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    Born before 1986? Read this...

    Normally I cant stand junk e-mails that bleat about how women should defend themselves in supermarket carparks and how people use coca-cola to degrease their engine bays; especially when they are on their third cycle through my inbox.

    But here's a goodie which put a smile on my face.
    I'm always starting conversations "remember when..." and rolling my eyes at the soft-cock, P.C 21st century.
    Sorry if its whored its way into your inbox (or on KB) and you've read it 100 times already.... (it's a bit of a novel too).


    According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were
    kids in the 60's, 70's and early 80's probably shouldn't have survived,
    because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based
    paint which was promptly chewed and licked.

    We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or
    cabinets and it was fine to play with pans.
    When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and
    fluorescent 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels.
    As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags and
    riding in the passenger seat was a treat.
    We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted
    the same.
    We ate chips, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy juice with sugar
    in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside
    playing.
    We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and
    no-one actually died from this.
    We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top
    speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After
    running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve the
    problem.
    We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long as
    we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and no one
    minded.
    We did not have Play stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all. No 99
    channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile
    phones, no personal computers, no DVDs, no Internet chat rooms.
    We had friends - we went outside and found them. We played elastics
    and rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt!&n bsp; We fell out of
    trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no law suits. We had
    full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents.
    We played knock-the-door-run-away and were actually afraid of the
    owners catching us.
    We walked to friends' homes.
    We also, believe it or not, WALKED to school; we didn't rely on mummy
    or daddy to drive us to school, which was just round the corner.
    We made up games with sticks and tennis balls. We rode bikes in packs
    of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood. The idea of a parent bailing
    us out if we broke a law was unheard of...they actually sided with the
    law.
    This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and 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're one of them. Congratulations!
    Pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow as real kids,
    before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good.
    For those of you who aren't old enough, thought you might like to read
    about us.
    This my friends, is surprisingly frightening......and it might put a
    smile on your face:
    The majority of students in universities today were born in
    1986........they are called youth. They have never heard of We are the
    World, We are the children, and the Uptown Girl they know is by
    Westlife
    not Billy Joel. They have never heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Nena
    Cherry or Belinda Carlisle.
    For them, there has always been only one Germany and one Vietnam.
    AIDS has existed since they were born.
    CD's have existed since they were born.
    Michael Jackson has always been white.
    To them John Travolta has always been round in shape and they can't
    imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance.
    They believe that Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible are films
    from last year.
    They can never imagine life before computers.
    They'll never have pretended to be the A-Team, the Dukes of Hazard or
    the Famous Five.
    They can't believe a black and white television ever existed. And they
    will never understand how we could leave the house without a mobile
    phone.


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    My childhood rocked because of those things. It's probably one of the best reasons I can think of as to why I like biking too. Remember sliding down hills on bits of cardboard in the summer? And getting a hiding from your old man when you got in trouble (real trouble - like when he caught doing something naughty). Good times.
    They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
    Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
    At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
    we will remember them

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    The fuck? I just ranted about people not looking for duplicates of rubbish forwards.

    Here's a search term you can use to help you find similar posts.

    "misguided fuck's rant"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colapop
    My childhood rocked because of those things. It's probably one of the best reasons I can think of as to why I like biking too. Remember sliding down hills on bits of cardboard in the summer? And getting a hiding from your old man when you got in trouble (real trouble - like when he caught doing something naughty). Good times.
    Ah ditto... I just scrape in to this bracket, but I remember most of those things fondly - going to one tree hill and sliding down on old cardboard boxes, bailing, ripping clothes, skin - all part of the fun... Most of the 'lectrical stuff came along when I was 10 or 12, so the best part of my life was spent doing all that cool stuff. Good times indeed.

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    Shit,we used to ride our dirt bikes on One Tree Hill! Just ride off the road and into it.

    It used to shock me when I came across people who didn't know about Pounds Shillings and Pence and who were born after man walked on the moon....those kids are in their 30s now....

