Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Labels Seniors 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, 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, 22 rifles for our 12th, rode horses,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?"



For those that



prefer to think that God is not watching over us...go ahead and delete this.



For the rest



of us.....



please pass this



on.



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