Something that might make you smile!
Apr 28th 2005, 8:52 pm
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Something that might make you smile!
STICK WITH IT AND READ THIS RIGHT THROUGH, ITS GOOD!
IT WILL MAKE YOU PROUD OF YOUR YOUTH BECAUSE IT IS SO TRUE!
Do you feel old?
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 child-proof 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 air bags - 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 played Bulldog which also really hurt
We danced to Madonna, when she was invented, never mind re-invented.
We drank Sodastreams on the steps our front doors.
We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no
lawsuits.
We had full on fistfights but no prosecution followed from other
parents.
We played knock-on-the-door-and-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 West life 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, 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
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 East-Enders the first time
around..
7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good
old days, repeating again all the fun 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..
IT WILL MAKE YOU PROUD OF YOUR YOUTH BECAUSE IT IS SO TRUE!
Do you feel old?
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 child-proof 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 air bags - 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 played Bulldog which also really hurt
We danced to Madonna, when she was invented, never mind re-invented.
We drank Sodastreams on the steps our front doors.
We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no
lawsuits.
We had full on fistfights but no prosecution followed from other
parents.
We played knock-on-the-door-and-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 West life 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, 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
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 East-Enders the first time
around..
7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good
old days, repeating again all the fun 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..
Apr 28th 2005, 9:16 pm
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Re: Something that might make you smile!
Oh the memories ! Excellent thread
Blossom
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Apr 28th 2005, 9:41 pm
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Re: Something that might make you smile!
What a fantastic thread........sadly I admit to doing all of those things when I was a kid!!!
remember wetting myself with fright when I got caught playing knock-down-ginger, and the lady frog marched me home to tell my parents. Boy was i scared!!
remember wetting myself with fright when I got caught playing knock-down-ginger, and the lady frog marched me home to tell my parents. Boy was i scared!!
Apr 28th 2005, 9:46 pm
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Re: Something that might make you smile!
Originally Posted by Vanessa
STICK WITH IT AND READ THIS RIGHT THROUGH, ITS GOOD!
IT WILL MAKE YOU PROUD OF YOUR YOUTH BECAUSE IT IS SO TRUE!
Do you feel old?
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 child-proof 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 air bags - 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 played Bulldog which also really hurt
We danced to Madonna, when she was invented, never mind re-invented.
We drank Sodastreams on the steps our front doors.
We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no
lawsuits.
We had full on fistfights but no prosecution followed from other
parents.
We played knock-on-the-door-and-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 West life 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, 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
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 East-Enders the first time
around..
7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good
old days, repeating again all the fun 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..
IT WILL MAKE YOU PROUD OF YOUR YOUTH BECAUSE IT IS SO TRUE!
Do you feel old?
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 child-proof 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 air bags - 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 played Bulldog which also really hurt
We danced to Madonna, when she was invented, never mind re-invented.
We drank Sodastreams on the steps our front doors.
We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no
lawsuits.
We had full on fistfights but no prosecution followed from other
parents.
We played knock-on-the-door-and-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 West life 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, 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
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 East-Enders the first time
around..
7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good
old days, repeating again all the fun 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..
I loved it!!!!! it is sooo true. thank you for making me smile
Apr 28th 2005, 9:56 pm
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Re: Something that might make you smile!
What a wicked thread and yes it really did bring back some really happy childhood memories.
We all used to play on our bikes riding round our street.We did wear our anoraks by the hood.We used to go off for picnics down on the fields behind our school and yes my Mum and Dad did not mind as long as they knew where we were.
And I can also say that I did all the other things mentioned too.
Had a great time.
So whats happened?
Makes you think does'nt it?
By moving to Australia in the right area can our kids get a similar lifestyle?
Or are those brill childhood days gone forever?
Dreamaway
We all used to play on our bikes riding round our street.We did wear our anoraks by the hood.We used to go off for picnics down on the fields behind our school and yes my Mum and Dad did not mind as long as they knew where we were.
And I can also say that I did all the other things mentioned too.
Had a great time.
So whats happened?
Makes you think does'nt it?
By moving to Australia in the right area can our kids get a similar lifestyle?
Or are those brill childhood days gone forever?
Dreamaway
Apr 28th 2005, 10:57 pm
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Location: Sydney
Posts: 218
Re: Something that might make you smile!
OH such fond memories, you made me feel even more homesick, I remember playing all those games and more: kick the can, tracking, etc and going off at an ungodly hour in the morning and only coming home when we were hungry, can't imagine allowing my two to do that now, how sad that times have changed so much.
And yes, half way through, I thought 'I must send a copy of this to my brothers, it will bring back so many memories'.
Am I really that OLD!!!!!!! :scared: :scared: :scared:
And yes, half way through, I thought 'I must send a copy of this to my brothers, it will bring back so many memories'.
