[BITList] Born 1930-1979 So True

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        *No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us,
          WE ARE AWESOME !!!!
        OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!! **

        ******To Those of Us  Born****_
        1930 - 1979_**__**_**
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        At the end of this email is a quote of the month by Jay Leno. If
        you don't read anything else, please****Read what he said. **
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        *Very well stated, Mr. Leno..****
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        *TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE**
        **_1930's, 40's, 50's,_**__**_
        60's and 70's!!_**__**
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        *First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or
        drank while they were pregnant.****


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        *They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can
        and didn't get tested for diabetes.****
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        *Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in
        baby cribs covered***

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        With bright colored lead-base paints.****


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        *We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors
        or cabinets and when we rode our bikes,**
        **We had baseball caps***

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        Not helmets on our heads.****
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        *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.****


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        *Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always
        a special treat.****
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        *We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.****


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        *We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and
        no one actually died from this.****


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        *We ate cupcakes made with Lard, white bread, real butter and
        bacon. We drank **FLAV- OR- AID**made with real white sugar.
        And, we weren't overweight.   WHY?****
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        *_Because we were always outside playing.....that's why!_****
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        *We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as
        we were back when the streetlights came on..***

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        No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were OKAY.****
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        *We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps**
        **And then ride them down the hill,***

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        Only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the
        bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem****
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        *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,***

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        No Internet and no chat rooms.****
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        WE HAD FRIENDS_ and we went outside and found them!****
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        We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there
        were no lawsuits from these accidents.
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        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.****
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        *We ate worms and mud pies**
        **Made from dirt, and***

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        The worms did not live in us forever..****


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        *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.****


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        *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.****




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        *Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.**
        **Those who didn't had to learn***

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        To deal with disappointment.****
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        *Imagine that!!****
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        The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was
        unheard of. They actually sided with the law! **
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        *These generations have produced some of the best***

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        Risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.****
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        *The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new
        ideas.****What can kids today do besides push buttons...****
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        *We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we
        learned how to deal with it all.****


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        *If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!****
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        *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./****


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        */While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know
        how brave and lucky their parents were./****




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        */Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors,
        doesn't it ?/****
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        */~/**//**/
        The quote of the month is by/***

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        Jay Leno:/****
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        */'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?' /**
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        **/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./*















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