> GRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE
>
> 1930's 1940's, 50's, 60's and early 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, 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, Subway or Nandos.
>
>
> 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 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 them, 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 Playstations, 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 on
>
> MERIT
>
>
>
> Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes 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 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 !
>
>
>
>
> 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
Darren
>
> 1930's 1940's, 50's, 60's and early 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, 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, Subway or Nandos.
>
>
> 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 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 them, 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 Playstations, 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 on
>
> MERIT
>
>
>
> Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes 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 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 !
>
>
>
>
> 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
Darren
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