[BITList] 1925-1955
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franka at iinet.net.au
Wed Feb 8 13:09:00 GMT 2017
bit Americanised but mostly relative
frank
> Although we may not be excited about growing old, we can
> be thankful that we lived through these wonderful years.
>
> */N/**/o matter what our kids And the new
> generation think about us,/*
>
>
> */WE ARE AWESOME !!!/*
> */OUR Lives are LIVING PROOF !!!/*
> */
> > /*
> */To Those of Us Born/*
> */1925 - 1955:/**/
> >
> > /*
> */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./*
> */~~~~~~~~~/*
> */TO ALL THE/**/
> KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE/*
> */1930s, '40s, 'and/*
>
> */50s, !!/**//*
> */
> /*
> */First, we survived being born to mothers who may
> have 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/**/p/**/ut to
> sleep on our tummies/**/in baby cribs
> Covered/**/w/**/ith bright colored
> Lead-based paints./*
> */
> /*
> */We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,
> locks on doors or cabinets,/*
> */And, when we rode our bikes,/*
> */We had baseball caps,/*
> */Not helmets, on our heads./*
> */
> /*
> */
> /*
> */As infants and 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../*
> */
> /*
> */
> /*
> */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 cupcakes, white bread, real butter, and
> bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
> And we weren't overweight. /*
> */WHY?/*
> */
> /*
> */Because we were always outside playing...that's
> why!/*
> */
> /*
> */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 OKAY./*
> */
> /*
> */
> /*
> */We would spend hours building/*
> */Our go-carts out of/**/scraps an/**/d 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, Nintendos and X-boxes. There
> were/*
> */No video games,
> No 150 channels on cable,/*
> */No video movies
> Or DVDs,/*
> */No surround-sound or
> CDs,/*
> */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 those accidents.
>
> /**/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./*
> */
> /*
> */
> /**/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, 22 rifles for our
> 12th, rode horses,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 60
> To 85 years have seen 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 those born/*
> */Between 1925-1955, 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./*
> */
> /*
> */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 /*
> */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..... /*
> */please pass this
> on./*
>
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