Post by Mo on Feb 15, 2004 23:27:15 GMT 10
worth it HONEST!
Subject: Damn I'm 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 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 dokeys' 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 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 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, and 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 but there were no lawsuits.
We had full on fistfights but no prosecution followed from other parents.
We played knock-and-run and were actually afraid of the
owners catching us.
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.
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
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
1983 they are called youth.
They have never heard of We are the World, We are the children, and the song Uptown Girl they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel.
They have never heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Nena 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 nd
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, RedHand Gang
or the Famous
Five.
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.
Does this ring a bell with you?
Subject: Damn I'm 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 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 dokeys' 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 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 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, and 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 but there were no lawsuits.
We had full on fistfights but no prosecution followed from other parents.
We played knock-and-run and were actually afraid of the
owners catching us.
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.
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
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
1983 they are called youth.
They have never heard of We are the World, We are the children, and the song Uptown Girl they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel.
They have never heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Nena 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 nd
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, RedHand Gang
or the Famous
Five.
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.
Does this ring a bell with you?
I'm so cool all the time
then comes 
then she leaves and I 
