02-01-2007, 03:17 PM
*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 koolade 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! *
*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 koolade 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! *
