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VK8PDG > HUMOUR 24.01.04 21:08l 5 Lines 3559 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 141_AARIG
Read: DH0GHU GUEST DL4NWM
Subj: Born before things were complicated
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Sent: 040124/1231Z @:VK6ISP.PER.#WA.AUS.OC #:141 AARIG Web Portal http://www.aa
<P>And those of you who were born after 1985, maybe you should take heed.<BR>Maybe you could learn something. This pretty much says it all!</P><P>According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids<BR>in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's or even the early 80's, probably<BR>shouldn't have survived.</P><P>Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.</P><P>We had no childproof lids or locks on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets,<BR>and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. Not to mention the risks we<BR>took hitchhiking.</P><P>As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding<BR>in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat.</P><P>We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors!</P><P>We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but<BR>we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.</P><P>We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one<BR>actually died from this.</P><P>We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down<BR>the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the<BR>bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.</P><P>We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were<BR>back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day.<BR>No cell phones. Unthinkable!</P><P>We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all,<BR>no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell<BR>phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms.</P><P>We had friends! We went outside and found them.</P><P>We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt.</P><P>We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no<BR>lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but<BR>us. Remember accidents?</P><P>We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to<BR>get over it.</P><P>We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it<BR>would happen, we did not put out any eyes.</P><P>We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rang<BR>the bell or just walked in and talked to them.</P><P>Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't<BR>had to learn to deal with disappointment.</P><P>Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade and were<BR>held back to repeat the same grade.</P><P>Horrors!</P><P>Tests were not adjusted for any reason.</P><P>Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. The idea of parents<BR>bailing us out if we got in trouble in school or broke a law was unheard<BR>of.<BR>They actually sided with the school or the law. Imagine that!<BR>This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers,<BR>and inventors, ever.</P><P>We had freedom, failure, success, and responsibility --- and we learned how<BR>to deal with it.<BR>And you're one of them!<BR>Congratulations.<BR>Please pass this on to others who were blessed to grow up as "kids" before<BR>lawyers and government regulated our lives "for our own good" !!!<BR><BR>73/s<BR>Peter VK8PDG</P><HR><B> Sent from the Australian Amateur Radio Interest Group's Portal. </B><BR>
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