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LIFE BEFORE THE SOCIALIST PINKO'S CAME ALONG!!!

GazzaBTFC

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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 woul! d 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 walke! d 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 surp! risingly 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 Ji! m'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.

 

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.

 

Now, that is nostalgia at its best!!

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Kevin M (CCFC) said:
Jeez, what brought all that on, Gazza?

Mind you, wouldn't disagree for a moment...


I'm 45 on the 20th May and I was reflecting on my youth...Music was better, the days sunnier and longer...Dr. Who was actually frightening!!!

I found this e mail in my in box as I was clearing it out and thought "bugger me, it's true!!!" so I thought I'd share!!!

Of course, Billericay Town FC has improved... <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> - now that is a discussion point!!!
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They'll never have pretended to be the A Team,


That brings back memories!!!

Next birthday I will be nearer 30 than 20!! That's scary!!
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and exactly how many times has Dirty Den made a comeback?



Many times, (allegedly), when surfing the 'net' in his dressing-room!
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Night time Neil has the same Birthday as well..sorry, Birth date...he is two years younger than me...

I would suggest a party but I'm off to Dorchester for that weekend <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Let's all go to Batchwood Hall in June instead then ... <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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Is that old email still doing the rounds it passed through Oz in 1999


So students get into uni at 13 then? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

...and the Xbox OZ?


Exactly! you're so out of date up-over, only the NEWbox for Aussie kids.

A couple of new world sayings for Gazza.

Q. Whats an expert?
A. A drip under pressure and a has-been.

Q. Why must you never assume anything in life?
A. By doing so You risk making an Ass of U and me.

Thoughts for the day, have fun up there.
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