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Ahhh, Memories From A Child Of The 70's This is a memory piece... I'm sure you've seen it before, or something like it. Funny thing is, a lot of it is true... I remember doing a lot of these things. Do you?
I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW WE MADE IT We licked the beaters from the electric mixers and didn't have anyone telling us we were going to become deathly ill from eating batter with raw eggs in it! At Easter time, we had our dyed Easter eggs in a nest on the counter and they sat out at room temperature for the week after Easter. We would peel one whenever we felt like it. If you lived as a child in the 40's, 50's, 60's or 70's. Looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we have... 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 as was riding on the top of a hay wagon, riding on a tractor, fishing in a creek without any supervision; nothing but a can of worms. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof kids locks on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, no front wheel brake, and NO gears! We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. (Horrors!). 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. Then we played "stop light" and "hide and seek" under the streetlights. We played dodge ball and sometimes the ball would really hurt. We got cut and broke bones and broke teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. There were accidents, but 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 got caught pulling pranks at Halloween soaping windows and some other things that today's "children" are better off not knowing. We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar soda but we were never overweight... we were always outside playing. We shared one grape soda with four friends, from one bottle and no one died from this. 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. 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 took our guns into the woods hunting for rabbits, squirrels, groundhogs, skunks, possums, whatever. No one ever got hurt, or ever got shot because we had been taught from a very early age that guns can kill. We knew that and our parents made sure we understood it before we were ever turned loose with a firearm, be it a cork shooter, BB gun or a .22 rifle. 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, no one to hide behind. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. If I got into trouble at school, I could expect trouble at home. This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years has 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! (we didn't have edits either...  )[This message was edited Wed Mar 26 2:24:34 PST 2003 by June7] |
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ChocolateInvasion said: YOU LIVE? I've already told you, I'm a figment of your imagination... now stop doin' drugs!!!  |
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june let me tell you i remember back in the 20's when we didnt have the internet or lights for that matter i had to masturbate whilst holding a candle...it was freakin hard to do! | |
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Christopher said: june let me tell you i remember back in the 20's when we didnt have the internet or lights for that matter i had to masturbate whilst holding a candle...it was freakin hard to do!
You've such a bad memory!!! Don't you remember? I held your fucking candle!!! Oh sure, you wanted me to hold something else, but I kept refusing... so you settled on me holding the candle. Your memory sucks!!!  |
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June7 said: Christopher said: june let me tell you i remember back in the 20's when we didnt have the internet or lights for that matter i had to masturbate whilst holding a candle...it was freakin hard to do!
You've such a bad memory!!! Don't you remember? I held your fucking candle!!! Oh sure, you wanted me to hold something else, but I kept refusing... so you settled on me holding the candle. Your memory sucks!!!
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June7 said: ChocolateInvasion said: YOU LIVE? I've already told you, I'm a figment of your imagination... now stop doin' drugs!!!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Aahh, the good ol' days...
I had such a great childhood doing all those things and not being over-protected by my parents. I always joke with my mom now about how we (me and my sisters) were raised, and we laugh about how we just did everything we wanted to. "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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Oh my goodness, all of this is so true... I miss those days. ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^
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Ahh yes the good ol' days.. 95% of these things i vouch that i did as a child.. Brings back wonderful memories! | |
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June7 said: This is a memory piece... I'm sure you've seen it before, or something like it. Funny thing is, a lot of it is true... I remember doing a lot of these things. Do you?
I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW WE MADE IT We licked the beaters from the electric mixers and didn't have anyone telling us we were going to become deathly ill from eating batter with raw eggs in it! At Easter time, we had our dyed Easter eggs in a nest on the counter and they sat out at room temperature for the week after Easter. We would peel one whenever we felt like it. If you lived as a child in the 40's, 50's, 60's or 70's. Looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we have... 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 as was riding on the top of a hay wagon, riding on a tractor, fishing in a creek without any supervision; nothing but a can of worms. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof kids locks on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, no front wheel brake, and NO gears! We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. (Horrors!). 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. Then we played "stop light" and "hide and seek" under the streetlights. We played dodge ball and sometimes the ball would really hurt. We got cut and broke bones and broke teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. There were accidents, but 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 got caught pulling pranks at Halloween soaping windows and some other things that today's "children" are better off not knowing. We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar soda but we were never overweight... we were always outside playing. We shared one grape soda with four friends, from one bottle and no one died from this. 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. 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 took our guns into the woods hunting for rabbits, squirrels, groundhogs, skunks, possums, whatever. No one ever got hurt, or ever got shot because we had been taught from a very early age that guns can kill. We knew that and our parents made sure we understood it before we were ever turned loose with a firearm, be it a cork shooter, BB gun or a .22 rifle. 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, no one to hide behind. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. If I got into trouble at school, I could expect trouble at home. This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years has 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! (we didn't have edits either... )
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