duffa Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1940's , 50's, 60's, and 70's First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer. Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright colour lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds, KFC, Subway or Nandos. Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death! We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers, Bubble Gum and some bangers to blow up frogs with. We ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks 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 old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars. We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY, no video/dvd films, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms...........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. Only girls had pierced ears! ? We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time... We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays, We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! RUGBY and CRICKET had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on MERIT Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and bully's always ruled the playground at school. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Keanu ' and 'Brittney ' and ' Kiel ' and 'Sunday Rose' and all the other ridiculous names these idiots think of. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee R Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 1978 here...... and most of that rings true, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 (edited) Got this via email too, great to read & very true. 1968 me, remember doing most of that stuff. Edited April 6, 2009 by PeeWee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stezz Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 1968 for me.....cooool man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetec2k6 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 1978 here...... and most of that rings true, lol Same age here Sounds like a better life when we were kids lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 1972 for me i feel very old now thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 awesome, tho id include myself in the above, and im a '81 baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I just about make it But yes, so true. And without trying to sound like my Dad, yes they were the days. It's complete Shite now in comparison. I can't think of a single thing (broadly) that is better now than it was back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plusone Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 1978 for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvillax Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 seems i am the oldest so far 1962 for me and all that was a total recap of my childhood dam i miss it. Hated growing up way to much repsonsability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charley Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I sometimes feel I'm from the wrong Era...could be the fella Na I do sometimes think I would rather have grown up a decade or so earlier than I did. There wasn't as much hype about things, people trusted each other, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganges Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 New member, and wait for it 1959 yes you read right 1959and all very true, no health and saftey, no brussels regulations eeeeeeeeee them were the days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escortedal Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 i was born in the summer of 69.and most of the above is true,bring back the good times...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutley Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 1972.. and i remember shops closing half day on wednesday and also for lunch shops would shut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 anyone else remember cartoons before the main film when you went to the cinema?? some films even had a break halfway through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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