31-01-2013, 02:13 AM
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The good old days ...
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank Sherry while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos.They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, bread and dripping, raw egg products, loads of processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes .
Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took 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.
Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds, KFC or Subway.
Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on a Sunday, somehow we didn't starve to death!
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers and Bubble Gum.
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no Lawsuits from these accidents.
Only girls had pierced ears!
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and throw the blackboard rubber at us if they thought we weren't concentrating.
Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla'.
And the boys did this in the snow ..
31-01-2013, 10:44 AM
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Re: The good old days ...
Nostalgia just isn't what it used to be!Yes, and catching measles, mumps, chicken pox etc... were rites of passage.
You could buy boxes of bangers and jumping jacks at Haloween
You had real friends that you met - not virtual ones that only exist on the internet.
Yes, there were lots of simple pleasures - like getting dressed in bed and then scraping ice off the inside of the windows - oh what fun.
But if you think it was all wonderful - just remember one word - "Dentist".
31-01-2013, 11:03 AM
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Re: The good old days ...
Originally Posted by Willow
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Whilst I think we are probably overprotective of children these days, I certainly don't think the days of yore had much to recommend them at all!
31-01-2013, 11:51 AM
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Re: The good old days ...
Loved the link, Michael
I think the "good old days" were far more family orientated and people didn't "compete" with each other to have what the "jones's" had! People helped each other and were a lot happier. My Mum never worked - she was a full time housewife. Things may have been hard but we were all happy then.
Aye "those were the days"
31-01-2013, 12:01 PM
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Re: The good old days ...
Originally Posted by Grumblewagon
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Nostalgia just isn't what it used to be!Yes, and catching measles, mumps, chicken pox etc... were rites of passage.
You could buy boxes of bangers and jumping jacks at Haloween
You had real friends that you met - not virtual ones that only exist on the internet.
Yes, there were lots of simple pleasures - like getting dressed in bed and then scraping ice off the inside of the windows - oh what fun.
But if you think it was all wonderful - just remember one word - "Dentist".
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