posted 08-18-2004 12:36 PM         

According to today's regulators
and bureaucrats, those of us
who were kids in the 40's,
50's, 60's, or even maybe
the early 70's probably
shouldn't have survived.

Our baby cribs were covered
with bright colored lead-based
paint.

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 seatbelts
or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pickup
truck on a warm day was
always a special treat.

We drank water from the
garden hose and not from
a bottle.

Horrors!

We ate cupcakes, bread and
butter, and drank soda pop
with sugar in it, but we were
never overweight because
we were always outside
playing.

We shared one soft drink
with four friends, from one
bottle, and no one actually
died from this.

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 street lights
came on.

No one was able to
reach us all day.

NO CELL PHONES!!!!!

Unthinkable!

We did not have Playstations,
Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no
video games at all, no 99
channels on cable, video
tape movies, surround
sound, personal cell phones,
personal computers, or Internet
chat rooms.

We had friends!

We went outside and found
them.

We played dodge ball, and
sometimes, the ball would
really hurt.

We fell out of trees, got
cut and broke bones and
teeth, and there were no
lawsuits from these accidents.

They were accidents.

No one was to blame but us.

Remember accidents?

We had fights and punched
each other and got black
and blue and learned to get
over it.

We made up games with
sticks and tennis balls and
ate worms, and although we
were told it would happen,
we did not put out very many
eyes, nor did the worms
live inside us forever.

We rode bikes or walked to
a friend's home 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.

Some students weren't as
smart as others, so they
failed a grade and were
held back to repeat the
same grade.

Horrors!

Tests were not adjusted
for any reason.

Our actions were our own.

Consequences were expected.

The idea of a parent bailing
us out if we broke a law
was unheard of.

They actually sided
with the law.

Imagine that!

This generation has produced
some of the best risk-takers
and 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're one of them!

Congratulations!

Please pass this on to others
who have had the luck to grow
up as kids, before lawyers
and government regulated our
lives, for our own good !!!!!

People under 30 are WIMPS !

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posted 08-18-2004 12:51 PM         

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Topic: People Under 30 are WIPS!!!!!

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At least we can spell, grandma!

posted 08-19-2004 07:48 AM         

Lawn darts were sold.

Parents smoked like chimneys in the car with the windows shut.

posted 08-19-2004 12:28 PM         

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Originally posted by butchcee:
some poor kid--a 3yo, choked on popcorn in a local theatre the other day and died. They'll probably put a ban on popcorn sales to minors now. Everybody is trying to protect us from ourselves. Didn't need a helmet when I first started riding motorcycles, now most states make wearing them mandatory. Getting tired of big brother.

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There's a great scene in the Chopper special where Jesse James and Kid Rock ride thru Mexico on choppers. they come to some famous hanging rock overlooking the Caspian Sea. they palyed on this big rock as it teetered back and forth...knowing one slip and they fall to their death....Kid Rock was scared to go out on the rock and Jesse was laughing..."WTF? Your name is KID ROCK ain't it? And you''re scared of a rock?"

Then Jesse amde a profound statemnt that if this rock was in the US, it would be roped off and no one could climb on it, but they could read a plaque next to it telling them how much their forefathers enjoyed playing on that rock....So true.

Our Gov. is to protect us, but not from ourselves!

posted 08-22-2004 10:15 PM         

THANK YOU!!!!!

posted 08-23-2004 06:35 AM         

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Originally posted by ed monahan:
I was thinking everyone under 60 was a wimp. lol.

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