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
took
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 computers, 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 accidents.

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, 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

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.

AWESOME!You Rawk!Marilyn.(((bear~hug)))Your Bearific Friend,Cybear


p.s.Sure and take"In God We Trust"off of our currency while your at
it.Personally Marilyn;I feel that anyone who supports these efforts is a
complete"Imbecile".Of course before I forget,I wouldn't want to sound
politically incorrect;this is MY opinion."Freedom of
Expression"Yeah!Baby,so there is Cybear's.High~Five Cy.GOD RULES!!Amen.

Marilyn you are so AWESOME !!!!!
The good ole'days

Not only that but from the time I was about 10 my parents let me go
fishing at the river a mile from my house with my buddies all day long
with no adult supervision. We also swam unspervised in the same river.
No wonder I grew up to be such a mess. I mean never unemployed for even
a day in over 30 years, able to retire at 55. Gee just think of what I
would could have been with the proper supervision more TV and video
games.

Thanks Marilyn. I always look forward to your posts!

Boy, do I miss the days where the blocks were full of kids playing out
until the street lamps came on. Now, I wouldn't even think of letting my
little one out of the house without me. Such a shame what this world is
coming to.

Yes it is a shame to what the world has become,our children,our
grandchildren miss the true way life should be i remember when i was a
child on summer night's we would sleep with every window and every door
wide open and never got any danger ,try that now and you would be robbed
or god only knows what