According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were
> kids in the 50s,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, Nena 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 , you are thinking of forwarding it to some
> other friends because you think they will like it too... Yes, you're
> getting old!
:tankie:
> kids in the 50s,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, Nena 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 , you are thinking of forwarding it to some
> other friends because you think they will like it too... Yes, you're
> getting old!
:tankie:
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