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I think this might give
you all a smile.
Grin,
Julie'',
> Congratulations are in order if you lived as a child > in the 60's, 70's or even early 80's. > (or earlier for some, but I won't go there !!) > > Looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived > as long as we have... > > As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts > or air bags. Riding in the back of a ute on a warm day > was always a special treat. > > Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored > lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on > medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode > our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention > hitchhiking as a young kid!) > > We drank water from the garden hose and not from a > bottle. Horrors. > > We would spend hours building our go-carts out of > scraps and then rode 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 would leave home in the morning and play all day, > as long as we were back before dinner time. No one was > able to reach us all day. No mobile phones. > > Unthinkable. > > We played dodgeball and sometimes the ball would > really hurt. We got cut and broke bones and broke > teeth, and there were no law suits from these > accidents. They were accidents. > No one was to blame, but us. Remember accidents? > > We had fights and punched each other and got black and > blue and learned to get over it. > > We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar > soft drink but we were never overweight... > we were always outside playing. We shared one soft > drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one > died from this. > > We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, > video games at all, 99 channels on pay TV, video tape > movies, surround sound, personal mobile phones, > Personal Computers, Internet chat rooms ... we had > friends. We went outside and found them. We rode bikes > or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, > or rung the bell or just walked in and talked to them. > > Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent! By > ourselves! Out there in the cold cruel world! Without > a guardian. > > How did we do it? > > We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate > worms and although we were told it would happen, we > did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live . > inside us forever. > > We played footy down the park and not everyone got > picked to play. Those who didn't, had to learn to deal > with disappointment..... Some students weren't > as smart as others so they failed a grade and were > held back to repeat the same grade.....Horrors. > Tests were not adjusted for any reason. > > Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. > No one to hide behind. The idea of a parent bailing us > out if we broke a law was unheard of. > They actually sided with the law, imagine that! > > This generation has produced some of the best > risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. > The past 50 years has 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! > > Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to > grow up as kids, before lawyers and government > regulated our lives, for our own good. MSN 8 helps ELIMINATE E-MAIL VIRUSES. Get 2 months FREE*. |
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