Bassy
Lieutenant Commander
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2003
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Subject: TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930s 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s<br /><br />First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while<br />they carried us.<br /><br />They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and<br />didn't get tested for diabetes.<br /><br />Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright<br />colored lead-based paints.<br /><br />We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or<br />cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, elbow or knee<br />pads, not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.<br /><br />As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.<br /><br />Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special<br />treat.<br /><br />We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.<br /><br />We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE<br />actually died from this.<br /><br />We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with<br />sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE<br />PLAYING!<br /><br />We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we<br />were back when the streetlights came on.<br /><br />No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.<br /><br />We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride<br />down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running<br />into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.<br /><br />We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at<br />all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound,<br />no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat<br />rooms... WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!<br /><br />We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no<br />lawsuits from these accidents.<br /><br />We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live<br />in us forever.<br /><br />We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with<br />sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we<br />did not put out very many eyes.<br /><br />We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or<br />rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!<br /><br />Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who<br />didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!<br /><br />The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard<br />of.<br /><br />They actually sided with the law!<br /><br />Our generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem<br />solvers and inventors ever!<br /><br />The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.<br /><br />We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned<br />HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!<br /><br />And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS!<br /><br />Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't<br />it?!<br /> 
Bassy
Bassy
