From the Classic Emails of the mid 90′s…
I got this from Mom and Dad today…with all the “don’t do’s” of their peers..
- Don’t address the email with everyone in the “To” section…it exposes their email..
- Don’t craft the email in giant colored letters…
- It’s passe to forward on emails around the office nowadays…
- blah, blah, blah…
But after reading it, and digesting, it’s funny and pretty poignant…
Especially for me, who many times more than not, just says…”Hey, put it out there and see what happens…”
So here..read it and you’ll get it if you get it… (and yes, I’m old enough to fit in this category…and appreciate it’s message)
Those of Us
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
Very well stated, Mr. Leno..
1930′s,
40′s, 50′s,
60′s
And 70′s!!
Smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
Tuna from a can and didn’t get tested for diabetes.
Our tummies in baby cribs covered
With
Bright colored lead-base paints.
Locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes,
We Had baseball caps
Not Helmets on our heads.
Cars with no car seats,
Day was always a special treat.
One bottle and no one actually died from this.
Bread, real butter and bacon. We drank FLAV- OR- AID made with real white sugar. And, we
Weren’t overweight. WHY?
Playing….that’s why!
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.
Go-carts out of scraps…
And Then ride them down the hill,
Only to find out we forgot the brakes.
We learned to solve the problem
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..
Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it
Would happen, we did not put out very many eyes..
and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to
them.
the team.
Those
who didn’t had to learn
to deal with disappointment.
The idea of a parent bailing us out
if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.
innovation and new ideas. What can kids today do besides push buttons..
responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.
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.
it to your kids so they will know how brave and lucky their parents were.
run through the house with scissors, doesn’t it ?
The quote of the month is by
Jay Leno:
fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up
the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and
terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the
Pledge of Allegiance?’
that God is not watching over us…go ahead and delete this.