Crazy Things Boomer Kids Did in the Past

Drinking from Water Garden Hoses

Bottled water was not a thing until a couple of decades later. You would just drink from the tap, and in the summer, kids, after running around the yard for a while, had no shame in taking a sip from the garden hose.

No one ever thought that water from garden hoses was unregulated and potentially unsafe. This was normal. The water was a fixture of summertime fun, with kids running in and out of sprinklers.