--Dave--
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sorry for the grammar and typos... came out of an email and i've taken all the arrows out 
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 child-proof 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 air bags - 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 lawsuits.
We had full on fistfights but no prosecution followed from other parents.
We played knock-on-the-door-and-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!
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--Dave--
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summary: if you were born in the 60;s 70s and 80s you should be dead
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TNM
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old.
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--Dave--
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and? so's my Nan but I don't dare say it to her face
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TNM
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quote:
Originally posted by --Dave--
and? so's my Nan but I don't dare say it to her face
You should. it would make her feel better inside knowing that people do really think she is old 
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quote:
Originally posted by --Dave--
and? so's my Nan but I don't dare say it to her face
u just mumble to the back of her head as u've got her bent over the zimmaframe 
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--Dave--
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
quote:
Originally posted by --Dave--
and? so's my Nan but I don't dare say it to her face
u just mumble to the back of her head as u've got her bent over the zimmaframe
I've just spat ut my water all ver my keybard ad w sme keys aret wrkig.... 
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Ojc
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I like this because its so true, kids today are fcuking idiots.
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--Dave--
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swapped keyboards now  person who's in tomorrow sitting opposite will have fun
I remember running around the streets with my coat on my head pretending i was batman. Riding my bike with stabilisers on and making bow and arrows from wood and string.
Wish i could go back to that
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Tom
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I love being a child of the 80's 
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Ojc
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I love being a child of the 80's as well
I was 6 in 88 and I had my first kiss in 89 when I was 7.
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3CorsaMeal
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i remember trying to ride my bmx down a hill with roller skates on too
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--Dave--
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i went over my handlebars and cracked my head open on the floor. Dad did the brakes up far too tight
I also tried to de-rail a train
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Tom
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I was 5 in 88 I used to know everyone in my roads reg plate by the time 90 came, I remember a family up the road buying 2 k-reg vauxhalls a nova and an astra reg's were 1 digit out  biggest thing ever that was 
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--Dave--
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^^^
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Ja@Vision
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space dust!!!
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pedals
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Did anyone ever ride over an empty can of juice on their bmx so that it would get stuck in front of the brake and make a motorbike noise!
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--Dave--
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yeah i did that, would also stamp on cans so that they stuck to my shoe while you walked saw some kids the other day doing it and brought back memories
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Dan. T
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The 80's were defo the best time to be a kid, all the stuff you used to get upto & the kids tele was great Rainbow, shoe people, trap door, galaxy high, super ted there were so many brill cartoons & now its all computer generated shite, anyone remember Rolf's cartoon club?? 
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corb
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Ragadolls? or am i gay? maybe both? nahh.
That go-karts thing made me laugh! was all down hill my road, until the uphill bit
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Half Pint
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Tree Climbing, building fires
Ahhhh memories
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Ojc
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Fiddling with other boys willys, or was that just me 
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--Dave--
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no i dabbled in this art as well occasionally, especially when their dads weren't looking
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pedals
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"anyone remember Rolf's cartoon club??"
can you tell what it is yet!!!
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IntaCepta
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the 80's ruled!
i mean look at all these pansy kids now, sometimes i just wanna beat the shit out of them!
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