tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post4365056263113421054..comments2024-03-26T17:55:50.539-04:00Comments on Cranky old man: I Shouldn’t Be Alive IIIjoehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-16228126927509812013-01-20T00:45:16.845-05:002013-01-20T00:45:16.845-05:00I'll bet there are some people who would quest...I'll bet there are some people who would question your right to life! I know in my case it would be an ex-wife!Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05715337821985446358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-30703902149764202142013-01-19T21:03:42.728-05:002013-01-19T21:03:42.728-05:00Actually, Joe, we've both been dead for about ...Actually, Joe, we've both been dead for about fifty years. I wasn't going to break the news to you this way, but you forced my hand.Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-86755542312283162272013-01-19T17:15:16.783-05:002013-01-19T17:15:16.783-05:00I see these lists a lot and understand they are tr...I see these lists a lot and understand they are trying to point out how restrictive we have made life for children these days.<br /><br />But then I think... of all the children who died from doing these things that I personally knew. All the surgeries I have had to remove skin cancers. The two teen friends I lost who didn't wear their seatbelts. <br /><br />And then I can see where the restrictions came from. They came from our trauma, our loss, our desire to not let it happen to someone else.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Eccentricesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350166822047688150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-87443931686655996842013-01-19T15:40:57.341-05:002013-01-19T15:40:57.341-05:00As a kid, did you ever stretch out on that ledge u...As a kid, did you ever stretch out on that ledge under the car's back windshield and have a nap on a long trip?Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-84380267681730468132013-01-19T14:16:15.447-05:002013-01-19T14:16:15.447-05:00More wonderful stuff to contemplate! Then of cours...More wonderful stuff to contemplate! Then of course I had to go back and read the two earlier editions of this post. Wow, if it was a check list I'd be right there beside you, isn't it amazing that we've lived to tell the tale! I figure we all have to go somehow. I think I'd like to go out smiling with a Hershey bar in my mouth! :-)Josie Two Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18388032819905416258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-65380960043712391352013-01-19T12:59:14.997-05:002013-01-19T12:59:14.997-05:00It's amazing that any of us made it to adultho...It's amazing that any of us made it to adulthood!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-75408589909070628602013-01-19T12:59:14.568-05:002013-01-19T12:59:14.568-05:00It's amazing that any of us made it to adultho...It's amazing that any of us made it to adulthood!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-43349829176194860362013-01-19T11:21:15.905-05:002013-01-19T11:21:15.905-05:00Oh those were the days weren't they? I remembe...Oh those were the days weren't they? I remember riding my skateboard w/o protecting gear and running over my sister who was racing me both of us ended up with road rash. Granted those were the days of "walk it off" when the parents just said, "stop that crying it'll make ya tougher" Thanks for the Deja' Vu' posting.Gossip_Grlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06603645371306284338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-43758507198211201192013-01-19T10:41:50.078-05:002013-01-19T10:41:50.078-05:00At least when you were a kid you never spoke with ...At least when you were a kid you never spoke with a stranger, right?stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-40135831203819320152013-01-19T10:09:25.283-05:002013-01-19T10:09:25.283-05:00How about jumping off the deck with an open umbrel...How about jumping off the deck with an open umbrella playing parachute men? Mommy Bagshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14016498338534458441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-2551363592988644402013-01-19T09:48:32.481-05:002013-01-19T09:48:32.481-05:00It is amazing that any of us of a certain age are ...It is amazing that any of us of a certain age are still here considering the "dangerous" habits we grew up with. I even survived growing up in a neighborhood where dogs and cats roamed around freely.Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04810126999695733332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-52482012673452974122013-01-19T09:45:34.305-05:002013-01-19T09:45:34.305-05:00And I'll bet you rode a bike without wearing a...And I'll bet you rode a bike without wearing a helmet and climbed a tree without "fall protection", too, didn't you? Bad boy, bad boy! ;)<br /><br />SLowandslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08608734222483888884noreply@blogger.com