> No matter what our kids > And the new generation think about us, > > WE ARE AWESOME !!! > OUR Lives are LIVING PROOF !!! > > > To Those of Us Born > 1925 - 1970 : > > At the end > Of this email is a quote of the month by Jay Leno. If you dont read anything else, > Please > Read what he > Said. > > > Very well stated, > Mr. Leno. > ~~~~~~~~~ > TO ALL THE > KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE > 1930s, 40s, 50s, > 60s and 70s!! > > > First, we survived > Being born to mothers who may have smoked and/or drank > While they were > Pregnant. > > > They took aspirin, > Ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didnt 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, locks on doors or cabinets, > And, when we > Rode our bikes, > We had baseball > Caps, > Not helmets, on > Our heads. > > > > > As infants and > Children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, > No air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.. > > > > > Riding in the > Back of a pick- up truck 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, real butter, and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. > And we werent overweight. > WHY? > > > Because we were > Always outside playing...thats why! > > > 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 > OKAY. > > > > > We would spend > Hours building > Our go-carts out > Of scraps > And then ride > Them 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 Play Stations, Nintendos and X-boxes. There were > No video games, > No 150 channels on cable, > No video movies > Or DVDs, > No surround-sound or > CDs, > No cell phones, > No personal computers, > No Internet and > No 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 those accidents. > > We would get > Spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles, or just a bare hand, > And no one would call child services to report abuse. > > > > 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, 22 rifles for our 12th, rode horses,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 friends 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 didnt > 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 > To 85 years have seen 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 those born > Between 1925-1970, 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. > > > 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, doesnt it ? > ~~~~~~~ > The quote of > the month > 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? >
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