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[RD]

This is dedicated to

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, CD's or Ipods! < B>, 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

[Boogie]

 I still have a flat spot on the back of my head where they laid me on my back and stuck a bottle in my month.

  

[jarubio]

I'm part of that generation, so true.

[hobo]

That's close to home. I can relate to all of those, and then some. Like hopping trains and riding a bicycle all over town at 4:00 am delivering newspapers.

[THOR]

RD, if i'd have known that i would live this long i'd taken better care of myself! 

[BIG A]

i grew up with all those things too, still wish it was that way sometimes, i guess those were the good ole day's my dad talked about

[RD]

Remember when an "adult" told you to "straighten up", and you did.

Remember when Teacher's, respectivly, wore ties, or dresses, and you could distinguish them from the students.

[hooter]

The ole feared "trip to the principals office" that always seemed to wind up with at least 3 licks. I guess that's why I've got a flat butt now.

[lizard23]

Do you remember the days when you didn't have a cell phone and had to remember everybody's phone numbers? Maybe that's why I don't have a good memory anymore. Or was it the.........................nevermind  Merry Christmas everyone!

[Snake Doc]

I don't want to grow old; I just want to live a long time.

[Blueflameguy2]

i was born in 82 and that still fit.....  course, i grew up out in the country where we are just now getting all the perks mentioned......

[bIgPrO]

Man, those were the good old days 

God Bless all...

[Boomer]

I still believe there's a great truth...."That which does not kill me makes me stronger"....problem with a lot of kids these days is they're not eating enough dirt and gravel, nor getting their arses "warmed".....

[HeadGuess]

I still believe there's a great truth...."That which does not kill me makes me stronger"....problem with a lot of kids these days is they're not eating enough dirt and gravel, nor getting their arses "warmed".....

Spare the rod spoil the child. My kids can testify to that and so can my grandkids.

[paperpeddler]

Hey RD, sounds like my childhood and guess what I'm still kicking and ridding.  I wonder how many of the now generation will be able to say this in 50 or 60 years.  Enjoyed the comments, they are so true.  We should all send this to the Soccer Moms we know.

Regards Earl