[at-l] Do y'all remeber these days? (OT)

[bakpakr at comcast.net (Bob Wardecker)]

Ah I remember them well. That brings back so many memories. 
-- 
Bob Wardecker
GA>DAM 01/ GA>ME ?
A really bad day on the trail is so much better than a great day at work

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Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:33 PM
Subject: [at-l] Do y'all remeber these days? (OT)


> People over 35 should be dead. 
> 
> Here's why ...........
> 
> According to today's regulators
> and bureaucrats, those of us 
> who were kids in the 40's, 
> 50's, 60's, or even maybe 
> the early 70's probably 
> shouldn't have survived.
> 
> 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 the risks 
> we took hitchhiking.)
> 
> 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.
> 
> We drank water from the
> garden hose and not from
> a bottle.
> 
> Horrors! 
> 
> We ate cupcakes, bread and 
> butter, and drank soda pop
> with sugar in it, but we were
> never overweight because 
> we were always outside 
> playing.
> 
> We shared one soft drink 
> with four friends, from one 
> bottle, and no one actually 
> died from this.
> 
> 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 street lights 
> came on. 
> 
> No one was able to
> reach us all day. 
> 
> NO CELL PHONES!!!!!
> 
> Unthinkable!
> 
> We did not have Playstations,
> Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no 
> video games at all, no 99 
> channels on cable, video 
> tape movies, surround
> sound, personal cell phones, 
> personal computers, or Internet 
> chat rooms.
> 
> We had friends! 
> 
> We went outside and found
> them.
> 
> We played dodge ball, and 
> sometimes, the ball would 
> really hurt.
> 
> We fell out of trees, got 
> cut and broke bones and 
> teeth, and there were no 
> lawsuits 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 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 rode bikes or walked to
> a friend's home 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.
> 
> 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. 
> 
> 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 
> 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!
> 
> People under 30 are WIMPS !     
> 
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