|
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
don't 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
didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then, after that trauma, we were
put to sleep on our tummies
in baby cribs covered
with bright coloured 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
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,
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, 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 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,
doesn't 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?"
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.
|