Dreaded Pirate Roberts
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I received this from My Dad today. It made me think of how great life was as a kid in our great country. Although I just missed the cut. I wasn't born before 1970.
No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us,
WE ARE AWESOME !!!
OUR Lives are LIVING PROOF !!!
To Those of Us Born between
1925 - 1970:
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
1930s, '40s, '50s, '60s, and '70s!!
First, we survived being born to Mothers who may have 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. Many did not even see a doctor until they gave birth, if then.
Then, after that trauma, we were
Put to sleep on our tummies
In baby cribs covered
With bright colored lead-based 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 and 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, especially on the down tailgate hanging from two chains as it bounced up and down over every bump.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and drank water that came from a well that wasn't treated by the Government.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this; and we actually shared our food or traded food that we didn't like with others.
Neighbors walked into our homes and borrowed whatever they needed and usually returned it the next day; if it was some food item that they needed like a few eggs or cup of sugar, we got it the next time they went shopping. Most of us didn't have locks on the doors to our homes. Keys were left in the car ignition in case a neighbor needed to borrow it for something like a trip to the Emergency Room. Stealing was only something you heard about criminals doing now and then.
We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter, fried chicken, and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid, sodas, and candy 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 after the sun came up and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on, if you lived in a rich neighborhood that had them.
No one was able to reach us all day, but Mom always knew where we were and with whom we were playing.
--And, we were OKAY!
We would spend hours building forts for hide-outs, or
Our go-carts out of scraps
And then ride them down the hill,
Only to find out that we forgot the brakes.. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem..
We did not have Play Stations, Nintendos, and X-boxes. Most of us did not even have Televisions; and Telephones were all on "Party-Lines" where we listened to each other's conversations to keep up with the news.
There were
No video games, no 150 channels on cable,
No video movies or DVDs,
No surround-sound or CDs,
No cell phones,
No satellite dishes,
No personal computers,
No Internet, no chat rooms; and Movie Theaters were huge with giant screens and a second story balcony. The movie usually cost $0.25 for the double-feature, popcorn was a nickel for a giant tub with real melted butter on it, and so was the giant soda; and all of the trash actually went into the trash can. The biggest treat were the Drive-in Movie Theaters where for $0.50 the whole family could go see two movies, hang a speaker on the edge of your car window, walk into the snack bar and get almost anything take-out to eat in your car.
We actually had "Real Friends" - Both Girl-friends and Boy-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 those accidents.
We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, belts, ping-pong paddles, bare-handed, or with whatever was handy; and no one would call child services to report abuse. If we bit somebody, we actually got bit back by our parents. If we hit someone, we expected and got hit back and sometimes got the crap beat out of us.
We ate worms, and mud pies
Made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. And Drugs were something that our parents got at the Drug Store, if they could afford them....
Booze and smoking was strictly a "Grown-up Thing."
Guns and knives were things that only really badmen used. Tattoos were things that bad-guys and some military men put on their bodies.
No one knew what a pierced-ear was
Let alone any other body piercings.
Hair coloring was something that Movie Stars did. We all had "Normal" Hair Cuts!
We were given BB-guns for our 10th birthdays that fired little steel balls with compressed-air, made up games with sticks and tennis balls, and
-Although we were told it would happen- we did not put out very many eyes. Most boys carried a pocket knife to make a whistle, flute, sling-shot, or whittle on a piece of wood with.
Most of us had an old tire hanging from a tree in our yard for a swing, and another one at a near-by creek or swimming hole.
We rode bikes, if we could afford them, or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked with them. Every other Mother knew us by our first name and routinely spoke with your Mother about everything. There were no secrets!
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!
No matter how we got punished for something that we did wrong in school, that was nothing compared to the punishment that we got when we got home, and parents actually brought their kids into school the next day to make sure that we apologized for whatever we did wrong.
Almost every family went to some Church on Sunday and Church Picnics were part of the Service. Everyone brought something to them to share.
These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers,
Problem solvers, and inventors ever.
The past 50 to 85 years have seen 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 those born
Between 1925-1970, 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 ?
~~~~~~~
< i>The quote of the month
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 bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance or off of our money?"
For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over "us" and the United States of America...
And believe that Satan does not exist - -
Go ahead and delete this!
