Tony Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Some of you are under 35 but those of us that are older will enjoy the moments we had that you all missed------ People over 35 should be dead. Here's why . According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, or even maybe the early 70's probably shouldn't have survived. Our baby cribs were covered with bright coloured lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, ... and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.) As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts or air bags. Riding in the back of a truck on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors! We ate cakes, bread and butter, and drank cold drinks with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After crashing a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day! We did not have Play stations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on SKY TV, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal computers, CD’s, DVD’s or Internet chat rooms. We had friends! We went outside and found them. We played Red Rover, and sometimes, the tackles would really hurt. We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents? We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms, and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them. Rugby, soccer and cricket had trials and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment! Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a standard and were held back to repeat at the same standard. Horrors! Tests were not adjusted for any reason. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law. Imagine that! 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Those were the days :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Ahhhhhhhhhhh! NostalgiaI did almost all of those things. Missed out on the broken bones but that was more luck than judgement (judgement???) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 The days when you could leave your house doors unlocked when you went out and find everything was still there when you got back.No burglar alarms, no central heating, no double glazing, no inside toilet,And if a policeman clipped you round the ear for doing something wrong you would not tell your parents as they would give you a clout as well.What a pity we cannot keep all the good things that have come about in the last 50 years and the sense of decency which seems to have been lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 You forgot to mention that we chased girls, but rarely caught them, and we also smoked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4may Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets andusually no brakes We also builf rafts/boats and tried them out on any water we could find so leant to swim.We also had crafty boozy drinks but never got violent or paralytic on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadyassa Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 We picked up dogends, took the baccy out an put it in our acorn pipes, or rollies.Went round the back of the pub and nicked the empties and took them back in the jug an bottle to get the refund on them.Run down the road whacking the daffs with a bamboo cane.Played cricket and footy in the street and got really annoyed if a car came along and got in the way.I could sit here all day thinking about the naughties i used to do........ :flowers: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Been there, done that, and loved every minute of it.Bruised knees, scuffed elbows, hand me down clothes from better off friends.Bread and dripping, real cottage pie from the left over Sunday meat.Srcumping apples and getting chased by the Farmer who was also enjoing the game.Oh! I could ramble on from my enjoyable boyhood but alas I do feel sorry for todays frightened children and parents. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester1 Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Falling out of trees gets my vote :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Oh! I could ramble on from my enjoyable boyhood but alas I do feel sorry for todays frightened children and parents. :(No need to feel sorry for the parents of today. They are responsible for their own problems. My daughter has two lovely kids. Zoe will be ten in July and she is the sweetest kindest person that you could wish to meet. She knows exactly what she can and cannot get away with, because that is how she has been brought up. Too many kids are permitted by over indulgent parents to do exactly as they please, and are given far too much without having to give in return. All they seem to know about is take, take, take. They have no idea how to amuse themselves without their parents spending a fortune. PLEASE NOTE, I do NOT include all children here, only the mindless bunch with mindless parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 I remember riding my bike down this big hill.. and halfway down realising I had no brakes! :scared: I went straight into the brick wall at the bottom of the hill.Luckily nothing was broken except my bike. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Unfortunately those same over 35s must also assume some responsibility for the current generation of Nike wearing, Nokia wielding, can't handle rejection, don't compete you might fail, Isn't David Beckham heroic (barff) prima donas.I blame it on the hippies, "no corporal punishment doodette, you could damage his fragile psyche". :flowers:Yes I am over 35 :blush: No kids, so I can pontificate if I like :devil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadyassa Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 I remember riding my bike down this big hill.. and halfway down realising I had no brakes! :scared: I went straight into the brick wall at the bottom of the hill.Luckily nothing was broken except my bike. :(I was there :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Unfortunately those same over 35s must also assume some responsibility for the current generation of Nike wearing, Nokia wielding, can't handle rejection, don't compete you might fail, Isn't David Beckham heroic (barff) prima donas.I blame it on the hippies, "no corporal punishment doodette, you could damage his fragile psyche". :flowers:Yes I am over 35 :blush: No kids, so I can pontificate if I like :devil:The downhill slide started in the late 50's and during the 60's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 I resent this. I did a great deal of those things and am 15 (am an angel now lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 I resent this. I did a great deal of those things and am 15 (am an angel now lol):muha: :muha: :muha: :muha: :muha: :muha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 You cut me real deep andsome real deep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 You cut me real deep andsome real deep:muha: :muha: :muha: :muha: :muha: :muha: :muha: :muha: :muha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 Oh yeah ..baby...yeahThe 70's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 Thanks TankusLove the 70's link especially Jane Fonda. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Thanks TankusLove the 70's link especially Jane Fonda. :rolleyes:Jane was gorgeous. They have published thet photo though in a NOT very good form. Here is a better one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Jane was a traitor to her country. Beauty is only skin deep. As far as the original post goes......how true. True story. I remember the guys I hung around with heading to a friends house to play a game of football. The whole bunch of us were on our bikes going as fast as we could. My friend in front of me went over to the left and his rear wheel caught my front wheel.....over the handlebars I went, breaking the fall with my left arm. Although something felt wrong with my arm I hopped back on my bike. We ended up playing about 10 minutes of football when I decided something definitely was not right with my arm...every time I made a fist the upper bone would pop up and I would have to push it back into place. It did not hurt much though.I got home, told my dad what happened and we went to the hospital....I had broken my upper arm bone and was in a cast for almost 2 months.The thought never entered my parents mind to sue the kid's family who caused me to take the fall off my bike. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Traitor or not, still very very fancialble in her hey day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Did you know this song was about her?http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/bob-seger/21896.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Did you know this song was about her?http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/bob-seger/21896.htmlNo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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