Includes me for sure.
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 6:45 AM, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> # 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-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 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
> 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 kool-aid made
> with sugar, 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 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-
> sound, CD's or Ipods! No cell phones, no personal computers, no
> Internet or 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!
>
> If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!
>
> You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow
> up, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives so much,
> than for our own good.
>
> And while you are at it, share 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?!
>
>
> >
>
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