Good Ole Days

Norman





>From: "Irene Garcia"
>To: <"Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@quickclic.net>
>Subject: Good Ole Days
>Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 16:03:31 -0400
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> Those Born 1930-1979!
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> TO ALL THE KIDS
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> WHO SURVIVED the
> 1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!
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> 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.
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> Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies
>in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
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> 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.
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> Riding in the back of a pick up 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
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> NO ONE actually died from this.
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> We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank
>koolade made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because .
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> WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING !
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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 O.K.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and
>there were no
> lawsuits from these accidents.
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> We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did
>not live in us forever.
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> We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
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> made up games with sticks and tennis balls
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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 and not everyone made the team.
>Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
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> The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was
>unheard of.
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> They actually sided with the law!
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> These generations have produced some of the best
>risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
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> The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and
>new ideas.
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> We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we
>learned
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> DEAL WITH IT ALL!
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> If YOU are one of them . 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
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> for our own good .
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> And 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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