Neezar
06-17-2009, 03:27 PM
> TO
> ALL THE
> KIDS
>
> WHO
> SURVIVED
> THE
>
>
>
>
> 1940's,
> 50's,
> 60's ,
> 70's
> and
> 80'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,
> booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 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
> 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 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
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 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?
>
> ALL THE
> KIDS
>
> WHO
> SURVIVED
> THE
>
>
>
>
> 1940's,
> 50's,
> 60's ,
> 70's
> and
> 80'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,
> booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 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
> 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 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
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 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?
>