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-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 or CD's, 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 as
kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our
lives

for our own good


And 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?!...

amen bammer..

we lived :D

CLAF - Rules

RC Boys. LOL

u for got thepush carts we made from 2x4 and a milk crate with wheels
from a baby buggy

not sure about you but we didn't have little league in my
naighborhood...we had the sand lot

bad ass dude
ps good to see ya in the forums.

Hey Bammer what about all the desert parties. LOL

amen brother

sweet!

Born 1969 the most kind year. LOL

1931 was the best year, that was mine. little league what is that six or
eight of us would get togeather in an open space. 3 or 4 man teams but
we had fun.and at dinner (supper in those days) we got to listen to amos
and andy or lum and abner on the radio. we could count on the razor
strap, if we got in trouble.

I remember most of those things, I remember we never had to lock our
doors, even if we were gone overnight. We made stilts out of coffee
cans and went everywhere on our bikes. Too bad society has changed so
much in such a short time!

car seats? hell I laid in the back window and in trucks I used to sit on
the tailgate and drag my foot on the pavement LOL

WOW!!! Seems as we grow up we forget, thanks for the reminder.... Life
was good then...

born in 1973, loved taking turns with my sisters pushing each other
down a hill in a shopping
cart,weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! crash
ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

right on... u said it all RIGHT!

I sometimes wonder how I survived!!!!!!!

damn you brought back my childhood to a t crazy how it is theses days
lol

this is not new.. i got this e-mail years ago.. yet it is still sticking
true

yes, how did we make it, and still standing strong!!