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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: mantagte on 17 March 2008, 22:01:36
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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 'clackers' on our wheels.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags and 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 pop 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 Internet chat rooms. We had friends - we went outside and found them.
We played elastics and street rounders, and sometimes that ball really
hurt.
We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones but there were no lawsuits.
We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents.
We played knock-down-ginger and were afraid of the owners catching us.
We walked to friend's 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 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 up as 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 1983........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, Nena 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, Red Hand 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 don't even know how to switch on a TV without a remote control.
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 stories you have experienced
together.
8. Having read this, you are thinking of forwarding it to some other friends because you think they will like it too...
Yes, you're getting older!!!!
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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 'clackers' on our wheels.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags and 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 pop 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 Internet chat rooms. We had friends - we went outside and found them.
We played elastics and street rounders, and sometimes that ball really
hurt.
We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones but there were no lawsuits.
We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents.
We played knock-down-ginger and were afraid of the owners catching us.
We walked to friend's 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 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 up as 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 1983........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, Nena 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, Red Hand 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 don't even know how to switch on a TV without a remote control.
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 stories you have experienced
together.
8. Having read this, you are thinking of forwarding it to some other friends because you think they will like it too...
Yes, you're getting older!!!!
I know, i gave up Rugby on the weekend. :'( :'(
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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 'clackers' on our wheels.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags and 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 pop 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 Internet chat rooms. We had friends - we went outside and found them.
We played elastics and street rounders, and sometimes that ball really
hurt.
We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones but there were no lawsuits.
We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents.
We played knock-down-ginger and were afraid of the owners catching us.
We walked to friend's 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 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 up as 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 1983........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, Nena 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, Red Hand 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 don't even know how to switch on a TV without a remote control.
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 stories you have experienced
together.
8. Having read this, you are thinking of forwarding it to some other friends because you think they will like it too...
Yes, you're getting older!!!!
Thats how i got my broken left wrist and fractured right arm in 1977...lol
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i`m gonna get the photo album out i miss some of my old friends....10 goals half time 20 the winner.... :) :y :'(
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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 'clackers' on our wheels.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags and 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 pop 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 Internet chat rooms. We had friends - we went outside and found them.
We played elastics and street rounders, and sometimes that ball really
hurt.
We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones but there were no lawsuits.
We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents.
We played knock-down-ginger and were afraid of the owners catching us.
We walked to friend's 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 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 up as 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 1983........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, Nena 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, Red Hand 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 don't even know how to switch on a TV without a remote control.
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 stories you have experienced
together.
8. Having read this, you are thinking of forwarding it to some other friends because you think they will like it too...
Yes, you're getting older!!!!
Brilliant :y and so true :y
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couldn't agree more he says with a tear in his eye
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:'( :'( :'( :'(
Every statement applies to me ..... I'm not just old ... I must be ancient .....
:'( :'( :'( :'(
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the kids today might know more but they aren't having as much fun as we did .i suppose its a push button world, how times change .If i had the choice to be a kid now or then........then any day of the week and twice on Sundays :y
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the kids today might know more but they aren't having as much fun as we did .i suppose its a push button world, how times change .If i had the choice to be a kid now or then........then any day of the week and twice on Sundays :y
Agreed, I still remember blowing up trees with fertiliser from the local farm, some icing sugar, a bit of parrafin to mix and an elastic band.
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the kids today might know more but they aren't having as much fun as we did .i suppose its a push button world, how times change .If i had the choice to be a kid now or then........then any day of the week and twice on Sundays :y
Agreed, I still remember blowing up trees with fertiliser from the local farm, some icing sugar, a bit of parrafin to mix and an elastic band.
if you were caught what would happen .....a clip around the ear may be
if you did that now god help you . i don't think times have changed for the better at all
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the kids today might know more but they aren't having as much fun as we did .i suppose its a push button world, how times change .If i had the choice to be a kid now or then........then any day of the week and twice on Sundays :y
Agreed, I still remember blowing up trees with fertiliser from the local farm, some icing sugar, a bit of parrafin to mix and an elastic band.
Ahh, those joyous days of freely available oxidising agents... ;)
Kevin
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How soooo true, I can associate with all of those points so guess that makes me an old git too!! :-[...........ahhhh but what a great time we had. :y
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the kids today might know more but they aren't having as much fun as we did .i suppose its a push button world, how times change .If i had the choice to be a kid now or then........then any day of the week and twice on Sundays :y
Agreed, I still remember blowing up trees with fertiliser from the local farm, some icing sugar, a bit of parrafin to mix and an elastic band.
Ahh, those joyous days of freely available oxidising agents... ;)
Kevin
I remember being allowed to make Nitrogen Tri-iodide on the last day in school, that was with the full blessing of the Chemistry teacher !!!!! Then we accidently spilt some of the result in the corridors ;D ;D ;D
Ken
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i`m gonna get the photo album out i miss some of my old friends....10 goals half time 20 the winner.... :) :y :'(
small boys in the park.........jumpers for goalposts ;D
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thanks guys im 22 and now i feel old! ahh the good old days! i remember falling out of a tree, hitting every branch on the way down then bursting into tears coz i wasnt the 1st to the top!
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.
that was the best!! any neighbour throwing away anything with wheels was turned into a go-cart!
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the kids today might know more but they aren't having as much fun as we did .i suppose its a push button world, how times change .If i had the choice to be a kid now or then........then any day of the week and twice on Sundays :y
Agreed, I still remember blowing up trees with fertiliser from the local farm, some icing sugar, a bit of parrafin to mix and an elastic band.
Ahh, those joyous days of freely available oxidising agents... ;)
Kevin
I remember being allowed to make Nitrogen Tri-iodide on the last day in school, that was with the full blessing of the Chemistry teacher !!!!! Then we accidently spilt some of the result in the corridors ;D ;D ;D
Ken
You'd get banged up without charge for that under anti-terror legislation these days. In fact, even for mentioning it on the internet... There's probably a black helicopter heading your way right now. :-X
Kevin
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oops, time for a name change or different identity me thinks !
loo-knee-ken
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I am and 42 today ;D ;D ;D
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loo-knee-ken
;D
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excellent :y :y :y