Deako Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 From another forum, but anyone who is 40 or older can well relate to this!! According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 60's, 70's and early 80's probably shouldn't have survived, because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with pans. When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and fluorescent 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags - riding in the passenger seat was a treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the same. We ate chips, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy juice with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no-one actually died from this. We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded. We did not have Play stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no DVDs, no Internet chat rooms. We had friends - we went outside and found them. We played elastics and rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt! We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no law suits. We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents. We played chap-the-door-run-away and were actually afraid of the owners catching us. We walked to friends' homes. We also, believe it or not, WALKED to school; we didn't rely on mummy or daddy to drive us to school, which was just round the corner. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls. We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of...They actually sided with the law. 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! Pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow as real kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good. For those of you who aren't old enough, thought you might like to read about us. This my friends, is surprisingly frightening......and it might put a smile on your face: The majority of students in universities today were born in 1986........They are called youth. They have never heard of We are the World, We are the children, and the Uptown Girl they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel. They have never heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Neneh Cherry or Belinda Carlisle. For them, there has always been only one Germany and one Vietnam. AIDS has existed since they were born. CD's have existed since they were born. Michael Jackson has always been white. To them John Travolta has always been round in shape and they can't imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance. They believe that Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible are films from last year. They can never imagine life before computers. They'll never have pretended to be the A Team, RedHand Gang or the Famous Five. They'll never have applied to be on Jim'll Fix It or Why Don't You. They can't believe a black and white television ever existed. And they will never understand how we could leave the house without a mobile phone. Now let's check if we're getting old... 1. You understand what was written above and you smile. 2. You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a night out. 3. Your friends are getting married/already married. 4. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably with computers. 5. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head. 6. You remember watching Dirty Den in EastEnders the first time around. 7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good Old days, repeating again all the funny things you have experienced together. 8. Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to some other friends because you think they will like it too... Yes, you're getting old!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Spot on Deako ! One more to add.......You remember Pounds, Shillings and Pence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul tony cassidy Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 im 25 but do remeber alot of those things.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feather Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Spot on Deako ! One more to add.......You remember Pounds, Shillings and Pence Blimey! I remember farthings and three penny pieces, (threpney bits) in use. Best regards, Feather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pike Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Oh yes! It finally dawned on me just how old I am when I filled in a corporate evaluation form yesterday and found I had moved into the next age bracket up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Roger that Deako ,it has dawned on me over the last couple of weeks ,of the last 8 guys hired 3 are owners sons ( 15-16-18 ) ,god it makes me feel old . guess its time to slow down eh ?? Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 How about buying licorice and what you were buying was a piece of root, that you peeled with your pocket knife, yes we were all allowed to carry these even in school, and chewed/ sucked on it. Or does this mean that I really am a member of the FOG (Fat Old Guys) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 heres one for you, 33-1/3 LP'S, 45's SINGLES ,78's SLATES ,broke most of my oldmans :*) . record players with a bail arm you could stak up half dozen at a time . stingray, fireball XL5 ,the mysterons (always had a thing for harmony angel :*) ) thuderbirds (with no strings attached ) joe 90 ,those were the days . Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longnetter Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 SON= dad can I have an X box? DAD= a what? SON= an X box, it's got great graphics! DAD= what the &$"* are graphics? SON= well the clouds move, the birds fly past, the trees move and the grass looks really green and moves in the wind! DAD= Oh, we had that when I was a kid, we called it PLAYING OUTSIDE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Old shootists never die...they simply fire blanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Old shootists never die...they simply fire blanks thats a safe bet in my case H , no law suits phew . Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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