Dolores Iurato [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.
> [Original Message] > From: LEONARD BULFONE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 1/25/2006 11:06:24 AM > Subject: FW: TO ALL THE KIDS BORN BEFORE THE 80'S....... > > > > >Subject: TO ALL THE KIDS BORN BEFORE THE 80'S....... > >Importance: High > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN 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 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 yelled for 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[Shirley A. Eng] . > > > > 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?! >
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