NorthShoreBuck
True Madness Requires Significant Intelligence
This is not mine but something forwarded to me awhile ago.
Max_Sterling's thread reminded me I had it.
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. (Not to mention the risks we took
hitchhiking.)
Our Swing sets and sandboxes were made from metal, not
plastic, and had sharp edges and protruding lag bolts.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts
or air bags.
We were usually supervised by whoever was the oldest
even if it was a kid who was just 8 years old.
We went sledding down hills in the snow on rickety
pieces of wood with sharp metal blades, or a spare
garbage can lid with no brakes or safety
features!!!!
Toys came in plastic bags that did NOT have warning
labels stating it would be unsafe to wrap the bag
around your head.
8 and 10 year old kids who threatened to beat you up
after school were not arrested and entered into
mandatory counseling programs.
If it snowed, or if there was ice on the roads, we did
not get the day off because it was dangerous
outside with unsafe conditions
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 swam in neighbours swimming pools and local ponds
without accredited Life Guards present.
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 streetlights came on.
We went trick or treating from dawn till dusk,
unaccompanied and unsupervised.
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, videotape
movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal
computers, or Internet chat rooms.
We didn't have reality TV we had real lives.
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.
Imagine that!
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!
Max_Sterling's thread reminded me I had it.
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. (Not to mention the risks we took
hitchhiking.)
Our Swing sets and sandboxes were made from metal, not
plastic, and had sharp edges and protruding lag bolts.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts
or air bags.
We were usually supervised by whoever was the oldest
even if it was a kid who was just 8 years old.
We went sledding down hills in the snow on rickety
pieces of wood with sharp metal blades, or a spare
garbage can lid with no brakes or safety
features!!!!
Toys came in plastic bags that did NOT have warning
labels stating it would be unsafe to wrap the bag
around your head.
8 and 10 year old kids who threatened to beat you up
after school were not arrested and entered into
mandatory counseling programs.
If it snowed, or if there was ice on the roads, we did
not get the day off because it was dangerous
outside with unsafe conditions
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 swam in neighbours swimming pools and local ponds
without accredited Life Guards present.
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 streetlights came on.
We went trick or treating from dawn till dusk,
unaccompanied and unsupervised.
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, videotape
movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal
computers, or Internet chat rooms.
We didn't have reality TV we had real lives.
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.
Imagine that!
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!
. We used to do that all the time!!!