Our Generation....quote by Jay Leno
May 4, 2016 06:52:06 #
IN GOD WE TRUST
OLD ONE BUT A GOOD ONE
No matter what our kids and the
new generation think about us,
WE ARE AWESOME !!!!
OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!!
To Those of Us Born 1920 - 1968
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.
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 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, 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 would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping pong paddles, or just a bare hand and no one would call child 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 poke 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 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
OLD ONE BUT A GOOD ONE
No matter what our kids and the
new generation think about us,
WE ARE AWESOME !!!!
OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!!
To Those of Us Born 1920 - 1968
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.
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 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, 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 would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping pong paddles, or just a bare hand and no one would call child 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 poke 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 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
May 4, 2016 07:07:23 #
Awesome post! I can remember doing everything mentioned and I was born in 1960. One thing that was not mentioned that we did a lot was ride in the rear window deck in the car, or sitting on Dads lap and pretended we were doing the driving. The good ole carefree days of yesteryear.
May 4, 2016 07:13:01 #
Sons of Liberty wrote:
Awesome post! I can remember doing everything mentioned and I was born in 1960. One thing that was not mentioned that we did a lot was ride in the rear window deck in the car, or sitting on Dads lap and pretended we were doing the driving. The good ole carefree days of yesteryear.
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That's right, or riding with Gramps on the tractor and help him plow the fields.
Fond memories
May 4, 2016 07:35:37 #
Mom8052 wrote:
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Yep, I remember one time we were brush hogging a field and hit a huge yellow jacket nest. To this day I h**e those little buggers...lol!
May 4, 2016 07:40:21 #
Sons of Liberty wrote:
Yep, I remember one time we were brush hogging a field and hit a huge yellow jacket nest. To this day I h**e those little buggers...lol!
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OUCH! Have to use an EPI-Pin if stung, thanks to a bubble bee when I live outside of Washington DC. How about getting bitten by Horse Flies, while taking care of my Granddads' Sulky Racehorse. Pests.
May 4, 2016 10:15:31 #
I LOVE this. I received it in today's mail, and forwarded it to almost everyone I know. It is so true.......and it tells a real story about how much government and PC have taken from our lives. Every time I read it, I resent our intrusive government more and more.
May 4, 2016 10:21:59 #
Sons of Liberty wrote:
Awesome post! I can remember doing everything mentioned and I was born in 1960. One thing that was not mentioned that we did a lot was ride in the rear window deck in the car, or sitting on Dads lap and pretended we were doing the driving. The good ole carefree days of yesteryear.
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In the early '50's my dad let me drive the car from the cotton field to our house.....a few miles of dirt roads. I was 12 years old, and the car was a WWII jeep, stick shift. My sis and I rode our bicycles on the little used highway......we had sense enough to get off the highway when we saw a car coming, and we actually had enough sense to WATCH for cars. My mother also let us play down in the creek bottom.......she knew we knew to watch for snakes and avoid them at all cost. Government and PC purveyors have ruined so much of Americana, and I resent it. Meddling into people's lives WILL NOT MAKE THEM LIVE FOREVER AND WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO ENJOY LIFE WHILE THEY HAVE IT.
May 4, 2016 12:03:02 #
May 4, 2016 12:03:42 #
Tasine wrote:
I LOVE this. I received it in today's mail, and forwarded it to almost everyone I know. It is so true.......and it tells a real story about how much government and PC have taken from our lives. Every time I read it, I resent our intrusive government more and more.
May 5, 2016 07:43:17 #
May 5, 2016 07:49:27 #
rjoeholl wrote:
Remember going out in the woods and swinging on vines like Tarzan?
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You must live down South, there were no vines around the areas I grew up in. But I bet it was fun!
May 5, 2016 08:10:33 #
Sounds like you folks were my neighbor when we were growing up. We were raised on a creek bottom farm with open range. A paradise.
Very good article. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks.
I scrolled much of the other subject matter on ppl here and found that most of the them are so negative that they are positivly negative. That tells me that the propaganda is finally taking its toll on we the people.
Thank you for a positive memory. Good job.
Good day
Very good article. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks.
I scrolled much of the other subject matter on ppl here and found that most of the them are so negative that they are positivly negative. That tells me that the propaganda is finally taking its toll on we the people.
Thank you for a positive memory. Good job.
Good day
May 5, 2016 08:46:26 #
jaydee wrote:
Sounds like you folks were my neighbor when we were growing up. We were raised on a creek bottom farm with open range. A paradise.
Very good article. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks.
I scrolled much of the other subject matter on ppl here and found that most of the them are so negative that they are positivly negative. That tells me that the propaganda is finally taking its toll on we the people.
Thank you for a positive memory. Good job.
Good day
Very good article. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks.
I scrolled much of the other subject matter on ppl here and found that most of the them are so negative that they are positivly negative. That tells me that the propaganda is finally taking its toll on we the people.
Thank you for a positive memory. Good job.
Good day
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Thank you for enjoying it!
May 5, 2016 09:47:29 #
they were the goodold days once drove my race car from one side of town to other to get it painted, no lights front or rear, no horn, wipers, or mufflers, but I did have a police escort and did not get a ticket.
May 5, 2016 10:02:00 #
Sons of Liberty wrote:
Awesome post! I can remember doing everything mentioned and I was born in 1960. One thing that was not mentioned that we did a lot was ride in the rear window deck in the car, or sitting on Dads lap and pretended we were doing the driving. The good ole carefree days of yesteryear.
Or actually driving the car with Dads help of course and Mom screaming your crazy, get her out of your lap before we get pulled over...loloolollll
Or chewing gum just to put it in your brothers hair because he made you mad and not getting in trouble for it...
And yesssssssss, Mom, running through the house being chased by one of your brothers or sister with scissors because you were going to "just snip a little off their head"or actually did.........lololololol
GREAT MEMORIES.. and now to go send this off~~
Thank You and BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~
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