For Those Born Before 1986

 

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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 dokey's' 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 juice 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, no DVDs, no Internet chat rooms.

 

We had friends - we went outside and found them.

 

We played elastics and rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt!

 

We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no law suits.

 

We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents.

 

We played knock a door run and were actually afraid of the owners catching us.

 

We walked to friends' 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 was 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 1986........They are called youth.

 

 

 

They have never heard of We are the World, We are the children, and the Uptown Girl they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel. They have never heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Nena Cherry 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 and 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'll never have applied to be on Jim'll Fix It or Why Don't You. They can't believe a black and white television ever existed. And they will never understand how we could leave the house without a mobile phone.

 

 

 

 

Now let's check if we're getting old...

 

1. You understand what was written above and you smile.

2. You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a night out.

3. Your friends are getting married/already married.

4. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably with computers.

5. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head.

6. You remember watching Dirty Den in EastEnders the first time around.

7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good Old days, repeating again all the funny things you have experienced together.

8. Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to someone. ;)

The Magic Roundabout

Mighty Mouse (b+w)

Betty Boo

The clangers

BagPuss

The Flumps

Roland Rat aka splatt :rofl: :p

BatFink

TopCat

and Danger Mouse was new

 

ooooooooooo....the list just goes on n on

Who remembers when you got more than 10 things in a 10p mix up.

As far as computer games went Manic miner was the daddy LOL.

Who remembers when you got more than 10 things in a 10p mix up.

As far as computer games went Manic miner was the daddy LOL.

 

or Jet Set Willy :eek:

and Chuckie Egg

or Jet Set Willy :eek:

and Chuckie Egg

 

Yeah, Jet Set Willy - Bring back the flapping toilet seats!!! Manic Miner, Spy Hunter, Ant Attack 3D, Arkanoid, Rocky Horror Show, Horris Goes Skiing!! Ghost & Goblins, Bomb Jack, Out Run - christ we could go on forever!!

Missile command for me LOL

you shower of flash b@stards, bloody computer games??? you dont know yer born!! Only bike I ever had was one I nicked.lol

you shower of flash b@stards, bloody computer games??? you dont know yer born!! Only bike I ever had was one I nicked.lol

 

Funny thing is the only bike I ever had got nicked about the same time.......LOL. :o

 

I should imagine BTW. if you was born after 1986 you must have some kind of Insurance company to afford to run a ZX??

Damn, this is a popular thread!! And thanks for making me feel my age again :( !!

 

Right, bikes were:-Budgie, Raleigh Boxer, then Striker, Raleigh Mag Burner (later painted with Hammerite) and finally (well, before 'mountain' bikes came along anyhoo) a Reynolds 501 all aluminium stunt frame BMX - yes, I was the Daddy;). And yes, I wish I still had it!

 

And we used to run to an arcade in town at lunchtime and spend all our lunch money playing all the latest games - Double Dragon anyone? Perhaps Golden Axe? And, does anyone remember Splatterhouse (Friday the 13th game)?

Missile command for me LOL

 

Donkey Kong and Frogger for me. Oh and those LED digital watches which you couldn't see the time on when it was sunny. :cool:

 

And of course there was always the first tab behind the bike sheds and your first exploratory encounters with Debbie in class 4B - phwoaar what a girl - :rofl: ;)

OMG. I have just read the whole thing through again and I think I am older than all of you........... :cry:

 

I can remember my mum letting me sit up all night and watch Neil Armstrong land on the moon.

I can also remember my mum catching me smoking and making me smoke 10 fags in a row to make me stop... D'yer think that worked. :nono:

My first car was an Hillman Imp... :rofl:

 

When anyone mentioned the war they meant WW2. 10p was two bob. 100p was too much?

 

and finally who can remember "AZTEC BARS" ????

 

Lets have maximum exposure here then:

when was you born:

 

Me 1958

Yeah, I'm old aswell...................... got my 'Old' memory working aswell.....http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=32832&highlight=1986 ;) :tongue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

But then we must have a lot more 'Old Gits' on here now, as this has got a lot more replies :D :rofl:

its all true (first post)....i cant say i was into bmx...i preferred to smash my teeth out on choppers, commando's and grifters....and for telly there was Metal Mickey, Tiswas, Crackerjack and Runaround

In 1986 i had allready been divorced 5yrs? (got married in 1977), now thats fooooking Old .

