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TO
ALL OF US KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE....
First,
we survived being born to Mothers who smoked and/or drank while they
carried us.
They
took Aspirin, ate Blue-Cheese Dressing, Tuna from a Can, and didn't get
tested for Diabetes.
As Children, we road in Cars with no Seat Belts or Air Bags. Riding in the Back of a Pick-Up on a warm Day was always considered a special Treat.
We drank
water from the Garden Hose and NOT from a Bottle.
We shared one Soft Drink with four Friends ... most of
the time from one Bottle ... and NO ONE actually died from this.
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, but they knew where we were and who we were with. And we
were O.K.
We would spend hours
building or repairing our Bikes, Go-Carts and Skate Boards. Then we'd
ride them down the
biggest Hill in the neighborhood,
only
to
find
out
we
forgot
about the
Brakes.
When we played, we sometimes fell out of trees, got cuts and bruises,
and even broke a bone or two, but there were no Lawsuits from these
Accidents. These things just happened. It was PART of growing up. Yes, we ate Worms and Mud Pies made from Dirt, but the Worms did not live in us forever.
The Little
League Team had Spring Tryouts ... and not Everyone made the Team. Those
who didn't, had to learn to deal with Disappointment. And they did so
without having to go to a therapist.
Imagine That!!
In spite of ALL of the
things we HAD to endure as we grew up, This Generation has produced some
of the very best Risk-Takers, Problem Solvers and Inventors ever
seen in this county's history!
The past 50 Years have been an Explosion of Innovation and new Ideas.
LOOKING BACK ... WE had it ALL ... Freedom, Guidance,
Failure, Success and Responsibility. And we learned
And YOU are one of Them!
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 our Lives For Our Own 'Good'
Kind of makes you want to run through the House with
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Then
after that Trauma, our Baby Cribs were covered with bright colored
lead-based Paints.
We
ate Candy, REAL Ice Cream, Cupcakes, Chocolate Chip Cookies, white Bread
and real Butter. We drank Soda Pop with Sugar in it, but we weren't
overweight because...
We
didn't have Playstations, X-Boxes or Nintendo. In fact, we had no
Video Games at all. No 99 Channels on Cable TV ... We just had 3. We
didn't have Video Tape or DVD Movies, no Surround Sound,
We
were given BB Guns and Sling-shots for our 10th Birthdays. We made up
games with Sticks and Balls (or rocks) and although we were told it
WOULD happen sooner or later, we didn't Put Out an Eye.
The
idea of our Parents bailing us out if we broke the Law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the Law! And depending on what we did, when we
got home we got grounded, spanked, and/or sent to our room with out
supper. And there weren't any TV's, DVD's, Video Games or Computers up
there. Not even a phone!!! OMG, that HAD to be child abuse!!!