http://clipmarks.com/clipper/carrerinyes/date/2008/7/10/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/carrerinyes/date/2008/7/10/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/1548CAE4-55EF-4CAB-AFE2-0D0829DCA95B/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/carrerinyes/">carrerinyes</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> No one was able to reach us all day.And we were OK.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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 computer! s, no Internet or chat rooms.......<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.<br/><br/>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 poke out very many eyes.<br/><br/>We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just wal <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/rnr/749425496.html" title="http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/rnr/749425496.html">sandiego.craigslist.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>Born 1920-1979? Congrats...</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!! </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> 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. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> As infants &children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we we re back when the streetlights came on. </DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/rnr/749425496.htmlThu, 10 Jul 2008 19:20:44 GMT