Nostalgia To Those Born In Early 70s And Before

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To ALL those Born in the 40's, 50's, 60's and early '70s..

First, we survived with mothers who had no maids. They cooked and cleaned while taking care of us at the same time.
We took aspirin, candies floss, Fizzy drinks, shaved ice with syrups and diabetes were rare
Salt added to Pepsi or Coke was remedy for fever

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets.
As children, we would ride with our parents on bicycles/motorcycles for 2 or 3. Richer ones in cars with no seat belts or air bags
Riding in the back of a private taxi was a special treat.
We drank water from the tap and NOT from the bottle.
We would spend hours on the fields under bright sunlight flying our kites, without worrying about the UV ray which never seen to affect us.
We go to jungle to catch spiders without worries of Aedes mosquitoes.
With mere 5 pebbles(stones) would be a endless game. With a ball(tennis ball is the best) the boys would ran like crazy for hours.
We catch guppy in drains/canals and when it rain we swim there

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually worry about being unhygienic.
We ate salty, very sweet & oily food, candies, bread and real butter and drank coffee/tea, ice kacang, but we weren't overweight because.......WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, till streetlights came on
No one was able to reach us all day. And we don't have cell phones to bug us. And we are O.K. And we are safe.
We would spend hours repairing our old bicycles and wooden scooters 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.
We did not have Playstations, X-boxes, Nintendo's, cable TV, DVD movies, no phones, no personal computers, no Internet. WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and we still continued the stunts

We never had birthdays parties till we were 21

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and just yelled for them

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law

Yet this generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever

The past 50 years have been an explosive of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL

And YOU are one of them
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

You may want to forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were

PS:-The big FONTS is because of Long-sightedness or hyperopia at your age
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Picture is for illustration purposes only

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