*congratulations to all my friends who were born in the*

[E-Fishin-C]

*CONGRATULATIONS 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 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 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 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, grazed from our go-kart incidents, broke

bones and teeth and there were no

Lawsuits from these accidents.

 

Only girls had pierced ears!.. Anywhere else labelled you odd or kinky!

 

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...

Christmas decorations only appeared in December... Like they should!

 

We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays, yet the

threat of a whack from our parents kept us in check.

 

 

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or

rang the bell, or just yelled for them! (Dad-Cabs didn't exist).

 

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 spank us with canes and gym shoes, or throw heavy

blackboard rubbers at us if we weren't listening in class and

bully's*//**/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 and gave you a whack so you didn't

forget!

 

Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and

'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla.'

 

'Porsche' and 'Mercedes' were car names!

 

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO

DEAL WITH IT ALL ! (without a shrink!)

 

 

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

[Naugh-T]

VERY VERY WELL SAID, AND TRUE, I TYPED BIG SO YOU CAN SEE CHARLIE

 

NAUGH-T

[E-Fishin-C]

VERY VERY WELL SAID, AND TRUE, I TYPED BIG SO YOU CAN SEE CHARLIE

 

NAUGH-T

 

 

I had to use the magnifying glasses

[oldgoat]

verry nice and i remember when us kids would go and play base ball far away from parents that yelled at the coaches or the umpires. and every one of us played no one sat on a bench.

[Royal Star Ronnie]

The good ol' days!

 

And it all happened everyday; rain, snow or shine!

[sleepy2]

How very true--wish they were still here!!!!!!!!!!!

[GaStar]

YUP! Just made the tail end of that one. Thank GOD!