No
matter what our kids and the new generation think about
us,
WE ARE
AWESOME !!!!
OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!!
To
Those of Us
Born
1930
- 1970
At
the end of this email is a quote of the month by Jay Leno. If you don't read
anything else, please read what he said.
Very
well stated, Mr. Leno...
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-base 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 & 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 made with Lard, white bread, real butter and bacon. We
drank FLAV-
OR- AID
made with real white sugar. And, we weren't overweight.
WHY?
Because
we were always outside playing....that's 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, Nintendo's and X-boxes. There were no video games,
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 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 these 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, 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..
What
can kids today do besides push buttons.
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.
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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