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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 Playstations or XBoxes, 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 lawsuits. We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents.
We played knock-the-door-run-away and were actually afraid of the owners catching us.
We walked to friends' homes. We also 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.
It's good to be old.
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 Playstations or XBoxes, 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 lawsuits. We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents.
We played knock-the-door-run-away and were actually afraid of the owners catching us.
We walked to friends' homes. We also 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.
It's good to be old.
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Does he have an allotment?
Pandaemonium wrote:
> It's the whole "keeping up with the jones" thing that gets
> me. I've a naff bag of spanners car, a sub 50 quid DVD player, a
> cheap tv. They do the job. A mate lording over the fact he's just
> bought a sports car, an ipod, a Motorola Razr, a 3000 quid projector
> for the living room and a pricely laptop gets really annoyed I well,
> don't really care. :D
Heh. I'll bet I know who that mate was...would it be someone Dan and I aren't exactly friends with any more?
> It's the whole "keeping up with the jones" thing that gets
> me. I've a naff bag of spanners car, a sub 50 quid DVD player, a
> cheap tv. They do the job. A mate lording over the fact he's just
> bought a sports car, an ipod, a Motorola Razr, a 3000 quid projector
> for the living room and a pricely laptop gets really annoyed I well,
> don't really care. :D
Heh. I'll bet I know who that mate was...would it be someone Dan and I aren't exactly friends with any more?
Hedfix wrote:
> Yeah that pensions thing wasn't directed at you.
It's the whole "keeping up with the jones" thing that gets me. I've a naff bag of spanners car, a sub 50 quid DVD player, a cheap tv. They do the job. A mate lording over the fact he's just bought a sports car, an ipod, a Motorola Razr, a 3000 quid projector for the living room and a pricely laptop gets really annoyed I well, don't really care. :D
> Yeah that pensions thing wasn't directed at you.
It's the whole "keeping up with the jones" thing that gets me. I've a naff bag of spanners car, a sub 50 quid DVD player, a cheap tv. They do the job. A mate lording over the fact he's just bought a sports car, an ipod, a Motorola Razr, a 3000 quid projector for the living room and a pricely laptop gets really annoyed I well, don't really care. :D
Yeah that pensions thing wasn't directed at you.
Your post got me thinking and I had a big fun rant at stuff.
Your post got me thinking and I had a big fun rant at stuff.
Hedfix wrote:
> It was before you'd seen everything twice.
>
> and started considering things too much instead of having fun.
I meant the whole "kids were safe in the streets" element. Paedophiles and the like have always existed, so has crime. It's just with the increase in communication that we find out more about events, in a shorter timescale.
I've heard people wish they lived in the 50's, as it appeared to be a more innocent age. It wasn't.
Me? I've a pension. I'd rather put something away monthly than have next to nowt in later life. I don't obsess about it, I still find huge enjoyment in "childish" / "nerdy" (to others) persuits (comics, film, games) and I'm generally very happy with my life.
> It was before you'd seen everything twice.
>
> and started considering things too much instead of having fun.
I meant the whole "kids were safe in the streets" element. Paedophiles and the like have always existed, so has crime. It's just with the increase in communication that we find out more about events, in a shorter timescale.
I've heard people wish they lived in the 50's, as it appeared to be a more innocent age. It wasn't.
Me? I've a pension. I'd rather put something away monthly than have next to nowt in later life. I don't obsess about it, I still find huge enjoyment in "childish" / "nerdy" (to others) persuits (comics, film, games) and I'm generally very happy with my life.
It was before you'd seen everything twice.
and started considering things too much instead of having fun.
Every time someone asks me how old I am on this site or thinks I'm a kid I'm glad, much better than being some sad git who's worried about his pension plan.
Personally I don't understand the joys of gardening or fishing and as I've grown older I haven't become more bothered about what other people think (I think this is why people get stuck in a rut and never really do anything for themselves). I can't understand why people would want to grow old down the pub.
Mabye all of this comes from the fact that I'm not english or that I didn't have parents who were incredibly dull people but I look at most people over 25 and think 'WHY!?'.
Please people: don't forget the fun. :)
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and this whole thing about 'buying a big house' and trying to beat the neighbours is just paying for your own pointless cage (look, we bought a bigger cage with a garden) that ultimately means nothing - I just can't comprehend this alien way of living most people seem to want.
and cars, jewellrey, DIY, dinner parties, pretending to like someone, selling-out for promotions, buying pointless ornamants and making sure you're able to take photos of something fun instead of simply just having fun!
No doubt there's more of a rant to follow.
and started considering things too much instead of having fun.
Every time someone asks me how old I am on this site or thinks I'm a kid I'm glad, much better than being some sad git who's worried about his pension plan.
Personally I don't understand the joys of gardening or fishing and as I've grown older I haven't become more bothered about what other people think (I think this is why people get stuck in a rut and never really do anything for themselves). I can't understand why people would want to grow old down the pub.
Mabye all of this comes from the fact that I'm not english or that I didn't have parents who were incredibly dull people but I look at most people over 25 and think 'WHY!?'.
Please people: don't forget the fun. :)
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and this whole thing about 'buying a big house' and trying to beat the neighbours is just paying for your own pointless cage (look, we bought a bigger cage with a garden) that ultimately means nothing - I just can't comprehend this alien way of living most people seem to want.
and cars, jewellrey, DIY, dinner parties, pretending to like someone, selling-out for promotions, buying pointless ornamants and making sure you're able to take photos of something fun instead of simply just having fun!
No doubt there's more of a rant to follow.
What sometimes gets me is that there is no such thing as "the good old days", but throught rose tinted nostalgia and the memory of youth, it's very easy to believe that there was..............
Knock -the-door run omg what a happy blast from the past!
That brought back some very warm and fuzzy memories. Top stuff, and GAD worthy IMHO.
I've read that before somewhere...
Technically I fall just outside of that bracket, bu I can relate to most of it.
Technically I fall just outside of that bracket, bu I can relate to most of it.
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