Re: FRI: Survival
From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu)
Wed Aug 6 20:56:19 2003
Fond memories.
--
Anna Meenan, MD (Rode around in a VW microbus with 6 siblings, many
assorted friends and cousins, and no car seats or seat belts)
At Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Richard Chudacoff, MD wrote:
>
>I Can't Believe We Made It!
>
>According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids
>in the 30's, 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 or locks 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, although we were told it
>would happen , we did not put out any eyes.
>
>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 parents bailing us out if we got in trouble in school or broke a
>law was unheard of.
>They actually sided with the school or the law. Imagine that!
>
>This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers,
>and inventors, ever.
>
>We had freedom, failure, success, and responsibility --- and we learned how
>to deal with it.
>And you're one of them!
>Congratulations.
>
>Pass this on to the people you know who also survived.
>
>--
>Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG
>Chudacoff Obstetrics & Gynecology, PLLC
>15200 Southwest Freeway, #270
>Sugar Land, TX 77478
>
>Tel: 281-277-3900
>Fax: 281-277-3901
>
>rchudacoff@mylinuxisp.com
>Richard.Chudacoff@obgyn.net
>
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>
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