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Child of the 70s/80s
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sorry about all the >'s but it's from an email and i can't be bothered to sort it out
> Does this strike a chord?
>
> According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were
> kids in the 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
> 'clackers' on our wheels. (I think you will find they were known as
spokey
> dokeys)
>
> 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 dripping sandwiches, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy
pop
> 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 play all day, as long as we
were
> back before it got dark.
> No one was able to reach us all day 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 Internet chat rooms.
> We had friends, we went outside and found them.
>
> We played elastics and street rounders, and sometimes that ball really
hurt.
>
> We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there
were no
> lawsuits. They were accidents. We learnt not to do the same thing
again.
>
> We had fights, punched each other hard and got black and blue we
learned
to
> get over it.
>
> We walked to friend's 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 and ate live stuff, and
> although we were told it would happen, we did not have very many eyes
> out, nor did the live stuff live inside us forever.
>
>
> We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood.
>
> Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected.
> The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of.
> They actually sided with the law. Imagine that!
>
> 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 up as real kids,
before
> lawyers and government's regulate 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
1985........
> 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 or Belinda
Carlisle.
> (possibly not a bad thing )
>
> 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 just new
films
> out last year.
>
> They think that N-Trance "set you free" is an Old Skool song.
>
> They can never imagine life before computers.
>
> They've never heard of Pac-Man or Space Invaders or BBC computers that
have
> Bat n Ball games.
>
> They'll never have thought Jazz was the sexiest aftershave ever.
>
> They'll never have pretended to be the A Team, Red Hand Gang or
theFamous
> 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 don't
even
> know how to switch on a TV without a remote control.
>
> 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.
>
> 4. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably
with
> computers.
>
> 5. When you see ten year olds with mobile phones, you shake your head.
>
> 6. You spend less and less time talking on phone with your friends
daily.
>
> 7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good old
days,
> repeating again and again all funny stories you have experienced
together.
>
> 8. Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to some
> their friends because you think they will like it too...
>
> Hope the cap fits
> Does this strike a chord?
>
> According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were
> kids in the 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
> 'clackers' on our wheels. (I think you will find they were known as
spokey
> dokeys)
>
> 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 dripping sandwiches, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy
pop
> 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 play all day, as long as we
were
> back before it got dark.
> No one was able to reach us all day 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 Internet chat rooms.
> We had friends, we went outside and found them.
>
> We played elastics and street rounders, and sometimes that ball really
hurt.
>
> We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there
were no
> lawsuits. They were accidents. We learnt not to do the same thing
again.
>
> We had fights, punched each other hard and got black and blue we
learned
to
> get over it.
>
> We walked to friend's 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 and ate live stuff, and
> although we were told it would happen, we did not have very many eyes
> out, nor did the live stuff live inside us forever.
>
>
> We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood.
>
> Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected.
> The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of.
> They actually sided with the law. Imagine that!
>
> 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 up as real kids,
before
> lawyers and government's regulate 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
1985........
> 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 or Belinda
Carlisle.
> (possibly not a bad thing )
>
> 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 just new
films
> out last year.
>
> They think that N-Trance "set you free" is an Old Skool song.
>
> They can never imagine life before computers.
>
> They've never heard of Pac-Man or Space Invaders or BBC computers that
have
> Bat n Ball games.
>
> They'll never have thought Jazz was the sexiest aftershave ever.
>
> They'll never have pretended to be the A Team, Red Hand Gang or
theFamous
> 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 don't
even
> know how to switch on a TV without a remote control.
>
> 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.
>
> 4. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably
with
> computers.
>
> 5. When you see ten year olds with mobile phones, you shake your head.
>
> 6. You spend less and less time talking on phone with your friends
daily.
>
> 7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good old
days,
> repeating again and again all funny stories you have experienced
together.
>
> 8. Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to some
> their friends because you think they will like it too...
>
> Hope the cap fits
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Comments
Eh I dont know young people today, Ah when I were a lad it weere all feilds, you dont know how lucky you are, etc etc etc.
Haha who remembers the days of the Broom Cupboard?!
or me
i don't even remember what i wanted him to fix, but i remember being really upset when no one wrote to me.
i also never got in the gallery on hartbeat either.
t'was a hard life.
Melissa Joan Hart as Clarissa, not Sabrina! Loved that show.
I was born in '85, and i so remember bike spokes.
me too. sam always used to come up that ladder and through her window.
Those were the good old days. :yes: