chalkeyred Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE1920's, 30's 40's, 50's(Bulldog), 60's and 70's !First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while theycarried us and lived in houses made of asbestos.They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon andprocessed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes orcervical cancer.Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright coloredlead-based paints.We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and whenwe rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks wetook hitchhiking!!!As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.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, Burger Kings.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 ONEactually died from this.We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store andbuy Curly Wurlys, Black Jacks, Bazooka Joe Bubble Gum and some crackers to blow up frogs with.We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks withsugar 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 wereback 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 scraps and then ride downthe hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses andcubby houses and played in river beds with matchbox cars.We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all,no 99 channels on SKY, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no mobilephones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chatrooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were noLawsuits from these accidents.Only girls had pierced ears!We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in usforever.You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time.......noreally!We were given pellet guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays!!We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rangthe 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 whodidn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Gettinginto the team was based on MERIT AND NOT DUE TO BLACKMAIL, THREATS ANDGUILT FROM THE PAST.... strange but true!Our teachers used to belt us with big sticks and leather staps and bully'salways 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"This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solversand inventors ever!The past 70 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TODEAL 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 upas kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for ourown good.And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know howbrave their parents were.Merry Christmas! (If I'm allowed to use the word 'Christmas' without offending anybody.....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bcfc3660 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Yes in a 70's child. So much of that is true. I remember when the school summer holidays used to be hot everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 Yes in a 70's child. So much of that is true. I remember when the school summer holidays used to be hot everyday.How true and that was BEFORE global warming!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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