Congratulations to everyonw who was born in the 50's,60's

Post by **Karenh** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:37 am

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 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'

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL

Post by **Christine** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:58 pm

How very true , i got this in email a while ago but god its true

Post by **New Gal** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:35 pm

Its true up to 1982, after that, I think people went a bit crackers

Post by **CocoaButter** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:59 am

This is so true but i was born in the 60s but all this was going on in the early 70s as well

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!

so so true
not like now

nice one good post ...

Post by **Susue** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:42 am

My friend and I would get a "Red Rover' bus pass (you could ride the buses all day) and we'd have a shilling between us for sweets (5p) and we'd be gone all day.
No phones.... we didn't have a phone at home..... so we couldn't phone home.
Mum said be home at 6.... heaven help us if we were 10 minutes late!!
We were 9 years old at the time..... can you imagine letting a pair of 9 year old out all day to roam around nowadays, with or without a cellphone!!??

Post by **CocoaButter** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 2:04 pm

Susue wrote:My friend and I would get a "Red Rover' bus pass (you could ride the buses all day) and we'd have a shilling between us for sweets (5p) and we'd be gone all day.
No phones.... we didn't have a phone at home..... so we couldn't phone home.
Mum said be home at 6.... heaven help us if we were 10 minutes late!!
We were 9 years old at the time..... can you imagine letting a pair of 9 year old out all day to roam around nowadays, with or without a cellphone!!??

would not let out anyway .Mydr girl dont go out unchaporoned anyway ,but then thats for obvious reasons until she is a bit more sure of herself .
My 17 dont know after the stabbing attack on him and painted swashstickers over him ,uhm no he dont go out .
but he is off to america easter for a trip to Utah and Lasvegas and i think hes going to get out a real eye opener .he has got to learn again that there is more to the bedroom ,hes got more confident now hes now at college and doing well ,hes took two years out from Logistics .
Yes all has changed hasnt it .

Post by **CocoaButter** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 2:04 pm

ah but suesue even having a cellfone sparks some interest because the latest exspencive fones some possess .