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The Journal of A. Paige White 30's 40's 50's 60's & 70's
08/20/2006 12:50 a.m.
Thanx Randy!Gave me a laugh...
30's, 40's, 50's, 60's & 70's
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE
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> First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked
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> They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a
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> Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with
bright colored
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> 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
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> As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or
air bags.
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(My favorite riding spot was laying behind the back seat next in the window in our green buick Lesabre-tank on wheels, don't make em like that anymore)
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> Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always
a special treat.
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> We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a
bottle.
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> We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one
bottle and NO ONE
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> We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter (ha! one up on ya, we milked our own cows and churned our own butter - unpasteurized, wonder we didn't die) and drank
soda pop with
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> WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
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> We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as
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> No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
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> We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps
and then ride
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After running into
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(mine was an old trashed push mower, motor removed, you can gain some speed on those red clay hills when somebody is pushing you!)>
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> We did not have PlayStation's, Nintendo, X-boxes, no
video games at all,
> no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no
surround sound, no
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Internet chat
> rooms.........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and
found them!
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> We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and
there were no
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>(in my case I fell off the neighbor's roof (Uncle Rubert and Aunt Huby - no wonder my son is dyslexic!) and broke out my two front teeth when I was 5. No Kidding. ) I flapped my wings like crazy, but it didn't even slow my fall.Bummer.
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> We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms
did not live in
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> We were given BB guns for our 10Th birthdays,
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> made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although
we were told it
> would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
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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 yelled for them!
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> Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who
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that!!
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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!
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> This generation has produced some of the best
risk-takers, problem
> solvers and inventors ever!
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> The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation
and new ideas.
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> We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and
we learned
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> And YOU are one of them!
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> 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
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> and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they
will know how
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> Kind of makes you want to run through the house with
scissors, doesn't
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> PS -The big type is because your eyes are shot at your
age
(No kiddin man! I not only have bifocals, mine have 17 different focal points!)
I am currently Reflective
I am listening to six lalas
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