For the "old" folks

emmitt01 · January 8, 2005

Got this from my mommy and thought you'd all enjoy:

> 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 share! d 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 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 andteeth, 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!

>

> Please pass this on to others

> who have had the luck to grow

> up as kids, before lawyers

> and government regulated our

> lives, for our own good !!!!!

>

> People under 30 are WIMPS !

>

UNTFan23 · January 8, 2005

Anyone have a clue how old the person was that sued McDonald's 'cause they spilled hot coffee on their lap? <_<

The only reason we have let the "lawyers and government regulate our lives for our own good" is because we let them.

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Edited January 8, 2005 by UNTFan23

PlummMeanGreen · January 8, 2005

MeanGreen61 · January 8, 2005

Your word was your bond.

Your handshake was as good as a written contract.

Honor was a word that had true meaning.

PlummMeanGreen · January 8, 2005

Your word was your bond.
Your handshake was as good as a written contract.
Honor was a word that had true meaning.

Yep...

January 8, 2005

This is the BEST Post I have read or will ever read on a message board of any kind!!!

Thanks for talking about what reality should still be and in my heart, is.

It just gives me an opportunity realize how thankfull and blessed I am to have experienced it personally. I really miss those days!!!!

We really didn't know how good we had it back then. Just think we didn't take any happy pills to make things OK. Life was great and people weren't in such a big hurry. There were no ATM's, just passbooks.

Please forgive my spelling errors. It's late.

Go Mean Green.

Hunter Green · January 8, 2005

Thanks for the memories...

UNTLifer · January 9, 2005

I loved the post, but take offense to being called "folks."

MeanGreen61 · January 9, 2005

I loved the post, but take offense to being called "folks."

He'll learn, he's just a young "Whipper-snapper"

Green Grenade II · January 9, 2005

Yep...

Please note: "Yep"-the shortest post in PummMeanGreen's history!!!!

bison · January 10, 2005

And football was a Saturday afternoon/evening affair that was not missed by the student body!!!

curtis · January 10, 2005

Anyone have a clue how old the person was that sued McDonald's 'cause they spilled hot coffee on their lap?
The only reason we have let the "lawyers and government regulate our lives for our own good" is because we let them.
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Don't know her age, but I do know the facts of the case. Stella Liebeck was a passenger in her grandson's car in February of 1992 when she was severly burned by McDonald's coffee. A vascular surgeon determined that Liebeck suffered full thickness burns (or third degree burns) over six percent of her body (inner thighs, perineum, buttocks and genital and groin areas). Ms. Liebeck was hospitalized for eight days, during which time she underwent skin grafting and debridement treatments (the surgical removal of the tissue).

Ms. Liebeck offered to settle her claim for 20,000 (this amount would coverd the cost of her medical bills). A judgment substantially higher was given by a jury after documents were produced at trial that showed that more than 700 claims had been filed by people burned by McDonald's coffee between 1982 and 1992. Some of these claims involved third degree burns similar to Ms. Liebeck's. This history documented McDonald's knowledge about the extend and nature of this hazard.

Lawyers regulate corporations every day for your own good. You are probably too ignorant to understand this, but you should at least know some of the facts before you pop off.

Stan R · January 10, 2005

wow I didn't think the burns were that bad. That's some seriously hot coffee! It must have been like 200 degrees to do that kind of damage !?!?

SilverEagle · January 10, 2005

Lawyers regulate corporations every day for your own good. You are probably too ignorant to understand this, but you should at least know some of the facts before you pop off.

Lawyers regulate corporations for our own good? Not unless someone comes to them with a grievance that a corporation, or government agency, or individual, refuses to be reasonable (or negotiate) about.

I have yet to hear of a lawyer that filed anything against a corporation for the greater good of the general public. Unless that lawyer was representing an individual or a group of individuals that were seeking some sort of compensation.....which the attorney would get about 1/3 of. <_<

curtis · January 10, 2005

Lawyers regulate corporations for our own good? Not unless someone comes to them with a grievance that a corporation, or government agency, or individual, refuses to be reasonable (or negotiate) about.
I have yet to hear of a lawyer that filed anything against a corporation for the greater good of the general public. Unless that lawyer was representing an individual or a group of individuals that were seeking some sort of compensation.....which the attorney would get about 1/3 of. <_<

Guess you never heard of Ralph Nader. Get your facts straight.

curtis · January 10, 2005

wow I didn't think the burns were that bad. That's some seriously hot coffee! It must have been like 200 degrees to do that kind of damage !?!?

McDonald's admited during testimony that they served it's coffee at between 180 and 190 degrees to maintain optimum taste. Coffee served at home is generally 135 to 140 degrees.