so what's this say

September 21, 2003

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, and 70'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 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.

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!

We got a spanking for being bad and there was no threat to our parents of going to jail for child abuse because we had to suffer the consequence of being bad.

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 you're one of them!

September 21, 2003

basically, our kids are gonna be a bunch of whining, snot nosed, spoiled, over weight, wimp-ass pussies that can't fend for themselves.

hmmm, I basically just described every teenager I know.

no offense if any of you have teenagers. I'm sure YOURS are nothing like this.

TintDude · September 21, 2003

Wow, has this country changed or what?

Mdog · September 21, 2003

wow, did you make that up? thats right on the mark.

September 21, 2003

and my friends wonder why I get sick of all the bull :lol6 going on. It's amazing how blind some people are. Ignorance must be bliss.

September 21, 2003

and then there was :booga somehow it all changed for the worse...

September 21, 2003

Sad but true TTS!!! WAY too much beauracratic BS now and getting bigger. I certainly don't helping someone down and out get back on their feet but it REALLY p's me of when they act like supposed to be that way and they shouldn't have to work for it.

oldtinter · September 21, 2003

We use to play army with bricks... :rollin Caught a few in the head, the stitches weren't bad, but some might think there was a long term effect... :thumb