Coming from a friend in England

I got this from a friend over the pond in England. Seems like we see it the same way.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930's, 40's, 50's, and 60'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 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'salways 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 !

And YOU are one of them!

CONGRATULATIONS!

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I have seen this before...so true huh!!

I was born in the 80's but I heard this all my life from my father and grandfather! At times I wish things were like this now

droid!

It really is true. During the Summer, we would get up around 7 am, eat a little breakfast, then head out to play. We may come in for lunch, but many times we didn't. Mom or Dad would come to the end of the block and yell for their kids at dinner time. We'd come in for dinner and head back out. When it got dark, we'd meet at someone's house and play night time games until the 11 oclock news would come on. They would start the news with a public service announcement which went like this, "It's 11 oclock, do you know where your children are?"

That was the clue for the Moms and Dads to come out looking for their kids. Some of us got a bath, some didn't, then it was off to bed. We woke up and started all over again the next day.

No cell phones, no worries and the greatest childhood anyone could ask for.

If little Johnny didn't come out in the morning, we were all going to his house by 9 am to find out what was wrong with Johnny.

Jim Smith

I agree life has changed alot makes me wonder how tuff our next generation will be.

Droid!!!! yEE

i agree with this but you could say this about every generation because as a new generation happens we make further advances as a species!

Yes we did survive. We not only survived, we thrived. I wouldn't have the life kids in the city lead today. In my day parents sat in the front yards in lawn chairs on cool evenings while all the neighborhood played kick the can or hide and go seek. One dad always took time to teach us baseball or we took over three yards and played football in season. Someone always had a basketball goal and didn't care who came over to use it. We played our games to win, ran hard and fell even harder. but we picked ourselves up dusted ourselves off and kept going. If nothing was broken and no arterial spray you were good to go. We respected our elders and teachers were to be obeyed not harassed. If someone treated you unfairly you learned to be more careful next time and make better choices. If you wanted to be successful you got up one more time than you got knocked down, and the words "thats just not fair" never entered your mind.
Those were the good old days in many respects.

Chris 1956

Ever seen that show "The Wonder Years"? I miss those kind of times. When playing outisde with friends was the best thing after school! And a trip to Mcdonalds was AWESOME!! There was no computers and Internet and PS3's and Xboxs. Basic Television with all of 7 channels:rofl:

Kids today will never know what I'm talking about. I consider myself lucky:gj: