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-the-door-run-away 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, Red Hand 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 some other

friends because you think they will like it too... Yes, you're getting old!!

sh*t I'M OLD ,not even 30 yet FFS. Your car looks nice by the way, where did you get the interior from?

custom made at a company near me r-a desgn £1k cash

im 24 and most of that applies to me damn damn,

but true the world had changed for the worst people are frightened to say boo to anybody let alone sort the prob out and the tossers who ruin other peoples lives get away with it gurrr makes me so angry,

13-14 year old lads thinkin they are hard really makes me wanna go outside and give them a slap to wake the feckers up and show them they are actually weak gobby little tw@s!!

It's a sad state of affairs for sure. Got to agree about the car too: that's sweet, and I'm not even normally a big fan of carbon fibre bonnets. That looks great though.

thats just spot on paul

we were actually the first house to get a colour tv in our street (ITT)

AND my dad had an old vauxhall victor, with the full length front seat, :hyper:

me and our kid could both sit up front, no belts or bags, and probably wooden brakes

step out of line at school and you got the bloody cane and whenyou got home and told yer mum,you then got the belt off yer dad AND THATS WHERE RESPECT COMES FROM. :bow:

something kids dont understand anymore

they even think chopper bikes are a new thing, and skateboards :rofl:

we also had the longest summer holidays ever, with real summer weather

BUT i suppose our parents thought we were lucky

all true - dont know whether to be pleased or sad :confused:

 

Regards,

 

alex

should add that when you get to this age we repost the same thread time & time again!! :D

 

spot on tho ;)

Yep its all true for me and i see my old school mates and think god they look old.... then i look in the mirror... god i look old too!! When i see old girlfriends with my misses she says "you went out with her? she,s old" the cosiquence of having a girlfriend 11 years younger than me. Still ive got a zed that eat most cars for breakfast and the cars that could blow me away are driven by old blokes/women and pussy,s so i,m still the fastest old git on the block!! Yippee :hyper: :hyper: :rofl: :rofl:

tbh im 19 and 90% of the above applies to me too :headvswall!!

should add that when you get to this age we repost the same thread time & time again!! :D

 

spot on tho ;)

LOL, true...good post though! Oh & it's all true ;)

I have lost count the number of times this has been posted up :confused:

u have to be a old git to own a zx or insurance would be thousnds!

all true - dont know whether to be pleased or sad :confused:

 

Regards,

 

alex

 

 

Here Here, was only talking about this with someone yesterday!!