An Email for the ages

Sometimes nuggets found in some Email make you forget about newer versions of networking.  Check this one out from Richard.

Boy did this bring back memories......

Those 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.

Most of us even got a few "swats" on our butts at school then got some more
when we got home when DAD found out...

The teachers enforced classroom discipline.

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?'
For those that prefer to think that
God is not watching over us..
.go ahead and delete this..
For the rest of
us...pass this on.
A Small Prayer!

God determines who walks into your life....it's up to you to decide who you
let walk away, who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go.
I need this back. If you'll do this for me, I'll do it for you.
When there is nothing left but God, that is when you find out that God is all
you need. Take 60 seconds and give this a shot!
All you do is simply say the following small prayer for the person who sent
you this.

Father,
God bless my friends in whatever it is that You know they may need this day!
And may their life be full of your peace, prosperity, and power as he/she
seeks to have a closer relationship with you.
Amen