No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us,
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> WE ARE AWESOME !!!
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> OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!
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> To Those of Us Born
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> 1925 - 1970 :
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> At the end of this email is a quot e of the month by Jay Leno.. If you
> don't read anything else, please
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> read what he said.
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> Very well stated, Mr.. Leno.
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> ~~~~~~~~~
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> TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE
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> 1930s, '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s!!
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> First, we survived being born to mothers who may have smoked and/or
> drank
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> while they were pregnant
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> They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't
> get tested for diabetes.
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> Then, after that trauma, we were
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> put to sleep on our tummies
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> in baby cribs covered
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> with bright colored lead-based paints.
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> We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or
> cabinets,
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> and, when we rode our bikes,
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> we had baseball caps,
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> not helmets, on our heads.
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> As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no
> booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no
> brakes.
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> Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a
> special treat.
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> We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
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> We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one
> actually died from this.
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> We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter, and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid
> made with real white sugar. And we weren't overweight.
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> WHY?
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> Because we were always outside playing...that's why!
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> We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were
> back when the streetlights came on.
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> No one was able to reach us all day.
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> --And, we were OKAY.
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> We would spend hours building
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> our go-carts out of scraps
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> and then ride them down the hill,
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> only to find out we forgot the brakes... After running into the bushes a
> few times, we learned to solve the problem.
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> We did not have Play Stations, Nintendos and X-boxes. There were
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> no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
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> no video movies or DVDs,
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> no surround-sound or CDs,
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> no cell phones,
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> no personal computers,
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> no Internet and no chat rooms..
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> WE HAD FRIENDS
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> and we went outside and found them!
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> We fell out of trees, got cut,
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> broke bones and teeth,
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> and there were no lawsuits
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> from those accidents.
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> We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles,
> or just a bare hand, and no one would call child services to report
> abuse.
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> We ate worms, and mud pies
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> made from dirt, and
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> the worms did not live in us forever.
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> We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks
> and tennis balls, and
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> -although we were told it would happen- we did not put out very many
> eyes.
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> 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.
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> Little League had tryouts
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> and not everyone made the team.
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> Those who didn't had to learn
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> to deal with disappointment.
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> Imagine that!!
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> The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard
> of. They actually sided with the law!
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> These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers,
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> problem solvers, and inventors ever.
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> The past 50 to 85 years have seen an explosion of innovation and new
> ideas..
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> We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how
> to deal with it all.
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> If YOU are one of those born
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> between 1925-1970, CONGRATULATIONS!
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> 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.
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> While you are at it, forward it to your kids, so they will know how
> brave and lucky their parents were.
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> Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't
> it ?
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> ~~~~~~~
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> The quote of the month
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> by
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> Jay Leno:
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> "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?"
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> For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us.....go
> ahead and delete this.
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> For the rest of us. ...pass this on...
