar, 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 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computer! no Internet or 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 poke 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 e veryone 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!

* Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

Rocksurfer · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 09:09:09 AM »

Ahh, the memories. No mention of my favorite, lawndarts though.

Lady Di · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 09:15:11 AM »

Hence the reason for the subject line

I can't believe they left that off.
What else did they forget?

abnormaltoy · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 09:25:40 AM »

I see, as you said last night...you are feeling mighty curmudgeonly!

It is amazing that any of "us" survived.

We didn't have "play dates".

We walked to school...only a mile or so, year 'round.

I sat in jail on several occasions...until my mom came and got me out after work. Then she wailed the tar out of me and (shockingly) Child Protective Service didn't get involved. Oh wait...there was no CPS.

We got in fights...during school hours. I didn't worry that the kid I beat up was going to bring an Uzi to school the next day and wipe out 20 people. I got suspended for fighting and my Mom never threatened to sue...she whoped my ass. We didn't need "conflict resolution classes...because we resolved our conflicts by fighting or playing "kill the queer with the ball". The school principle or, God forbid, the coach would give us licks (not what the kind we would worry about today) with a wooden paddle.

There were no sex clubs in 5th grade. We played spin the bottle...and if our parents found out, you guessed it, we got our asses whoped.

We said the Pledge of Allegience every day and we prayed.

We were graded on "citizenship" and "deportment".

Even the fat kids...played dodge ball.

Lady Di · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 09:30:49 AM »

Ah yes, the wooden spoon! My mother broke more then one of those over my

Rocksurfer · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 09:40:32 AM »

Can't forget about your pet rock either.

Lady Di · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 09:45:07 AM »

KLICK KLACKS!!!
Man those things were fun, till they exploded into lethal shards. WE WEREN'T SKEERT!

abnormaltoy · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 09:48:08 AM »

Even back then...I knew pet rocks were stoopid!

I used to go down to the hardware store big as you please and buy black powder, pipe caps, nipples and fuses to make my own pipe bombs.

Lady Di · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 09:51:57 AM »

We weren't bussed to schools across the state to keep all things equal. You lived in a school district and went to that school.

Rocksurfer · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 09:57:39 AM »

Now this is a real bike.

abnormaltoy · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 10:01:44 AM »

Quote from: Rocksurfer on Jan 05, 2008, 09:57:39 AM

Now this is a real bike.

I am feelin you man. What memories!

Tice · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 10:04:35 AM »

Man you guys are old!!!

Though I am getting up there! I remember staying home after school by my self when I was 10, til my mom got home. Now parents get in trouble for that crap!

abnormaltoy · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 10:09:52 AM »

I may be, much, older than you...but I can watch you come to the realization that the autumn of life is getting closer!

Rocksurfer · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 10:11:29 AM »

Quote from: Tice on Jan 05, 2008, 10:04:35 AM

Man you guys are old!!!

Though I am getting up there! I remember staying home after school by my self when I was 10, til my mom got home. Now parents get in trouble for that crap!

I walked myself to school in kindergarden.

Rocksurfer · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 10:15:15 AM »

PONG!!!

The ultimate in video games, well it was the only video game. Pinball was the rage.

Rocksurfer · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 10:20:21 AM »

Can't forget the ultimate in portable music, the 8-track tape.

abnormaltoy · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 10:24:36 AM »

Quote from: Rocksurfer on Jan 05, 2008, 10:15:15 AM

PONG!!!

The ultimate in video games, well it was the only video game. Pinball was the rage.

Um...BONG!

the ultimate infusion device!

abnormaltoy · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 10:26:52 AM »

Quote from: Rocksurfer on Jan 05, 2008, 10:20:21 AM

Can't forget the ultimate in portable music, the 8-track tape.

I was trying to explain those to my 16yo nephew last night...after I realized he had never seen a manual transmission, I started schoolin him on what "old school" really was!

Rocksurfer · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 10:30:51 AM »

This was an actual commercial from the 70's, could you imagine this today?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJd3PPek6ds

abnormaltoy · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 10:36:47 AM »

Quote from: Rocksurfer on Jan 05, 2008, 10:30:51 AM

This was an actual commercial from the 70's, could you imagine this today?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJd3PPek6ds

People would go absolutely apoplectic!

Lady Di · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 10:52:08 AM »

Quote from: abnormaltoy on Jan 05, 2008, 10:36:47 AM

People would go absolutely apoplectic!

OMG! No doubt! I dont remember that, was that actually a show?

Lady Di · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 10:53:35 AM »

Quote from: Rocksurfer on Jan 05, 2008, 10:11:29 AM

I walked myself to school in kindergarden.

We walked or bicycled to all our schools, my mother never drove us even in the worst weather.
I think my high school was a mile and a half to two miles.

Rocksurfer · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 10:53:48 AM »

It was in theaters!!

..and there were a few sequels too.

Rocksurfer · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 10:56:00 AM »

Remember when celebrities were looked up to and they didn't self-destruct, or if they did nobody knew about it?

Lady Di · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 11:02:01 AM »

Quote from: Rocksurfer on Jan 05, 2008, 10:56:00 AM

Remember when celebrities were looked up to and they didn't self-destruct, or if they did nobody knew about it?

Remember when they were proud to be patriotic?

Rocksurfer · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 11:02:49 AM »

Almost forgot about this game, do you remember Battling Tops? Those things would fly out of the board and hit you in the face.

Rocksurfer · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 11:05:17 AM »

Betamax, the ultimate in videotape.

Lady Di · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 11:05:36 AM »

Quote from: Rocksurfer on Jan 05, 2008, 11:02:49 AM

Almost forgot about this game, do you remember Battling Tops? Those things would fly out of the board and hit you in the face.

LOL!!! Oh yeah. Forgot all about that one.

Rocksurfer · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 11:06:31 AM »

Quote from: MrsWillyMammoth on Jan 05, 2008, 11:02:01 AM

Remember when they were proud to be patriotic?

They still are as long as it's their candidate that's in the White House.

red · « **Reply #29 on:** Jan 05, 2008, 11:16:43 AM »

alot of that is before my time. i still rode my bike to elementary school though, 1.4 miles each way.

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