This was sent to me by a friend that's in the same age group as me (30-somethings). I thought it was kind of funny, brought back some memories, but also makes a very good point. Here goes:

First, we survived being born to mothers who might have smoked and/or drank while they carried us.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored
lead-based paints.
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
took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up 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, bread and butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it,
but we weren't overweight because WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
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
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, X-boxes, no video games at
all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no
cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet 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 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 in us forever.
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!!

This same generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem
solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 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!
And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS!

Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up during the time before the lawyers and the government regulated much of the fun right out of our lives for our own good.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't
it?!...........



Mike

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350,000 miles
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1982 300D-gone---sold to a buddy
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1985 300TD
270,000 miles
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1994 E320
not my favorite, but the wife wanted it

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It made me think the first seventeen times or so that it's been posted on the 'net . . . after that it sort of lost its effect.

Hey, so I'm a little behind on my knowledge of internet forwards, and how many times they've been passed around....so sue me.

I still like it.

Mike

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1979 300 SD
350,000 miles
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1982 300D-gone---sold to a buddy
_____
1985 300TD
270,000 miles
_____
1994 E320
not my favorite, but the wife wanted it

www.myspace.com/mikemover
www.myspace.com/openskystudio
www.myspace.com/speedxband
www.myspace.com/openskyseparators
www.myspace.com/doubledrivemusic

I for one haven't seen this before, thanks alot!
Gilly

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Shouldn't taunt lawyers like that, it's not nice . . .

But we did go blind and grow hair on the palms of our hands, didn't we.... :sperm:

Few others I can remember:
The "church key" was required to open a can of soda or beer. Later they had pull-off tabs (which usually you put into the can of what you were drinking, or tossed onto he ground if you were a slob).
Smoking: it was everywhere. Maybe not in church, but that was about it. Oh, or while fueling a car. But stores, or other peoples houses, I remember that. Why even ask? Just light up and someone would find you an ash tray.
COMPUTERS: Oh they're going to put an end to PAPER, won't need paper at all anymore, nope, it'll all be done on computers in the future.

Gilly

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Yep, that's a good one, Mike.

Much of it rings true to my childhood, especially the part about playing outside all day, until the street lights came on. That was the rule in my house, and we actually were outside all day, and my parents had no idea where we were or what we were doing.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

That still happens----
My neighor puts her kids out at dawn and doesn't let them back in until dark, except for meals. They prowl the neighborhood, and yell all day long. Its not a good thing.