THIS IS FOR THEM OLDA FOOLS WHO CAN RELATE.
Looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we have.
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> >>
> >> As children we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
> >> Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day
> >> was always a special treat.
> >>
> >> Our baby cribs were painted with bright colored lead based paint.
> >> We often chewed on the crib, ingesting the paint.
> >>
> >> We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets,
> >> and when we rode our bikes we had no helmets.
> >>
> >> We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
> >>
> >> 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 streetlights came on.
> >> No one was able to reach us all ! day.
> >>
> >> We played dodgeball and sometimes the ball would really hurt.
> >>
> >> We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar soda,
> >> but we were never over weight; we were always outside playing.
> >>
> >> 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 or didn't work hard
> >> so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade.
> >>
> >> That generation produced some of the greatest risk-takers and problem
> >> solvers.
> >> We had the freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
> >> and we learned how to deal with it all.
> >>
> >> unknown author!
> >> -30-
> >>
> >> How'd we DO that?
Looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we have.
>
>
> >>
> >> As children we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
> >> Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day
> >> was always a special treat.
> >>
> >> Our baby cribs were painted with bright colored lead based paint.
> >> We often chewed on the crib, ingesting the paint.
> >>
> >> We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets,
> >> and when we rode our bikes we had no helmets.
> >>
> >> We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
> >>
> >> 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 streetlights came on.
> >> No one was able to reach us all ! day.
> >>
> >> We played dodgeball and sometimes the ball would really hurt.
> >>
> >> We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar soda,
> >> but we were never over weight; we were always outside playing.
> >>
> >> 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 or didn't work hard
> >> so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade.
> >>
> >> That generation produced some of the greatest risk-takers and problem
> >> solvers.
> >> We had the freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
> >> and we learned how to deal with it all.
> >>
> >> unknown author!
> >> -30-
> >>
> >> How'd we DO that?