For the rest of us.....
Please pass this on to your Family and Friends.
No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us,
WE ARE AWESOME !!!
OUR Lives are LIVING PROOF !!!
To Those of Us Born between
1925 - 1970:
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
1930s, '40s, '50s, '60s, and '70s!!
First, we survived being born to Mothers who may have 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. Many did not even see a doctor until they gave birth, if then.
Then, after that trauma, we were
Put to sleep on our tummies
In baby cribs covered
With bright colored lead-based 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 and 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, especially on the down tailgate hanging from two chains as it bounced up and down over every bump.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and drank water that came from a well that wasn't treated by the Government.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this; and we actually shared our food or traded food that we didn't like with others.
Neighbors walked into our homes and borrowed whatever they needed and usually returned it the next day; if it was some food item that they needed like a few eggs or cup of sugar, we got it the next time they went shopping. Most of us didn't have locks on the doors to our homes. Keys were left in the car ignition in case a neighbor needed to borrow it for something like a trip to the Emergency Room. Stealing was only something you heard about criminals doing now and then.
We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter, fried chicken, and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid, sodas, and candy 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 after the sun came up and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on, if you lived in a rich neighborhood that had them.
No one was able to reach us all day, but Mom always knew where we were and with whom we were playing.
--And, we were OKAY!
We would spend hours building forts for hide-outs, or
Our go-carts out of scraps
And then ride them down the hill,
Only to find out that we forgot the brakes.. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem..
We did not have Play Stations, Nintendos, and X-boxes. Most of us did not even have Televisions; and Telephones were all on "Party-Lines" where we listened to each other's conversations to keep up with the news.
There were
No video games, no 150 channels on cable,
No video movies or DVDs,
No surround-sound or CDs,
No cell phones,
No satellite dishes,
No personal computers,
No Internet, no chat rooms; and Movie Theaters were huge with giant screens and a second story balcony. The movie usually cost $0.25 for the double-feature, popcorn was a nickel for a giant tub with real melted butter on it, and so was the giant soda; and all of the trash actually went into the trash can. The biggest treat were the Drive-in Movie Theaters where for $0.50 the whole family could go see two movies, hang a speaker on the edge of your car window, walk into the snack bar and get almost anything take-out to eat in your car.
We actually had "Real Friends" - Both Girl-friends and Boy-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 those accidents.
We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, belts, ping-pong paddles, bare-handed, or with whatever was handy; and no one would call child services to report abuse. If we bit somebody, we actually got bit back by our parents. If we hit someone, we expected and got hit back and sometimes got the crap beat out of us.
We ate worms, and mud pies
Made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. And Drugs were something that our parents got at the Drug Store, if they could afford them....
Booze and smoking was strictly a "Grown-up Thing."
Guns and knives were things that only really badmen used. Tattoos were things that bad-guys and some military men put on their bodies.
No one knew what a pierced-ear was
Let alone any other body piercings.
Hair coloring was something that Movie Stars did. We all had "Normal" Hair Cuts!
We were given BB-guns for our 10th birthdays that fired little steel balls with compressed-air, made up games with sticks and tennis balls, and
-Although we were told it would happen- we did not put out very many eyes. Most boys carried a pocket knife to make a whistle, flute, sling-shot, or whittle on a piece of wood with.
Most of us had an old tire hanging from a tree in our yard for a swing, and another one at a near-by creek or swimming hole.
We rode bikes, if we could afford them, or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked with them. Every other Mother knew us by our first name and routinely spoke with your Mother about everything. There were no secrets!
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!
No matter how we got punished for something that we did wrong in school, that was nothing compared to the punishment that we got when we got home, and parents actually brought their kids into school the next day to make sure that we apologized for whatever we did wrong.
Almost every family went to some Church on Sunday and Church Picnics were part of the Service. Everyone brought something to them to share.
These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers,
Problem solvers, and inventors ever.
The past 50 to 85 years have seen 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 those born
Between 1925-1970, 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 ?
~~~~~~~
< i>The quote of the month
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 bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance or off of our money?"
For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over "us" and the United States of America...
And believe that Satan does not exist - -
Go ahead and delete this!
For the rest of us.....
Please pass this on to your Family and Friends.
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