Thread: My Generation

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s probably shouldn't have survived, because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint which was regularly 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 dokeys' on our wheels.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags and riding in the front passenger seat - or the boot - 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 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 it.

We would spend several hours building go-carts out of scraps, then go top speed down the hill, only to find out we'd forgotten the brakes. After running into a patch of stinging nettles 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 before dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded.

We didn't have Playstations or Xboxes - no video games at all. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape films, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no DVDs, no internet chatrooms.

We had friends - we went outside and found them. We played French skipping 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 played Knock Down Ginger 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, as it was just round the corner.

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls. We rode bikes in packs of seven 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, problem-solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have seen 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 had the luck to grow as real kids, before lawyers and the government regulated our lives for 'our own good'.

For those of you who aren't old enough, we thought you might like to read about us.


And something else to 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, Neneh Cherry or Belinda Carlisle.

For them, there has always been only one Germany and one Vietnam. AIDS has existed since they were born. CDs 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 ever have been a god of dance.

They believe that Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible are films from the past ten years. They can never imagine life before computers. They'll never have pretended to be the A-Team, the Dukes of Hazzard 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.

Are you getting Old

Originally Posted by Master

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s probably shouldn't have survived, because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint which was regularly 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 dokeys' on our wheels.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags and riding in the front passenger seat - or the boot - 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 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 it.

We would spend several hours building go-carts out of scraps, then go top speed down the hill, only to find out we'd forgotten the brakes. After running into a patch of stinging nettles 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 before dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded.

We didn't have Playstations or Xboxes - no video games at all. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape films, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no DVDs, no internet chatrooms.

We had friends - we went outside and found them. We played French skipping 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 played Knock Down Ginger 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, as it was just round the corner.

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls. We rode bikes in packs of seven 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, problem-solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have seen 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 had the luck to grow as real kids, before lawyers and the government regulated our lives for 'our own good'.

For those of you who aren't old enough, we thought you might like to read about us.


And something else to 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, Neneh Cherry or Belinda Carlisle.

For them, there has always been only one Germany and one Vietnam. AIDS has existed since they were born. CDs 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 ever have been a god of dance.

They believe that Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible are films from the past ten years. They can never imagine life before computers. They'll never have pretended to be the A-Team, the Dukes of Hazzard 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.

Are you getting Old

Sonofabitch..... all of the above... FU, master

Cannot rep you, but at least you acknowledge your my generation

I'm getting TOO old.

can't rep you too but I agree who used to wear helmets as kids!

Lets add,Dinner took over an hour because you didnt have a microwave
TV Remote? That was you,"Go change the channel"
Cable? We had NBC,ABC,CBS,and some UHF stations
A tape deck? You mean a reel to reel right? Or an 8-track
You saw Ali fight on Wide World Of Sports
You believe there has not been a good Monday Night Football announcing crew since Dandy Don,and Cosell
Speaking of Wide World Of Sports,you still wince when you think of the phrase,"And The Agony Of Defeat"
There exists a picture of you somewhere wearing polyester
You remember slant 6 engines, and Pintos,and speaking of which,youve seen a Vega that was still running
You remember the AMF Harley Davidsons,and still loathe the thought of them

Funny but until they started bitching about people who were born in 1986 and what we supposedly have and haven't done it basically summed up most of my childhood...

I grew up in the late 80s and early 90s and until recently I couldn't see the need for a mobile phone, I'd go out and not come back till it was dark... I'd walk EVERY where with my mates, digested lead paint, drink out of the hose pipe etc etc.

The article is about childhood and it's going on about 21-22 year olds?

Some more
You actually saw the Clash,not just heard "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" in a commercial
You remember when "terrorism" usually just involved a plane hijacking,and a plane hijacking involved a parked plane with hostages. Unless it involved the IRA
Loads of birth defects from Agent Orange,and the speeders the gave mothers when they were pregnant

Originally Posted by AdamGB

Funny but until they started bitching about people who were born in 1986 and what we supposedly have and haven't done it basically summed up most of my childhood...

