We were awesome!!!

No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us,
WE WERE AWESOME !!!

OUR Lives are LIVING PROOF !!!

To Those of Us Born between 1935 - 1970:

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.

Very well stated, Mr. Leno.

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TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE

1930s, '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s!!



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 put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with 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 and 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, or 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 protective 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, 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 50 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 1925-1970, 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 ?

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The quote of the month by Jay Leno:

"With hurricanes,tornadoes,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.....pass this on.

I was born in 1934 and went through most of those dangerous times and hazards mentioned.... and obviously survived. My question is....Why are we such gutless wimps and quietly puting up with what's going on in our once great country these days? (I know, I'm just an old senile rabble rouser and my remarks will probably get me kicked off this board....But, you know what? I'm being honest and real about the sad situation we Americans and a lot of the rest of the world are in as I see it). It's been a great 80 years I've had and I've enjoyed most of it...and I Thank God I lived it in the times I did....through all those unaddressed dangers and wars (most of which we won, or sort of won, incidently, shame on us) and some really hard times. The present future sure doesn't look so good to me now. We've come a long way...down the wrong road.....H--l bent for an election where there will be no winner...just losers, all losers.....

Sorry for the above rant....guess the weather and news is getting me down.......

I was born in 1934 also. Often wonder why I've survived this long. Every thing I say is poo-poo'd by the young foks who don't have any money, but they do have more payments than they can make.

I'm an old man and they claim that they can't do the things that I do on a regular basis. Yet they go to the gym twice a day for exercise?

Can't help but wonder at the true motivation of the people that say certain things are bad for us. Maybe it's just to create more governmint jobs for people to monitor what they say isn't good for us???

I heard on the radio this morning California is trying to pass a law that requires adults to wear a helmet when riding a bicycle.
Maybe training wheels should be mandatory also.

I was born in 51, I would not change my child hood with my grandchildren for nothing.

Shoulda mentioned, our County Commissioner meetings begin with everyone present facing the flag and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

And we do recite it, "One nation, under God".

(quoted from post at 14:56:46 02/20/15) I was born in 51, I would not change my child hood with my grandchildren for nothing.

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Amen (born in 1950)

Amen!, Born in 1957
Later,
John A.

Born 9-11-36. The month and day held no significant importance to anyone outside of myself and immediate family. Then it became the day we all remember. I am really worried that there will be more of those days in the near future. Enough said.

You answered your own question. sad as it is. Its because we as in everyone dont stand up and do something. Just a couple folks mouthing off about something is not going to work.Its going to take everyone. If you dont believe me just think what it would do to say Exxon if everyone and i mean everyone stopped buying there product for a week. They would be giving gas away. Everyone thanks the next person will stand up. But thats also what the next person is thinking too. In reality no one does. And it ends up as always everyone getting the goverment colonoscopy.

I was born in 1932 and lived through WW II , went to the Korean War, I worked two jobs and went to school during the WW II because all the older kids were in the services. I worked our 100 acres with the help of a couple of older Uncles940 ACRES ORCHARD) AND WHEN THERE WAS NO WORK THERE i WENT TO THE FAMILY BAKERY AND WORKED. nO SATURDAYS OR SUNDAYS OFF DURING THOSE YEARS. Now my grandsons are above manual labor. they are all tech savvy and won't even lower themselves (all but one) to drive a truck. Theae are sad and dangerous days we live in now

Born in 46, got BB gun at an early age, my friend and I hunted sparrows all the time, never put out an eye or broke a window. We would ride bikes down to the river and fish for hours and I didn't know how to swim . Survived all that, never spent a night in jail ( except when I was on Sherrif's reserve). Had 2 years in the Army ( didn't go to Canada like clinton).
I worked 40 years and retired, married to same woman 41( ?) years. Life has been good! joe

My life exactly. Born 1950

Every generation has to muddle their way through life the best they can. I'm sure my father worried about how/if I would be able to survive, as I'm sure his father did about him and his generation. Now I have the same worries about my sons and grandsons. And on it goes.

1955 here.

As far as the pledge goes "under God" wasn't added until 1954.

Rick

"Sorry for the above rant"

No need to apologize Dukester, you hit the nail on the head.

