Re: FRI: Survival
From: Charlie Chambers (cchamber@gorge.net)
Wed Aug 6 21:49:24 2003
Charlie Chambers, MD
Survived instances of his parents leaving assorted food items out at
room temperature for what seemed like days including fried chicken and
steamed rice.
On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 06:58 PM, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
> 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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>> http://www.chudacoffobgyn.yourmd.com
>>
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And my baby's goin fishin too!"
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