Those of You Born
1930 -
1979
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.
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-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 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
Street lights 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 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 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.
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, tornadoes, fires out of control,
mud
slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms
tearing up the country from one
end to another,
and with the threat of swine 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.
A Small
Prayer!
God
determines who walks into your life....it's up to you to decide who you let walk
away, who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go.
I need this back.
If you'll do this for me, I'll do it for you.
When there is nothing left
but God, that is when you find out that God is all you need. Take 60 seconds and
give this a shot! All you do is simply say the following small prayer for the
person who sent you this.
Father,
God bless my friend in whatever
it is that You know they may need this day!
And may their life be
full of your peace, prosperity, and power
as he seeks to have a closer
relationship with you.
Amen.
Then send it on to five
other people, including the one who sent it to you Within hours you will have
caused a multitude of people to pray for other people. Then sit back and watch
the power of God work in your life.
P. S... Five is good, but
more is better.
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