Admin Mk2Jo Posted September 15, 2006 Admin Report Posted September 15, 2006 Yes, I do remember all of this because I am OLD (before anyone else says it) .... oh, except the half a crown .... I used to get 10p pocket money > >Just for a minute, forget everything stressful and read this: > > > > > >Close your eyes and go back in time. Before the Internet or the > >Apple Mac. > > > >Before semi automatics, joy-riders and crack.... > > > >Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...Way back. > > > >I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park. > > > >The corner shop. > > > >Hopscotch. > > > >Butterscotch. > > > >Skipping. > > > >Handstands . > > > >Football with an old can. > > > >Fingerbob. > > > >Beano, Dandy, Buster, Twinkle and Dennis the Menace. > > > >Roly Poly. > > > >Hula Hoops. > > > >The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass. > > > >Bazooka Joe bubble gum. > > > >An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune. > > > >chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or perhaps a >screwball. > > > >Watching Saturday morning cartoons.....short commercials. > > > >The Double Deckers, Road Runner, He-Man, Zeebedee, Tiswas or Swapshop, >Why Don't You or staying up for Doctor Who. > > > > > > > >When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like >going somewhere. > > > >Earwigs, wasps, stinging nettles and bee stings. > > > >Sticky fingers. > > > >Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians and Zorro. > > > >Climbing trees. > > > >Walking to school, no matter what the weather. > > > >Running till you were out of breath and getting a stitch, laughing so >hard that your stomach hurt. > > > >Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights. > > > >Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles. > > > >Being tired from playing.....remember that? > > > >The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. > > > >Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. > > > >Playing cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. > > > >Choppers and Grifters. > > > >I'm not finished just yet..... > > > >Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops. > > > >Remember when..... > > > >There were two types of trainers - girls and boys, and Dunlop > >GreenFlash -and the only time you wore them at school was for P.E. > > > >You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents. It wasn't >odd to have two or three 'best' friends. > > > >When nobody owned a pure-bred dog. > > > >When half a crown was decent pocket money. > > > >When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny. > > > >When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there. > > > >When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a >real restaurant with your parents. > > > >When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to >carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it. > > > >When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate >that awaited a misbehaving student at home. > > > >Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of >drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. > > > >Parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat, and some of us are >still afraid of them! > > > >Remember when.... > > > >Decisions were made by going 'Ip, Dip, Dog Shit.' > > > >'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest. > > > >Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly. The >worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs. And the >worst thing in your day was having to sit next to one. > > > >Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult. > >Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. Taking drugs meant >orange-flavoured chewable aspirin. > > > >Ice cream was considered a basic food group. > > > >Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true. > > > >Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors. > > > >If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED. > > > >Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their 'grown up' life..... > > > >I DOUBLE-DARE YOU ! >
antz Posted September 15, 2006 Report Posted September 15, 2006 i remember some of them. but im only a young'un in the eyes of you old farts
orionmojo Posted September 15, 2006 Report Posted September 15, 2006 plenty of them still apply to us too i remember most of those things. a school day was too long- 3pm?? it was nearly time for bed at 6 when you got in at 4pm, then had your tea tea- instead of dinner, who says that anymore WWF wrestling was what your dad watched as you were going to bed on saturday evenings transformers and thundercats were THE only toy you could take to school on toy days or maybe the ghostbuster ghost catcher backpack santa claus still existed and you were sure you saw him before you went to sleep, on that last look out the window before you managed to fall asleep on xmas eve
Jimbob-Squarepants © Posted September 15, 2006 Report Posted September 15, 2006 Nice one Jo, brought back some good memories there!!!! I remember nearly all of them believe it or not, but not the half crown! So that's good - I have lived!!! But I have a question, Am I getting older, or is this country now down the crapper??? BTW, I still get sticky fingers from time to time!
