For Those of You Born 1930 to 1979....

[CanuckSARTech]

This is something that I was sent in an e-mail. Another cheesy, corny, spam/chain mail e-mail.....however, it's very true.

I think some here will get a kick out of reading it:

For Those of You Born

1930 - 1979

At the end of this Email is a quote of the month by Jay Leno.. If you don't read anything else, Please Read what he Said.

Very well stated, Mr. Leno.

-

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE

1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!

First, we survived being born to mothers

Who smoked and/or drank while they were

Pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing,

Tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,

Locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode

Our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.

As infants & children,

We would ride in cars with no car seats,

No booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.

Riding in the back of a pick-up truck on a warm day

Was always a special treat.

We drank water

From the garden hose and not from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends,

From one bottle and no one actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon.

We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.

And, we weren't overweight.

WHY?

Because we were

Always outside playing...that's why!

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. And, we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps

And then ride them 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 did not have Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes.

There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,

No video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's,

No cell phones,

No personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms.

WE HAD FRIENDS

And we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth

And there were NO LAWSUITS from these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt,

And the worms did not live in us

Forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,

Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and,

Although we were told it would happen,

We did not put out very many eyes..

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.

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.

Those who didn't had to learn to deal

With disappointment.

Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law

Was unheard of.

They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best

Risk-takers, 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.

If YOU are one of them?

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 so much of our lives

for our own good.

While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know

how brave and lucky their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house

with scissors, doesn't it ?

-

The quote of the

month is by Jay Leno:

"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control,

mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms

tearing up the country from one end to another,

and with the threat of swine flu

and terrorist attacks.

Are we sure this is a good time

to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'

[SethG]

... and we grew up to make sure that all of this never happens again....

[gsmoke]

For those of us reading this, obviously it makes a lot of sense. But what about those of us from this generation that actually died because of all that stuff mentioned. Kind of kills the joke, so to speak...

I get the gist. Just playing devil's advocate.

[CanuckSARTech]

For those of us reading this, obviously it makes a lot of sense. But what about those of us from this generation that actually died because of all that stuff mentioned. Kind of kills the joke, so to speak...

I get the gist. Just playing devil's advocate.

I get both sides, and agree with both while yet not fully agreeing. Hell, I completely don't agree with the opening - about pregnant mothers smoking and drinking - just to name one section. Just like any good debate, there's great points to be had by either team. I think it's trying to get across that we need to quit being afraid of the little things, and just go on and enjoy life.

That, and I think the biggest thing that I take out of it, anyways, is that personal responsibility has gone out the window.

But, just something for thought....

[Martindelmundo]

I guess I just make the cut off for this being born in 79 but I do agree with most of this. (not the smoking mom part) but today I must say that kids do have it a lot different. The little league thing kind of summarize how our kids are brought up in different parts of the world. Some school systems don't having grades, Sports games where there are no losing teams and everyone gets a trophy. When I was a kid I played hockey and we had the worst record for years, people would say our team sucked and we knew it. My teachers would call us dummies or stupid and if you think about the things we did, we were dummies and stupid and I think that just made us try a little hard to get the fat b!*@h off our backs. Most of us now are well rounded individuals. Lets see where the evolution of life takes us. We have made many advances but I think It'll keep going in a good direction.

[cigcars]

***Born in 1957, tasted the white substance in milk weeds to see if it tasted like milk - several times! *Did eat dirt (actually tasted like sugar) *Rode my bike with no helmet, at break neck speeds in all kinds of hills, etc...And the black & white telley with only 2 channels watching Clutch Cargo and Sky King on Saturdays and the rest of the day and Sunday all day nothing but football - Man, what memories...Thanks CanuckSARTech!!!

[AlexOk]

Allway good for a big smile.

[anacostiakat]

Yea brings back some memories.

No a/c. Walking to school in the snow.

[laficion]

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE

1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!

First, we survived being born to mothers

Who smoked and/or drank while they were

Pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing,

Tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,

Locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode

Our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.

As infants & children,

We would ride in cars with no car seats,

No booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.

Riding in the back of a pick-up truck on a warm day

Was always a special treat.

We drank water

From the garden hose and not from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends,

From one bottle and no one actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon.

We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.

And, we weren't overweight.

WHY?

Because we were

Always outside playing...that's why!

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. And, we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps

And then ride them 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 did not have Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes.

There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,

No video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's,

No cell phones,

No personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms.

WE HAD FRIENDS

And we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth

And there were NO LAWSUITS from these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt,

And the worms did not live in us

Forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,

Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and,

Although we were told it would happen,

We did not put out very many eyes..

