Are you getting old

[(>Zero Cool<)]

probably for half of you this doesn't apply :rolleyes: , but all the same....



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 flip-flops and had
fluorescent 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels. As children, we would ride in
cars with no seat belts or airbags - 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 law suits.

We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents.

We played chap-the-door-run-away and were actualy 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........They are called youth.



They have never heard of We are the World, We are the children, and 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, RedHand Gang or the Famous Five.

They'll never have applied to be on Jim'll Fix It or Why Don't You.

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 teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head.


6. You remember watching Dirty Den in EastEnders the first time around.


7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good Old days,
repeating again all the funny you have experienced together.


8. 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!!!

[leezathehoneybird]

:(

[ruthie]

That was fun..lots of good memories.

[(>Zero Cool<)]

That was fun..lots of good memories.

fun in a 'oh eck' scary way :crying:

[ruthie]

fun in a 'oh eck' scary way :crying:

LOL..that would be accurate..as I notice some more grey hairs coming in. :unsure:

[(>Zero Cool<)]

LOL..that would be accurate..as I notice some more grey hairs coming in. :unsure:


It's when you can't notice the difference when you should really start getting concerned ;)

[manker]

Feck, some of that applies to me :mellow:

[Yogi]

I watched black/white telly with one channel.............

And we were advanced in our neighborhood.

[Guillaume]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I'm old! :cry1:

[Chewie]

I remember kiddie-fiddlers were rare.
I remember burglar alarms were for rich people with more than just a B&W TV and 'radiogram' in the house.
I remember my best friend losing an eye on bonfire night.
I remember another schoolfriend dyng after being hit by a car while riding his bike without a helmet.
I know worse things happened all the time in the USA, but yeah, I remember those were the days for me in the UK.

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Feck, some of that applies to me :mellow:

'some' ????? :dry: :whistling

[Robert00000]

(In reply to the question of the thread title)

Yes, i am getting old. I've aged about 10 years in the last 6 months :wacko:

[TheDave]

i dont think kiddy fiddlers were rare, they just werent considered good tabloid fodder so nobody cared that much.


i think my earliest memory was getting a ferrarri f40 for my 4th birthday, then my mate nicked it :angry:

[bigboab]

You are old when the 'Last War' you talked about as a kid was the 1914-1918 war. :lol: :lol:

P.S. Kiddie-fiddlers have always been around. They used to be called Mr 'X' in the News Of The World.

[Robert00000]

You are old when the 'Last War' you talked about as a kid was the 1914-1918 war. :lol: :lol:

:lol:

Nice to see you here again boab, :) I'm not sure how many other of the fun people are still here. Does cheese still visit?

[Jon L. Obscene]

Good post Zero dude, and thanks for that :frusty:

I get told I'm old everyday :lol:

What gets me is kids standing outside work smoking and on the phone about bad things they done.........and they HALF my age :crying:

Jonno :cool:

[Biggles]

:( Aww Crap!

I remember watching

The WhirleyBirds
Fireball XL5
Dr. Who (first one) from behind the sofa.
Wanting to be Ilya Kuryakin

Building a boat out of lemonade crates and watching my sister sink (as she was chief test pilot)
Running for my life from my mum for getting my sister wet.
Realising that copying the answers from the back of the Modern Mathematics book was a bad idea as I achieved 100% without any workings
(Teachers were allowed to be really cruel back then :ph34r: )


Looking at the world through eyes of wonder.
:01:

[Emdee]

Some of that stuff applies to me,

And I'm only 23. :(

[sArA]

I remember it all....I am old and growing older disgracefully....

Also...

Space 1999
fingerbobs
playschool (little ted, big ted, hamble and humpty)
Pipkins (good ole Hartley hare)
Opportunity Knocks
Starsky and Hutch


curleywurleys were huge!
first taste of Space Dust

getting a top loading video player was the big event.

Bay city rollers
Donny Osmond
Slade
Mud
Showaddywaddy

The death of Bon Scott


no speed cameras
no cctv


I could go on.........but too many to mention

[Lilmiss]

I can remember when I got high from Parma Violets.
Those were the days.


I bought myself a Dip-Dab the other day.
Was tempted to snort the sherbet, one last time. :shifty:

[DanB]

:crying: I'm old

[sArA]

:crying: I'm old

No you are not....not by my standards Danb....unless you have been lying about your age all this time :unsure:

[Biggles]

I can remember when I got high from Parma Violets.
Those were the days.


I bought myself a Dip-Dab the other day.
Was tempted to snort the sherbet, one last time. :shifty:

Sherbet?????

That sounds seriously painful. I think you have invented a new masochistic pleasure. :ph34r:


Sara

Opportunity Knocks :lol:

Open the box! Open the box!

[Lilmiss]

Sherbet?????
That sounds seriously painful. I think you have invented a new masochistic pleasure.


