Rainierwon Posted February 7, 2005 Posted February 7, 2005 (edited) copied from Kiro 710 website: pretty good LISTENER LETTER to THE DORI MONSON SHOW According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, or even maybe the early 70's probably shouldn't have survived. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets.(Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.)As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts or air bags. 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. Horrors! We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in it. But we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode 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 would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on . No one was able to reach us all day. NO CELL PHONES!!!!! Unthinkable! We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes. No video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal computers or Internet chat rooms . We had friends! We went outside and found them. We played dodge ball and sometimes the ball would really hurt . We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents? We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls, ate worms, and although we were told it would happen we did not put out very many eyes. Nor did the worms live inside us forever. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home 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. Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade. Horrors! Tests were not adjusted for any reason. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected . The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law. Imagine that! This generation has 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. We learned how to deal with it all. And you're one of them! Congratulations! Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good !!!!! People under 30 are WIMPS No offense 20 somethings! Still love ya! Thank you, go to the site for name Edited February 7, 2005 by Rainierwon Quote
catbirdseat Posted February 7, 2005 Posted February 7, 2005 Trask posted almost the same thing more than two years ago and he didn't write it either. Quote
catbirdseat Posted February 7, 2005 Posted February 7, 2005 So who actually wrote the thing anyway, or did it just gradually evolve on the Internet over time at the hands of many authors? Quote
Blake Posted February 7, 2005 Posted February 7, 2005 It was in reader's digest several years ago. Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted February 7, 2005 Posted February 7, 2005 It was originally to be the preamble to the Gettysburg Address, but Lincoln's press secretary made him cut it. Quote
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