Those terrible and abusive years of my childhood
Oct 7, 2016 01:30:51 #
Riding a bike with my friends without head protection.
Going to the playground alone at seven.
Given sweets as a treat.
Riding in the back of a pickup truck with friends and ungirdled.
Sitting on my big brother's lap in the front seat of our family car to the nearby store.
Fireworks.
Irish block parties.
Playing in the mud.
Crap apple fights.
A whack on the butt for being disobedient.
The horrors are endless, such as being made to apologize to my teacher for a lack of homework.
Going to the playground alone at seven.
Given sweets as a treat.
Riding in the back of a pickup truck with friends and ungirdled.
Sitting on my big brother's lap in the front seat of our family car to the nearby store.
Fireworks.
Irish block parties.
Playing in the mud.
Crap apple fights.
A whack on the butt for being disobedient.
The horrors are endless, such as being made to apologize to my teacher for a lack of homework.
Oct 8, 2016 11:59:34 #
Oct 8, 2016 12:55:38 #
MsCentralia wrote:
Riding a bike with my friends without head protect... (show quote)
What terrible abuse!
I don't know how I survived climbing every tree and tasting every beautiful mud pie that I created.
I had my own personal paddle and it was used frequently.
And if I got paddled at school, another was coming at home.
Getting no mercy for the tummy ache because I ate too many crab apples.
I see you just joined us.
Welcome, Ms.
Oct 8, 2016 19:29:42 #
And,staying outside,until the street lights came on...AND,walking 3 miles to school,in the snow,with no shoes,and up a steep hill both ways.( thats what my Dad told me)
Oct 8, 2016 20:02:27 #
Yes the 50's were rot with dangers and our evil parents encouraged
us to do these things. Ha Ha , that's gone at long last . How did we make it.
Couldn't have been just dumb luck !!
us to do these things. Ha Ha , that's gone at long last . How did we make it.
Couldn't have been just dumb luck !!
MsCentralia wrote:
Riding a bike with my friends without head protect... (show quote)
Oct 8, 2016 22:05:50 #
boatbob2 wrote:
And my teacher NEVER believed me when I said " The dog ate my homework"
A teacher not knowing that it is a scientific fact, part of Evolutionary theory, that the wolf was first domesticated and later trained to obey by Neanderthals by using their kids homework, usually etched in a side of beef, as encouragement and reward. This memory became over time instinctual, part of the basic behavior of dogs.
Oct 8, 2016 22:06:36 #
mcmlx wrote:
What terrible abuse!
I don't know how I survived climbing every tree and tasting every beautiful mud pie that I created.
I had my own personal paddle and it was used frequently.
And if I got paddled at school, another was coming at home.
Getting no mercy for the tummy ache because I ate too many crab apples.
I see you just joined us.
Welcome, Ms.
I don't know how I survived climbing every tree and tasting every beautiful mud pie that I created.
I had my own personal paddle and it was used frequently.
And if I got paddled at school, another was coming at home.
Getting no mercy for the tummy ache because I ate too many crab apples.
I see you just joined us.
Welcome, Ms.
Thank you for the welcome. Lordie, how times have changed.
Oct 8, 2016 22:10:00 #
boatbob2 wrote:
And,staying outside,until the street lights came on...AND,walking 3 miles to school,in the snow,with no shoes,and up a steep hill both ways.( thats what my Dad told me)
I remember the hill being steep both ways but not so steep on the way home and really, really steep to school.
Oct 8, 2016 22:14:23 #
missinglink wrote:
Yes the 50's were rot with dangers and our evil parents encouraged
us to do these things. Ha Ha , that's gone at long last . How did we make it.
Couldn't have been just dumb luck !!
us to do these things. Ha Ha , that's gone at long last . How did we make it.
Couldn't have been just dumb luck !!
It is a shame what we lost. Everything is regulated now. Lemonade stands need EPA approval, tax forms, and inspections by the government. We lost a great deal in 60 years.
Oct 8, 2016 22:52:43 #
Oct 9, 2016 00:19:31 #
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