How did one survive???  

Oh I received a similar email like this. Yes its good to reminisce those old times. We lived as carefree yet no hassles. The games we play before are far too different from the games the youth are playing today.

Advancement in technology may have given us some comfort, but sometimes it deprives us of some things too.

thank you for the stroll, full of great care free times & bright colours.....

I have often sat and thought about this myself. I remember when I was a kid growing up in the 80's, our parents had to threaten to get a belt to get us to come inside at night. Today, you almost have to lock the doors to keep kids outside. We weren't spoiled little brats like kids are today. We knew what it was like to get whippings, and knew what it was like NOT to get everything we want. As you stated, we had REAL friends, so we didn't always feel like the world was pissed off at us, and we didn't take guns to school and kill our classmates.

We drank from the tap or the garden hose, and we got out on our bikes every day no matter how hot or cold it was. We wrecked our bikes and got cuts and scrapes. Our bodies built up immunities to germs and infections, and the fact that we were out riding bikes or running or playing baseball or basketball every day meant that we could eat whatever we wanted and not get fat. Kids today are exactly the opposite. They sit around all day playing videos or being on myspace, and eat like horses (all the junk food they can cram in). They don't get the exercise that was part of our everyday lives (we didn't even realize that we were exercising because we were always having fun doing it), and they dont get all the cuts and stuff that we had to endure because it is kind-of hard to cut yourself on a keyboard or game controller...SO, what you get today are a bunch of fat kids who get sick at the slightest change in temperature or have to go to the hospital for antibiotics and treatment for the smallest injuries.

If they lived the way we lived when we were kids, the world would be a better place.

Hi friend I am amazed to see this post , you have certainly typed it out. Thanks for sharing here. My son was telling about some thing similar. Yes friend it is good to reminisce those old times. The games I played fifty years back is definitely too different from the games my grand son is playing today.
DR.B.SARAF Ph.D.

Nope never received an email such as this. I have however replied to someone else with a similar post like this. It's from a country song that I love! There are just added words to the song. But good post.