>Have a GREAT summer...here are some thoughts of our generations.....see
>you n the fall or at the pool!!!
>Subject: Over 30
>People over 35 should be dead.
>Here's why .
>
>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 !
Lurker
>you n the fall or at the pool!!!
>Subject: Over 30
>People over 35 should be dead.
>Here's why .
>
>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 !
Lurker