TO ALL THE KIDS
>
>WHO SURVIVED the
>1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!
>
>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 phon es, no personal computer! s, 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.
