Born in the 70's

I got this in an email a long time ago from

one of my friends...

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO

WERE BORN IN THE 1940's, 50's, 60's AND 70's !!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked

and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin,

ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get

tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with

bright colored lead-based paints.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 seat belts or

air bags. Riding in the back of a van - loose - was always

great fun.We drank water from the garden hosepipe and

NOT from a bottle.We ate cakes, white bread and real

butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but we weren't

overweight because......

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!

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 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, X-boxes,

no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies,

no surround sound, no cell phones, no text messaging,

no personal computers, no Internet or Internet 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 played with worms and mud pies made from dirt,

and the worms did not live in us forever.

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls

and although we were told it would happen,

we did not poke out any eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house

and knocked on the door or rang the bell,

or just yelled for them!

Local teams 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!

This generation has 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!

And 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

our lives for our own good and while you are at it,

forward it to your kids so they will know how

brave their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the

house with scissors, doesn't it?!