{"id":1042,"date":"2009-07-28T08:54:18","date_gmt":"2009-07-28T08:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2009-07-28T08:54:18","modified_gmt":"2009-07-28T08:54:18","slug":"this_showed_up_in_my_emailits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1042","title":{"rendered":"This Showed Up In My Email–It’s Long, But Great!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!!<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and\/or drank while they were pregnant.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for <\/span>diabetes<\/span> <\/span>.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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We <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>had no child <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>proof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>hitchhiking.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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As infants & <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>children, we would ride in cars with no <\/span>car seats<\/span>, <\/span>booster seats<\/span> <\/span>, seat belts or air bags.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>NO<\/span><\/font><\/b>ONE actually died from this.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren’t overweight because,<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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< B>WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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No one was able to reach us all day. <\/span>And <\/span><\/u>we were OK.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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We <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ridedown <\/span>the hill<\/span>, only to find out we forgot the brakes After running into <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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We <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>did not have Playstations, Nintendo ‘s, X-boxes, no video games at all,no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD’s, no surround-sound <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>or CD’s, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet=2 0or chatrooms…….<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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We <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>were given BB guns for our 10th birthday s, made up games with sticks <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>poke out very many eyes.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just  walked in and talked to them!<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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Little <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn’t had <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, <\/span>problem solvers<\/span> <\/span>and inventors ever!<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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If  YOU are one of them CONGRATULATIONS!<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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You <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b>lives <\/span>for our own good <\/span><\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn’t it?!<\/span><\/font><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n

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