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harmfuljays
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject: Why We Weren't Fat as Kids

Well some of you might have been. But I certainly wasn't.... Here's what I think.......yep everybody's got one and here's mine: 1. Soda was not readily available....you wanted something to drink...it was Water or Milk.....on special occassions Kool-aid with hardly any sugar and Tang. 2. No cable.......ABC, NBC, and CBS.....If you had to watch Hee Haw, Soaps and Dallas your ass would go outside too. We didn't have any 24X7 Cartoons. Saturday was for Cartoons. 3. No Video Games........it was either Plastic army men in my room or rocks and guns out of makeshift tree branches outside. The intellivision and C-64 came out when I was in 8th grade....I had a c-64 and started to get fat from too much Pitfall II, Archon, Bruce Lee, and Impossible Mission. My dad said no more and threw me outside. 4. No Scooters......Scooters are f'n lazy gay. I remind my son of that. Learn to ride a damn bike and no you don't need a helmet. Part of learning to ride is also learning to fall without killing yourself. 5. We Knew our neighbors and interacted with others......If Joe Bob said something rude or showed us his balls he knew that my Dad would be right over there to feed them to him. Usually people saw us coming and locked their doors.......now I don't even let me kid outside to play in the front yard without supervision. I don't wave at them and I hardly know their names...nor do I care to. 6. Running was encouraged...........when I was young I ran from things like dogs, bees, snakes, cows and parents.....when I got older I ran from things like cops, teachers, adults, work and trouble. Now the only running that occurs is when fat ass kids want more ice cream. 7. Toys weren't cool..........no they weren't. not until GI Joe, Transformers, Voltron and He-Man did shit start to get really cool. It hasn't gotten any cooler since either. I still went out and bought this big ass Megatron transformer. Again it all started to deteriorate mid-8o's when the cool stuff came out....Toys still aren't cooler than Video Games. 8. Ignorance was bliss.............I used to go sit in a swamp full of frogs eggs in the summer and I thought that was the best shit ever. Now they'd call the health department and social services. 9. You can't discipline your child.........yep some of you may disagree here but discipline instills limits. Children of today know no limits and over indulge in everything they can get their hands on. Timeouts.........naughty stools.......yeah right. I've resorted to mountain climbers and push ups. 10. Kids are f'n Lazy............when I was younger I actually had to do shit like stack wood, mow lawns...do dishes. Things that actually required physical exertion. Now its called asthma, or an allergy........to hard work maybe. _________________

Hounsy
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:45 pm Post subject:

I applaud that message. _________________ It's not you Sundin, it's me...please just leave...and don't look back....please please do not look back.

Bosc Ulrich II
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject:

Hounsy wrote:

I applaud that message.

Me too.

Another big thing was lunches for school. We ate good sandwiches, a piece of fruit, real fruit juice boxes, and granola bars. Sometimes a couple of cookies. We didn't have pop, bags of chips, chocolate bars, and junk like that. Later on when we we'd make our own lunches and put in Joe Louis or something like that, but not when we were like 13 and under. We got money to buy our lunches maybe once a month, until we got our own jobs and money.

Pop and chips was Friday or Saturday night only. Once a week. Want some ice cream for desert? Eat your dinner.

"Go outside and play". We spent every day after school outside in the driveway and the street playing hockey. Or riding bikes or rollerblading around town. If it was cold outside? We went outside and made snow forts. Or played hockey in the snow for a couple of hours before shovelling it.

Bags on wheels? Kids can't carry their frikkin schoolbag anymore? I remember carrying a backpack with like 4 textbooks in there. Hell, my goalie equipment bag isn't on wheels like so many are now.
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harmfuljays
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:33 pm Post subject:

I hear that.....my dad always made Tuna fish sandwhiches for me in 3rd Grade....I f'n hated that shit.....it was always warm and soggy by lunch. Have any of you ever had this shit? I wouldn't eat it so they would send me to the principal's office until I ate it. I would shove it down my pants or stuff it in my sock. F'k that Warm ass Tuna is gross! The point I am trying to make is...........Kids don't make choices.......I've heard too many parents say he doesn't like that.....or he didn't want to do that....and the kid is only 7 or 10! 7 or 10 year olds don't make choices! They may have input but it should be limited. My dad made me the sandwhich and I didn't eat it so that's my choice. Nowadays they'd give the kid 15 lunches to choose from at school and then have the nerve to bill the parents for it! Hell No! If you don't like it then don't eat what's provided to you! There's your freakin choice.... _________________

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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject:

harmfuljays wrote:

I hear that.....my dad always made Tuna fish sandwhiches for me in 3rd Grade....I f'n hated that shit.....it was always warm and soggy by lunch. Have any of you ever had this shit? I wouldn't eat it so they would send me to the principal's office until I ate it. I would shove it down my pants or stuff it in my sock.

