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Wayne Finch Prowler Junkie Posts: 4011 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: SEP 2000	posted 01-08-2003 03:17 PM Sorry Ed, but I guess this could apply to the 30's and 40's as well. Somehow We Survived You lived as a child in the 60s or the 70s. 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 airbags. Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. 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 hitchhiking to town as a young kid!) 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. No cell phones. Unthinkable. We played dodgeball and sometimes the ball would really hurt. We got cut and broke bones and broke 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 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 did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X Boxes, video games at all, 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cellular phones, Personal Computers, Internet chat rooms, we had friends. We went outside and found them. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rung the bell or just walked in and talked to them. Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent! By ourselves! Out there in the cold cruel world! Without a guardian. How did we do 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. 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. 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 has been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to survive. And you're one of them. Congratulations!
Kelley Austin Prowler Junkie Posts: 438 From: Newport, Arkansas, USA Registered: DEC 2001	posted 01-08-2003 03:30 PM Those were the best years of my life. I don't think I would like to be a kid today.
Randy Cobb Prowler Junkie Posts: 4070 From: Greensboro, NC Registered: JUL 2002	posted 01-08-2003 03:47 PM Kelly - I agree with you. It's alot tougher on kids today than in my day. Yes that have all the creature comforts, but they tend to miss out on the simple pleasures. Plus they have stress and pressure that we didn't have. They are pushed to excel in school and sports at levels we never were. Yes as parents and adults we can contol it to some degree, but it's still there. I try and support my kids in all they do, but also TRY and balance it with things that let kids be kids and not make them adults before their time. ------------------
MeanGene Prowler Junkie Posts: 2407 From: Burtonsville, MD Registered: JAN 2001	posted 01-08-2003 04:39 PM Thanks Wayne, The best three years of my life were in third grade.
Bob Goetz Prowler Junkie Posts: 2895 From: Belle Plaine MN USA Registered: MAY 2001	posted 01-08-2003 04:57 PM Yes I did the go cart and have the scares, baseball, football, basketball been there, had the fights and did not like that much but the things I miss the most are Drive In movies, $6.99 a case for beer. Still have the bell bottom jeans and long hair and the same girl from High School so I guess I'm lucky to have lived thru it and I have not had to change much. Now my Kids are another story!
whealy Prowler Junkie Posts: 1360 From: Carmel, IN USA Registered: APR 2002	posted 01-08-2003 05:51 PM quote: Originally posted by Wayne Finch: As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags. Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. 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 hitchhiking to town as a young kid!) We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors. Of course anyone that were done in by any of these would not be here to argue right? When I look back at my childhood, I think model rockets. How did I ever survive with all the crazy things we did with those? Who was it that decided to put explosive on the end of a plastic projectile, give it to a child and see what happens! Oh Bob, my favorite saying is "Don't you hate it when your kids grow up to be like you?". I know I suffer from that one. ------------------ This message has been edited by whealy on 01-08-2003 at 05:52 PM
ed monahan Prowler Junkie Posts: 33595 From: Cincinnati, OH Registered: JUL 2000	posted 01-08-2003 06:23 PM "Cats in the Cradle and a Silver Spoon.........my boy was just like me, my boy was just like me". lol
Gary C Prowler Junkie Posts: 12017 From: San Diego Area Registered: JUL 2000	posted 01-08-2003 08:01 PM Thanks for blast back to the past,,,,,,,,
CJ Prowler Junkie Posts: 18860 From: Rochester Hills, MI USA Registered: JUL 2000	posted 01-08-2003 08:13 PM How true, how true, Wayne.........oh for the good old days again. When we sat on the porches and talked to our neighbors. When we went to our friends' home and stood outside and called for them instead of using the doorbell! Too bad we can't go back to that way of life.......maybe the world would be a much better place!
fixumm Prowler Junkie Posts: 3056 From: Roselle ILL Registered: FEB 2002	posted 01-09-2003 06:01 AM Thanks..........now i know how old i really am ..Would not give them days up for anything....well mabey the reform school days fixumm
Steven R. Gary Prowler Junkie Posts: 760 From: Mendon, MI 49072 Registered: DEC 2001	posted 01-09-2003 07:11 AM Remenber, fishing in the creek, playing dodge ball, poisen tag, taging them on the as$$, and having someone running around holding his hinny while trying to tag someone else, trying to walk on the railroad tracks, delivering the "GRIT" newpaper. Those were the days!!!
