We drink from the tap, too. Just remember though, it’s guys our age who started selling the bottled water garbage to the kids so we could make lots of money. I’m cool with helmets, seatbelts and airbags, however.
It is in deed funny to think of how my brother and sister and I used to sleep in the car during long trips when we were 3~5, just laying on the back seat. And it’s not like speeds where any different from now!
In New Orleans, you only drink the tap water if you have a death wish. If you leave a glass of water sitting for half an hour, stuff settles to the bottom! I have one of those filter pitcher things.
And we handled mercury in high school lab. But we definitely got our immunizations from the school nurse or public health department. Our parents remembered losing siblings to scarlet fever, smallpox, and other childhood illnesses. And we were all afraid of polio.
Remember when the back window ledge in those old mercurys was big enough for a child to sleep in? That was my spot on several family trips, and I loved drifting off to sleep while watching the stars through that big back window.
COWBOY7 almost 15 years ago
Yeah, we survived, didn’t we!!
♫♫♪♫♫♪♪♪♫Those were the days……♫♫♪♫♫♪♪♪♫
kreole almost 15 years ago
And water out of the garden hose!
carmy almost 15 years ago
we swam right after eating also!
Proginoskes almost 15 years ago
And every day, I walked ten miles to get to school … uphill … in a hurricane … maiming bears with my notebook … in both directions …
It’s funny how that “Drink eight bottles of water a day” recommendation didn’t start circulating until after bottled water came out, isn’t it?
(I still drink water out of the garden hose, btw, and nothing bad ever hap—erk!
Miba almost 15 years ago
I drink from the tap. Bottled water is a scam.
cdward almost 15 years ago
We drink from the tap, too. Just remember though, it’s guys our age who started selling the bottled water garbage to the kids so we could make lots of money. I’m cool with helmets, seatbelts and airbags, however.
marjancek almost 15 years ago
It is in deed funny to think of how my brother and sister and I used to sleep in the car during long trips when we were 3~5, just laying on the back seat. And it’s not like speeds where any different from now!
GROG Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Don’t forget no cell phones, mp3 players, internet etc.
alondra almost 15 years ago
Yeah and when you didn’t need umpteen thousand new ridiculous regulations even to breathe. I hear ya FishStix.
DolphinGirl78 almost 15 years ago
Same BobMcK… :)
Plods with ...™ almost 15 years ago
EVIAN …..
spelled backwards = NAIVE
Nelly55 almost 15 years ago
@Proginoskes
actually, it was 8 glasses of water a day, and that came out when I was a little girl in the 60’s
I remember riding my bike down a steep hill, no helmet of course………and standing on the seat with my right leg out like a skater!
Takiniteasy almost 15 years ago
I used to run with scissors, too…
notinksanymore almost 15 years ago
In New Orleans, you only drink the tap water if you have a death wish. If you leave a glass of water sitting for half an hour, stuff settles to the bottom! I have one of those filter pitcher things.
prosperos777 almost 15 years ago
i love all the comments
marvee almost 15 years ago
And we handled mercury in high school lab. But we definitely got our immunizations from the school nurse or public health department. Our parents remembered losing siblings to scarlet fever, smallpox, and other childhood illnesses. And we were all afraid of polio.
britbiker almost 15 years ago
I remember riding the horse trails on my Honda 50cc step-through scooter without a helmet, never mind a bicycle…
tamsin almost 15 years ago
ditto prosperos777
My little brother used to stand on the hump in the floor of the back seat…
firstwife almost 15 years ago
Remember when the back window ledge in those old mercurys was big enough for a child to sleep in? That was my spot on several family trips, and I loved drifting off to sleep while watching the stars through that big back window.