.............those were the days and it nice to remember.
Hi I thought you might find this as interesting as I did.....born during that window and young at heart !
No matter what our kids And the new generation think about us,
WE ARE AWESOME!!!
OUR Lives are LIVING PROOF !!!
To Those of Us
Born1925 - 1970:
~~~~~~~~~ TO ALL THE
KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930s, '40s, '50s,
'60s and '70s!! First, we survived
Being born to mothers who may have 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 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, 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 buildingOur go-carts out Of scrapsAnd then rideThem 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, Nintendos and X-boxes. There wereNo 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 FRIENDSAnd we went
Outside and found them! We fell out Of trees, got cut, Broke bones and 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 piesMade from dirt, AndThe worms did
Not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 14th birthdays, 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. 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 bestrisk-takers, Problem solvers, and Inventors ever. The past 50To 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. If YOU are One of those born Between 1925-1970,
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.
Hi I thought you might find this as interesting as I did.....born during that window and young at heart !
No matter what our kids And the new generation think about us,
WE ARE AWESOME!!!
OUR Lives are LIVING PROOF !!!
To Those of Us
Born1925 - 1970:
~~~~~~~~~ TO ALL THE
KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930s, '40s, '50s,
'60s and '70s!! First, we survived
Being born to mothers who may have 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 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, 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 buildingOur go-carts out Of scrapsAnd then rideThem 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, Nintendos and X-boxes. There wereNo 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 FRIENDSAnd we went
Outside and found them! We fell out Of trees, got cut, Broke bones and 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 piesMade from dirt, AndThe worms did
Not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 14th birthdays, 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. 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 bestrisk-takers, Problem solvers, and Inventors ever. The past 50To 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. If YOU are One of those born Between 1925-1970,
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.