Dragonlady Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 If your too young just look what you missed out on... 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 colored 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 great fun. We drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop 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 on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell 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 did not poke out any eyes. 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 scissors, doesn't it?! PS -The BIG type is because your eyes are shot at your age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 born in the .... dark ages ? Actually a lot of that applies to me - so I'm guessing 70s Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 this is soooooo true. I loved my childhood. Playing until late, making new friends and having so much fun. Modern times suck Mind you,.... I would have killed for a Supra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 totaly agree with all the above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham S Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Just goes to show how the world has changed, for example the falling out of trees and not filing lawsuits against the council for a tree being there.... Jesus, where has the use of common sence gone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flukey-lukey Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 I'd say all of that applies to me too and I was born in 1985. I only discovered cable tv and Playstation when I was around 14/15 years old... and thats probably when my life turned into shit lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Sounds like "born in the fifties" to me. All so true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Sounds like "born in the fifties" to me. All so true. I was born in the fifties I couldn't agree more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 62 i arrived and all of that is spot on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supradoopa Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Bring back the good old days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 I dont climb trees these days, I'm worried that terrorists may have planted them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickTT Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Its a shame that all those born in the '50s and '60s are now the politians/socialworkers/enviro-mental-ists/health & saftyists who are in charge of wrecking the world for the rest of us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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