Post by bigken on Feb 14, 2011 22:03:39 GMT
According to today’s regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s probably shouldn’t have survived because:
Our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead- based pain 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 ‘clacker’ 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 that 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-karts 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, Ipads/IPods, no personal computers, no Internet chat rooms, and definitely no Facebook! We had friends – we just 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, no health and safety bullsh*t! There were accidents, but we learned not to do the same again.
We had fights, punched each other hard and got black and blue, but we soon learned to get over it.
We actually walked to our friend’s house.
We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate live stuff, and although we were told it would happen, we very rarely had any eyes poked 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 actually bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law. Imagine that today!!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers ever. The past 50 years has been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to cope and deal with it all.
Our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead- based pain 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 ‘clacker’ 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 that 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-karts 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, Ipads/IPods, no personal computers, no Internet chat rooms, and definitely no Facebook! We had friends – we just 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, no health and safety bullsh*t! There were accidents, but we learned not to do the same again.
We had fights, punched each other hard and got black and blue, but we soon learned to get over it.
We actually walked to our friend’s house.
We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate live stuff, and although we were told it would happen, we very rarely had any eyes poked 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 actually bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law. Imagine that today!!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers ever. The past 50 years has been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to cope and deal with it all.
