Fogarty & Fogarty Plumbing Co., Inc.
9751 Moose Road, Ste. 5
Murrells Inlet, SC  29576  
BABYBOOMERS ONLY!

       The young just won't get it. . .



    In the spirit of "good old fashioned service and quality," let's take a
    walk down memory lane.  We would love to give credit to whoever
    wrote these - but it was a forward we received.  We hope some of
    these thoughts will bring a smile to your face.


TO THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 30's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's

First, we survived being born to mothers who gave birth at home.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing and didn't get tested for
diabetes.

Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored
lead-based paints.

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 pick up 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, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar
in it, but we weren't overweight because WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE
PLAYING!

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, X-boxes, video games, cable TV,
video tape movies, CDS's, DVDS's, surround  sound, cell phones, personal
computers, Internet or chat rooms, or IPODs,   No ..........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 made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms.  Although
we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did
the worms live in us forever.

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!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, 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!