Black Tie 161 Prowler Junkie Posts: 3563 From: MD, USA Registered: JUL 2002	posted 01-09-2003 07:24 AM SO TRUE: Remember climbing on the monkey bars in the playground and it was always built over asphalt!?! No sand, rubber, or wood chips back then! Noooo... You fell, you got hurt! remember parents who thought it was Ok to smoke like a chimney in the car with all the windows shut? Lots of choking back then.... Remember even 15 yeras ago where everyone could smoke in the office, including cigars! I don't miss those days....ugh.
Kelley Austin Prowler Junkie Posts: 438 From: Newport, Arkansas, USA Registered: DEC 2001	posted 01-09-2003 12:09 PM When we were young we were tought the rules. We had to live by them. The rules were simple, don't' mess with them or we were tought what would happen to us. In the summertime we would be run out of the house after breakfast, had to be home for lunch at noon, run out again and had to be home washed up for supper at 5:30 because Dad would be home. We had all day to play ball, cowboys and Indians or whatever we could find to do. There were no worries about some pervert getting us no worries about snipers etc. It has to be hard on the kids of today. They have to be alert at school for some kid going nuts and shooting everybody they see. It must be really tough on them these days.
tangled up in BLUE Prowler Junkie Posts: 11086 From: New Castle, Ind Registered: DEC 2000	posted 01-10-2003 09:50 PM Bike tag, had to hit the other guy with your front tire.....riding a skateboard while being towed on a rope by one of the older guys' cars(like water skiing)....clubhouse in a deserted house(it was haunted too )...climbing trees to the top...spray cans and matches for torches, lots of things this came in handy for....rock fights...blood brothers, small cut and rubbing your hand on a buddies wound....we all carried a knife to school, and there were a few switchblades there at any given time.....riding on a spare tire tied to the bumper of a car(that one did hurt)....model glue was the real stuff and I built enough models to be totally brain dead(still have most of them)....shot bottle rockets at each other from our bare hands...threw firecrackers at each other.....loosened bolts on front wheel of buddies bike and wait till he did a wheelie or went over a curb.....we spent a few weeks one summer building bicycles that were so tall we had to get on and off them from a garage roof, you couldn't stop anywhere without a 10 foot drop to the ground(police stopped that)....bb guns and pellet rifles, shot out the neighborhood street lights for a few summers.........in retrospect, I guess we were vandals by todays standards, but we all survived relatively unscathed......it was drugs and Viet Nam that took the big toll....
ALLEY CAT Prowler Junkie Posts: 36093 From: Mesa, Az Registered: JUL 2000	posted 01-11-2003 10:32 AM Wayne - Truly an excellent post At my high school graduation,,,,,some speaker said: "The best years of your life are behind you now!" I thought: BS Looking back now, he was probably right! No cares, little worries, good times, fast cars, sexy girls, rocNroll, plus jobs and schooling available to those who wanted to improve their lives. Vietnam was a rough road,,,,many brothers and sisters didn't return,,,,but for the most part, life has been good to us. Canuck flag as well. Thanks again Wayne for the MEMORIES
ed monahan Prowler Junkie Posts: 33595 From: Cincinnati, OH Registered: JUL 2000	posted 01-11-2003 12:43 PM A/C, I have to disagree with you totally on that statement about the best years are behind us in h.s. The past 4 years of my life are so much better than the 4 years in h.s. that it is like comparing apples to oranges. (You would have to compare 6 years to 6 yrs) lol. Seriously, I do not want to go back to any prior time in my life. Grandkids are much more fun that kids, retirement beats the heck out of working, the Prowler is the neatest car I have ever had, by far, I no longer have to worry about raising kids, making mortgage payments so financially it is better and Sandy is the icing on the cake. She is truly a rare individual and special so I have absolutely no complaints. My body might be a wreck but most of the important stuff still works great, so I will stay right here and now and enjoy the good times. I like to reminisce also, but that is part of life NOW. You only remember the good things, thankfully. Lastly, I did not know ANY of you 4 years ago and now I have friends across the entire country. Thanks again, Mike and all that made it possible.
Wayne Finch Prowler Junkie Posts: 4011 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: SEP 2000	posted 01-11-2003 06:24 PM quote: My body might be a wreck but most of the important stuff still works great Ed, we don't really want to hear about that!! I have to agree with you Ed, for me the last 4 years have been great. Started my own business, have got 3 Prowlers, a one-of-a-kind Viper, lots of new friends but I'm still working (and way too much).

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