barrykind
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Somehow We Survived
>You lived as a child in the 50's, 60's or 70's.
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 seatbelts
or air bags
>Riding in the back of a pickup truck 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 To
town
>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 when the streetlights came on.
>No one was able to reach us all day. No cell phones.
Unthinkable.
> We played football 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 soda but we
were
>never overweight... .....we were always outside
playing. We shared one
>grape soda 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 cable, video tape movies,
surround sound, personal
>cellular 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.
>Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the
team. 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 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. And you're one of them.
> Congratulations!
> Please pass this on to others that have had the
luck to grow up
as
>kids, before lawyers and government regulated our
lives, for our own
good?
>
>My motto: If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying
attention!
Sent to me by a friend..
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