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Plagiarism is definied by Dictionary.com as:

the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.

That is not the intention here, however I received this as email and as I thought it over line by line, it really sunk in on exactly how true it is. I do not know who the original author is, if you do, let me know and I will give due credit. “Whoever wrote it is right on!” It is worth thinking about, hence the reason its here.

No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us.   We are  AWESOME!!!!
OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!!

To Those  of Us   Born
1930 -  1979

At the end  of this 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 OKAY.

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 Play stations, 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 would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping pong paddles, or just a bare hand and no one would call child services to report abuse.
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.

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