If you were born between 1925-1960, you will probably find this amusing. You might find it so even if you were born after those dates, but it is possible not everything in this list will apply to you. If you have seen this before, go ahead and just skip over it,
NO MATTER WHAT OUR KIDS AND THE NEW GENERATION THINK ABOUT US , WE ARE AWESOME !!!
Our Lives are LIVING PROOF !!!
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, locks on doors or cabinets, And, when we rode our bikes, We had baseball caps, Not helmets, on our heads.
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.
Riding in the back of a pickup 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, 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 that we forgot about brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned To Solve the problem.
We did not Have Play Stations, Nintendo and X-boxes. There were
No video games,
No 150 channels on cable,
No video movies Or DVDs,
No surround-sound or CDs,
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 Lost teeth,
And there were No lawsuits
From those 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,
22 rifles for our 12th, rode horses,
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 60 to 85 years Have seen an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, Failure, success and responsibility, and we learned How to deal with it all.
Too bad today's society hasn't a clue how to deal with anything because they grew up so sheltered they don't have a clue how to stand on their own two feet and MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
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The quote of the month
by Jay Leno:
"With hurricanes, tornadoes , 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?"
