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<blockquote data-quote="muttmeister" data-source="post: 194053" data-attributes="member: 135"><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930s, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!! </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. <span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple">They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. </span></span><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal">Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored le ad-based paints. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon">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.</span></span><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green">As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.</span></span><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy">Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.</span></span><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple">We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.</span></span><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal">We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">NO</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">ONE</span></span><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"> actually died from this.</span></span> <span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon">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! </span></span><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green">We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. </span></span><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy">No one was able to reach us all day. <u>And</u> we were O.K.</span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">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. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">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........ </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">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. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">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! </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">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! </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">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 </span></span></span></span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><em>for our own good</em></span></span></span></span></span></ I></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><em> .</em></span></span></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><em></em></span></span></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><em>While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.</em></span></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><em> </em></span></span></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><em></em></span></span></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><em></em></span></span></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><em></em></span></span></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><em>Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!</em></span></span></span></span></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muttmeister, post: 194053, member: 135"] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia] TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930s, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!! [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][FONT=Georgia] First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. [COLOR=purple][COLOR=purple] They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=teal][COLOR=teal] Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored le ad-based paints. [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=maroon][COLOR=maroon] 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.[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=green][COLOR=green] As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=purple][COLOR=purple] We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=teal][COLOR=teal] We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]NO[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=teal][COLOR=teal] [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]ONE[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=teal][COLOR=teal] actually died from this.[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=black][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=maroon][COLOR=maroon] 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! [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=green][COLOR=green] We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] No one was able to reach us all day. [U]And[/U] we were O.K.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=purple][COLOR=purple][FONT=Georgia] 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. [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=teal][COLOR=teal][FONT=Georgia] 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![/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=maroon][COLOR=maroon][FONT=Georgia] We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=7][COLOR=green][COLOR=green][FONT=Tahoma] We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Georgia] 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. [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=purple][COLOR=purple][FONT=Georgia] 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! [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=teal][COLOR=teal][FONT=Georgia] Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=maroon][COLOR=maroon][FONT=Georgia] The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=green][COLOR=green][FONT=Georgia] These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Georgia] 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! [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=purple][COLOR=purple][FONT=Georgia] If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS![/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=teal][COLOR=teal][FONT=Georgia] 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 [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][I][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia][I]for our own good[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]</ I>[/I][I][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=teal][COLOR=teal][FONT=Georgia][I] . While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=maroon][COLOR=maroon][FONT=Georgia][I] Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?![/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=green][COLOR=green][FONT=Georgia][I] [/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [/QUOTE]
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