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For All Baby Boomers!2006-02-02 @ 12:40:23 AM
I have been so busy lately it's been awhile since I've posted. I apologize for that.
We sure had a heck of a wind storm last night. It scared me. The big awning over the living room window came down, or the arms did anyway and the awning was flapping and hitting the window. I was just sitting here waiting for the window to break. Thank goodness it didn't. But the wind just tore the awning arms right off the RV, where the screws are I have no idea. The neighbor kid fixed it for me today, but we have one more storm coming in this week then we're supposed to get a break for awhile. I sure hope so.
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My son Tom who is in the Air Force stationed in Fort Walton Beach, Florida sent this to me today and I thought I'd post it for everyone to enjoy, I sure did, --->laughing<--- I'm sure all the Baby Boomers out there will appreciate this, ;~)
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TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN 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 carried us. They took aspirin,
ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't
get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our
baby cribs 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 pick up 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 and real butter and drank
soda 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 Playstations, 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
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 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 yelled
for 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!
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?!
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Glenda Schloff - is a self educated Internet business woman, who truly
understands that the learning process never ends. This is clearly demonstrated
in the content she provides her readers. Her mission is to educate, motivate,
inspire and empower others toward personal and professional success.
Glenda Schloff is the owner of www.glendaschloff.com and
http://www.wealthpreneur.com
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