Those were the days
...re never overweight because we were always outside playing. > >We shared 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 and teeth, 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 wer...