To all the kids who survived...

[Wolf]

Playing cowboys and itchy-bums on the horses with no bridles or lids, until someone got chucked off and the wind knocked out of them.
How did we survive indeed?:slap:

I seem to recall some stupid shit who got too big for his britches at a total stranger's farm - his dad was contracting and took the kids... who got bored waiting for their old man and investigated the farmer's horse (devoid of even a halter) in a nearby paddock. The oldest son managed to get the horse close to the fence, climbed the fence and got up onto the horse which instantly took umbrage at the upstart and took off like a rocket. All the kid could do - for lack of saddle or reins - was cling frantically to the horse's neck for a whirlwind ride around the paddock. Kid starts sliding off so wound up doing that fancy riding around clinging to the side of the horse that you see the indians doing in all the best Western movies. Finally the horse stopped and the kid got off shaking like a leaf and barely able to walk and his younger brother wanted to have a ride on the horse.



Poor Michael, I doubt he ever forgave me for not letting him ride the horse. I mean, umm, well, oh shit.

[SPORK]

Wasn't that long ago, I grew up in the late 80's - early 90's and I can still remember:

cutting down trees with the saw on a mates pocket knife just to see if it could do it,

I did it with my OWN knife. You cheap bastard.

Crashing my bike about once a month and getting mum to pick the gravel out of my knees,

Psh, amateur. I crash mine every day and pick the gravel out myself.

seeing who was brave enough to stand up on the seat of a pushbike when going down a long hill,

I think I am. I'm going to stand on the frame when I do it tomorrow. Also, no helmet.

riding on the back of a ute lying on top of a pile of hedge clippings so they didn't all blow away,

Does riding on the back of a trailer on a bunch of hay count?

feeling really cool 'cos I got to sit on dad's knee and steer the van for the last 1km home,

Feeling special coz I got to drive the tractor home.

going into the bush at night at night to test out my new torch,

Going out to the bush at night to test my new rifle.

getting 'dubbed' to school sitting on the front handle bars of a mates bike, no helmet,

Not wearing a helmet ever, doing stunts on the main road.

'magic carpet' rides for 50c on an old piece of carpet getting towed behind a tractor.

Ok you're too bogan for me.

Thinking about it I guess most of these things wouldn't happen anymore.

LIES! ALL LIES!

For the record, I'm still "growing up"...

So shove that up your collective pipes and smoke it!

[ManDownUnder]

For the record, I'm still "growing up"...

ain't that the truth...

[SPORK]

ain't that the truth...

What's your point? I'm far more mature than all of you sadistic, lace wearing, kitten-loving, PETA-supporting, whale saving cantankerous old men (and ladies).

Jokes!

Or am I?

I think I am.

[ManDownUnder]

What's your point? I'm far more mature than all of you sadistic, lace wearing, kitten-loving, PETA-supporting, whale saving cantankerous old men (and ladies).

Jokes!

Or am I?

I think I am.

My point is exactly what I said - you're still growing up. You have a different view on this stuff... as you rightly should.

Shame you take the piss all the time, but then... that's part of being 15. I could launch into a bunch of developmental psychobabble at this point but you'd only wonder what the fuck I was doing that for, you'd see it as pointless drivel and launch a cutting (albeit misguided) comeback.

That's what 15 year olds do.

No big deal

[Swoop]

What's your point? I'm far more mature than all of you sadistic, lace wearing, kitten-loving, PETA-supporting, whale saving cantankerous old men (and ladies).

Jokes!

Or am I?

I think I am.

Ahh! PETA - excellent cause....

[Karma]

That's what 15 year olds do.

I thought 15 year olds lurk in chat rooms and forums and masturbate all night?

[Wolf]

Ahh! PETA - excellent cause....

Where do I get a t-shirt like that!?

[SPORK]

My point is exactly what I said - you're still growing up. You have a different view on this stuff... as you rightly should.

Shame you take the piss all the time, but then... that's part of being 15. I could launch into a bunch of developmental psychobabble at this point but you'd only wonder what the fuck I was doing that for, you'd see it as pointless drivel and launch a cutting (albeit misguided) comeback.

That's what 15 year olds do.

No big deal

Ouch. I expected you to realise that my post was merely a joke.

No need to make assumptions.

[Coyote]

I thought 15 year olds lurk in chat rooms and forums and masturbate all night?

You're way off. When I was 15, I'd wake up some random girls room with a massive headache and I couldn't remember what went on the night before. Now I'm 16, I'm far more civilised. I hardly go anywhere without wearing my tuxedo.

What was that about us taking the piss?

[ManDownUnder]

Ouch. I expected you to realise that my post was merely a joke.

No need to make assumptions.

Like I said - 15 year olds take the piss all the time...

[Dadpole]

Like I said - 15 year olds take the piss all the time...

So they should. Keeps us old buggers in our place.

[Ixion]

Just you wait until I grow up !

[froggyfrenchman]

This thread is totally classic! well done to all imvolved

[slimjim]

We survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us

They took aspirin,ate blue cheese dressing, tuna in a can,and didn't get tested for diabetes,

Then after that trauma,our cots were covered with bright coloured lead-base paints

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes,we had no helmets,shit not to mention the risks we took when we went 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,we shared one soft drink with four friends, all from one bottle, noone actually died from this,

We ate cupcakes,white bread and real butter and drank soft drink with real sugar in, 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 home when the streetlights came on,and we were ok

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps, and then race then down hill, shit only to find out, forgot brakes, however after running into a few bushs,we learned how to solve that problem,

We did not have playstations,Nintendo's,x-box,and no bloody cell phones, shit let alone personal computers, or internet and their chat rooms,..........We had friends and we went outside ,

We fell out of trees, got cuts, broke a few bones, chipped a few teeth,lost a couple too,,these were all accidents,we even ate worms and garden snails, made mudpies, and the snails and worms did not live in us forever

We were given real air rifles for our 10th birthday,and made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not poke out any ones eye,

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door,or rang the bell,or sometimes justed yelled out to them,

Gee and our sport team,well when they had tryout's and not everyone made the team,well those that didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment, image that

The idea of parents bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of,They acturally sided with the law,

Boy, 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 have learned how to deal with it all.!!!
And if you Are One Of Them
Congratulations

I was one of these kids that had the luck to grow up,before the goverment regulated our lives for our own good, you might want to share this or forward it to your kids so they may know how BRAVE their Parents were............