How it really was back then....

[Cranky]

Grew up in the north and stayed outside as much as I could. In the winter, being wet or half frozen from the snow was the norm. Even fell through the ice once while skating. Glad it was shallow. Soak and wet again. Moved to the south at 12 and continued the routine of staying out as much as possible swimming, riding bikes, mowed all the yards I could and then a bit later on, go carts, mini bikes etc. Thing is, seems like sinus infections were the norm. Only thing is, never heard the term until many years later. Didn't get tested for allergies until I was almost 40 and found out that many types of pollen (including grass...both kinds!) was at the top of the list along with many other things. Tried shots but that didn't help plus I hated them and then heard about Allegra D. Now I have high blood pressure. Finally a doc told me decongestants help cause high BP. Nice. No decongestants in my life anymore but I've learned to recognize when I need to take something when my sinuses start acting up. Haven't had a sinus infection in over 10 years now. Thinking back, my dad was the same way but he always said he had a cold. Dang....get a cold 3 and 4 times a year. I don't think so. Told him about the different kinds of allergy meds but he was skeptical but tried a couple anyways and they actually helped. Here lately after the storm, mold and pollen counts have been through the roof and I'm feeling it. Knew something was up before they posted it on the news but whenever it rains a lot, I don't have to watch the news for the counts. All of technology have taken huge leaps forward and stuff you never heard about 50 years ago are now common. How many heard much about cancer back then?

 

[not so famous bob]

Cupolas must be a regional thing. I'm over 60, there were very few barns in this area with them, except for round barns. Of course there aren't that many barns left around here now, although we still have a couple of nice ones.

none of our barns had them. We had one barn that the tin was aluminum, think it was the hottest to stack hay in.

 

[Dibbons]

Unsupervised swimming, mini-bike riding, bicycle riding, horseback riding, BB gun shootin', tractor driving, playing ball in the street, and I'm (we're) still here.

But I do remedy the tragedy of a neighbor kid who was strapped into his plastic Hotwheels trike and fell into the backyard swimming pool with the "safety" belt on, poor guy drowned.

 

[Timmayy]

Yup did all that. I would ride motocross (even raced a few years) all day. 95 degrees in a sandpit? No problem. Drink lots of water. Snow on the ground? No problem. Learned to handle my Suzuki RM better in the slippery stuff. Did this as as a kid until my mid 30s.
We also ate whatever my dad caught or shot be it geese, dear, striper or scup. Also ate the shellfish we would get from the local beaches. Still love my seafood. It didn't kill me.

 

[snakeyes]

thought that this was very interesting if you were born in 1949 http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1949.html