Congratulations You Survived

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>:-Congratulations you survived
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> > >Its all true
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> > >Disregard if born after 1980……… he he
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> > >TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the
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> > > 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
> > > carried us.
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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, our baby cribs were covered with bright
>colored
> > > lead-based paints.
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> > >
> > >
> > > 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.
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> > >
> > >
> > > As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
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> > >
> > >
> > > Riding in the back of a pick up 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, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with
>sugar
> > > in it, but we weren’t overweight because
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> > > WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
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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 O.K.
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> > >
> > >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.
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> > >
> > >
> > > We did not have Playstations, Nintendo’s, X-boxes, no video games at
>all,
> > > no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no
>cell
> > > phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat
> > > rooms……….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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in
>us
> > > forever.
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> > >
> > >
> > >We were given cowboy 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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> > >
> > >
> > >The town football club had tryout for the junior team 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!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem
>solvers
> > > and inventors ever!
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> > >
> > >
> > > The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new
>ideas.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we
>learned
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> > > HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
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> > >
> > > And 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 our lives for
>our
> > > own good.
> > >
> > >and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how
> > >brave their parents were.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn’t
>it?!
> > >
> > >[biggrin][biggrin]
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There are 3 types of people:1. People who make things happen.
2. People who watch what happens.
3. People who wondered what happened.