Goose you are 100% right. You described my child hood to a tee. Somewhere along the line though we must have droped the ball. We are the ones that raised our children and they are the ones that are rasieing our grandchildren. So in away we are responsible for the mess that our grandchildren are in. We give them everything that they want except good guidance. I know that all folks don't but the greater majority does give into the young ones and never teaches them that us as a person is responsible for our own actions. No one teaches the golden rule anymore by practicing it. We want to be our children and grandchildren's best friend. Someone convince me that I am wrong. I know some words might not be spelled correctly. I don't know enough about this machine to make it correct the spelling. The old saying that we made our bed now we must lay in it seems to apply here. Is there a way to correct this problem? I think it is to late to do so. Comments welcome.

Yep,that all sounds familiar...

Never had a BB gun though, started out with a pump up pellet gun, wasn't strong enough to pump it very many times, so figured out dads 22 was a lot easier! I must have been about 8 at the time.

Only had a couple of bikes, found them boring once my cousin gave me his Montgomery Ward moped. Got it running, rode the streets for years on that thing! Helmet cost too much, just don't land head first!LOL

My favorite toys...Anything that ran on gas or electricity! Rescued a neon transformer from the roof of dads gas station! How much fun could a 10 year old have with that! Lawn mowers, electric motors, old TVs, everything was fair game!

Got my first car at 14, dad was going to sell it for scrap... No, no, no, I'll take it! I would sneak it off to school long before having a drivers license!

Well, I could go on, obviously I lived through it, so far... Still growing older, but not up! LOL

In Colorado everyone on a bicycle must wear a helmet but....you don't need one to ride a motorcycle!

Outstanding.

I had one of those transformers.They could make you talk funny.Pulled some really stupid things as a kid.When I joined the Navy. Dad told me the toys were bigger in the Navy. Try not to kill yourself.

Couple of instances:

I remember playing cowboys and indians: Have a friend standing by with a lasso made from 1/4" Manila rope....type of rope is important so if you don't know what it is, look it up.

You get on your bicycle and ride by as fast as you can, ducking your head.

Object of the game is to outrun your friend with the lasso.

On at least on one occasion, I didn't and had a really bad rope burn around my neck....but it was fun and I survived. Mom didn't say a word.

And then there was this "clay pit" where we played and hunted frequently. Pit clay was excavated for use in local construction sites. Depth was probably 20 feet and had been used for years allowing vegetation to grow and water to collect in the low spots.

Didn't bring along a "liter of purified water in a bottle" so when we got thirsty, thought nothing of finding a water hole, skimming the slime off the top and having a good drink.

And then in the summer down on the Texas coast, mosquitoes were a nuisance. So the town where I lived had some surplus military Jeeps with DDT sprayers. They would come through the neighborhoods about once a week, unannounced, but you could hear the noise of the pumps for the DDT well ahead of time. We'd ride our bikes through the clouds every time they came by till they dissipated.

Yes we were lucky.

Mark

Born in '39 and that's the way it was. I'm thankful to have lived in those days.

That 9-11 is significant to me as well but my 9-11 just happens to be 7 years after yours. Was 43

Joe, looks like you are 3 years younger than me, born 9-11-43 and married 37 years this past Jan. 7. Joe would you send me an email, 2 computors craped out and lost yoyr contact. Leroy

Well sir I raised a daughter in the middle of 3 boys. I came from a military background and she turned out to be of abundant servitude and apparently developed the philosophy during her years at home. My boys were rednecks and we were at it all the time. She was just caught up in it as I don't recall ever spanking her and the like.

She is mad at me right now because I told the oldest, at 52, still sucking the ninny, that I wasn't the bank nor the social welfare center. After wife and I spent our lives and a sizable chunk of money in attempting to make something of him he is still non-accountable. Just had enough of him.

So in his "skilled methodology".....had his whole life to perfect it, he told the others how I refused to give him another handout that he thought that I should cough up to help him through yet another jam. I said beat it. So she comes back to me that she's had enough of me and so none of the kids are talking to me. That's just fine. No requests for money or social services.

In her statement mentioned above, she said she refuses to be the executrix of my will. I replied, don't know whether or not she read it, that her feelings were fine with me. She and the siblings can just "duke it out" as I won't be here to participate.

Mark

Don't be surprised the way things are going.