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,
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 the streetlights
came on.
No one was able to reach us
all day .. .
And, we were OKAY.
We would spend hours
building
Our go-carts out of scrapsand
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, or just a bare hand,
And
no one would call child services to report abuse.
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 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.
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
Ho w 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 it 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 bird flu and terrorist
attacks,
are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of
Allegiance?"
For those who
prefer to think
that God is not
watching over
us....
go ahead and delete
this.
For the rest of
us..... please pass this on.
(received in email on 10/28/2019)
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