Something to Ponder

[MadMonk64]

Those of You Born
1930 - 1979

At the end of this Email is a quote of the month by Jay Leno.. If you don't read anything else, PleaseRead what he Said.
Very well stated,
Mr. Leno.
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE

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

First, we survived being born to mothers
Who 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-base 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 & 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 O.K.

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 Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes.
There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
No video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's,
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 these accidents.

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 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.

If YOU are one of them?
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 is 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 ofswine 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.
A Small Prayer!

God determines who walks into your life....it's up to you to decide who you let walk away, who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go.

I need this back. If you'll do this for me, I'll do it for you.

When there is nothing left but God, that is when you find out that God is all you need. Take 60 seconds and give this a shot! All you do is simply say the following small

prayer for the person who sent you this.

Father,
God bless my friend in whatever it is that You know they may need this day!
And may their life be full of your peace, prosperity, and power
as he/she seeks to have a closer relationship with you.
Amen.

[JohnnyDos]

I've been through all of that stuff cause I was born in 1951.Good post 

MadMonk64

[TBB]

That explains why I am what I am

[Blackbart]

TBB

That explains why I am what I am

+1

[Bushape]

That was one of the best posts that I have ever read.

We also worked our ass off to pay for our own school clothes, only the rich kids wore name brand shit.

Damn that brings back some good memories.

[Hunter1948]

I was born in 1948 so how true that post is. Good one MadMonk64

[Angel]

I was born in 79 but it was that way when i was growing up.  Well....I still drank from the water hose.    Among other things...damn us country folks...old habits hard to break.    The best water I ever put in my mouth was from the garden hose and the old big metal scoop spoons and from the creek at the farm.  AHhh!!!  Miss those days.........

[Timmah!]

Good times indeed... I remember as a kid, running around barefoot in the summer so much that I had calluses on my feet that would enable me to run over gravel without being bothered.

Riding bikes everywhere a bike could go & finding out a few places it couldn't.  Heck, riding a bike to the local swimming hole was reward for the effort to get there.  Or to the local fishing hole & enjoying the quietude.  Things many kids these days are the poorer for never experiencing.

[Angel]

LoL!!  Speakin of swimmin.................... 

[Bryuk]

wow very good post .so so true

[WolfTiS]

1Deerhunter

I was born in 1948 so how true that post is. Good one MadMonk64

 

+1

[Hemps]

Saying indoors was the last place you wanted to be, we use to go down to the river in winter and break off pieces of ice and float down the river and see how far we get til the ice would break apart, and all those other great outdoor things, and a trip to McDonalds was a rare and special treat! (yep, even back then they messed up special orders).

Did the go cart thing and never had the need for brakes, more fun that way

Ride our bikes to school when ever possible(about 2 miles) or just walk,only get a ride if weather was too bad.

Be home for dinner and in time to get to bed.

Yep  those where good days to grow up in, would never want to trade them for todays times with all the toys,video games,cable,cell phones,and all the other modern gizmos/toys.