You mean you have not figured it out yet. WE ARE ALL DEAD from all those bad things. LOL Tom --- Nancy <lacywinston@earthlink.net> wrote: > Lanita, > > Makes me think back, too. A little further than I > care to admit, but I > guess we all survived because our folks did the best > they could with > what they knew. The rest they left to faith. > > Maybe that's it. > > N > > > Lanita M wrote: > > > > This was just sent to me.. Makes me think back... > How about you? > > > > HOW DID WE SURVIVE??? > > > > You are probably over forty if you get this or > approaching it: You lived > > as a child in the 50s or the 60s. 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 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 > hitchhiking to town as a > > young kid!) > > > > We drank water from the garden hose and not from a > bottle. Horrors. 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. > > No cell phones. Unthinkable. We played dodge ball > and sometimes the ball > > would really hurt. > > > > We got cut and broke bones and broke teeth and > there were no law suits > > 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 ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar > soda but we were > > never overweight.... .....We were always outside > playing. We shared one > > grape soda with four friends, from one bottle and > no one died from this? > > > > We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X > Boxes, video games at > > all, 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, > surround sound, personal > > cellular phones, Personal Computers, Internet chat > rooms, ............... > > > > We had friends. We went outside and found them. We > rode bikes or > > walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, > or rung the bell > > or just walked in and talked to them. Imagine such > a thing. Without > > asking a parent! By ourselves! Out there in the > cold cruel world! Without > > a guardian. How did we do 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. > > > > 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. No one to hide > > behind. 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 has > 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 that have had the > luck to grow up as kids, > > before lawyers and government regulated our lives, > for our own good? > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus � Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com