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Hope you enjoy reading this and bring back old memories!!!!
 
No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us,

WE ARE AWESOME !!!!
OUR LIFE IS A LIVING PROOF !!!!
To Those of Us Born during
1930 - 1979
 
 
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE
1930's, 40's, 50's,
60's and 70's!!
 
 
We were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cots covered
with bright colored lead-base paints.
 
 
We had no child proof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets
and when we rode our bikes,
we had no caps or
helmets on our heads.
 
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster
seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and some times 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 cup cakes and other sweets made with Butter & white sugar but were
not over weight.
WHY?
 
Because we were always outside playing....that's why!
 
 
We would leave home in the morning, go to school mostly on foot and play all
day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on..
No one was able to reach us all day.There were no cell phones, not even land
lines 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 punishments like caning, spankings with sticks, or just a bare
hands and no one would call child services to report abuse.
 
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.
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 Managers
risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.
 
 
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. What
can kids today do besides push buttons..
 
 
We had freedom, failures, successes 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.
 
 
 
S.SELVAKUMAR