In my brother's case, he kept all of the fruit and shit that he didn't eat in his school bag. My Mom eventually looked in his bag for something, and his school bag was a friggin composter Laughing

Grossest thing ever Laughing

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Lillith
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:05 pm Post subject:

HUZAAAHH to all of you above. Now, I am older than most of you kids, with the exception of RW. When I was young: 1) We didn't lock our doors. Even at night. 2) When the sun was up and we were not in school - WE WERE OUTDOORS. The only time you played in the house was when you were sick..YUK! 3) In my neighborhood, we made up wagon trains with our wagons and played 'frontier'. We built 'Arabian Nights' out of old sheets. We also built Indian TeePees with those same sheets. We tied old kitchen towels around our necks and became 'Super Heros'. The closest we could get to Superman was a kitchen towel from Debbie's house - it had a whole lot of apples on it so it looked kinda red. The bad thing was..it wasn't an old towel. Boy did we get in trouble for that one. 4) We played 'horses' and ran and ran and ran.. 5) A tree was something to climb. 6) The hills around our homes were frontiers that we HAD to explore (even tho our parents told us "Don't go into the hills" That's why it was so exciting. 7) I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner (with the family). I was good solid food. My family NEVER had 'soda' in the house. We NEVER had candy, outside of Halloween (and Mommy only let my sister and I eat 3 pieces a day). We always came home dirty and it was no big deal - we just took a bath. 9) I suffered bruises and scrapes all the time. Because I was playing outside. 10) I sipped from the same juice can as my friends - no thought of "germs". 11) If I slipped on our neighbor's property there was no lawsuit. My parents just blamed me for being clumsie and put a bandaid on it. I could go on - but what's the use. I don't like what our country has become. And I truely fear for our kids. _________________ No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.

MrBumpnGrind
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject:

you know what really pisses me off? those stupid shoes with wheels in the heal. YOu see them rolling all over the place. being dragged by their parents...fucking walk you little brat!! grr

Lillith
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:21 pm Post subject:

MBG - you are so right! I am overweight now and I hate it. Not because I want to compete with the stick figures in Whoreywood. It's just that I don't have my energy anymore. Fit, healthy and STRONG is what I am aiming at. I want to be able to climb trees again. _________________ No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.

Bell Centre Ghost
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:26 pm Post subject:

Don't forget having to walk 20 miles to school. Uphill. Both ways. In 20 feet of snow. _________________ The fans represent the soul of the organization. This is their team. Us, we simply try to make it better. They tell us when things are going good, and when they are less so. We don't always give them the impression that we are listening, but we are.

Bosc Ulrich II
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:59 am Post subject:

Yeah we used to come in for dinner with our knees, elbows, hands etc cut to shreds from riding bikes, building jumps on the street, and playing roller hockey. The tar crack-filler was a nightmare on rollerblades. Summer we used to just run around and have water-gun fights all day or play man-hunt. Everything was something to climb. Trees, playgrounds, fences... See the playgrounds that they have now? We used to have wood and rusty metal playgrounds. At school, we used to play a game called American Gladiators where two kids would start at opposite ends of the monkey bars. You'd go across them and then try to rip the other guy off of the bars with your legs or one-handed. They'd fall into the dirt and you won. Good times. You'd never see that now. _________________ Bring back the old OTP!

Lillith
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:59 pm Post subject:

Bell Centre Ghost wrote:

Don't forget having to walk 20 miles to school. Uphill. Both ways. In 20 feet of snow. Smile

Nope, never did that. I lived in California where we had buses and cars. Never had to milk a dozen cows before breakfast, either.

My life wasn't tough - it was fun.
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:09 pm Post subject:

Hard to disagree with most of what is being said here.

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I've heard too many parents say he doesn't like that.....or he didn't want to do that....and the kid is only 7 or 10! 7 or 10 year olds don't make choices! They may have input but it should be limited.

I hear that all the time, although I do give my kids choices. Those choices usually consist of roast beef or ham.

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You can't discipline your child

It's not that hard to spot the kids who aren't disciplined, at least in my neighborhood.

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we used to play a game called American Gladiators where two kids would start at opposite ends of the monkey bars. You'd go across them and then try to rip the other guy off of the bars with your legs or one-handed. They'd fall into the dirt and you won. Good times. You'd never see that now.

Try that now and get sent to the office for playing rough. I swear my daughters school is trying to raise a generation of wimps.

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you know what really pisses me off? those stupid shoes with wheels in the heal. YOu see them rolling all over the place. being dragged by their parents...fucking walk you little brat!!

Heely's? I actually love those - my kids have them, and they'll go otside, run and glide around for hours. And no, I don't drag them around.

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We always came home dirty and it was no big deal - we just took a bath.

9) I suffered bruises and scrapes all the time. Because I was playing outside.

10) I sipped from the same juice can as my friends - no thought of "germs".