 

And we used to run to an arcade in town at lunchtime and spend all our lunch money playing all the latest games - Double Dragon anyone? Perhaps Golden Axe? And, does anyone remember Splatterhouse (Friday the 13th game)?

I remember Splatterhouse...used to play it when the family went on holiday to Wales in an arcade in Barmouth! Vividly remember the end room on the second level...maggots-a-go-go! :D

 

Fond memories? Going down to the local shop every Saturday to buy a Yorkie and a bottle of Cherryade then getting back to watch the wrestling in the afternoon. "Proper" wrestling that is...Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks! Get in! :rofl: :D

 

Leigh.

Spam!

 

(Just deleted my original post as it was irrelevant to the last one. Must remember to go the last page before posting...)

Anyone remember......

 

or....

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:hyper: :hyper: A slight tingling sensation! :D

Or howabout odd coloured flourescent socks! :nono:

Missile command for me LOL

Me too, I can remember spending a full day playing that game just to get the score over 1 million! How sad LOL.

how come all these things have changed but its still £15 on the 1/8th?

God Help me then if all you wippersnappers think your old.

 

I remember Aztec Bars being first releast.

 

First bike was a sit up and beg with steel rod brakes.

 

Clarks path finders, Animal Magic, Chris (forgotten his second name who read all the Bleep and Booster books on Blue Peter and was replaced later on by John Knoaks)

Valery Singleton and John Knoaks for Christ sake.

 

Levi Staypress, The First Action Man, Johnny 7 Combatt Gun, The long Ranger. The first folding Bike.

 

1. You understand what was written above and you smile.

2. You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a night out.

3. Your friends are getting married/already married.

4. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably with computers.

5. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head.

6. You remember watching Dirty Den in EastEnders the first time around.

7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good Old days, repeating again all the funny things you have experienced together.

8. Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to someone.

 

1) Didn't I write this peace in the first place.

2)No I found that as you get older you just fumble along half cut 24 - 7

3)Friends are all on 2nd or 3rd marrage by now

4)I learn to employ the benifit of my kids experience if I mess up my computor or carn't get the DVD to opperate.

5)Mobile phone!!!! Yet another anti social device.

6) WTF is desperate Den. Never understood why people want to sit and watch other people pretending to have a life.

7)Thats what friends are for.

8)Done

 

9) Where is the one that says you know your old because you can now act like a kid and afford your own toys

 

10) You feel you've got go and work out three times aweek in order to be able to keep in visual contact with you equipment. + Then you don't have to get new clothes because there is fook all wrong with those OXford Bags. Which incedently have plenty of wear left in them. :cool:

Anyone remember......

 

or....

&

:hyper: :hyper: A slight tingling sensation! :D

Or howabout odd coloured flourescent socks! :nono:

 

 

LOL! Yeh ! Bazooka loved it until I moved over to NO6 :slap:

 

I had a Grifter, as well Lol!

 

I remember when scateboarding started and they were all plastic at first, brilliant up to then it had all been four wheel jobs! :rofl:

mostalgia aint wot it used to be ! - no, seriously there was a lot of good things about being around in the 70s/80s when young - society is getting crap now in many ways.

Well I think building go-karts, playing footy, sailing and popping dinghy's, building rope swings and fighting on the streets because you supported the "wrong" team was much healthier and more fun than walking round like a cyberfreak with you're eyes glued to a poxy mobile or sitting on yer ass all day watching WWF (Oh fook its WWE now - fook I must be old!). Lazy tw@ts need a kick up the ass and out of the house!

how come all these things have changed but its still £15 on the 1/8th?

 

:nono: PMSL

Brilliant Reading! I Was Born In 1950 And I Remember All That, But In My Head And Heart I Am Only 18

surley we are all 18 in our hearts and minds,,, thats why we drive zeds ,,and not volvos,, , sorry splatt, !!although volvos aint what they used to be either!!! who remembers bomber man , or jet pack , or that crappy grand prix game with black and white cars in the arcades , two big bus steering wheels, but played it to death , ,lol