Craig 6302 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 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 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags - riding in the passenger seat was a treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the same. We ate chips, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy juice 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 could play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded. We did not have Play stations 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 DVDs, no Internet chat rooms. We had friends - we went outside and found them. We played elastics and rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt! We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no law suits. We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents. We played knocky-nine-doors and were actually afraid of the owners catching us. We walked to friends' homes. We also, believe it or not, WALKED to school; we didn't rely on mummy or daddy to drive us to school, which was just round the corner. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls. We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of...They actually sided with the law. 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 as real kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good. For those of you who aren't old enough thought you might like to read about us. This my friends, is surprisingly frightening......and it might put a smile on your face The majority of students in universities today were born in 1986........They are called youth. They have never heard of we are the World, We are the children, and the Uptown Girl they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel. They have never heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Nena Cherry or Belinda Carlisle. For them, there has always been only one Germany and one Vietnam. AIDS has existed since they were born. CD's have existed since they were born. Michael Jackson has always been white. To them John Travolta has always been round in shape and they can't imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance. They believe that Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible are films from last year. They can never imagine life before computers. They'll never have pretended to be the A Team, RedHand Gang or the Famous Five. They'll never have applied to be on Jim'll Fix It or Why Don't You. They can't believe a black and white television ever existed. And they will never understand how we could leave the house without a mobile phone. Now let's check if we're getting old... 1. You understand what was written above and you smile. 2. You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a night out. 3. Your friends are getting married/already married. 4. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably with computers. 5. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head. 6. You remember watching Dirty Den in EastEnders the first time around. 7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the Good old days, repeating again all the funny things you have experienced together. 8. Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to some other friends because you think they will like it too... Yes, you're getting old!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Rob W could well claim that his generation had the workhouse and scurvy...and they won a battle of the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6302 Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 What do you mean, "could well do"??? You know damned well he will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 (edited) PAINT ????? COTS ?????? TOYS ?????? and "This generation (ie born post 1968) has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever" Edited March 13, 2007 by Rob W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 sorry - I just couldn't resist it........................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_NUFC 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 That's pretty much all true. The thing about not wearing cycle helmets is a good one. I remember when there was all the fuss about them when they were fairly new. We had the opportunity to buy them from school, and of course my mam insisted. My dad was cynical about it and me and my brother didn't want them because they were huge bulky things. My dad knocked mine off the table once, at no great force onto a carpeted floor and it split in two. Its such a shame that bairns now don't play out - I suppose that's partly down to parents being scared about paedophiles - but its no more dangerous now, just more fuss is made. The kids sit indoors watching TV and playing computer games, which is fine - we did that as well, but they're missing out on great fun. Playing out was great - we used to have bike races (of course the bikes had spokey dokeys and or a bit of card jammed against the back wheel to make it sound like a motorbike). I liked playing football over the park - or the variations of it in the back lane like World Cup doubles and singles. And Knocky Nine Doors fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 We played 'Binmen' and 'poo-man'. Great days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Running with your jacket above your head when it was windy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Running with your jacket above your head when it was windy I saw a bairn doing that the other day. Class Ideally you needed a Campri parka for the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and fluorescent 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags - riding in the passenger seat was a treat. I'll never really understand the religious fervour of kids bicycle helmets. Most bike helmets really help in the sort of accident where you are mown down from behind (completely unawares) by a car or such (and have a high swinging impact of the side or back of the head on a car bonnet or kurb etc). In most kiddy bike mishaps yeah they might avoid a graze or such but the chances of them stopping a serious or fatal injury are pretty low unless you let your young children play chicken in the road or something. Even as an adult I remember some complete stranger going into near hysterics at me riding down Snowdon on my mountain bike with no helmet on. I am quite amused by the latest media paranoia of everyone being "risk averse" however. I await the day mountain climbing (or walking for that matter) is banned in the UK for H&S reasons, I expect it to be so within 10-15 years. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17767 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 That's fucking ancient! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Bridge 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I can relate to all those, and I was born in 1986. Do I count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radgina 1 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 disappointed there is no mention of roller boots tbh best things ever invented imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 disappointed there is no mention of roller boots tbh best things ever invented imo No mention of Clackers (but 'Klakkaaz' - to use the vernacular - sounds much better imo) either. All those broken wrists/fingers etc Not to mention pairs of clackers hanging from telephone wires in the streets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Ferchrissake it's 'Knock down Ginger', not 'Knocky-nine-doors'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radgina 1 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 disappointed there is no mention of roller boots tbh best things ever invented imo No mention of Clackers (but 'Klakkaaz' - to use the vernacular - sounds much better imo) either. All those broken wrists/fingers etc Not to mention pairs of clackers hanging from telephone wires in the streets I lurvved Clackers.....none of those nancy boy things you get now with the safety bar thing on so you can't break your wrist with them ....good call Snakey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_NUFC 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Ferchrissake it's 'Knock down Ginger', not 'Knocky-nine-doors'. No. Knocky Nine Doors - Knocking on doors and running away Knock on Ginger - Knocking on doors and asking if 'ginger' (or some random name) was in Different games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4ever 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Knock-a-door-run tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Knocky Nine Doors was great.... infact I've just done it right now to my next door neighbours to preserve prosperity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Bridge 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Don't live in the flat upstairs do you Jonny lad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg 6 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I can relate to all those, and I was born in 1986. Do I count? NO!!!! I only just qualify tbh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 knocky door neighbour tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3204 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Ferchrissake it's 'Knock down Ginger', not 'Knocky-nine-doors'. Bloody southerners worse than foreigners tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17767 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 knocky door neighbour tbh WHS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14051 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I-Knock-On-Neighbour-Door-And-Run-It-FUNNY! tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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