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CONGRATULATIONS, AND CELEBRATIONS........!
> > >>CONGRATULATIONS!!!
> > >>TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1950's, 60's, 70's, 80'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 Chev, Dodge or Ford LDV on a warm day was
>>>>always a special treat.
> > >>
> > >>We drank water from the 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 soft drink 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 cowboy 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!
> > >>
> > >>The town football club had tryout for the junior team 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
> > >>
> > >>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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