doug Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 50's, 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 'clackers' on our wheels. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the passenger seat was a treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle tasted the same. We ate dripping sandwiches, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy pop 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 play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us all day and no one minded. We did not have Playstations 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 Internet chat rooms. We had friends - we went outside and found them. We played elastics and street rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt. We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits. They were accidents. We learnt not to do the same thing again. We had fights, punched each other hard and got black and blue we learned to get over it. We walked to friend's homes. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate live stuff, and although we were told it would happen, we did not have very many eyes out,nor did the live stuff live inside us forever. We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood. 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! Pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as real kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 Oh so very true :) From one of those referred to (born 1945). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 It's all very very true Doug. I'm afraid that all this litigation and other American idea's are ruining a once great country. Also all these stupid soap opera's with their idea's about 'reflecting society' etc defy understanding. They all seem to have an obligatory ex con, a black female lesbian, a homosexual, and sundry other dropouts. Instead of going out to play, the kids sit and watch this rubbish, including the Australian stuff. If they do go out, they complain that no one has provided something for them to do, so they wreck something belonging to someone else, or assault someone. Ok Ok I know, not all are the same, and it's a damned good thing that they are not, but this mindless minority wreck everything for the decent kids. In the last couple of years near bye, we have had one school totally burnt to the ground, another one was stopped before total destruction, a players hut at a local bowls club has been burnt down, and numerous bus shelters wrecked. At the green where the hut was burned down, a group of youths were caught digging up the green, while a bunch of girls had their knickers down and were peeing on the green. What the hell is the matter with them? No one provided us with something to do, as you say we found something to do for ourselves, without wrecking things, or beating up elderly people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 a homosexual, and sundry other dropouts.Something of an unfair generalisation there, andsome.My younger son is a homosexual and runs a very successful graphic arts studio. His long term "partner" (they've been together for 12 years - longer than many conventional marriages) is a commercial airline pilot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 Sorry if the term dropouts caused offence, but I just cannot understand why all these soap operas has to have a homosexual, a black lesbian, an ex con, also probably a sexy divorcée, and sundry other compulsory characters. How anyone can want to watch these programmes is beyond me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Radfordin Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 How anyone can want to watch these programmes is beyond me.I've paid £116 for the right to do so! Have to get make the most of the loans we get given! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 Doug ...spot on ........I'm a 60's child ........Got scars from it too......arf arf ,,,a fun and happy childhood..Andsome's ........... your post seems bitter .......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 a homosexual, and sundry other dropouts.Something of an unfair generalisation there, andsome.My younger son is a homosexual and runs a very successful graphic arts studio. His long term "partner" (they've been together for 12 years - longer than many conventional marriages) is a commercial airline pilot. Well, there goes Andsome putting both feet in his gob again!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 He's formed it to a fine art ...Check the Turner prizes tonight ...he may be in with a chance....................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 Well...dont hold your breath ... a transvistite in a pink and purple dress won it ( the Turner prize) Ah well ...next year andsome....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 I HAVE apologised if my remark caused offence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 Yes' I have seen this somewhere before but I can't remember where :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 Well...dont hold your breath ... a transvistite in a pink and purple dress won it ( the Turner prize) "He (Grayson Perry) is also a happily-married transvestite with a media-friendly alter ego called Claire."From http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites...ists2003.html#4Not wishing to prolong this unduly but please don't equate transvestism with homosexuality.None of the gays I know (and that's quite a few) have any wish to cross dress. Drag queens dress as "women" either for a laugh or as a job of work as entertainers. Note the way-over-the-top make-up, clothes and wigs - no self respecting female would ever dress like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 Oh dear.................... :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 Oh............. live and let live, that's what I say!! :) Life is too short to worry about who's got what dress on and whether there is anything dangling under the lace or who is holding hands with whom! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 Oh............. live and let live, that's what I say!! :) Life is too short to worry about who's got what dress on and whether there is anything dangling under the lace or who is holding hands with whom! B)DEFINATELY!!!!!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 no self respecting female would ever dress like that.Dame Edna ? :D I didn't watch the Turnip prize- I watched Top Gear instead which was very entertaining. I saw the winner on the news though and had to laugh at what he said- 'It's about time a transvestite potter won the Turner Prize' That fitted well with my contempt of most of the past winners BUT- when they showed the guys artwork ( and I call him a guy because I reckon he's just camping it up ) - I actually LIKED it ! I don't think he'd have won it without the gay paraphernalia though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 no self respecting female would ever dress like that.Dame Edna ? :D I didn't watch the Turnip prize- I watched Top Gear instead which was very entertaining. I saw the winner on the news though and had to laugh at what he said- 'It's about time a transvestite potter won the Turner Prize' That fitted well with my contempt of most of the past winners BUT- when they showed the guys artwork ( and I call him a guy because I reckon he's just camping it up ) - I actually LIKED it ! I don't think he'd have won it without the gay paraphernalia though. So what??? - Do artist need to dress funny now! ;) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 Id put on a pink tutu and fishnets for £20 grand............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 Id put on a pink tutu and fishnets for £20 grand............What with that and the pierced nipples - that would be a picture to see! :rolleyes: :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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