otnorot
Well-Known Member
Were you Born between 1925 & 1970 ?
No matter what our kids and the new
generation think about us,
WE ARE AWESOME !!!
OUR Lives are LIVING PROOF !!!
To Those ofUs Born
1925 - 1975
(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 base ball 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, 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 bestrisk-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?"
For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us...go ahead
and delete this.
For the rest of us.....pass this on.
No matter what our kids and the new
generation think about us,
WE ARE AWESOME !!!
OUR Lives are LIVING PROOF !!!
To Those ofUs Born
1925 - 1975
(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 base ball 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, 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 bestrisk-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?"
For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us...go ahead
and delete this.
For the rest of us.....pass this on.
