I Can't Believe We Made It!

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those
of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's or
even the early 80'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 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 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 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 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
egulated our lives, for our own good.

Εκπληκτικό Αμερικανικό κείμενο!
Πόσο μοιάζουν οι ζωές όλων εμάς που είμασταν τότε παιδιά!
Πόσο διαφέρουν οι ζωές μας τώρα!!

Τελικά αυτό που περιγράφεται δεν είναι το Νόημα της Ζωής (έστω και κατα Monty Pythons!!)?
Η ελευθερία να δοκιμάζεις?!!

I Can't Believe We Made It!

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those
of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's or
even the early 80'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 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 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 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 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
egulated our lives, for our own good.

Εκπληκτικό Αμερικανικό κείμενο!
Πόσο μοιάζουν οι ζωές όλων εμάς που είμασταν τότε παιδιά!
Πόσο διαφέρουν οι ζωές μας τώρα!!

Τελικά αυτό που περιγράφεται δεν είναι το Νόημα της Ζωής (έστω και κατα Monty Pythons!!)?
Η ελευθερία να δοκιμάζεις?!!

I Can't Believe We Made It!

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those
of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's or
even the early 80'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 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 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 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 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
egulated our lives, for our own good.

Εκπληκτικό Αμερικανικό κείμενο!
Πόσο μοιάζουν οι ζωές όλων εμάς που είμασταν τότε παιδιά!
Πόσο διαφέρουν οι ζωές μας τώρα!!

Τελικά αυτό που περιγράφεται δεν είναι το Νόημα της Ζωής (έστω και κατα Monty Pythons!!)?
Η ελευθερία να δοκιμάζεις?!!

Ο χρήστης agisd έγραψε:

Εκπληκτικό Αμερικανικό κείμενο!

Πάλι η κατάπτυστη ΗΠΑμερική...

Υ.Γ. Σάστισε η Έλλη εχτές...χάθηκε και ο Νικόλας Βαφειάδης με τους φενταγίν του και τους ηρωικούς πολίτες της Βαγδάτης που ήταν έτοιμοι να πεθαίνουν για τον ηγέτη τους...

Όχι βρε Αγη!
Για την χαρά της ζωής μιλάει το κείμενο και για αυτό το έβαλα!!
Μην συνδέουμε τα πάντα με τις ΗΠΑ και τον τωρινό πόλεμο!

Αγη,οι κατηγορίες που εκτοξεύουμε εδώ για τις ΗΠΑ αφορούν τον πόλεμο στο Ιράκ και το ότι πολλοί τον κρίνουμε υποκριτικό.Η βασική μας διαφωνία είναι τόσο ότι ο πόλεμος αυτός δεν έπρεπε να εχει γίνει με βάση το Διεθνές Δίκαιο όσο και το ότι οι πολιτικοί των ΗΠΑ ακολουθούν μια τελείως υποκριτική στάση.
Στενοχωριώμαστε ολοι για τα παιδάκια και τους αθώους (πολίτες και στρατιώτες) που χάνουν την ζωή τους για το πετρέλαιο και τα συμφέροντα κάποιων.

Ποιος είπε όμως ότι οι ΗΠΑ είναι μόνο κακά πράγματα?Αν κατάλαβες κάτι τέτοιο κάνεις λάθος!
Και φυσικά μπορεί να υπάρχουν καλά και κακά πράγματα σε μια χώρα. Και για την Ελλάδα δεν λέμε λιγώτερα!!