jim Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 And we never had a whole Mars bar until 1993!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930's 1940's, 50's, 60's and early 70's ! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank Sherry while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos... They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, bread and dripping, 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 coloured 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 a Sunday, 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 and Bubble Gum. We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter, milk from the cow, 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, or colour TV, 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! (Doesn't all this brings tears to your eyes!) 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 because we didn't need to keep up with the Jones's! Not everyone made the rugby/football/cricket/netball 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 throw the blackboard rubber at us if they thought we weren't concentrating ... We can string sentences together and spell and have proper conversations because of a good, solid three R's education. Our parents would tell us to ask a stranger to help us cross the road. 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. PS -The big type is because your eyes are not too good anymore at your age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Oh so very true Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 +1 million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 i was born in the very early 80's and can understand all that, but maybe my parents we just old fashioned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cragus Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 After looking at the thread title, I am not so sure you did get a good education. I was born in 82 and can relate to most of this.......although I did have a spectrum zx - that can't be classed as a computer really though can it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 After looking at the thread title, I am not so sure you did get a good education. I was born in 82 and can relate to most of this.......although I did have a spectrum zx - that can't be classed as a computer really though can it? +1 i can relate to 90% of this and was born in 83, although i did have an older brother and sister who were born in the 70's, so my upbringing was probably influenced by them. Good post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik54 Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Nice one Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 born in 81, didn't have my own computer till i went to university in 2001, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjones6699 Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 .although I did have a spectrum zx - that can't be classed as a computer really though can it? It can but you had to go out and play whilst the games loaded!! I was 1981 and I can also relate to all of that! I believe that the 80's children where the last generation who can relate to all of that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff-r Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Man I feel young at 24 although I can relate to this. Kids these days are so different to when I was growing up in the mid 80's/early 90's. I like this one: "We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!" Mobile phones killed all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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