To Those of You Born
1930 - 1979
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.
Very well stated, Mr. Leno.
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE
1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!
First, we survived being born to mothers who 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-base 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 & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats,
booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
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 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 and X-boxes. There were no video
games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no
surround-sound or CD's, 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 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!
These generations have 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.
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 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 is by Jay Leno:
'With hurricanes, tornados, 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 that prefer to think that God is not watching over us...go
ahead and delete this.
For
the rest of us...pass this on.
i did all that shit!
i am happy to say that i did most of those things. to many kids are shelterd these days. pussafication of america :homo:
hey i was born in 82 and did all that shit too!
Yeah I was born in 81 and did all that shit with James and his two bros!
it's closing the rubicon that's really going to save the world. They're sure about this! That and taking away kids dirt bikes. That should really save the world!
yeah Phill this damn lead crap is BS!!!
yeah Phill this damn lead crap is BS!!!
I have chewed on many many many motorcycle valve stems and bead lock stems over the years and look at how good I turned out (ok, well maybe I'm not the example to use, but it's still bullshit!)
I bought Peyton and Logan BB guns when they were 4 and 5.
Spoiled bastards.
Dang...reading that really took me back. I almost cried for a second.
I can relate and Im an 83 kid.......my son is about to be 3 and I already got him a BB gun!!!!!!! and by the time hes 5 he will be shooting a 22, just cause times are different doesnt mean I have to jump on the lame ass bandwagon raise your kids right stop raising kids that go into depression because they cant ride a bicycle on there first try. and how come everybody is either depressed or bi polar now didnt people stop to think that those are normal human emotions and the cure is to get the fawk over it and move on, learn to deal with the emotions of life people
yup, those were the days. i still drink tap water.
yup, those were the days. i still drink tap water.
straight outta the garden hose :thumbsup: honestly theres something about hose water on a hot day that is down right refreshing :flipoff:
I was wondering if some of you could relate? :thumbsup:
yeah Phill this damn lead crap is BS!!!
I have chewed on many many many motorcycle valve stems and bead lock stems over the years and look at how good I turned out (ok, well maybe I'm not the example to use, but it's still bullshit!)
OMG!!! This totally explains it! I have been wondering all these years!
I love this Rob and I love that I grew up when kids were tough and parents weren't a bunch of weenies!