N0 matter what our kids and the new generation think about us,
WE
ARE AWESOME !!!!
OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!!
To
Those of Us
Raised Between
1930 - 1979
At
the end of this email is a quote of the month by Jay Leno. If
you don't read anything else, pleaseRead
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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