To Those of You Born
> > 1930 - 1979


> > 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.20

> > Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our
> tummies
> > in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base
> 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 & children, we would ride in cars with
> no
> > car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air
> bags,
> > bald tire s 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 O.K.

> > 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 Playstations, Nintendo's and
> X-boxes.
> > There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
> no
> > video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or
> CD's, no
> > cell phones, no person al 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 these accidents.

> > We ate worms and mud pies made f rom 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.

> > 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 is 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.

"Open your arms to change but never loose your
sense of values"