35 and older!

[Ranger Mom]

This was sent to me by one of our posters. I know it has been posted before, but I still like it's message!!

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.)

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.

Horrors!

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!!!!!

Unthinkable!

We did not have Play stations, 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.

Horrors!

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!

People under 30 are WIMPS !

[bullfrog_alumni_02]

i grew up pretty mush that exact same way!! well no lead paint on my crib, but growing up w/ alot of borthers and sisters can moke things a little tough. i had alot of fun growing up though.

[Ranger Mom]

Even though you are under 30....we will exempt you since you are a soldier! You have seen and been through things I would have no clue how to handle!

[bullfrog_alumni_02]

i took an online test once to see how old i was. you were supposed to list any physical problems and things that you have gone through in your life and it calculated your age, i came out to 29!!! that was before comming out here also. im alsmost affraid to see what that test would tell me today...thanks RM, your the greatest!

[rockdale80]

i grew up with 3 other brothers in the middle of nowhere on a farm. we grew up pretty much the same way. we never had cable, or internet. we did have a nintendo, but got in trouble if we played it during the day. if it was sunny outside there was work to do, or we played outside. there was no sitting in front of the tv all day. we didnt have cell phones. and if we got in trouble in school or anywhere else for that matter we got in trouble when we got home. i dont feel like i missed out on anything. i feel like my parents were preparing me for the rest of my life by instilling a good work ethic, and values that i hope i carry today.

[Ranger Mom]

I have to admit...all my kids have cellphones. I don't like not knowing where they are, I don't see how my mom was able to stand it!

[rockdale80]

and there was no such thing as an allowance in our house. my dad said he paid us for chores and work everytime we walked into the house and had a roof over our head, or a home cooked to meal to eat, and a warm, cozy bed to sleep in.

[bullfrog_alumni_02]

it makes you feel proud when you grow and look back on how your parents really helped you when you were growing up, by having you do the things you did. like rockdale pointed out, it created good work ethic and work values.

[gobbler grad]

I still drink from a garden hose and my kids look at me like i'm crazy...ought to hook the hose up in the house and see what happens...I can remember doing alot of those things when I was younger......and i'm still kicking

[AP Panther Fan]

Originally posted by rockdale80
i grew up with 3 other brothers in the middle of nowhere on a farm. we grew up pretty much the same way. we never had cable, or internet. we did have a nintendo, but got in trouble if we played it during the day. if it was sunny outside there was work to do, or we played outside. there was no sitting in front of the tv all day. we didnt have cell phones. and if we got in trouble in school or anywhere else for that matter we got in trouble when we got home. i dont feel like i missed out on anything. i feel like my parents were preparing me for the rest of my life by instilling a good work ethic, and values that i hope i carry today.

I REALLY like your parents!

[rockdale80]

Originally posted by AP Panther Fan
I REALLY like your parents!

try living with them...just kidding. weird how i used to think they were wrong about everything, but the older i get i think they were right...


sometimes

[AP Panther Fan]

Originally posted by rockdale80
try living with them...

I think I DID!

Your day is coming...it is not as easy as it seems sometimes. We all struggle with the way we were raised versus the way things are now and TRUST me, it is SO much different (and changing all the time)!

You will do things a bit differently probably (out of necessity) but your background is strong! Like I said, I really like your parents!

[rockdale80]

Originally posted by AP Panther Fan
I think I DID!

Your day is coming...it is not as easy as it seems sometimes. We all struggle with the way we were raised versus the way things are now and TRUST me, it is SO much different (and changing all the time)!

You will do things a bit differently probably (out of necessity) but your background is strong! Like I said, I really like your parents!

I am sure that is true. Hopefully I can be half the parents they were.

[Bullaholic]

Here's a little more "wisdom" from the over 35 crowd, Rockdale80---this has always been one of my favorites---
perhaps you are familiar with it---if not, I hope you enjoy it.

DESIDERATA

Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others- even the dull and ignorant, they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career however humble; it is a real posession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs- for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals and everywhere life is full of heroism

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love- for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy

MAX EHRMANN 1927

last updated on Oct 14, 1996

[rockdale80]

thats pretty good. thanks bull. i printed that out.