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KINGSBURY HIGH SCHOOL |
CONGRATULATIONS TO US |
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CLASS OF 1963 |
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CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL US KIDS WHO WERE BORN
IN THE
1930's, 40's, 50's,
60's and 70's !!
First, we survived being
born to mothers who smoked
while they carried us.
They took aspirin,
ate blue cheese dressing and
tuna from a can, and didn't
get tested for diabetes.
Then after that
trauma, our baby cribs were
covered with bright colored
lead-based paints.
There were no
childproof lids on medicine
bottles, doors, or cabinets,
& when we rode bikes, we had
no helmets or pads.
As children, we rode
in cars with no seat belts
or air bags.
Riding in the back
of a van or pickup - loose -
was always great fun.
We drank water from
the garden hose and NOT from
a bottle.
We shared one soft
drink with four friends from
the same bottle and NO ONE
actually died from this.
We ate cakes, white
bread, and real butter, and
we 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 or
banging into the curb a few
times, we learned to solve
the problem.
We did not have
Playstations, Nintendo's, or
X-boxes, no video games at
all, no 99 channels on
cable, no video tape movies,
no surround sound, no cell
phones, no text messaging,
no personal computers, no
Internet or Internet chat
rooms. WE HAD FRIENDS, and
we went outside and found
them!
We fell out of trees
or off our bikes, we got
cuts and bruises, and
sometimes we broke bones and
teeth, but there were no
lawsuits from these
accidents.
We played with worms
and made mud pies made from
dirt, and the worms did not
live in us forever.
We made up games
with sticks and tennis
balls, and although we were
told it would happen, we did
not poke out any eyes.
We rode bikes or
walked to a friend's house,
and we knocked on the door
or rang the bell or just
yelled for them!
Local teams 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 pulled
a stupid stunt or broke the
law was unheard of. They
actually sided with the law!
But with all this
"deprivation," 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 from it
we learned
HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT
ALL!
And if you are
lucky, 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
our lives for our own good.
And while you're at it,
forward it to your kids so they
will know how brave their
parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run
through the house with scissors,
doesn't it?!
P.S. The BIG
type is because your eyes are
shot at your age
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Thanks to Nancee Tanner for sending this
in!! |
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