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Back in the 60’s we were all wild childs…
We rode bikes without a helmet
We rode in cars with no seat belts nor airbags
We sat in the front seat of cars with no restraints or piled up in the back of a station wagon
We lived in apartments with lead paint
We rode our bikes across town, (just had to be in before dark)
We drank from garden hoses
We drank from dirty water fountains
We chewed gum all day then wrapped it in paper for the next day
We ate candy from the necks of other people
We didn’t wash our hands after playing in dirt – spit was our antibacterial hand sanitizer
We hit kids in the head with Dodge Balls
We climbed ropes without protection
We ate what was put in front of us and didn’t complain otherwise we got smacked in the mouth
We played in rusted out cars, taxis, and vacant railroad trains
We inhaled 2nd hand smoke from our parents and drank from their glasses
We shared everything – clothes, shoes, and bathtub water
We had the front door key to let ourselves in with no fear of being snatched
Man, we were some wild childs back in the 60’s – how did we manage to stay alive?
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I have fond memories of making mud pies in the backyard, cutting up leaves for greens and using weeds for corn. Then I would feed it to my dolls. Gross, right! LOL 🙂
Not really, you didn’t eat it only the dollies did!
Catching lightning bugs in a jar and used them for night lights under the bed. We called them “peenie wallies” when I was a child in Jamaica.
Yes, and it seems as though there aren’t as many lightening bugs anymore….where have they gone?
The prohibition era…the era of smooth introduction into the Woodstock George Clinton, followed by Studio 54 New York era. Back in those days, the mind roamed carefree. Hip hop music was emerging after the roaring 60’s out of the South Bronx and making it’s way to Brooklyn and across New York before roaring across the coast to California. Russell Simmons of Def Jam was still a college student at City College of New York. The 60’s was also the era when the GQ pretty boys drove drop-top Cadillac convertibles backwards on residential streets as a ploy to attract young women. And the 60’s was also that era when many other things happened in which were ok to do at the time. I guess it’s safe to say many were wild childs back in their hey day.
Yes, I think every generation feels as though their generation was the best – so I am being biased when I say that the 60s and 70s were the best decades of my life!