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TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50'
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints. 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. As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because, WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING! 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. And we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride 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 did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms....... WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house 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. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, 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! If YOU are one of them...CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good. While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were. Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!
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 1978 V20 Cuddy w/ 225 Johnson. And Several other boat's 
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05-30-2007, 01:10 AM
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Re: TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's,
here here ,,,,,, my childhood to the tee ;)
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05-30-2007, 01:22 AM
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Re: TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's,
Literally my childhood, look at me I'm normal ::)
Lumber want to have a BB gun fight ;D
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Willy 1986 V20 Old School 1992 V20 1992 150 Yamaha 1997 HydraSport 2250 Vector 2009 17' G3 Outfitter "G Spot" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDebw...eature=related "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid on a hand on. I don't do these things to others and I require the same from them" JW
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05-30-2007, 11:03 AM
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Re: TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's,
well we use to use 22 pellet guns for our war games whos in for 22 pellet? we had a max of only 12 pumps.
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1978 V20 Cuddy w/ 225 Johnson. And Several other boat's
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05-30-2007, 02:19 PM
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Re: TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's,
Yous guys are gonna PUT YOUR EYE OUT!!!!
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*************************************** Stay Safe!  Sold - 1984 V-20 Cuddy with a 2003 Johnson 140 hp gas sippin 4-stroke. 1995 Ranger 250C with a 2015 Suzuki 300 hp 4-stroke.
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05-30-2007, 11:14 PM
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Re: TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's,
We use to go to the woods with .22, shot everything in site!!
Would be nothing to be walking and a gun go off at your feet!! I shot at some ice with out telling anyone I was going to, Next thing my friend yells you shot me! I said no way, the bullet ricochet and hit him in the head, So while we were at the hos getting the fragment removed, doc says what happened, friend says I have no idea, I was walking then I wasn't. We had are guns taken away after that!! we were 13 & 14 ;D
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1986 V20  Old Fishermen never die, we just SMELL that way!!
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05-30-2007, 11:17 PM
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Re: TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's,
I grew up down the street from two brothers...one shot the other's eye out w/a BB gun when they were kids...live w/that all yer life ::) ...
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'74 V-20/ BF 150 '95 V-21/ BF 150 '84 V-20/ 200 2.4 Merc '87 V-20/'18 F150 Yamaha 
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