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Old 12-08-2004, 07:20 AM   #1
Arvon
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People Over 35 Should be Dead

Here's why............

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, or even maybe the early 70's probably shouldn't have survived.

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.

Lets not mention the extreme risks we took hitchhiking.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts 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.

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!!!!!

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 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 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.

Tests were not adjusted for any reason.

Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected.

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law.

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and 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.

And you're one of them! Congratulations!

People under 30 are WIMPS!
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Old 12-08-2004, 08:02 AM   #2
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AMEN to that!

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Boy...those *were* the "good old days". [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Old 12-08-2004, 08:09 AM   #3
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Sounds fun!
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Old 12-08-2004, 08:36 AM   #4
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hey, I am under 30, and I did everyone of those things. should I show you my scars?
and up until the late 80's we never had Cable either, only had 4 channles.
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Old 12-08-2004, 09:17 AM   #5
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Haha. That's hillarious.
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Old 12-08-2004, 09:20 AM   #6
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Its definately a miracle that we all lived through our childhood, but boy it was soo much fun.......lol

We even played war games with B-B guns and really shot each other.......LUCKY
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Old 12-08-2004, 09:24 AM   #7
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Sounds good!
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Old 12-08-2004, 09:34 AM   #8
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Hmmm, how old are the people who have made the world "safe"

I think you'll find we're in the age of the coddlers because the people at the top wanted a bit of support when they where younger and are now making up for it with the youth.


Shock horror, but not everything on that list has gone out of style, kids will still stay out all day. People still pop round their freinds houses unannouced, though the walking in bit's far more rare though..


Kid's still ride their bikes with no helmets.


Now a few little things to rain your your parade just a little, many children did not survive the carefree day's, incredibly intelligent people where held back because of minor problems (dislexsia and other simmilar)


Rave on about the good old day's if you want, some of it was good and we have lost good things like a lack of random lawsuits and such, but we've gained a hell of a lot in return.
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Old 12-08-2004, 09:49 AM   #9
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*sigh* I miss the good old days.
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Old 12-08-2004, 09:51 AM   #10
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Oh for goodness sake, Q'alooaith! It's meant to be a lighthearted look at the past. No rhetoric, if you please. Just let us old geezers enjoy memories. K?
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