I grew up in the late 80s and early 90s and until recently I couldn't see the need for a mobile phone, I'd go out and not come back till it was dark... I'd walk EVERY where with my mates, digested lead paint, drink out of the hose pipe etc etc.

The article is about childhood and it's going on about 21-22 year olds?

Its about Children born in the 60's and 70's and who watched the real Starskey and Hutch.

Originally Posted by Master

Originally Posted by AdamGB

Funny but until they started bitching about people who were born in 1986 and what we supposedly have and haven't done it basically summed up most of my childhood...

I grew up in the late 80s and early 90s and until recently I couldn't see the need for a mobile phone, I'd go out and not come back till it was dark... I'd walk EVERY where with my mates, digested lead paint, drink out of the hose pipe etc etc.

The article is about childhood and it's going on about 21-22 year olds?

Its about Children born in the 60's and 70's and who watched the real Starskey and Hutch.

And had to listen to that awful David SOul album for that matter Huggy Bear

Originally Posted by Master

can't rep you too but I agree who used to wear helmets as kids!

Not me, and I'm from the newer generation. As long as you weren't riding 40 mph, which would be insanely fast, you didn't need a helmet. Some knee-pads might not have hurt tho...

Originally Posted by Master

And something else to 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, Neneh Cherry or Belinda Carlisle.

For them, there has always been only one Germany and one Vietnam. AIDS has existed since they were born. CDs 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 ever have been a god of dance.

They believe that Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible are films from the past ten years. They can never imagine life before computers. They'll never have pretended to be the A-Team, the Dukes of Hazzard 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.

Are you getting Old

Not just old - completely over the hill.

Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey

Lets add,Dinner took over an hour because you didnt have a microwave
TV Remote? That was you,"Go change the channel"
Cable? We had NBC,ABC,CBS,and some UHF stations
A tape deck? You mean a reel to reel right? Or an 8-track
You saw Ali fight on Wide World Of Sports
You believe there has not been a good Monday Night Football announcing crew since Dandy Don,and Cosell
Speaking of Wide World Of Sports,you still wince when you think of the phrase,"And The Agony Of Defeat"
There exists a picture of you somewhere wearing polyester
You remember slant 6 engines, and Pintos,and speaking of which,youve seen a Vega that was still running
You remember the AMF Harley Davidsons,and still loathe the thought of them

Thanks a lot - I just winced

By the way, when I'm in the barn punching the bag, I'll also drink on break from a garden hose. Gotta hydrate and cool myself off somehow, right? The water may taste like shit, but so far I haven't gotten sick or anything like they say I would...

How about Under Roos, Battle of the Network Stars, "De Plane! De Plane!", you know what Gopher is other than an animal, loosing the shooting claw off of your Godzilla toy (and breaking the tongue lever), watching animated Star Trek, Flash Gordon, and Planet of the Apes and then watching Isis and Shazam! Pointing and laughing at the kid at school with the Bee Gees lunch box. The Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman. Watching the Greatest American Hero and Manimal religiously even though it was crap. Having Jaws scare you into not going into the water the next time your parents took you to the beach. Drive in movie theaters. Real Diners. Shrinky Dinks. Those Tupper Ware Kool Aid popsicles that your folks'd hand you instead when you asked for a Fudgecicle. Lawrence Welk. Watching the Wonderful World of Disney on ABC at 8pm est on Sunday night....being trained to dislike hearing "When You Wish Upon a Star," because that song officially meant the weekend was over. Watching the original Battle Star Galactica and the Adventures of Buck Rogers. Watching Creature Double Feature on Saturday afternoons with a host. Kung Fu Theater. Getting left in the car while your parents went into the store to do the shopping...our old Ford had black vinyl seats that cooked your legs in the summer.

And Wal Marx, I mean Mart, did not exist. We had Jamesway and WoolWorth, baby!!

We had an Opel Gt, getting in to that thing was like the bugs bunny cartoon when he has to ease in to the soup pot