CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL
WHO WERE BORN
IN THE
1930's 1940's, 50's, 60's and
70's & early 80's!
First, we survived
being born to mothers
who smoked and/or
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,
broke bones and teeth and
there were no
Lawsuits from these accidents.
Only girls had pierced ears!
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...
We were given air guns
and catapults for
our 10th birthdays,
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's
house and knocked on the door or
rang the bell, or just yelled for them!
Mum didn't have to go to
work to help dad make
ends meet!
RUGBY and CRICKET or
SOCCER 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 hit
us with canes and
gym shoes 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!
Our parents didn't invent
stupid names for their kids
like 'Kiora' and
'Blade' and 'Ridge' and
'Vanilla'
"And we never had a whole Mars bar until 1993"!!!
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.
PS -The big type is because your eyes are
not too good at your age anymore
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