Guest shay Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1940's, 50's, 60's 70's First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured 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 van - loose - was always exciting and great fun. We drank water from the garden hose or tap and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank cordial 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, No video games at all, No 99 channels,No Pay TV, No cable, No DVD movies or surround sound.. It's crazy! We even had No mobile phones, No text messaging, 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. We played with worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we didn't poke out anyone's eye. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Local teams 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! 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. Kind of makes you want to run through the house with your eyes shut holding a pair of scissors, doesn't it?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stork 1 Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Its true to many laws holding youn uns back blody sill well said it is silly some kids dont even know what a ferret is or what the sun set/rise looks like all they do is look at in on there comp in the warm safe dry home i would prefere to be out in all weather conditions than in side.........? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxy 617 Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Ah, the good old days Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WILF Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 (edited) How true..........strange that this should come from Shay.........as he is one of the biggest fannys I know Edited February 7, 2008 by WILF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
comeonsteveuk 0 Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1940's, 50's, 60's 70's First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured 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 van - loose - was always exciting and great fun. We drank water from the garden hose or tap and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank cordial 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, No video games at all, No 99 channels,No Pay TV, No cable, No DVD movies or surround sound.. It's crazy! We even had No mobile phones, No text messaging, 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. We played with worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we didn't poke out anyone's eye. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Local teams 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! 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. Kind of makes you want to run through the house with your eyes shut holding a pair of scissors, doesn't it?! SO SO TRUE GOOD OLD DAYS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bigbob Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Aye what harm did all that do to us Quote Link to post Share on other sites
telboy 0 Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 THEM WERE THE DAYS WHEN MEN WERE MEN AND WOMEN WERE GLAD OF IT.AND IF YOU WERE ILL THE CURE ALWAYS TASTED LIKE SHIT,FENNINGS FEVER CURE BEING A FINE EXAMPLE. IF I GAVE IT MY KIDS NOW THE SOCIAL SERVICES WOULD BE BANGING ON THE DOOR, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leegreen 2,182 Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Fecking brill, I'd love to take that to my sons Head Mistress. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
macberran 2 Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 If I wasn't painted in Friars Balsam...........I was drinking it !!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coney 3 Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 That about summed up my entire childhood, nice one Shay Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest buster321c Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 makes you fel young again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest tawny Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 (edited) CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1940's, 50's, 60's 70's First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured 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 van - loose - was always exciting and great fun. We drank water from the garden hose or tap and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank cordial 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, No video games at all, No 99 channels,No Pay TV, No cable, No DVD movies or surround sound.. It's crazy! We even had No mobile phones, No text messaging, 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. We played with worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we didn't poke out anyone's eye. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Local teams 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! 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. Kind of makes you want to run through the house with your eyes shut holding a pair of scissors, doesn't it?! [/quote good times,and not a care in the word Edited February 7, 2008 by tawny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest baldie Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 feck me...fennings fever cure that b*****d stuff set your teeth on edge Vicks vapo rub......or goose grease junior aspirin Mi grandfatha,s "rubbin oils" he made them himself, from egg white , parafin wax, and other assorted shite...it was for the whippets first, and us second [ well i am from barnsley] Shay, thats so true, you must have been one of our gang.... Priceless memories, and most that my little lad will never have.........and thats what i hate most about this b*****d country..........its robbed us of our youth, and innocence. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 How true..........strange that this should come from Shay.........as he is one of the biggest fannys I know right anatomy....but i would have used a different word!!!!!! Yes all true. I spent my chcildhood making dens, jumping onto the huge sand piles in the local quarry, catching frogs, catterpillars, "cooking" with my mates in the woods....eating burnt-to-a-cinder toast.......keeping the bonfire night fire alight for many a day afterwards whilst looking for unused fireworks.......doing stupid stunts on the BMX's that were the rage....... going on crazy mad adventures "Lamping" with a mongrel and a torch!!!!!......setting dozens of snares on the actual rabbit holes and catching diddly squat!!!........goihng in the old air-raid shelters looking for hibernating tortoiseshells.....searching for the 6 spotted burnet moth pupae and taking them home.....fishing for sticklebacks with a stolen size 18 hook and a piece of cotton!!! putting bread down in the garden under a seive trap for the spuggies and starlings...rope swings in the woods....getting half a dozen of us on one BMX hurtling down hill in an uncontrolable frenzy...big trick nuts!!!.............long summers......snowy winters.....sledging til fingers hurt, then they hurt even more in the shower afterwards!!!! traipsing across the countryside looking for an occupied rabbit hole....... I was only telling my mate the other day that there were no CD's when i was a young un,i can remember saving all my dads "Tiger tokens" up to buy a blank cassette from the local ESSO shop!!! Glad i was born when i was....for several reasons...JD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
telboy 0 Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 I D HATE TO BE STARTING OUT NOW THINK OF ALL THE THINGS WE D MISS. MUMPS MEASLES IMPITIGO SKERVY AND COUNTLESS CLOUTS ROUND THE EARHOLE. BUT WE HAD FOUR SEASONS IN THE YEAR. EACH WITH ITS OWN DIFFERENT WEATHER. NOT THE CONTINUOUS PISSDOWN WE HAVE NOW. I D BETTER STOP NOW I M STARTING TO DRIBBLE AND THE KIDS ARE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING ME IN A HOME. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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