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 & '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 colored 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, booster seats,
seat belts, 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 a 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
byJay
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?"
