childhood from the good ole days...i like this one a lot
> '30's, '40's, '50's, '60's & '70's SURVIVORS ! ! !
>
>
>
> 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
> carried us.
>
>
>
> They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't
get
> tested for diabetes.
>
>
>
> Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were 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 children, we would ride in cars with no 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 soda pop with sugar
> in it, 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
> 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell
> phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet 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!
>
> This generation has 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!
>
>
>
> And 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 our lives for our
own
> good.
>
> and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how
brave
> their parents were.
>
> Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't
it?!
>
>
>
> 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
> carried us.
>
>
>
> They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't
get
> tested for diabetes.
>
>
>
> Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were 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 children, we would ride in cars with no 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 soda pop with sugar
> in it, 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
> 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell
> phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet 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!
>
> This generation has 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!
>
>
>
> And 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 our lives for our
own
> good.
>
> and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how
brave
> their parents were.
>
> Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't
it?!