Oh come on, everyone's tried snorting sherbet.
Bet everyone has been cow-tipping too. :shifty:


I used to convince myself normal stones were chalk, and scratch so hard I engraved words on the concrete.

When I played British Bulldog, a swift kick in the nuts took the boys down.

I could climb the highest tree, then be too scared to come down. :unsure:

You actually got 10 sweeties in a 10p mix bag, and would spend ages picking paper off your Mojo's.

A hole in the wall was a naughty accident, that needed hidden.

I had to eat a chunk of soap everytime I was convinced by my evil Uncles to say a rude word to my Grandma.

Holding my chin over a glass of lemonade was the thrill of my life.




There was a point to chasing rainbows. :crying:

[Lilmiss]

:unsure:

Star Trekking, across the universe
On the Starship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk
Star Trekking, across the universe
Boldly going forward, 'cause we can't find reverse

Lt. Uhura, report

There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow, starboard bow
There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow, Jim

Analysis, Mr. Spock

It's life, Jim, but not as we know it
Not as we know it, not as we know it
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it
Not as we know it, Captain

There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow, starboard bow
There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow, Jim

Star Trekking, across the universe
On the Starship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk
Star Trekking, across the universe
Boldly going forward, still can't find reverse

Medical update, Doctor McCoy!

It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim
Dead, Jim. Dead, Jim
It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim
Dead, Jim, Dead

It's life, Jim, but not as we know it
Not as we know it, not as we know it
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it
Not as we know it, Captain

There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow, starboard bow
There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow, Jim

Starship Captain, James T. Kirk

Ha-ha! We come in peace, shoot to kill
Shoot to kill, shoot to kill
We come in peace, shoot to kill
shoot to kill, men

It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim
Dead, Jim. Dead, Jim
It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim
Dead, Jim, Dead

Well it's life, Jim, but not as we know it
Not as we know it, not as we know it
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it
Not as we know it, Captain

There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow, starboard bow
There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Scrape 'em off Jim

Star Trekking, across the universe
On the Starship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk
Star Trekking, across the universe
Boldly going forward, and things are getting worse

Engine room, Mister Scott

Ye canna change the laws of physics
Laws of physics, laws of physics
Ye canna change the laws of physics
Laws of physics, Jim

We come in peace, shoot to kill
Shoot to kill, shoot to kill
We come in peace, shoot to kill
Scotty beam me up

It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim
Dead, Jim. Dead, Jim
It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim
Dead, Jim, Dead

Well it's life, Jim, but not as we know it
Not as we know it, not as we know it
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it
Not as we know it, Captain

There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow, starboard bow
There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow Jim

Ye canny change the scourge jim oh see you jimmy
Bridge to engine room, warp factor nine
If I give her anymore she'll blow





Ahem. :ermm:

[(>Zero Cool<)]

:unsure:

Star Trekking, across the universe

Bridge to engine room, warp factor nine
If I give her anymore she'll blow





Ahem. :ermm:


I can even remember the plastercine, sp? , model video :01: :unsure:

[AussieSheila]

:D Yup, 104 and getting older every day.

Not too many Aussies here now (but thanks for the thread anyway TheDave) but I remember ...

Adventure Island
Hey Hey It's Saturday when it was an afternoon kids show.
Not having locks on our windows.
Catching tadpoles.
Black & White TV.
Dr Who (and I hated it.)
Benny Hill (and I hated it.)
AFL footy and I hated it (I like it now :lol: )
Pennies! I remember when our currency was pennies.
Fuck I'm old. :lol:

[Snee]

:unsure:

Star Trekking, across the universe
On the Starship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk
Star Trekking, across the universe
Boldly going forward, 'cause we can't find reverse

Lt. Uhura, report

There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow, starboard bow
There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow, Jim

Analysis, Mr. Spock

It's life, Jim, but not as we know it
Not as we know it, not as we know it
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it
Not as we know it, Captain

There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow, starboard bow
There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow, Jim

Star Trekking, across the universe
On the Starship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk
Star Trekking, across the universe
Boldly going forward, still can't find reverse

Medical update, Doctor McCoy!