11) If I slipped on our neighbor's property there was no lawsuit. My parents just blamed me for being clumsie and put a bandaid on it.

All good stuff.

Although I do admit, we (as a family) do drink way too much pop. But the kids get an hour a day on the TV or computer, even if it is -30 outside. Get busy, get creative and don't just sit there. If you're feeling lazy, at least read a book.

E.L.3000
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:19 pm Post subject:

I used to drink a lot of soft drinks as a teen, then I stopped for about two-three years. Whenever I travel I tend to have a coke or two, and my face starts to hurt afterwards. The sugar and corn syrup in such a concentrated form is something the body needs to get accustomed to. I also usually only eat fast food when I'm traveling, and it usually takes a week to get a bowels in order. My point? Stay away from both. _________________ It seems like you need to be a physics professor to choose the right TV. Luckily, I am one.

skinnem
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Joined: 19 Oct 2007
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject:

I agree on everything you guys have said. My mom had a reputation as the "Best sandwich maker EVER". Her egg salad and tuna salad sandwiches were coveted by mine and my brother's friends. And we always had a sandwich, a piece of fruit, a thermos of milk, and if we were lucky, homebaked cookies. We also spent every weekend at the cottage when we were growing up, where we had hard work and chores to do - stacking wood for the winter, raking leaves, cleaning the cottage, and we had to earn our right to waterski or go tubing (and tubing was a ski rope tied around an actual tire tube - where you had to watch you didn't catch your swimsuit on the air spout!) In the winter, the only way into the cottage was to cross country ski in about 6 km's, and bring our belongings and drinking water on a tobaggen. Those were awesome times! And there was no t.v. at the cottage. I hate that my parents, who have retired and moved to the cottage, now have 5 t.v.'s But the thing is, my brother's 2 sons and Joshua almost never watch t.v. when they're there. They're always outside either helping my dad and brother with the chores, or they're in the lake or out canoeing or in the paddle boat. When it's raining or snowing, the kids have all day Risk or Monopoly tournaments, or they read. I think parents have become lazy and often use the "too busy" excuse to let their kids become sloths because it's easy to let the t.v. or computer or video games entertain the kids. Also, it's easier to buy crap or give kids money to buy their lunches instead of making a healthy nutritious lunch. The other thing I've noticed that parents are failing their kids at is not teaching them proper manners.

Bosc Ulrich II
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject:

skinnem wrote:

I think parents have become lazy and often use the "too busy" excuse to let their kids become sloths because it's easy to let the t.v. or computer or video games entertain the kids. Also, it's easier to buy crap or give kids money to buy their lunches instead of making a healthy nutritious lunch.

The other thing I've noticed that parents are failing their kids at is not teaching them proper manners.

Parents are relying on video games, tv and school to raise their kids instead of raising them themselves.

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11) If I slipped on our neighbor's property there was no lawsuit. My parents just blamed me for being clumsie and put a bandaid on it.

This is an interesting point. My Dad always said that kids should be given a certain amount of freedom to figure out what they can and can't do, what kind of things will hurt them. Things like climbing jumping off of things. When it's something borderline, it wasn't "Stop that! You could hurt yourself!", it was "Be careful or you're going to hurt yourself". It seems like they try to safety-proof everything. Bumb and bruises and cuts can be good learning experiences. If kids are completely sheltered from that, often they won't know what will hurt them, or how something that they do to someone else will hurt that other person.
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Av-merican
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:40 pm Post subject:

One of my old bosses had a 6-year-old stepson whom he claimed could be out of control most of the time. He freely admitted it was just easier to calm him down by plopping him in front of the playstation--he didn't get hurt and he wasn't a pain either. Kinda sad, but then again given that his wife (the boy's mother) was the most loud, obnonxious, universally hated bitch I have ever met I couldn't entirely blame him for taking the easy way out.

Hounsy
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:04 pm Post subject:

I'm more concerned with why I am fat now though. _________________ It's not you Sundin, it's me...please just leave...and don't look back....please please do not look back.

Lillith
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:39 am Post subject:

Hounsy wrote:

I'm more concerned with why I am fat now though.

I am not concerned WHY I'm fat. I know WHY I'm overweight. Changing my eating habits and excercising is tough. I have a job that is very physical but it is not enough - I have to get into a regiment of eating right and doing full excersises. Tough to do when I work 12 hours a day.

My bad.
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:01 am Post subject:

Hounsy wrote:

I'm more concerned with why I am fat now though.

I agree. I'm also more concerned with why Hounsy is fat.
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Hounsy
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:14 am Post subject:

Lillith wrote:

I've recently started calorie counting and I actually do understand why I'm packing and extra thirty pounds. That said with help on what foods to eat and knowing where I'm at each day I don't find it hard to keep my calories in and out where I need them.

http://caloriecount.about.com/

This site has really taken alot of the paperwork out of it for me.
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