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ORIGINAL: sambamanslilgirl something else to add: if we did something wrong and a neighbor saw, our parents knew it BEFORE we got home. neighborhoods were actually neighborhoods where everyone knew everyone and their kids. Before we got home, hell - we'd get our lil asses beat by the neighbor (in loco parentis) and then Again when we got home, since they'd called mom AFTER whoopin our butts! Get in trouble at school - same thing. Get yer ass busted by the teacher or principal (depending on the seriousness of the infraction - usually in front of the rest of the class - then get a note sent home that HAD to be SIGNED by mom or dad, who would read it, sign it, then promptly bust our ass again, punish us by sending us to our room (where there were no phones, cell or otherwise.. no friends, cause they were all outside playing.. no tv or video games... just four walls to stare at) without supper. And yeah, for me it was a switch from the Peach tree (if I was at granny's) or from a Scrub Oak if I was at home. Learned early on to grab one a lil bigger around than my thumb, cause it hurt less - worked at home, didn't at granny's - she'd always send us back out for a Thin one the sadistic old bat. quote:
I was talking to Fox about this yesterday. My mom smoked regularly while she was pregnant with me and my brother. While I hardly advocate it, or smoking in general, we both survived. She was told she was running a serious risk of low birthweight children, and stunting our growth when we got older. I was born at 9lb 2oz, my brother was 10lbs1oz. Good thing we were low birthweight! And at 6'3 1/2 my brother is sure happy he was stunted too... imagine how hard it would be to find clothes that fit if he hadnt been? Funny, my mom smoked - my brother and I were 8lbs7oz and 9lbs12oz respective. I smoked during both my pregnancies, hearing all the dire warnings about low birth weight and how I was evil and attempting to kill my children - they were 7bs14oz (at a month early) and 8lbs7oz (at a month early).. the younger one, in fact, I was told if I had Not delivered early that I probably would have had no choice but C-section, since she would likely have been in excess of 10lbs of birth weight by that point. Road trips? Oooh yeah - homemade 'tator salad & baked beans, either a package of hotdogs and buns or some hamburger patties ready to grill when we got to a reststop or some fried chicken - and none of it made us sick unless we were gluttons during that specific meal. Hmm.. speaking of homemade mustard potatoe salad, baked beans, and grilled burgers and dogs.. this Is a holiday weekend... think I'll go in the kitchen and then out to the lake for a few hours...
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