lxexpress
05-08-2006, 09:00 PM
>> 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-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 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 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 kool aid made with sugar, 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 150 channels on cable, no
>> video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no
>> cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or
>> 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 .
>>
>> And 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?!
>>
>>
>> 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-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 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 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 kool aid made with sugar, 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 150 channels on cable, no
>> video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no
>> cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or
>> 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 .
>>
>> And 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?!
>>