AlanHo Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS HERE WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930's 1940's and 50's. First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses clad with 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, Chinese or Indian take-aways.Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on Sundays, 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 Play stations, 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!RUGBY and CRICKET had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based onMERIT Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and bully's always 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'We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL !I can see you all nodding your heads and saying "yes that's right"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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 We drank water from the garden hose or a spring in a field and NOT from a bottle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 We ate cupcakes,We didn't know what they were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 All very true, Alan. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Those were the days, and snow was snow. The country didn't slide to a halt for lack of road grit - there weren't that many vehicles around anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 1936 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 1936Is that a new book from George Orwell andsome. :lol: All that is very true Alan. I can at least say that I did about 99% of that lot. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I'm quite pleased with knowing I'm considered "new" compared to you lot then. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Very true AlanHo, but we should also remember there was another side that wasn't always so pleasant. TB, Polio, brutality from some teachers, a parent or relative dead or disabled due to the war... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 1936Is that a new book from George Orwell andsome. :lol: All that is very true Alan. I can at least say that I did about 99% of that lot. :D That is the year that I happened along. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 1936Is that a new book from George Orwell andsome. :lol: All that is very true Alan. I can at least say that I did about 99% of that lot. :D That is the year that I happened along. :DWas there a warning in the bible about this catastrophe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 rong, it's in "The Bible Code":"And some of them will happen in the year 1936, so the rest of you better watch out (especially the women amongst you)." Sorry, can't remember the page. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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