Those Born 1930-1979!
>
> TO ALL THE KIDS
> WHO SURVIVED the
> 1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!
>
> First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked
> and/or drank while they were pregnant.
> They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from
> a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
>
> Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our
> tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored
> lead-based paints.
>
> We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors
> or cabinets and when we
> rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the
> risks we took hitchhiking.
> As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no
> car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
>
> Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was
> always a special treat.
>
> We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a
> bottle.
>
> We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one
> bottle and
>
> NO ONE actually died from this.
>
> We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank
> koolade made with sugar, but we weren't overweight
> because .
>
> WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING !
>
> We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
> as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
>
> No one was able to reach us all day.
>
> And we were O.K.
>
> We would spend hours building our go-carts out of
> scraps and then ride down
> the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After
> running into the bushes a few times, we learned to
> solve the problem.
>
> We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no
> video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video
> movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell
> phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat
> rooms.......
> WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
>
> We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth
> and there were no
> lawsuits from these accidents.
>
> We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the
> worms did not live in us forever.
>
> We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
>
> made up games with sticks and tennis balls and,
> although we were told it would happen, we did not put
> out very many eyes.
>
> We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and
> knocked on the door or rang
> the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
>
> Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the
> team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with
> disappointment. Imagine that!!
>
> The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the
> law was unheard of.
>
> They actually sided with the law!
>
> These generations have produced some of the best
> risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
>
> The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation
> and new ideas.
>
> We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
> and we learned
>
> HOW TO
>
> DEAL WITH IT ALL!
>
> If YOU are one of them . . . CONGRATULATIONS!
>
> You might want to share this with others who have had
> the luck to grow up as
> kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated
> so much of our lives
>
> for our own good
>
> And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so
> they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents
> were.
>
> Kind of makes you want to run through the house with
> scissors, doesn't it?!
>
> The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
>
> "With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud
> slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the
> country from one end to another, and with the threat
> of bird flu and terrorist attacks,"Are we sure this is
> a good time to take God out of the Pledge of
> Allegiance?"
>
> For those that prefer to think that God is not
> watching over us....go ahead and delete this.
> For the rest of us.....pass this on.
>
> TO ALL THE KIDS
> WHO SURVIVED the
> 1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!
>
> First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked
> and/or drank while they were pregnant.
> They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from
> a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
>
> Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our
> tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored
> lead-based paints.
>
> We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors
> or cabinets and when we
> rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the
> risks we took hitchhiking.
> As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no
> car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
>
> Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was
> always a special treat.
>
> We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a
> bottle.
>
> We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one
> bottle and
>
> NO ONE actually died from this.
>
> We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank
> koolade made with sugar, but we weren't overweight
> because .
>
> WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING !
>
> We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
> as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
>
> No one was able to reach us all day.
>
> And we were O.K.
>
> We would spend hours building our go-carts out of
> scraps and then ride down
> the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After
> running into the bushes a few times, we learned to
> solve the problem.
>
> We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no
> video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video
> movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell
> phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat
> rooms.......
> WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
>
> We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth
> and there were no
> lawsuits from these accidents.
>
> We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the
> worms did not live in us forever.
>
> We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
>
> made up games with sticks and tennis balls and,
> although we were told it would happen, we did not put
> out very many eyes.
>
> We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and
> knocked on the door or rang
> the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
>
> Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the
> team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with
> disappointment. Imagine that!!
>
> The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the
> law was unheard of.
>
> They actually sided with the law!
>
> These generations have produced some of the best
> risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
>
> The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation
> and new ideas.
>
> We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
> and we learned
>
> HOW TO
>
> DEAL WITH IT ALL!
>
> If YOU are one of them . . . CONGRATULATIONS!
>
> You might want to share this with others who have had
> the luck to grow up as
> kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated
> so much of our lives
>
> for our own good
>
> And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so
> they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents
> were.
>
> Kind of makes you want to run through the house with
> scissors, doesn't it?!
>
> The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
>
> "With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud
> slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the
> country from one end to another, and with the threat
> of bird flu and terrorist attacks,"Are we sure this is
> a good time to take God out of the Pledge of
> Allegiance?"
>
> For those that prefer to think that God is not
> watching over us....go ahead and delete this.
> For the rest of us.....pass this on.
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