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> > > > > > [QUOTE][QUOTE][QUOTE][QUOTE][QUOTE][QUOTE][CENTER]To Those of Us Born **
> > > > > 1925 - 1955: *
> > > > > 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 and 50’s !! *
> > > > >
> > > > > First, we survived being born to mothers who may have 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-based paints.***
> > > > >
> > > > > We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets,
> > > > > and, when we rode our bikes,
> > > > > we had baseball caps, or nothing,
> > > > > not helmets, on our heads.
> > > > >
> > > > > As infants and 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 it got dark.
> > > > >
> > > > > No one was able to reach us all day ***and, and we were OKAY.
> > > > >
> > > > > We would spend hours building***
> > > > > our go-carts out of scraps and ***
> > > > > then ride them down the hill,
> > > > > Only to find out that we forgot about brakes.
> > > > > After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.***
> > > > >
> > > > > We did not ***Have
> > > > > Play Stations, Nintendo
> > > > > and X-boxes. There were***
> > > > > No video games, ***
> > > > > No 150 channels on cable,***
> > > > > No video movies ***
> > > > > Or DVDs,***
> > > > > No surround-sound or CDs,
> > > > > 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 Lost teeth,
> > > > > And there were ***
> > > > > No lawsuits***
> > > > > From those accidents. ***
> > > > >
> > > > > We would get
> > > > > Spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles,
> > > > > belts, or just a bare hand, ***
> > > > > ***And no one would call child services to report abuse.*
> > > > > (there were no "Child Services" to call!)
> > > > > 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,
> > > > > 22 rifles for our 12th, rode cows, dogs and horses,
> > > > > 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, and improve.***
> > > > >
> > > > > 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 60 to 85 years ***
> > > > > have seen 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 those born
> > > > > between 1925 &1955, 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 this 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
> > > > > 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 bat flu and terrorist
> > > > > attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take
> > > > > God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"***
> > > > > [/CENTER]

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