min0 lee

For all my surviving friends out there.
It's funny how the worm turns.

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.

Let's not mention the extreme risks we took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars without 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, not from a bottle.

We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda 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. No emailing or instant messages!
We were fit and trim because we exercised outside all the time!
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!

Archangel

"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13

"For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37

Twigz

, but its the people over thirty that are the ones with the kids that they bail out, sue happy, buying only bottled water....etc.

ILLEGITIMIS CON CARBORUNDUM!!
(don't let the bastards grind you down)

I love vegetarians, they're a great source of lean protien!

V Player

Most of them, yeah, lol. Me personaly Im 39 with no wife and no kids and no one to sue. And tap water is just fine by me, lol. Its all I drink.

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Someday....I will be like you....

min0 lee

I agree, I prefer tap water over bottled water any day.

Twigz

I third that notion, I buy bottled water when my bottle dosen't work anymore. Then drink and refill with from the tap.

I was just joking with ya, but I do see this all the time.

Knock, Knock

Mother "YES"
Me "Mrs. Johnson, we have your son. I appears that he snuck out and stoled your car."
Mother "oh, ok do I have to go get him, or do you have him with you?"
Me "he is in the squad"
Mother "ok...."
Me "ok well i'll go get him"
Mother waits not so patiently
We walk to the door
Mother steps aside well child just walks in and goes upstairs
Mother "well thanks"
Me "no problem"

Next day, mom calls in the morning and speaks with the Chief. She does not understand why I had to wake her up in the middle of the night, couldn't I have just dropped him off, and talked to her in the morning. Not to mention that she is told that he will be recieving tickets, and now is really pissed. Asks what for, and tries to talk us out of it. Then when little Johnny shows up for court, mom pays all the fines, and away they go.
Not to mention that every time we come looking for little Johnny, she hides his ass, or bails him out of jail when we do find him. Then files complaints because the police are harrassing her little baby.

OK, thats enough bitching for me

ILLEGITIMIS CON CARBORUNDUM!!
(don't let the bastards grind you down)

I love vegetarians, they're a great source of lean protien!