born from 1930 to 1979

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I want you guys to tell about what you think what is said
This long but a good read.
That's when I grew up and I agree 100%



Born 1930-1979
I hope this is not a repost...Long but, true..
Here's to US!!!!
No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us,
WE ARE AWESOME !!!!
OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!!
To Those of Us Born
1930 - 1979
At the end of this email is a quote of the month
by Jay Leno... If you don't read anything
else, please read what he said.
Very well stated, Mr. Leno.

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 and 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-base paints…


We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,
locks on doors or cabinets
and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps
not helmets on our heads.

And when we had our sleds,
we tied them to the bumper of a car
and had a really neat ride
as long as you made sure
you didn't slide under the car
when it stopped .


As infants & 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.

Riding in the back of a pick- up truck 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, real butter or lard and bacon.
We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And, we weren't overweight..
WHY?
Because we were always outside playing...
that's why!


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
OKAY.


We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps
and then ride them 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 Play stations, Nintendo's and X-boxes.
There were no video games, 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 and no 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 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...


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.


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 ? (LOL)


The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
'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?'

For those that prefer to think
that God is not watching over us... go ahead and delete this.. For the rest of us...pass this on..