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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920s, 30s , 40s, 50s, and
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920s, 30s , 40s, 50s, and 60s
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses full of asbestos. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese & tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer. 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 cadging lifts. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. A trip to the coast on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the stream and NOT from a bottle. Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds, KFC, Subway or Kebabs. Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and only opened for a few hours at weekends, 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 shop and buy fruit Spangles and some bangers to blow up frogs with. We ate buns, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because...... WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No mobile phones & no one was able to reach us all day. And we were always O.K. We would spend hours building our trolleys out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in streams with matchbox cars. We did not have Playstations, Nintendos, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on Sky, no video tape or DVD movies, no surround sound, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were noLawsuits 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. You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross buns at Easter time........no really! We had air guns and catapults for our birthdays, We drank milk laced with Strontium 90 from cows that had eaten grass covered in nuclear fallout from the atomic testing. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them from the street! Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet! Mum & dad didn't need wine, brandy, whisky or whatever when they came in from work! Footy had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Our teachers used to belt us with big sticks and leather straps. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.They actually sided with the law! Our parents got married before they had children and didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kylie'and 'Blade' This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 70 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 are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, Let your kids readit it so they will know how brave their parents were. Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?! PS -The big type is because your eyes are shot at your age |
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15-01-2009, 13:32
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Re: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920s, 30s , 40s, 50s,
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15-01-2009, 13:33
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Re: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920s, 30s , 40s, 50s,
LOL, was just gonna say that meself
 Why, cuz I beat ya all to it years ago 
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15-01-2009, 13:41
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Re: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920s, 30s , 40s, 50s,
Jaysay,???, when did he comment?...LOL, im lost now
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15-01-2009, 13:56
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Re: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920s, 30s , 40s, 50s,
Coz THAT time, Jaysay posted the thread. It's been doing the rounds since I was first on here when the forum started. (2003?) Been on numerous times since then, not that it matters, there is always someone who hasn't seen it.
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15-01-2009, 17:48
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Re: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920s, 30s , 40s, 50s,
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15-01-2009, 18:29
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Re: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920s, 30s , 40s, 50s,
Mel wherever did you get that from every word true but did your mum learn you that one as myself and her lived that life and it was the good old days the kids today dont know anything about those days they think we have always been old .
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15-01-2009, 19:00
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Re: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920s, 30s , 40s, 50s,
I would like to point out that I was the first one to post this thread
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15-01-2009, 19:19
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Re: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920s, 30s , 40s, 50s,
No you weren't!
You should read more of the posts Panther! Quote:
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15-01-2009, 21:04
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Re: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920s, 30s , 40s, 50s,
Well I hadnt seen Jaysays post when I put it up (Note to self ... always check past posts before submitting)
 No it dosent really matter how many times some things are posted as I think bondi has just proved , there are always those that havent seen it . when I first joind accyweb many moons back I didnt look at all past posts so what looked like new stuff to me wasnt nessesarily the case. anyway mines more colourful  |
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Re: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920s, 30s , 40s, 50s,
Certainly was colourful.
No one checks all posts on here, just wouldn't be practical, would take forever. I mean I can't find my some of my posts, lol! think it could have been 2002 the forum started, Roy or Mick could confirm. And as you and I have both said, it doesn't really matter, newbies are always coming on. Lots of stuff gets repeated on here, and no one complains about it. Even Panther saw fit to put that on twice.....
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Re: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920s, 30s , 40s, 50s,
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15-01-2009, 22:57
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Re: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920s, 30s , 40s, 50s,
Why are you quoting me? Should that not be directed at someone else?
Partly the point I was trying to make?  If it's been heard before so what??
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