> >
> >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 sandals and
> >fluorescent 'spokey dokeys' on our wheels.
> >
> >As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags and
> >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 soda stream 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 DVDs, no personal computers, and of course no Internet chat rooms.
> >
> >
> >We had friends - we went outside and found them.
> >
> >We
> >played elastics and four square, and sometimes that ball really hurt!
> >
> >We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no law
> >suits.
> >
> >We played knock-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!
> >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 surprisingly frightening.... and it might put a
> >smile on your face:
> >
> >
> >The majority of students in universities today were born in 1986....
> >
> >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, the Dukes of Hazard or
> >the Famous Five.
> >
> >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 children with mobile phones, you shake your
> >head. 6. 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!!
> >
> >I WAS BORN BEFORE 1986 AND YES I AM PROUD OF IT!!
> >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 sandals and
> >fluorescent 'spokey dokeys' on our wheels.
> >
> >As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags and
> >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 soda stream 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 DVDs, no personal computers, and of course no Internet chat rooms.
> >
> >
> >We had friends - we went outside and found them.
> >
> >We
> >played elastics and four square, and sometimes that ball really hurt!
> >
> >We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no law
> >suits.
> >
> >We played knock-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!
> >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 surprisingly frightening.... and it might put a
> >smile on your face:
> >
> >
> >The majority of students in universities today were born in 1986....
> >
> >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, the Dukes of Hazard or
> >the Famous Five.
> >
> >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 children with mobile phones, you shake your
> >head. 6. 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!!
> >
> >I WAS BORN BEFORE 1986 AND YES I AM PROUD OF IT!!