SamT
Moderator
But it makes you think..
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 colored lead-base
>paint that 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
>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 pop 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, and no Internet chat rooms.
>
>We had friends we went outside and found them ourselves. We played
>elastics and street 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-and-run and were actually afraid of the owners
catching
>us.
>
>We walked to friend's 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.
>
>Moreover, you are 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.
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 colored lead-base
>paint that 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
>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 pop 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, and no Internet chat rooms.
>
>We had friends we went outside and found them ourselves. We played
>elastics and street 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-and-run and were actually afraid of the owners
catching
>us.
>
>We walked to friend's 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.
>
>Moreover, you are 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.