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    I was born in the 60s

    ............ and I survived a mother that smoked and drank while she carried me.

    She ate tuna from a can and didn’t get tested for diabetes.

    I was put in a crib covered in lead based paint.

    There were no child-proof medicine bottles in the house or child proof locks on cabinet doors.

    I rode in big American V8 cars with no seat belts, air bags OR CHILD SAFTY SEATS. Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.

    I rode my bike without a helmet.

    I drank water from a garden hose and not from a plastic bottle.

    I shared my soda with my friends, from the same glass bottle and none of us died from it.

    I ate cup cakes, white bread, real butter, put brown gravy on everything and drank soft drinks with real sugar and I wasn’t over weight.

    I was always outside PLAYING.

    I‘d walk to school in the morning. Say the pledge of allegiance and not be afraid to say the words, “UNDER GOD.”

    I would stay out and play all day as long as I was back home “by the time the street lights came on.”


    I played in the dirt. I built tree forts made of scrap wood up in very tall trees. I explored every inch of my neighborhood.

    I collected glass bottles to return for 5 cents so I could buy some chocolate or rock candy.

    No one was able to reach me all day and I was OK.

    I fell out of trees, wrecked on my bike, skinned my knees, broke my right arm and there were no law suits over it.

    I knew my neighbors. I would even make $5 cutting their lawn every now and then.

    I was trusted with a BB gun a the age of 10.

    I never washed my hands.

    I actually walked up to my friends house to knock on the door or ring the door bell.

    My friends parents were Mr. or Mrs. and spoken to as Sir or Ma’am.

    When I passed somebody on the sidewalk they were greeted with , “G’morning” or , “ How do you do?” I didn’t pretend they weren’t there.

    If I did wrong I got my bottom “whipped.” No questions asked. Nobody worried about my self esteem.

    I was free to fail and succeed. My actions were my responsibility.

    I knew to be somewhere on time, right on time.

    I knew the value of hard work.

    I respected my elders. I dressed appropriately for school, for church and for myself.


    I didn’t have video games, 2,000,000 channels on TV, taped movies, surround sound, cell phone or internet and I survived.
    Mike Allen, Tigé owner since 1997

    #2
    True!

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      #3
      Yah, and we all played with lawn darts too. And if Little Johnny got stuck with one, the rest of the kids in the neighborhood learned to jump out of the way
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        #4
        I got $10 a yard...

        When you got in a fight, it was with your fists, no guns...

        Cartoons were only on Saturday morning...

        It is the media that has blown things out of whack! Too many news channels
        If its not fun, Why do it?

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          #5
          When was the 60's?

          "I want to know God's thoughts, the rest are just details"

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            #6
            This applies to us young born in the 70's guys as well

            Funny thought after reading this. My grandparents moved from Mississippi back to California after WWII and they put my dad in a drawer filled with blankets and pillows in the back seat of their car for the trip across the country. If some one did that now they would be locked up and thrown in jail. No car seats or seat belts back then.

            Don't forget if you have kids and agree with it then make sure to teach some of it so we can bring it back.

            My friends parents were Mr. or Mrs. and spoken to as Sir or Ma’am.
            We teach this to our kids and make them do it!
            Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
            Winston Churchill

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              #7
              I was a product of the 80's and that is how I remember my childhood........
              Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. Albert Einstein

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                #8
                applies to the late 70's too!
                Originally posted by G-MONEY
                It hurts me to say it but go OU but only for this weekend!!!!

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                  #9
                  Applies to the 50's as well
                  Let it be!!!

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by chpthril View Post
                    Yah, and we all played with lawn darts too.
                    Those things were fun, until you have to pay for the broken window.
                    The sun never sets on a badass

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                      #11
                      Only difference today is that we have more mechanical toys and Evil Knievel was replaced by Matt Hoffman
                      Cursed by a fortune cookie: "Your principles mean more to you than any money or success."

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                        #12
                        very true Dog.

                        Lawn dards were the coolest, we liked to see how far we could throw them
                        Originally posted by G-MONEY
                        It hurts me to say it but go OU but only for this weekend!!!!

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Domsz06 View Post
                          see how far we could throw them
                          Don't we all, it's just we weren't expecting that house at the end on the felid to move so close.
                          The sun never sets on a badass

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                            #14
                            ha ha ha!! or my brother taking 10 steps forward
                            Originally posted by G-MONEY
                            It hurts me to say it but go OU but only for this weekend!!!!

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                              #15
                              I don't get it, dose the explanation come with or is there an extra fee? There wouldn't be an extra fee if it were the 60's...probably
                              The sun never sets on a badass

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