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Captain Slow    Registered Member #3 Joined: Fri Dec 19 2003Location: Scotland Posts: 4651 | CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920's, 30's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer. Then after that trauma, our baby cribs 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 hitch-hiking As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a Ute on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonald's, KFC, Subway or Red Rooster. Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, 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 fruit tingles and some crackers 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 scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and cubby houses and played in creek beds with matchbox cars. We did not have Playstations, Nintendos, X-boxes, no videogames at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, 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..no really! We were given BB guns and sling shots for our 10th birthdays, We drank milk laced with Strontium 90 from cows that had eaten grass covered in nuclear fallout from the atomic testing at Maralinga in 1956. 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! Footy had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Our teachers used to belt us with big sticks and leather straps and bullies 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 got married before they had children and didn't invent stupid names for their kids like "Kiora" and "Blade" This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 70 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 are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS! | ||
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If my spelling is bad blame my English teacher  Registered Member #1713 Joined: Fri May 11 2007Location: Denmark Posts: 365 | What if i was born in the 80´s Am I totally lost then ????? LOL  [ Edited Tue Oct 23 2007 ] | ||
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TRUE VIKINGS DIE IN COMBAT, AND GOES STRAIGHT TO VALHALLA Registered Member #1588 Joined: Sat Jan 20 2007Location: Home of true VIKINGS Posts: 154 | Soza wrote ... What if i was born in the 80´s Am I totally lost then ????? LOL YES, young punk  | ||
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| *HmS*black monk |
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black monk Registered Member #1439 Joined: Fri Sep 29 2006Location: Brightlingsea, England Posts: 395 | I remember having to go home when the streetlights came on, it was annoying in the winter. What was it? about 3-4 pm,but the summer, I loved the longest day out till about 10pm, and tree house's those where great! Wasn't allowed fire crackers so made my own with sticky tape, a box of swan matches ( you could strike them on anything) and a couple of rolls of caps. What great memorys  Can you still buy caps on a roll  | ||
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If you try to run, I've got six little friends and they can all run faster than you can. Registered Member #1170 Joined: Wed Mar 22 2006Location: Lancashire, England Posts: 622 | Yea i think so Blackmonk, sure i've seen em somewhere. [ Edited Tue Oct 23 2007 ] | ||
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Sharky  Registered Member #1191 Joined: Sat Apr 29 2006Location: Borne, Netherlands Posts: 165 | that were the days now i'm feeling real old | ||
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kingpin.uk Registered Member #743 Joined: Tue Aug 02 2005Location: Norfolk Posts: 236 |
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| *HmS*Proteus |
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  Registered Member #1341 Joined: Sat Jul 29 2006Location: Chesterfield, England Posts: 487 |  Call me old..... I was born in 1965 But...... Most of the things on this list happened to me (apart from the fact that I was never caned at school; I wasn't a goodie-goodie, I just never got caught) I have a couple more to add to the list. Exams at school were actually hard ALL food was organic we respected the police and boredom was a word that we did not understand As a man who has seen a massive change in society, I wish we could go back to the community spirit of the day, learn to use common sense and see the other man's point of view. to quote a training manual for a major UK company regarding accidents involving a member of the public: 1 contact the company's incident management team on ....... 2 if an ambulance is required dial 999 surely the priorities should be the other way round?? ps ys i'd change a lot of things but can I keep my pc please?  [ Edited Tue Oct 23 2007 ] | ||
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 Registered Member #120 Joined: Sat Feb 28 2004Location: ore USA Posts: 849 | how about you dident lock your doors and no one stole any thing and chaseing bike rims with a stick down the street .. ? | ||
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The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list. Registered Member #343 Joined: Fri Oct 29 2004Location: Baton Rouge, LA USA Posts: 1490 | Nobody else is that old Echo | ||
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  Registered Member #1618 Joined: Sun Feb 18 2007Location: Glasgow Scotland Posts: 87 | *HmS*Wedge wrote ... Our parents got married before they had children and didn't invent stupid names for their kids like "Kiora" and "Blade" My two girls Tango and Fanta agreed with this one | ||
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| Registered Member #1341 Joined: Sat Jul 29 2006Location: Chesterfield, England Posts: 487 | Griffin wrote ... *HmS*Wedge wrote ... Our parents got married before they had children and didn't invent stupid names for their kids like "Kiora" and "Blade" My two girls Tango and Fanta agreed with this one I thought my kids; Tigger and piglet had normal names!!! | ||
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| Registered Member #35 Joined: Tue Dec 30 2003Location: Lincolnshire England Posts: 2080 | Coming from Chesterfield they probably have  But at least there not Scotish! [ Edited Sun Oct 28 2007 ] | ||
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| Registered Member #1341 Joined: Sat Jul 29 2006Location: Chesterfield, England Posts: 487 | *HmS*Trevor wrote ... Coming from Chesterfield they probably have But at least there not Scotish! Touche Trevor!(crossed)  that's their nicknamesthankfully their mum is irish (definately NOT welsh) | ||
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| Registered Member #584 Joined: Mon Mar 28 2005Location: Denmark Posts: 151 | Many good ones there, Wedge ;o) I was born in 1955, and remember, when Coca Cola came to Denmark. Wow. Pure luxury. Good taste, but twice as expensive as regular sodas ;o) | ||
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