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Road Trip!
<b>WE ARE AWESOME PEOPLE</b>
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 and '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,
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, 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, Nintendo’s 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
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?"
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 and '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,
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, 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, Nintendo’s 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
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?"
We've become a society that is addicted to technology and taking the easy way out. We watch for the next cool gadget to hit the market so we can keep ahead of the Jones's. Progress can be a good thing but at what cost? Sorry to seem so pessimistic but damn.....:nonod:
