To Those Born 1930-1979

[pan4gold49]

READ TO THE BOTTOM FOR QUOTE OF THE MONTH BY JAY LENO IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE-----VERY WELL STATED
Those Born 1930-1979!

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-based paints.

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 to ok hitchhiking

As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pick up 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 and real butter and drank koolade made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING !

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 O.K.

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.

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 computer! s, no Internet or 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 accid ents.

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,

made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, althou gh 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 .

And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

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.

Food for thougt.

Pan4

[pansTX420]

I do agree with this, but at the same time the kids that grew up during these years are the ones allowing there kids to do all of the things in this letter "we are the ones buying the TVs and the cable, video games etc. also I think that the person that Invented all of these things were born during those years.Internet....."real video games" 24 hour cartoon channels any way some thing to think about also.

[711]

I don't really get the reference to God. From the context of the article, if anyone's watching it's Big Brother.

[DC]

We had it easy.

[cheese]

sounds like fun to me!!

lol im not in that time period, but thought it was an interesting read, thx for sharing

[axeman9]

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They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

I like aspirin and blue cheese dressing. and i like tuna from a can. dunno about diabetes though

[islandgurl]

GREAT read, pan and thank you for sharing it.

Peace,
islandgurl

[drummerboy323]

Ahhhh hose water and injury without lawyers. Im only 28 just lucky enough to know the old America. They even remodeled the schools and started new curriculum the year after I graduated. I feel for the kids of today, they will never truly know the meaning of Freedom.

[DHBlues]

Speaking as one who survived such a chaotic upbringing, I can't say we survived completely unscathed. After all, we elected as leader of the "free world":
A peanut farmer/nuclear engineer
A B-movie actor
A paranoid wimp
A philanderer who doen't have the sense to inhale when toking
George W. Bush.
Doesn't speak well of our mental health. Where's Harry Truman when you need him? Oh yeah...

[user54321]

Strikingly similar to this

But without Jay Leno's comments on God... I find it best to leave God out of it, especially when it comes to jokes

>>FOR EVERYONE BORN BEFORE 1986!!!
>>According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who
>>were kids in the 60's, 70's and early 80's probably shouldn't have
>>survived, because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured
>>lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked. We had no
>>childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or
>>cabinets and it was fine to play with pans.
>>
>>When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and
>>fluorescent 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels. As children, we would
>>ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags - riding in the
>>passenger seat was a treat.
>>
>>We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it
>>tasted the same.
>>
>>We ate chips, bread and butter
>>pudding and drank fizzy juice
>>with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were
>>always outside playing.
>>
>>We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can
>>and no-one actually died from this.
>>
>>We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then
>>went top speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the
>>brakes. After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned
>>to solve the problem.
>>
>>We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as
>>long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach
>>us and no one minded.
>>
>>We did not have Play stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all.
>>No 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no
>>mobile phones, no personal computers, no
>>DVDs, no Internet chat rooms.
>>
>>We had friends - we went outside and found them.
>>
>>We played elastics and rounders, and sometimes that ball really
>>hurt!
>>
>>We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no
>>law suits.
>>
>>We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from
>>other parents.
>>
>>We played chap-the-door-run-away and were actually afraid of the
>>owners catching us.
>>
>>We walked to friends' homes.
>>
>>We also, believe it or not, WALKED to school; we didn't rely on
>>mummy or daddy to drive us to school, which was just round the
>>corner.
>>
>>We made up games with sticks and tennis balls.
>>
>>We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood.
>>
>>The idea of our parents bailing us out if we broke a law was
>>unheard of...They actually sided with the law.
>>
>>This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and
>>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.
>>
>>And you're one of them. Congratulations!
>>
>>Pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow as real
>>kids, before lawyers and governments regulated our lives, for our
>>own good.
>>
>>For those of you who aren't old enough, thought you might like
>>to read about us.
>>
>>This my friends, is surprisingly frightening......and it might
>>put a smile on your face:
>>
>>The majority of students
>>in universities today were born in
>>1985........They are called youth.
>>
>>They have never heard of We are the World, We are the children,
>>and the Uptown Girl they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel. They
>>have never heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Nena Cherry or Belinda
>>Carlisle.
>>
>>For them, there has always been only one Germany and one
>>Vietnam..
>>
>>AIDS has existed since they were born. CD's have existed since
>>they were born.
>>
>>Michael Jackson has always been white.
>>
>>To them John Travolta has always been round in shape and they
>>can't imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance.
>>
>>They believe that Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible are
>>films from last year.
>>
>>They can never imagine life before computers.
>>
>>They'll never have pretended to be the A Team, RedHand Gang or
>>the Famous Five.
>>
>>They'll never have applied to be on Jim'll Fix It
>>
>>They can't believe a black and white television ever existed.
>>And they will never understand how we could leave the house without
>>a mobile phone.
>>
>>Now let's check if we're getting old...
>>
>>1. You understand what was written above and you smile.
>>2. You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a
>>night out.
>>3. Your friends are getting married/already married.
>>4. You are always surprised to see small children playing
>>comfortably with computers.
>>5. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your
>>head.
>>6. You remember watching Dirty Den in EastEnders the first time
>>around.
>>7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the
>>good Old days, repeating again all the funny things you have
>>experienced together.
>>8. Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to
>>some other friends because you think they will like it too...
>>
>>Yes, you're getting old!!

[mover2100]

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?"

Answer:

Hell, yes, it's about time. Who the fuck is to blame for letting all that shit happen if not Gawd (for those still foolish enuff to believe in'em).

I always thought Leno was just a big dick, this helps confirm it

[user54321]

Who the fuck is to blame for letting all that shit happen if not Gawd

I say we blame Jay Leno.

[711]

I blame doctor octopus