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Jaycee 12:23 am UTC 10/16/08 |
| In reply to: | CONGRATULATIONS - Marvello 08:29 pm UTC 10/15/08 |
| Yep... They were bloody good times back then... I think I had done pretty much all of those things. Including eating Disprine straight from the packet becasue I thought they were lollies. I actually feel sorry for kids these days. They just seem so ..trapped, sort of I remember when I was seven, taking my brothers bike to get something for my mother from the corner shop. The bike was way too big for me to ride and it didn't have any brakes. Sadly we lived at the bottom of a hill and the only way I could actually stop was to throw the bike down onto a nearby patch of grass. I hit the grass and kept on going across a gravel drive way. Tore up my knees, elbows and grazed other bits. Mum washed me down with Detol and sent me on my way. > TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1940's, > 50's, 60's and 70's ! > > > First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or > drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of > asbestos.. > > They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, > loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and > didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer. > > 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 or > shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking. > > As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or > air bags. > > We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a > bottle. > > Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza > shops, McDonalds, KFC, Subway or Nandos. > > Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open > on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death! > > We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one > bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. > > We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the > corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers, Bubble Gum and > some bangers to blow up frogs with. > > We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank > soft drinks 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 old > prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we > forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and > played in river beds with matchbox cars. > > We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii, X-boxes, no > video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY, > > no video/dvd films, > > no mobile phones, 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. > > Only girls had pierced ears! > > We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms > did not live in us forever. > > You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at > Easter time... > > We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th > birthdays, > > We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on > the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! > > Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet! > > RUGBY and CRICKET had tryouts and not everyone made the > team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with > disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was > based on > > MERIT > > > Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and > bully's always ruled the playground at school. > > The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law > was unheard of. > They actually sided with the law! > > Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like > 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla' > > 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. > | |
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