<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">----- Forwarded Message ----<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Verizon <jbleiler@verizon.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Ron Moller <zippermoller@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, April 9, 2010 10:35:14 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Fw: WE SURVIVED THIS!<br></font><br>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> WE SURVIVED THIS!</div></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 191);">Here's to
US!!!!</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: rgb(64, 160, 255);">No matter what our kids
and the new generation think about us,</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: rgb(64, 160, 255);"> WE ARE AWESOME
!!!!</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: rgb(64, 160, 255);">OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF
!!!!</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><i><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: red; font-family: Papyrus;">To Those
of </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: red; font-family: Papyrus;">Us
Born</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Papyrus;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"> </span></i><b><i><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: red; font-family: Papyrus;">1930 -
1979</span></i></b></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: red; font-family: Papyrus;">At the end of
this email is a quote of the month by Jay Leno.. If you don't read
anything else, please</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: red; font-family: Papyrus;">read what he
said.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 30pt; color: red; font-family: Papyrus;">Very well
stated, Mr. Leno.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><i><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: rgb(96, 49, 129); font-family: Papyrus;">TO
ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE</span></i></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">1930's, 40's,
50's,</span></i></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"> 60's and
70's!! </span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: navy; font-family: Papyrus;">First, we
survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were
pregnant.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: purple; font-family: Papyrus;">They took
aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn't get tested
for diabetes.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;">Then after that
trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs
covered</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;">with bright
colored lead-base paints..</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;"></span></i> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: maroon; font-family: Papyrus;">We had no
childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when
we rode our bikes,</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: maroon; font-family: Papyrus;">we had
baseball caps</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: maroon; font-family: Papyrus;">not helmets
on our heads.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: maroon; font-family: Papyrus;">And when we
had our sleds, we tied them to the bumper</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: maroon; font-family: Papyrus;">of a car and
had a really neat ride as long as you</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: maroon; font-family: Papyrus;">made sure you
didn't slide under the car when it stopped.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: green; font-family: Papyrus;">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.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: navy; font-family: Papyrus;">Riding in the
back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special
treat.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: purple; font-family: Papyrus;">We drank
water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;">We shared one
soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one actually died
from this.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: maroon; font-family: Papyrus;">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?</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: maroon; font-family: Papyrus;">Because we
were always outside playing...that's why!</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: green; font-family: Papyrus;">We would leave
home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the
streetlights came on..</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: navy; font-family: Papyrus;">No one was able
to reach us all day. And, we were OKAY.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: purple; font-family: Papyrus;">We would
spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: purple; font-family: Papyrus;">and then ride
them down the hill,</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: purple; font-family: Papyrus;">only to find
out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we
learned to solve the problem</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;">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,</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;">no
surround-sound or CD's,</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;">no cell
phones,</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;">no personal
computers,</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;">no Internet and
no chat rooms.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><u><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;"><b>WE HAD
FRIENDS</b></span></u></i><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;"> and we
went outside and found them!</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: maroon; font-family: Papyrus;">We fell out
of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from
these accidents. <br></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: red; font-family: Papyrus;">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...</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: navy; font-family: Papyrus;">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></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: purple; font-family: Papyrus;">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></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: purple; font-family: Papyrus;"></span></i> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: purple; font-family: Papyrus;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;">Little League
had tryouts and not everyone made the team.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;">Those who
didn't had to learn</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;">to deal with
disappointment.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;">Imagine
that!!</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 30pt; color: black; font-family: Papyrus;"> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 30pt; color: black; font-family: Papyrus;"></span></i> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 191);">The idea of a parent bailing
us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the
law! </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: green; font-family: Papyrus;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">These</font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">generations</font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">have</font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">produced</font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">some</font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">of</font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">the</font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">best</font> </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: green; font-family: Papyrus;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">risk</font>-<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">takers</font>, <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">problem</font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">solvers</font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">and</font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif">inventors</font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">ever</font>.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: navy; font-family: Papyrus;">The past 50
years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: navy; font-family: Papyrus;">We had freedom,
failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it
all.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: purple; font-family: Papyrus;">If YOU are
one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 30pt; color: black; font-family: Papyrus;"> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;">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</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: teal; font-family: Papyrus;">While you are
at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave and lucky their
parents were.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: green; font-family: Papyrus;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: green; font-family: Papyrus;">The quote of
the month is by</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: green; font-family: Papyrus;">Jay
Leno:</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: green; font-family: Papyrus;">'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?' </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><br> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: navy; font-family: Papyrus;">For those that
prefer to think that God is not watching over us....go ahead and delete
this..</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; font-family: Papyrus;"> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: navy; font-family: Papyrus;">For the rest of
us...pass this on..</span></i></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
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