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.

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.

Those who didn't had to learn to deal

With disappointment.

Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law

Was unheard of.

They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best

Risk-takers, 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.

If YOU are one of them?

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 so much of our lives

for our own good.

While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know

how brave and lucky their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house

with scissors, doesn't it ?

-

Born in 1949 , those were, for us, the good old days.

for the rest........ no comment

[CanuckSARTech]

I'm a '79-er too, so I also just make the cut. Unlike my younger brother (almost 6 years junior of me), I actually remember 8-tracs and records, Atari and Commodore64, antenna TV (versus satelite and cable), 70's disco music and 80's pop. Getting in trouble, and getting yourself out of it - not relying on Mom & Dad for a bail-out.

Home cooking, and not TV-dinners and fast food. BEFORE the main arrival of microwaves - eeeek!

Before Wal-Mart and other big box stores were even in the lexicon of our everyday lives. When a grocery store was a grocery store, and that's it - if you wanted hairspray, you had to go to the pharmacy. AND....pharmacy's actually laughingly sold cigarettes.

I've only ever bought a pair of Nike's once or twice in my life, where as he is a name-brand clothing ***** (although I do have a soft spot for Under Armour now). I find that's one thing that him and his peers differentiate on from me - they are attached to everything heavily name brand, consumer culture, etc. I could care less if they're Calvin Klein or Levi's jeans, as long as they fit/feel/look good, who cares.

Gawd. I'm only 31, and this has got me feeling fat, bald, and old.

[kjellfrick]

Well, we're the survivors of those generations...there was some weeding out as well, wasn't there? Not all of it to the best, maybe... I get the message, though, and I agree that in the richer parts of the world growing up has become very protected. However, I challenge anyone of you to put your child in the position of growing up in a poor and less developed country or neighborhood like, let's say, Romania. Lot's of worms and dirt to eat and few safe havens to play in. One can only take romanticizing that far...

The final comment from Jay Leno...my only comment as an atheist is: huh? You'd have to be a christian to make sense of that one!

[tsolomon]

Riding in the back of a pick-up truck on a warm day

Was always a special treat.

We drank water

From the garden hose and not from a bottle.

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. And, we were O.K.

It's all good and does bring back the memories. I might have to raise a glass and smoke a cigar for Penny, Sky King and Clutch Cargo tonight.

[mazolaman]

I liked Bill Hicks summary of Jay Lenno,very funny.

I had a great childhood in the stix,riding bikes over jumps,hiding in forrests,going down the river in a tractor inner tube....etc.

Living in the city,I know now,if lucky enough to have kids,it'll be back to the hills for us!

Not just rose tinted glasses either.

[dcse]

Paradise lost in many ways, at least for the survivors. Born in the mid-sixties, my mother JUST avoided the pills causing severe disabilities and miscarriages and the radiation being transported from the Soviet nuclear test facilities, affecting pregnancies in nearby communities. As a baby I JUST survived a car crash lying in the luggage compartment of a Volkswagen Bettle, ending up around the neck of my father - the unfortunate driver.

I still refuse to use a helmet when biking or safety belts when sitting in the back of a car, but at the same time insist on special seats and safety belts for my kids, even if the ride is only one kilometer to the school and kindergarten, and insist on helmets whenever the kids take their bikes out. And I only sample cigars when the kids are away or have gone to bed. A life filled with inconsistencies and double standards.

I have read an article explaining the development as a result of changing family patterns: with fewer children per household, the relative value of each child increases, and the tragedy of loss greater.

In addition, with the "zero acceptance"-philosophy (zero traffic accidents, zero smoking, zero hand gun killings, zero robbery, zero discrimination, zero deaths in combat during war etc) on the rise, nothing but perfect protection, perfect health, perfect everything is the life we, as a collective, strife for. Somewhere we risk losing some basic aspects about life and humanity: Life is supposed to be fun, and liberty is part of that, an environment where mistakes in the real world is part of the learning experience.

[strayvector]

Paradise lost in many ways, at least for the survivors. Born in the mid-sixties, my mother JUST avoided the pills causing severe disabilities and miscarriages and the radiation being transported from the Soviet nuclear test facilities, affecting pregnancies in nearby communities. As a baby I JUST survived a car crash lying in the luggage compartment of a Volkswagen Bettle, ending up around the neck of my father - the unfortunate driver.

