Ron Tao&Sky Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 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 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 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. E ven 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, 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 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. 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 at your age anymore ......Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saffmonster Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 SO true!!!!!!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 lmfao scarily accurate!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemary Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 I can definitely relate to this Ron. Good times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proximity Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 The one bit that's totally wrong, is that it mentions no silly/stupid names but refers to the 60s; 10 years of the most ridiculous names in human history! Thanks for that; hippy movement! Love the rest of it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkyries Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 The good old day's lol i'd go back tomorrow xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Ron. . . this is genius. You have just managed to encapsulate my entire childhood in a couple of paragraphs. but what you did miss out was. . . . "There were 'Undred n fifty of us livin' in't shoe box in't middle 't road" "Cardboard box"?? "Aye" "You were lucky" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Miss Bump Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 lmao well even tho i was born in the 80s this ALL applies to me coz i grew up with my grandparents :-) love the good auld days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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