some may say the good old days!

[ragt20]

Don't think its been posted b4...


> THERE IS A LESSON TO BE LEARNT HERE
>
> If you lived as a child in the 70's or the 80's, looking
> back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we
> have........
>
> As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air
> bags.
>
> Our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based
> paint.
>
> We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or
> cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets.
> (Not to mention hitchhiking to town as a young kid!)
>
> We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
> Horrors.
>
> We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and
> then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After
> running into the bushes a few times we learned to solve the problem.
>
> 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. No mobile phones. Unthinkable.
>
> We played dodgeball and sometimes the ball would really
> hurt.
>
> We got cut and broke bones and broke teeth and there were no
> lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to
> blame but us. Remember accidents?
>
> We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue
> and learned to get over it.
>
> We ate cakes, bread and butter, and drank sugary pop but
> we were never overweight.........we were always outside playing.
>
> We shared one bottle of pop with four friends, from one
> bottle and no one died from this?
>
> We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X Boxes, video
> games and all 99 channels on Sky Digital TV, video tape movies,
> surround sound, personal mobile phones, Personal Computers, Internet
> chat
> rooms........we had friends. We went outside and found them.
>
> We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on
> the door, or rung the bell or just walked in and talked to them.
> Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent! By ourselves!
>
> Out there in the cold cruel world! Without a guardian. How
> did we do it?
>
> We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms
> and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many
> eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.
>
> Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. No one
> to hide behind.
>
> The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was
> unheard of. They actually sided with the law, imagine that!
>
> This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers
> and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years has been an
> explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success
> and responsibility, and we learned how to. And you're one of them.
>
> Congratulations!

> To those that have had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our > lives, for our own good......

[Oz]

Some pretty lame observations there. Can't say I agree with all the one sided sentiment. Yes things have changed. Some changes are for the good. Some aren't. Things always look better with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight. Remember how you hated Grandparents crapping on about 'the good old days'? And look how far we've come.....

[YogsVR4]

I remember those days. Not saying they were better, but somethings sure have gotten worse.

[Polygon]

That almost brought a tear to my eye.

[tazdev]

Ah yes the days before responsibilty and political correctness.


I miss those days

[tonioseven]

Originally posted by Polygon
That almost brought a tear to my eye.

Me too!:cry: That brought back a LOT of memories!

[-The Stig-]

I remember playing outside... doing nothing in particular... just playing outside....


ahhh yes fun times... I loved the 80s.