so very true....

[dizzyblonde]

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE

1940's, 50's, 60's 70's

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes.


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, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a van - loose - was always exciting and great fun.

We drank water from the garden hose or tap and NOT from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and NO ONE actually died from this.

We ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank cordial 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 scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem .

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, No video games at all, No 99 channels,No Pay TV, No cable, No DVD movies or surround sound.

It's crazy! We even had

No mobile phones, No text mes sa ging, 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, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

We played with worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we didn't poke out anyone's eye.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!

Local teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with di sa ppointment. Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, 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 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.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with your eyes shut holding a pair of scissors, doesn't it?!

PS -The BIG type is because at your age, your eyes are buggered....

Not only that, I grew up in the Lee Mount, Ovenden and Mixenden area.....

gone dizzy now...hehehe

[dizzyblonde]

did this copy ok?? cause last time tried it you couldn't read it, there were nowt there

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by Furry Ginger One

Not only that, I grew up in the Lee Mount, Ovenden and Mixenden area.....

A danger in itself....lol

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

We played with worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

I like that one

Originally Posted by Furry Ginger One

Not only that, I grew up in the Lee Mount, Ovenden and Mixenden area.....

I empathize and sympathize deeply Good thing you escaped when you did

Ah but, before that it was Parkinson Lane.
Now, anybody who knows the area will understand that even Mixy is better than Parky Lane.

When I visit my parents I do like going for a drive/ride around some of the areas I used to hang out when I was a kid. Jeez things have changed.

Originally Posted by Furry Ginger One

When I visit my parents I do like going for a drive/ride around some of the areas I used to hang out when I was a kid. Jeez things have changed.

They have indeed. Been a fair few years since I had the pleasure of living in mixy, and still makes me laugh how they now have speed bumps all through the place, I'm sure the chavvies thought those were just an awesome addition to their humble estate playground

[dizzyblonde]

parky lane. you do know the infamous Vickerman Street has now been demolished and half the streets around it?? i can remember being 16 and going up queens rd to visit my mates, in fact Mule still lives round there, anyway, i was brave to go up there then, but now I wouldn't dare

[dizzyblonde]

or even the furnace....when i were at school we used to joke about your hubcaps bein nicked off your car while you were driving down there...lol