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Subject: Over 30
>
> People over 30 should be dead.
> 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.
>
> There was nothing to stop us from sticking a
> fork in an electrical outlet.
>
> 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 seat
> belts 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 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 and 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
> and ate worms and mud pies, 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 and 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. 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...
>
> Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't
it?

Frank Hipper wrote:I NEVER ate worms! I promise you THAT!

Sea Skimmer wrote:

Frank Hipper wrote:I NEVER ate worms! I promise you THAT!

Of course not, only maggots.

TrailerParkJawa wrote:I used to like drinking from the garden hose. It had a slight metallic taste that was much better than the water from the kitchen.

TrailerParkJawa wrote:I used to like drinking from the garden hose. It had a slight metallic taste that was much better than the water from the kitchen.

TrailerParkJawa wrote:I used to like drinking from the garden hose. It had a slight metallic taste that was much better than the water from the kitchen.

Tsyroc wrote:Having learned to ride a bike during the peak of Evil Kenevil's popularity I find it rather amusing that my current city has a law that requires all children under the age of 18 to wear a helmet while riding a bicycle.

It's not that I don't think it is a good idea. Considering how Tucson trafic and drivers are I really see the point of the bike helment. However, the only people I've known who've seriously benefitted from a bike helmet were those who were hit by a car not those doing normal riding away from heavy traffice, which is what children should be doing. If they are old enough to ride with traffice they should be smart enough to wear a helmet.

That brings me back to the whole growing up during Evil Kenevil things. All the neighborhood kids were trying to do jumps with their bikes. I remeber seeing several bikes destroyed ( one kid went over the top of his handlebars and ripped them right off) because of attempted jumps but I don't remember anyone getting more than road rash and a bunch of bruises. It just seems to me that having a law requiring bike helmets is excessive considering what has to be a very small percentage of children who benefit by it.

Now if they are trying X stunts....

Tsyroc wrote:Having learned to ride a bike during the peak of Evil Kenevil's popularity I find it rather amusing that my current city has a law that requires all children under the age of 18 to wear a helmet while riding a bicycle.

It's not that I don't think it is a good idea. Considering how Tucson trafic and drivers are I really see the point of the bike helment. However, the only people I've known who've seriously benefitted from a bike helmet were those who were hit by a car not those doing normal riding away from heavy traffice, which is what children should be doing. If they are old enough to ride with traffice they should be smart enough to wear a helmet.