Guest Simon Desser Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, do-gooders and social rights morons, those of us who were kids in the 50's, 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 'clackers' 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 - 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-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 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, no personal computers, no Internet chat rooms. We had friends - we 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. They were accidents. We learnt not to do the same thing again. We had fights, punched each other hard and got black and blue - we learned to get over it. We walked to friend's homes. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate live stuff, and although we were told it would happen, we did not have very many eyes 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 bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law. Imagine that! 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 up as real kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good. Oh, and if you aren't old enough to be one of us 'scruffians', I just thought you might like to read about us). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Martin@Home Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 Hey... Now I feel really old Thanx ! :lol: You could leave yer front door open in my day ! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest madu Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 WOW! And I thought west was stoopidly regulated and idiot-proof :lol: Even though I was born in early 80's (and really sad I missed 60s :lol: ) I lived all my life (but past few years) in a country that still kinda falls under that description - Ukraine!! I always wondered why I tend to get along mostly with older UK population... I thought I was sad - hmm maybe I am :D Good lads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 And we could have fun without breaking the law, and if we did pc plod could give us a clip behind the ear without being up in court for it. the main thing is that it taught us respect for ourselves and other people, the one BIG thing that is seriously lacking today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest James Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 sounds like when i were young lad int bristol growing up as lad. and i was only born in 79! you also missed a couple of things:- football cards and conkers! [edit:madu] message edited and next post removed. please use Edit instead of tripple posting next time :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Martin@Home Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 back when top trumps were cool ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Desser Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 And for all my fellow Mancunians:- "VIMTO MOUSTACHES" :lol: :!: (You could only get Vimto in Manchester in the 70's!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Martin@Home Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 Does davidrm want to join in on the discussion (he he) !! Bloody wippasnappers ! I had a red tomohawk, then a black chopper complete with spokey dokeys, followed by a bomber with cowhorn handlebars and then one of the first bmx's made by raleigh, it was blue with bright yellow mag wheels ! 8) 8) PS Sorry david ! :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Desser Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 :lol: I bet went you wern't out on your bike, you were watching "WHY DON'T YOU" or "HOW" :?: :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Desser Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 And when you turned on the telly, all you got was this :lol:test card.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Martin@Home Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 :lol: Â I bet went you wern't out on your bike, you were watching "WHY DON'T YOU" or "HOW" :?: Â :D Why dont you was fantastic HA HA !!!!! "Whiiiiiiiiiiiiayaayyyy dont youooooo Just switch of the television set and got out and do something less boring instead " Used to love Knight rider/street hawk/blue thunder/airwolf etc as well ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vector Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Yeees, that sounds just like how i've spent my youth :? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mattbrown Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 but look now - we all have one thing in common a fantastic multifunctional communications device - just think what our kids will say in the future about stuff like the spv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest siu99spj Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 but look now - we all have one thing in common a fantastic multifunctional communications device - just think what our kids will say in the future about stuff like the spv If, 5 years ago, somebody told me that I would be playing DooM on my SPV I would have laughed at them. Now look, not only can I play DooM, but I can also tell you all this from my phone (I'm not actually, I just can, thats all!). God knows what we'll be doing in 15 years time (Or however long it takes to get kids that can laugh at our crappy phones compared to their Smartphone 2017, playing DooM4 against other players in Norway, Austrailia and Mars). Being a true 80s kid (I spent the first ten years of my life in the 80s) and having a penchant for the music (Well SOMEBODY has to like it!) I can honestly say life was good. Now with todays society, kids have no respect, care or concern. We have truly lost most of what made this world good. And now I must stop before I really get going on my soapbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest youngerpants Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Simon Desser, you just nicked my avatar! and also being a manc ('75) I also remember Vimto Moustaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Jesus christ, that makes me feel old. I can relate to pretty much all of that. I thought it was scarey enough i had less than a year of teenagerness left and then all this. Cheers ;p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Desser Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Simon Desser, you just nicked my avatar!Sorry :lol: and also being a manc ('75) I also remember Vimto Moustaches And I've got a mouthfull of fillings thanks to Vimto :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob.P Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Wooo, feel a bit uneasy after that massive flashback, talk about head rush from all the memories. Off to pick up a copy of Loot to see if I can find a chopper :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest James Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Anyone remember pacers? They were like opal fruits but mint flavour! (white and green stripe) or tooty fruity mint! or marathon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Desser Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Anyone remember pacers? They were like opal fruits but mint flavour! or tooty fruity mint! or marathon! Yeah, and what happened to Spangles :?: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest James Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Spangles? i dont remember them. maybe missed them.. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Otherwise known as Opal Fruits (i remember Marathons too :lol:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FrankyG Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Spangles...yeah, remember them. Up here in Glasgow, that eventually became a mild insult; as in 'you spangle!' - hell knows why :?: Then there was the pink WHAM! bar....and Red Hot Devil gobstoppers...lol even the name 'Gobstopper' makes me smile :lol: Curly wurly makes a late comback also, all good stuff! FrankyG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest James Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 little more up to date, but where did 'tab clear' go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Desser Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Spangles were horrible hard boiled sweets! Check out this website I just found:- OldSkool Sweets 8)Spangles.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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