To Those of You  Born 1930 -  1979   At the end of this  email is a quote of the month by Jay Leno. If you don't read anything else,  please   read what he  said.   Very well stated, Mr.  Leno.   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, booster seats, seat belts or  air bags.   Riding in the back of  a pick up 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 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 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.   Kind of makes you  want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it ?