It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim
Dead, Jim. Dead, Jim
It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim
Dead, Jim, Dead

It's life, Jim, but not as we know it
Not as we know it, not as we know it
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it
Not as we know it, Captain

There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow, starboard bow
There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow, Jim

Starship Captain, James T. Kirk

Ha-ha! We come in peace, shoot to kill
Shoot to kill, shoot to kill
We come in peace, shoot to kill
shoot to kill, men

It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim
Dead, Jim. Dead, Jim
It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim
Dead, Jim, Dead

Well it's life, Jim, but not as we know it
Not as we know it, not as we know it
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it
Not as we know it, Captain

There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow, starboard bow
There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Scrape 'em off Jim

Star Trekking, across the universe
On the Starship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk
Star Trekking, across the universe
Boldly going forward, and things are getting worse

Engine room, Mister Scott

Ye canna change the laws of physics
Laws of physics, laws of physics
Ye canna change the laws of physics
Laws of physics, Jim

We come in peace, shoot to kill
Shoot to kill, shoot to kill
We come in peace, shoot to kill
Scotty beam me up

It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim
Dead, Jim. Dead, Jim
It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim
Dead, Jim, Dead

Well it's life, Jim, but not as we know it
Not as we know it, not as we know it
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it
Not as we know it, Captain

There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow, starboard bow
There's Klingons on the starboard bow
Starboard bow Jim

Ye canny change the scourge jim oh see you jimmy
Bridge to engine room, warp factor nine
If I give her anymore she'll blow





Ahem. :ermm:

I have that mp3 somewhere.

[RPerry]

I may not be as young as I used to be..... but I will never get old :cool:

[magnu103]

I remember going out every Friday and Saturday night. A bunch of us, up to 16 at times, and we would have a half in every pub in the centre of town. And then... go home!

I don't remember ever seeing a fight, or the Police. No trouble in pubs, no doormen, no drinking on the street, no food containers scattered all around. In fact there was only one place you could get food after 10.30pm, and that was Greasy Don's, in by the back door. Plenty bread and butter for you my friend, he would say.

But am I old? My story is set in the late 70's, so does that make me old? Have things changed that much? 'Fraid so.
:no:

[manker]

Hi, magnu.

Half pints! What sort of teenagers existed back then, chavs nowadays sneak bottles of fortified wine and Woodpecker into pubs -- and I don't think you're that old, I think I know at least three, maybe even four, people who are older than that. You're young compared with them :ermm:

Just kidding, welcome to the board :D

[vidcc]

Hi, magnu.

Half pints! What sort of teenagers existed back then, chavs nowadays sneak bottles of fortified wine and Woodpecker into pubs --




http://www.nigelhumour.co.uk/chav.jpg

[manker]

Incompatible with everything:lol: :D

[Mr. Mulder]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[ginguar]

magnu103: What city was this in?

[magnu103]

Then there was, making dens, Bob A Job Week, puddings after your dinner, scrumping apples, eating dinner at the table, ape hanger handlebars for yer (push)bike, harringtons, parkas with the red lining... (my mum could only afford one with green lining, it wasn't the same), rupert trousers, tank tops, steakwich, Aztec bars, platform shoes (for boys!), afgham coats (did they smell or what?), flares, bell-bottoms, brogues, paddling down the brook fishing for sticklebacks, rolling apples out onto the main road trying to hit the passing cars... (I once knocked an old gent off his bike and was grounded for a while!), finding money and handing it in to the police (yes, really), going shopping with my dad to the one supermarket in town, food shops before freezers, our first "freezer centre", pyjamas, breakfast, Saturday sixpence... (you could buy Sports Mixtures for 4 for a penny (old penny)... (We used to pick them ourselves from the big box, blacks first, then reds until only the greens were left!!!), a bag of chips with scratchings on top (heaven), waiting for the pub to open (think about that one),

By the way, I was born in 1957 in Leicester UK

[Biggles]

By the way, I was born in 1957 in Leicester UK

A very fine year I believe. :whistling

[Lilmiss]

I was born in 1957 in Leicester UK

20 years before me, and 20 miles away. :unsure:



My knees click. :ermm:

[Biggles]

20 years before me, and 20 miles away. :unsure:



My knees click. :ermm:


:lol:


My mum was born down that way - Oakham. She married a mad Scotsman from the airbase and moved up here. The rest, as they say. :01:

[sArA]

I am a Leicester Lass too....well, County actually :lol: :lol:

[BigDaddy555]

Im only 26 and that made me feel old!

[gillxx]

Getting older is a state of mind.Sometimes I feel the same as I did in my twenties but others I feel as old as I really am-no Im not telling!
Fortunately I am still a size 10 and keep in shape at the gym,but the best bit for me, is being able to read in bed in the mornings as I dont have to get up for work anymore.
My daughter thinks Im a bit crackers anyway.

[manker]

I'm still a size 10.

Hoping to stay that way too, buying all new footwear would be a pain :dry:

[darkmatter]

memories...

I was the only one in my village with a remote controll tv, the whole village would come down just to see the thing

and they were like "wow, he wont even have to get up to put the volume up"

then we heard that computers and video phones will come out and we were like thats bullshit.

good times

this topic sure put a tear or two in my eyes.
I feel sorry for the teenangers of today(no offence)

[Gemby!]

Dam right i am getting old !!

17 on friday ! :01:

and i dont look a day older than...umm 17 :w00t: