Ain't this the truth!

[Guest guest]

I am sure that most of us have seen this before - but I always enjoy reading it.

Mel

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920's, 30's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos.They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, tuna from a can, and didn't gettested for diabetes or cervical cancer.Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints.We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets andwhen we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, 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 Ute on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops,Mcs, KFC, Subway or Red Rooster.Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on theweekends, somehow we didn't starve to death!We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NOONE actually died from this.We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the cornerstore and buy fruit tingles and some crackers to blow up frogs with.We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because...... WE WERE ALWAYSOUTSIDE 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.

We built tree houses and cubby houses and played in creek beds withmatchbox cars.We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games atall, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chatrooms..........

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.Only girls had pierced ears and old navy and army blokes and bikies had tattoos.We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross buns at Eastertime.......no really!We were given BB guns and sling shots for our 10th birthdays,

We drank milk laced with Strontium 90 from cows that had eaten grass covered in nuclear fallout from the atomic testing at Maralinga in 1956.We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!

Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet!Footy had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!Our teachers used to belt us with big sticks and leather straps andbullies always ruled the playground at school.The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!Our parents got married before they had children and didn't inventstupid names for their kids like "Kiora" and "Blade"

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problemsolvers and inventors ever!The past 70 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!And YOU are one of them!CONGRATULATIONS!

Makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!