its a tough world. NOT

Status
Not open for further replies.

sirblue57

Player Valuation: £8m
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930s, '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s!!

First, we survived being born to mothers who may have 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, locks on doors or cabinets, and, when we rode our bikes,
we had baseball caps, not helmets, on our heads.

As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes..

Riding in the back of a pick- up truck 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, real butter, and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And we weren't overweight.

WHY?

Because we were always outside playing...that's why!

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 OKAY.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them 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 Play Stations, Nintendo's and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVDs, no surround-sound or CDs, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no 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 those accidents.

We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles, or just a bare hand, and no one would call child services to report abuse.

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!

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers, and inventors ever.

The past 50 to 85 years have seen an explosion of innovation and new ideas.. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.

If YOU are one of those born between 1925-1970, 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 so much of our lives for our own good.

While you are at it, forward it to your kids, so they will know how brave and lucky their parents were.

:lol:
 

Good point but wasn't the life expectancy about 40 back then? :P
 
And the infant mortality rate was more than three times what it is now, for the record. And technological innovation has only increased once the children of the 70s and 80s started getting jobs.

You're just a nostalgic old fart who refuses to admit the obvious, this current generation is smarter, fitter, more handsome and better off then you'll ever be. And our facial hair is cooler. :P
 

I was born in 1989. When I was 9 it was acceptable for boys to dance to Steps. I am well in the gay generation.

Fantastic post btw. We are waaaaay too ( cant think of any other way to put it other than ) namby- pamby these days. As well as politically correct and way to safety conscious.
 
Last edited:
To be fair you didnt really stand the risk of being randomly shot in the streets either.

Swings and roundabouts.
 
And the infant mortality rate was more than three times what it is now, for the record. And technological innovation has only increased once the children of the 70s and 80s started getting jobs.

You're just a nostalgic old fart who refuses to admit the obvious, this current generation is smarter, fitter, more handsome and better off then you'll ever be. And our facial hair is cooler. :P

really?
smarter,a look at the current generation and there "intelligence" makes me worry about the future.
fitter, obesity in children is on the increase, to much sitting in front of PCs and gaming.
handsome. fat and dumb is not really attractive to women, lucky for you, the current generation of females are not as fussy as ours was. or have the same high standards.:lol::lol::lol:
 

really?
smarter,a look at the current generation and there "intelligence" makes me worry about the future.
fitter, obesity in children is on the increase, to much sitting in front of PCs and gaming.
handsome. fat and dumb is not really attractive to women, lucky for you, the current generation of females are not as fussy as ours was. or have the same high standards.:lol::lol::lol:


You try telling the girls I know that. Sheesh
 
really?
smarter,a look at the current generation and there "intelligence" makes me worry about the future.
fitter, obesity in children is on the increase, to much sitting in front of PCs and gaming.
handsome. fat and dumb is not really attractive to women, lucky for you, the current generation of females are not as fussy as ours was. or have the same high standards.:lol::lol::lol:

I'll give you that you're probably more experienced with woman then I am, that you've dated probably a good one or two more than I have. That's something I entirely accept.

But fitness, intelligence? Ha! Someone of my generation could beat someone of yours in an intellectual debate with two brains tied behind our backs. In fact we're so smart we'd use the two brains tied behind our backs as some kind of brain nun chucks to give us an edge on the physical conflict as well.

We can also remember to use capital letters at the beginning of our sentences.
 
I'll give you that you're probably more experienced with woman then I am, that you've dated probably a good one or two more than I have. That's something I entirely accept.

But fitness, intelligence? Ha! Someone of my generation could beat someone of yours in an intellectual debate with two brains tied behind our backs. In fact we're so smart we'd use the two brains tied behind our backs as some kind of brain nun chucks to give us an edge on the physical conflict as well.

We can also remember to use capital letters at the beginning of our sentences.

hmm,where to go from here. lets try this.
your generation are a bunch of overweight whiney little mongs who go on about grammar , yet cannot see the lack of need for it on an internet forum, also kicking ass on HALO does not mean your a fit b'stard who women drool over in real life, just a sad ,geeky little boy, who is probably hanging his assheeks over his chair as we speak.:lol:
 
hmm,where to go from here. lets try this.
your generation are a bunch of overweight whiney little mongs who go on about grammar , yet cannot see the lack of need for it on an internet forum, also kicking ass on HALO does not mean your a fit b'stard who women drool over in real life, just a sad ,geeky little boy, who is probably hanging his assheeks over his chair as we speak.:lol:


Hang on. That's a very small minority of people you're choosing to target there. Granted, you do get a load of proper mongs, but a lot of young people are suprisingly intellectual and well read.

And a lot of people still do sports and such.

Depends where you're looking from. You're looking from the outside in. Hence i'd gander that you know absolutely nothing.
 
I'll give you that you're probably more experienced with woman then I am, that you've dated probably a good one or two more than I have. That's something I entirely accept.

But fitness, intelligence? Ha! Someone of my generation could beat someone of yours in an intellectual debate with two brains tied behind our backs. In fact we're so smart we'd use the two brains tied behind our backs as some kind of brain nun chucks to give us an edge on the physical conflict as well.

We can also remember to use capital letters at the beginning of our sentences.

Careful, that was the generation that made the SR-71 Blackbird and put men on the moon without all of the computers we rely on today. Remember, we still haven't gone faster than that SR-71 and we haven't been to the moon for a LONG, LONG time.
 

Status
Not open for further replies.

Welcome

Join Grand Old Team to get involved in the Everton discussion. Signing up is quick, easy, and completely free.

Shop

Back
Top