Am I really that OLD!!!!!!! :scared: :scared: :scared:
Apr 28th 2005, 11:51 pm
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Joined: Jul 2003
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 1,033
Re: Something that might make you smile!
Good post, but some of the things made me feel really old, depressingly old 
I remember Madonna's early hits - I think I was at Uni.
Happily - I never watched Eastenders - depressing load of old toss.
Sodastream - Oh yes. Mum and Dad bought one - from an ad in a Sunday paper - I think,
Cheers,
DagBoy
I remember Madonna's early hits - I think I was at Uni.
Happily - I never watched Eastenders - depressing load of old toss.
Sodastream - Oh yes. Mum and Dad bought one - from an ad in a Sunday paper - I think,
Originally Posted by Vanessa
...
We danced to Madonna, when she was invented, never mind re-invented.
We drank Sodastreams on the steps our front doors.
...
...
Now let's check if we're getting old...
6. You remember watching Dirty Den in East-Enders the first time
around..
We danced to Madonna, when she was invented, never mind re-invented.
We drank Sodastreams on the steps our front doors.
...
...
Now let's check if we're getting old...
6. You remember watching Dirty Den in East-Enders the first time
around..
DagBoy
Apr 29th 2005, 12:21 am
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Re: Something that might make you smile!
I was born in 1980 and can remember some of these things. When you are young you have no worries and my mum and dad would let me and my brother play round the park for hours and have to come and get us for our tea. I have a younger sister who is 13 and it really is a shame that she never experienced the freedom and worry free days from my parents as we did. She was never allowed away from the front door even though she was 9 year old and was wrapped in cotton wool. I couldnt understand why my mum was being so horrible to her as me and my brother had free roam when we were kids.
I have a 3 year old son and i think i will be worrying forever about him now. Its a shame that we dont feel comfortable letting our kids do the same as what we did when we were younger. I now fully understand why my mum was so protective. Things have changed so much over the past 20 years.
Great post and it certainly brought a smile to my face
I have a 3 year old son and i think i will be worrying forever about him now. Its a shame that we dont feel comfortable letting our kids do the same as what we did when we were younger. I now fully understand why my mum was so protective. Things have changed so much over the past 20 years.
Great post and it certainly brought a smile to my face
Apr 29th 2005, 12:46 am
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Location: Northants to Brisbane.
Posts: 5,450
Re: Something that might make you smile!
Originally Posted by angel17796
I was born in 1980 and can remember some of these things. When you are young you have no worries and my mum and dad would let me and my brother play round the park for hours and have to come and get us for our tea. I have a younger sister who is 13 and it really is a shame that she never experienced the freedom and worry free days from my parents as we did. She was never allowed away from the front door even though she was 9 year old and was wrapped in cotton wool. I couldnt understand why my mum was being so horrible to her as me and my brother had free roam when we were kids.
I have a 3 year old son and i think i will be worrying forever about him now. Its a shame that we dont feel comfortable letting our kids do the same as what we did when we were younger. I now fully understand why my mum was so protective. Things have changed so much over the past 20 years.
Great post and it certainly brought a smile to my face
I have a 3 year old son and i think i will be worrying forever about him now. Its a shame that we dont feel comfortable letting our kids do the same as what we did when we were younger. I now fully understand why my mum was so protective. Things have changed so much over the past 20 years.
Great post and it certainly brought a smile to my face
Apr 29th 2005, 12:52 am
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Re: Something that might make you smile!
Originally Posted by Vanessa
We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood.
P.S Still got my soda stream
Apr 29th 2005, 12:55 am
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Re: Something that might make you smile!
Originally Posted by possoms
Shouting Captain Scarlet!! Ahh the memories brilliant thread
P.S Still got my soda stream
P.S Still got my soda stream
Apr 29th 2005, 1:24 am
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Re: Something that might make you smile!
Originally Posted by Ben wanting brisbane life
We were also a cult era, I mean they have reinvented the "!CHOPPER"! PUSHBIKE, oh the days of fun I had on that,,,,,,Ain't got me soda stream, but still got me blue parker ( With orange on the inside) and bomber jacket
and wearing the anorak by it hood only didnt just stretch to bikes, I remember just walking the streets wi it on me head
Apr 29th 2005, 1:57 am
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Re: Something that might make you smile!
...and ra - ra skirts, rollers BOOTS, chopper bikes, summers so hot that the tarmac would come up in bubbles and swarms of lady birds one summer, fab icecreams which cost 10p and seemed massive, bananarama, OMD, Dexy's..........
Apr 29th 2005, 3:49 am
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Re: Something that might make you smile!
and playing with me knackers, or were they clackers? they hurt yer hands when you missed timed em.
