BSCC- Fw: WE SURVIVED THIS!

Fri Apr 9 11:53:41 EDT 2010

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Subject: Fw: WE SURVIVED THIS!

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From: Marycontrary1 at aol.com 
To: COYLEBELLOMO at aol.com ; ladydi76 at comcast.net ; Hendu74 at comcast.net ; mamamia227 at aol.com ; genieinabottle74 at comcast.net ; greeneggsandsam6 at aol.com 
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 10:00 PM
Subject: WE SURVIVED THIS!

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, 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 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.
 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.. 

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