Post by Rick (Admin) on Apr 16, 2013 21:16:05 GMT -5
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
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
ofscraps
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 .