For the "oldies"

[Dance Demon]

Sorry if you have seen this before but oh the memories!


FOR THOSE BORN BEFORE 1986

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 -
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!

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 chap-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!



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, RedHand Gang or the
Famous
Five.
They'll never have applied to be on Jim'll Fix It or Why Don't You.
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.

Now let's check if we're getting old...



1. You understand what was written above and you smile.

2. You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a night
out.

3. Your friends are getting married/already married and having
children.

4. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably
with
computers.

5. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head.

6. You remember watching Dirty Den in EastEnders the first time
around.

7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good Old
days,
repeating again all the funny things you have experienced together and
wishing you were back doing it again.

8. Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to some
other
friends because you think they will like it too... Yes, you're getting
old!!

[Night Owl]

oh so true

gosh am I really getting that old

[TheTramp]

They have never heard of Rick Astley

It's not all bad news then.....

[philsmove]

I am now attending my friend’s children’s weddings

[Little Monkey]

I'm old!!!!!

[WittyBird]

Can someone please explain that first post to me as I just don't seem to get it??

[stewart38]

Sorry if you have seen this before but oh the memories!


FOR THOSE BORN BEFORE 1986

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
us.

Correct ! more young people died in the 60s then the 70s more died in the 70s then 80s etc

Those that were left were very odd and spent all their time on a forum congratulating themselves they survived

[Chicklet]

Is this the place to ask what ever happened to "white bread with bits in" ???
This was a new fabby thing when I was in my teens and I can't find it anymore..can't remember what it was called either...anyone?

[fletch]

I want some of that exploding moon dust, I had when i was a kid.

[ShinyWeeStar]

Is this the place to ask what ever happened to "white bread with bits in" ???
This was a new fabby thing when I was in my teens and I can't find it anymore..can't remember what it was called either...anyone?

Mighty White?

[jacksondonut]

Yeah, I remember ALL of the above.. so I must be old then....

Good job that I dont feel it....

I dont reminisce about the past, as I am too busy enjoying the present!!
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery..

[Minnie M]

Anyone remember "gobstoppers" - colourful round hard gob stopping sweets

[fletch]

Yeah, I remember ALL of the above.. so I must be old then....

Good job that I dont feel it....

I dont reminisce about the past, as I am too busy enjoying the present!!
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery..

[jacksondonut]

mmmm... I do Minnie, used to love them, and Parma Violets... (probably why I have so many fillings now, mores the pity....

Have to avoid all things hard and crunchy as I have broken a tooth recently and have to have it capped now... not pleasant..

Never mind, just avoid all the hard things...

[Minnie M]

mmmm... I do Minnie, used to love them, and Parma Violets...

The 'gobstoppers' were so big it really was difficult to talk, mind you, you had to take them out of your mouth every 2 mins to check the colour change

You can still buy Parma Violets today, but they come in a tube as with love hearts - not the same in the tube though

[ShinyWeeStar]

You can still buy Parma Violets today, but they come in a tube as with love hearts - not the same in the tube though

I only ever remember them being in a tube.

[jacksondonut]

You know what that means....I will have to go looking for them now.. I could eat packets of the damn things.

Thats the trouble with having a 'sweet tooth'.... If I am not careful, I be left with no teeth...

[Minnie M]

I only ever remember them being in a tube.

they used be sold by the ounce and shaped - kindof heart shaped I think

FOR THOSE BORN BEFORE 1986

IMO the quote should have been those born before 1976 really

[philsmove]

[QUOTE=Minnie M]they used be sold by the ounce and shaped - kindof heart shaped I think

QUOTE]

i think they were by the penny woth

[Dreadful Scathe]

The 'gobstoppers' were so big it really was difficult to talk, mind you, you had to take them out of your mouth every 2 mins to check the colour change

theres a game for the next dance event - pass round the gobstopper to the next person as soon as it changes colour