> TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's 40's,

> 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's !!

>

> 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.

>

> Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were

> covered with bright colored

> lead-based paints.

>

> We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,

> doors or cabinets and when

> we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to

> mention, the risks we took

> hitchhiking.

>

> As children, we would ride in cars with no seat

> belts or air bags.

>

> Riding in the back of a pick up 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 and real butter

> and drank soda pop with sugar

> in it, but we weren't overweight because

>

> WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!

>

> 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

> of scraps and then ride

> 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,

> X-boxes, no video games at all,

> no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies,

> no surround sound, no cell

> phones, no personal computers, no Internet or

> Internet 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!

>

> This generation has 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!

>

> And 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 our lives for our

> own good.

>

> And while you are at it, forward it to your

> kids so they will know how

> brave their parents were.

>

> Kind of makes you want to run through the house

> with scissors, doesn't it?!

Yet gas prices were so much more beautiful.

Yet gas prices were so much more beautiful.

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Imagine paying $1 per gallon back in the 70s.

 

That's pretty damn high.

Yet gas prices were so much more beautiful.

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Imagine paying $1 per gallon back in the 70s.

 

That's pretty damn high.

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Imagine having Jimmy Carter as president......

 

*shudders*

no personal computers, no Internet or

> Internet chat

> rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went

> outside and found them!

:lol :lol

 

So true...

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT

from a bottle.

 

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I still do that :thumbup