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    Thumbs up

    Wouldn't care if that was concidered "junk mail". Best flash back I've had in many years thank you.
    I have a constant battle with my kids that claim that there's nothing to do outside,that is nless it involves $$$$$$$ etc. It blows me away as we live 100m above a beach,has bush and banks...to me I'd see it as the perfect playground. So much to do out there yet nothing,apparently.
    In a weird way I don't think kids of today realise how unlucky they really are...and it shows when a 15y/o has a wobbley as posted above

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    F*ck Chris I woulda killed to have that land for home (I'd just about kill have it now...)
    Easy solution though, cut the male plugs off the end of all the electrical equipment and pelace them with female sockets. Then just make up a few male-male plugs and keep them with you. The only time things get plugged in is when you're home. They'll moan for a couple of days until they've made some of their own fun.
    They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
    Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
    At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
    we will remember them

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    Quote Originally Posted by Milky
    Ah ditto... I just scrape in to this bracket, but I remember most of those things fondly - going to one tree hill and sliding down on old cardboard boxes, bailing, ripping clothes, skin - all part of the fun... Most of the 'lectrical stuff came along when I was 10 or 12, so the best part of my life was spent doing all that cool stuff. Good times indeed.
    They still do this stuff on North Head and Mt Victoria ewe know..........not all is lost......I guess it depends where you live maybe....okay I am lucky and live in Devonport where there are lots of 'Good Time' things still to do for kids despite the fact that it is suppose to be a place where parents can afford to spoil kids.....makes ewe think eh?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scoots Magoo
    The fuck? I just ranted about people not looking for duplicates of rubbish forwards.

    Here's a search term you can use to help you find similar posts.

    "misguided fuck's rant"
    having a bad day are we
    Second is the fastest loser

    "It is better to have ridden & crashed than never to have ridden at all" by Bruce Bennett

    DB is the new Porridge. Cause most of the mods must be sucking his cock ..... Or his giving them some oral help? How else can you explain it?

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    Ah, the good 'ole days...fond memories of tree huts, and kites, and playing cowboys and indians in the bush.

    TV has been the killer of imagination and motivation - I suffer a little from it myself now days...I'll have to throw the damn thing out! I should be out in the garage instead, fixing/restoring cars, modifying bikes...all the good stuff in life.

    Thanks for the post, it cheered my dreary day
    Experience is a hard teacher...she gives the test first and the lesson afterwards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grahameeboy
    They still do this stuff on North Head and Mt Victoria ewe know..........not all is lost......I guess it depends where you live maybe....okay I am lucky and live in Devonport where there are lots of 'Good Time' things still to do for kids despite the fact that it is suppose to be a place where parents can afford to spoil kids.....makes ewe think eh?
    Baaaabaaaraa? Ewe seem to have an affinity with having fun possibly with something else in the outdoors??!!?
    They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
    Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
    At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
    we will remember them

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colapop
    F*ck Chris I woulda killed to have that land for home (I'd just about kill have it now...)
    Easy solution though, cut the male plugs off the end of all the electrical equipment and pelace them with female sockets. Then just make up a few male-male plugs and keep them with you. The only time things get plugged in is when you're home. They'll moan for a couple of days until they've made some of their own fun.
    Not a bad idea re the plugs too Col.
    Yeah it's bloody awesome here,for a "city".
    This is the view from my bedroom...all jokes aside. Just way too much to do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Colapop
    Baaaabaaaraa? Ewe seem to have an affinity with having fun possibly with something else in the outdoors??!!?
    Ewe are now officially banned from Devonport.........

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    Quote Originally Posted by Motu
    Shit,we used to ride our dirt bikes on One Tree Hill! Just ride off the road and into it.

    It used to shock me when I came across people who didn't know about Pounds Shillings and Pence and who were born after man walked on the moon....those kids are in their 30s now....
    And Mt Eden! And at night! Pissed! - no wonder they put up all those barricades! Only ever fell into the crater once!
    “- He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”

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    Come on Eillen, that's not wooly all that nice...
    They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
    Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
    At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
    we will remember them

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