When I was a boy from the late Forties and into the Sixties, over 120 above ground nuclear bombs were tested in America. People used to sit in their cars on the Las Vegas strip and watch the flash and the mushroom clouds. Radiation would settle downwind. ALL milk, including mother’s milk, contained Strontium 90 from the fallout settling on the grass the cows ate. Lead paint was legal until I was 30. It was what everybody used for everything-houses, toys, everything. When the lead was banned, mercury was added to all the latex house paints, indoor and outdoor. Asbestos wasn’t banned until I was 41. It was in everything. The air, water, and soil in America were very polluted. The cleanup didn’t start in earnest until the Sixties. And yet, we are outliving our parents’ generation. I hear people ranting about how this is toxic or that is poisonous or everything is bad for you or the world is ending because of pollution. Pardon me for not panicking.
Roddy…
Brings back memories. Lead paint was poor kids Nachos and the only thing living in The Hudson, Raritan and Delaware Bays were Horseshoe Crabs. We were allowed to hate girls till we were 10 and keep them out of the clubhouse without being sued.
i had a neighbor who is still going strong in his mid 80 s whose dad ran the mosquito spraying unit when he was growing up–
they used ddt –dad used to dunk them in barrels of it to keep the skeeters off–
pyrrhus
December 21, 2018 9:05 pm
I wandered around the woods unsupervised when I was 5 years old…It was great.
icutrauma11
December 21, 2018 10:50 pm
Women were dragged into a cave and told what to do, …no one went to jail.
I survived:
1) Riding my horse without: a) a saddle, b) a helmet, and c) shoes the first 2 years I owned the damn thing.
2) Working at Jack in the Box in an “urban” neighborhood.
3) Surfing.
4) Being chased by elephants in Kenya.
5) Working 36 hours out of 48 the first 6 months of my medical residency.
Merry Christmas Hope!! And best wishes to you and your Mr. for a Happy New Year.
I thought we had lost Hope like we did SSS and I-S.
Just admit it.
You drank hose water too.
still drink hose water,though i do segregate the hoses that i use to unclog drains–
I’ll add Lawn Darts to the list.
I even still have both eyes after having had a BB gun.
Black & White Television. 3 Channels to choose from.
Times was hard……. (lol)
You had 3 channels? We only had two!
When I was a boy from the late Forties and into the Sixties, over 120 above ground nuclear bombs were tested in America. People used to sit in their cars on the Las Vegas strip and watch the flash and the mushroom clouds. Radiation would settle downwind. ALL milk, including mother’s milk, contained Strontium 90 from the fallout settling on the grass the cows ate. Lead paint was legal until I was 30. It was what everybody used for everything-houses, toys, everything. When the lead was banned, mercury was added to all the latex house paints, indoor and outdoor. Asbestos wasn’t banned until I was 41. It was in everything. The air, water, and soil in America were very polluted. The cleanup didn’t start in earnest until the Sixties. And yet, we are outliving our parents’ generation. I hear people ranting about how this is toxic or that is poisonous or everything is bad for you or the world is ending because of pollution. Pardon me for not panicking.
Roddy…
Brings back memories. Lead paint was poor kids Nachos and the only thing living in The Hudson, Raritan and Delaware Bays were Horseshoe Crabs. We were allowed to hate girls till we were 10 and keep them out of the clubhouse without being sued.
i had a neighbor who is still going strong in his mid 80 s whose dad ran the mosquito spraying unit when he was growing up–
they used ddt –dad used to dunk them in barrels of it to keep the skeeters off–
I wandered around the woods unsupervised when I was 5 years old…It was great.
Women were dragged into a cave and told what to do, …no one went to jail.