Those born 1930-1979

[kazthorn]

How true is this!!!!!!!

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 poke 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 governments 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?!

[TheGuru]

Superb and quite true

I've heard this before and it always makes me smile, so very true!

LAugh out loud. Wish I was a kid again. Not that I all that old. How old do you have to be anyway to talk about the goog old days?

[TheGuru]

Originally Posted by BadBok

LAugh out loud. Wish I was a kid again. Not that I all that old. How old do you have to be anyway to talk about the goog old days?

Thats a good point

The older you get the more likely you are to forget what you did 10 minutes ago. However you are more likely to remember what you did when you where actually 10 :-?