born before 1986?

[tuggs]

Born before 1986??

 

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 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 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels.

 

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 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 fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no

law suits.

 

We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other

parents.

 

We played chap-the-door-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

[Bonzo]

So much of this is true

[kendo]

I think this has been posted not so long ago but I agreed with it first time round so have to agree again, how things have changed

[captain cojones]

lots of this is very true paula,i particularly liked the bit about the go karts belting down the hills!me and me mates would spend days getting bits and making karts, always looking to have the fastest. brakes never seemed to rate a thought!

cheers dave.

[Steve Burke]

Nice one, Paula! And so very true. I especially like the bit about "The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard

of...They actually sided with the law."

 

It was the same at school. I got punished if caught doing something wrong. If my father found out I'd be doubly punished, and doubly ashamed.

[Zigs]

my dad slapped me a treat after he'd picked me up from the nick, never did it again ghost

[Andrew Boyd]

Now if you had been born in 58 !

[bluezulu]

Andrew Boyd:

Now if you had been born in 58 !

i'd be a year older than i am :confused:

[MJB]

They missed the bit about mistaking white dog sh1t for a piece of chalk!

[tack4]

MJB:

They missed the bit about mistaking white dog sh1t for a piece of chalk!

where has it all gone