I still refuse to use a helmet when biking or safety belts when sitting in the back of a car, but at the same time insist on special seats and safety belts for my kids, even if the ride is only one kilometer to the school and kindergarten, and insist on helmets whenever the kids take their bikes out. And I only sample cigars when the kids are away or have gone to bed. A life filled with inconsistencies and double standards.

I have read an article explaining the development as a result of changing family patterns: with fewer children per household, the relative value of each child increases, and the tragedy of loss greater.

In addition, with the "zero acceptance"-philosophy (zero traffic accidents, zero smoking, zero hand gun killings, zero robbery, zero discrimination, zero deaths in combat during war etc) on the rise, nothing but perfect protection, perfect health, perfect everything is the life we, as a collective, strife for. Somewhere we risk losing some basic aspects about life and humanity: Life is supposed to be fun, and liberty is part of that, an environment where mistakes in the real world is part of the learning experience.

Paradise lost indeed. I wonder how Aldous Huxley would view our world of today.

[dcse]

Paradise lost indeed. I wonder how Aldous Huxley would view our world of today.

Interesting point. According to a recent survey, six out of ten employees in Norway feel they ar monitored at work.

[mazolaman]

Interesting point. According to a recent survey, six out of ten employees in Norway feel they ar monitored at work.

And then there's good old George Orwell....

The most "spied on" city in Europe,if not the world...London.

Run to the hills....

[Warren]

I think it's fantastic that Rob has done everything in his power to bring up his children in a manner that replicates this era.

[CanuckSARTech]

I think it's fantastic that Rob has done everything in his power to bring up his children in a manner that replicates this era.

LOL. Subtle, Warren.

[PigFish]

I HATE political correctness and all aspects of life under it! I wear a helmet when I ride (my Harley), I wear my seatbelt when I drive, cause it makes good sense, but I hate being told I have to!!! That is the difference that I see here. Once man was free to be stupid! Now all men are legislated as though he is nothing greater than the most stupid amongst us.

Life used to make sense! Gang members were bad and hard working men and women were good. You could see it in the way they behaved, and they did it deliberately, they were responsible for it and they payed the price for slipping up. Now we can't profile! I have yet to see a cop solve a crime without profiling!!! Perhaps that's the whole point of it. I can still recognize a bum when I see one, I can recognize good and evil, good deeds and bad but now I can't call it as such, cause it is a matter of "perspective" and I might hurt someone's feelings! "He only killed and raped your daughter, but you must understand his childhood to see the good in him...!"

Maybe you said something stupid now and again. Maybe you hurt another's feelings because you had no class, or poor judgement. If you were within an arms reach your mom slapped you!!! Now certain words are deemed by the government as out of bounds, to protect the selected from getting there little feelings hurt!!! How ******* pitiful; that class, as in good behavior is not taught by parents but mandated by law.

I have always said that once the human body is accelerated beyond 3.5 MPH the situation is unsafe. Does anyone not get this? Safety is a tradeoff. Want to be safe... stay at home on the ground floor wrapped in bubble pack. Freedom is the ability to take risk. Long live freedom and risk.

Rant over! -Piggy

[Wicky]

I HATE political correctness and all aspects of life under it! I wear a helmet when I ride (my Harley), I wear my seatbelt when I drive, cause it makes good sense, but I hate being told I have to!!! That is the difference that I see here. Once man was free to be stupid! Now all men are legislated as though he is nothing greater than the most stupid amongst us.

Life used to make sense! Gang members were bad and hard working men and women were good. You could see it in the way they behaved, and they did it deliberately, they were responsible for it and they payed the price for slipping up. Now we can't profile! I have yet to see a cop solve a crime without profiling!!! Perhaps that's the whole point of it. I can still recognize a bum when I see one, I can recognize good and evil, good deeds and bad but now I can't call it as such, cause it is a matter of "perspective" and I might hurt someone's feelings! "He only killed and raped your daughter, but you must understand his childhood to see the good in him...!"

Maybe you said something stupid now and again. Maybe you hurt another's feelings because you had no class, or poor judgement. If you were within an arms reach your mom slapped you!!! Now certain words are deemed by the government as out of bounds, to protect the selected from getting there little feelings hurt!!! How ******* pitiful; that class, as in good behavior is not taught by parents but mandated by law.

I have always said that once the human body is accelerated beyond 3.5 MPH the situation is unsafe. Does anyone not get this? Safety is a tradeoff. Want to be safe... stay at home on the ground floor wrapped in bubble pack. Freedom is the ability to take risk. Long live freedom and risk.

Rant over! -Piggy

We're doomed I tell you. DOOOMED!