Those Were the Days

Thought this was great as we approach Father's Day. if you share it with your children, don't forget to add you walked 2 miles to school, in the snow, without a coat........

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 pickup
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 O.K.

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 Playstations,
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 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.


Here's a great salad for June Watermelons.

>Slice melon in small chunks-seed (About 3 cups chunks)
Julienne enough basil to have about 1/8 cup Basil leaves (can substitute with mint)
Toss together with 1 pkg regular Feta Cheese
Drizzle all with a good Balsamic vinegar
Chill and serve cold.

It does sound kind of unusual but it is delicious!!!
Enjoy. chrissie