There's still hope for us geriatric cases.... - Page 3

Stitchawl · 12-27-2013, 04:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrannyGrump

Anyone who actually "remembers" the '60s wasn't really there.

They say that, but I was there, and I remember it just as if it were tomorrow...

Stitchawl

VydorScope · 12-27-2013, 05:26 AM

Stitch... you could always release it as a fictional biography!

Stitchawl · 12-27-2013, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VydorScope

Stitch... you could always release it as a fictional biography!

That could work...

And I'd avoid visits from the police, the NSA, the CIA, the ASPCA, and the PTA that way too!

Stitchawl

crich70 · 12-27-2013, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

That could work...

And I'd avoid visits from the police, the NSA, the CIA, the ASPCA, and the PTA that way too!

Stitchawl

Sounds like it was a wild party.

kennyc · 12-27-2013, 11:48 AM

I'm sure it would be a fun read/romp!

Stitchawl · 12-27-2013, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

I'm sure it would be a fun read/romp!

I do admit, most times it was fun living it. Three wives, fortunes gained and lost (mostly lost,) a lot of good people along the way, a lot of things learned and forgotten, many places I'd never even heard of before I found myself there, doing things I'd never dreamed of doing or thought I could.
Yeah... it was a very good life.

Maybe I will write it...

Stitchawl

kennyc · 12-27-2013, 08:33 PM

VydorScope · 12-27-2013, 10:27 PM

You should.

Stitchawl · 01-04-2014, 06:51 AM

I'm going to add this into this thread, cuz it sort of fits....

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BORN IN 1930's, 1940's, 50's, 60's, 70's!!! First, you survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, your baby cots were covered with bright colored lead-based paints. You had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when you rode your bikes, you had no helmets, not to mention, the risks you took hitchhiking .. As children, you would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a van - loose - was always great fun. You drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a bottle. You shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. You ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but you weren't overweight because...... YOU WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!! You 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 you all day. And you were OK. You would spend hours building your go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out you forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, you learned to solve the problem . You did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no text messaging, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........YOU HAD FRIENDS and you went outside and found them! You fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents you played with worms(well most boys did) and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although you were told it would happen, you did not poke out any eyes. You rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Local teams 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 you out if you broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! This generation has 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. You had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and you learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And 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 our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

Stitchawl

Namekuseijin · 01-12-2014, 07:43 PM

a fine quotation there

39 here. I'll write no book at all: let the web be my parchment where I plot away my thoughts. Let publishers in the future gather all of them with the help of cyber-archeologists...

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12-27-2013, 05:26 AM	#32
VydorScope Wizard Posts: 3,418 Karma: 35207650 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad	Stitch... you could always release it as a fictional biography!

12-27-2013, 11:48 AM	#35
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,903 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	I'm sure it would be a fun read/romp!

12-27-2013, 08:33 PM	#37
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,903 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire

12-27-2013, 10:27 PM	#38
VydorScope Wizard Posts: 3,418 Karma: 35207650 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad	You should.

01-04-2014, 06:51 AM	#39
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	I'm going to add this into this thread, cuz it sort of fits.... CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BORN IN 1930's, 1940's, 50's, 60's, 70's!!! First, you survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, your baby cots were covered with bright colored lead-based paints. You had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when you rode your bikes, you had no helmets, not to mention, the risks you took hitchhiking .. As children, you would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a van - loose - was always great fun. You drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a bottle. You shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. You ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but you weren't overweight because...... YOU WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!! You 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 you all day. And you were OK. You would spend hours building your go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out you forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, you learned to solve the problem . You did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no text messaging, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........YOU HAD FRIENDS and you went outside and found them! You fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents you played with worms(well most boys did) and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although you were told it would happen, you did not poke out any eyes. You rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Local teams 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 you out if you broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! This generation has 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. You had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and you learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And 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 our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were. Stitchawl

01-12-2014, 07:43 PM	#40
Namekuseijin affordable chipmunk Posts: 1,290 Karma: 9863855 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Brazil Device: Sony XPeria ZL, Kindle Paperwhite	a fine quotation there 39 here. I'll write no book at all: let the web be my parchment where I plot away my thoughts. Let publishers in the future gather all of them with the help of cyber-archeologists...

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