Admin Mk2Jo Posted September 15, 2006 Author Admin Report Posted September 15, 2006 Euuuuwwww .... too much information Jimbob No I don't think the country is going down the crapper .... my 2 boys (aged 9 & 11) would still rather be out on their pushbikes riding up and down the lane over homemade jumps and giving their mates a backy than on the playstation, they love watching The Goodies, Worzel Gummidge and Rentaghost (we have the dvds) on rainy days, we make homemade ice lollies, they have to be in before dark and we still call it tea in our house ... so, no .. the good old days of innocence are still alive and well in Bordon
Jimsiss Posted September 15, 2006 Report Posted September 15, 2006 It's like a nightmare NO MORE OLDY WORLDY CRAP, I like my nintendo and sega and my internet
Slik 50 Posted September 15, 2006 Report Posted September 15, 2006 Fingerbob. I must have missed that game
Admin Mk2Jo Posted September 15, 2006 Author Admin Report Posted September 15, 2006 Fingerbob. I must have missed that game http://www.toonhound.com/fingerbobs.htm
Chelle Posted September 15, 2006 Report Posted September 15, 2006 Wooo hooo! We used to make fingerbobs at play school! My mum was the coolest play school teacher around I remember a fair bit of that list... therefore i must be old too :lol: Oh and i still make my decisions by saying Ip, dip, dog shit or Eeny, meany, miney, moe!
Slik 50 Posted September 15, 2006 Report Posted September 15, 2006 Fingerbob. I must have missed that game http://www.toonhound.com/fingerbobs.htm Look's like fun Id rather lob me slinky down the stairs
Mr Sam Posted September 15, 2006 Report Posted September 15, 2006 i can remember quite alot of that and im only 18
capriclive Posted September 15, 2006 Report Posted September 15, 2006 WWF wrestling was what your dad watched as you were going to bed on saturday evenings crikey, i must be old. in my day it was "starsky and hutch" or "chips" i used to help my dad in 1978 do his milk round on a saturday (hes no longer mikman). i used to get loads of tips, and a bottle of cresta pop (1lt, glass bottle, not plastic like now). also used to have a drive of the milkfloat while he was at a door collecting money. we wont go into that as i was only 9 at the time! used to get home in time to watch "chips".
over_head_cam Posted September 15, 2006 Report Posted September 15, 2006 I remember all of them. I remember when it was safe to have kids playing out on their own.
atomic punk Posted September 15, 2006 Report Posted September 15, 2006 Very nostalgic....... Playing footie in the park with 2 jumpers for goal posts I remember the local park had an abandoned cortina mk1 nearby we used to hide in it playing hide & seek When parks had roundabouts, swings and mahoosive climbing frames....with concrete floors
Slik 50 Posted September 16, 2006 Report Posted September 16, 2006 I remember all of them. I remember when it was safe to have kids playing out on their own. My eldest is only 6 and I get paranoid just letting him play in front of the house
Guest street*wise Posted September 17, 2006 Report Posted September 17, 2006 Eating raw jelly i still do!!! ooo the beano and the dandy!! the bashstreet kids, desperate dan, beano and gnasher!!! how about making a den in the woods and being sure no one would ever find it or know you were in there!!!
MK3_DC Posted September 17, 2006 Report Posted September 17, 2006 No ones mentioned...................FLASH..........aaaaiiiiiiirrrrrr, saviour of the universe, 10p in the local flicks and don't forget to get the parafin for the fire on the way home, and I still have Butterscotch........mmmmmmmm Magic Roundabout anyone, and no, it was a TV programme
mk1super Posted September 17, 2006 Report Posted September 17, 2006 Who remembers the Thunder Cats Now that was cool toys to play with
Trevmk3 Posted September 17, 2006 Report Posted September 17, 2006 used to take the sweets off the front of beano and dandy on my paper round , i can also remember how pissed off i used to get when the sweets where missing when we had the beano delivered . still like to climb trees its just getting back down, i never was any good at that part. was usually first to the ground but would be in a crumpled heap of pain
pimtina Posted September 17, 2006 Report Posted September 17, 2006 Good one Jo! Being from the States some of this I know nothing about. But I'm a father of 3 little ones(ages 6,4 and 2) so I do long for a simplier time. I really think the world is a mess at times.
DeuceCoupe Posted September 18, 2006 Report Posted September 18, 2006 Bagpuss and the clangers (love them) the professionals and in a ford Anyone remember Spangles (sweets)
Admin Mk2Jo Posted September 18, 2006 Author Admin Report Posted September 18, 2006 Bagpuss and the clangers (love them) the professionals and in a ford Anyone remember Spangles (sweets) Yes, I remember all of those .... they even bought Spangles back for a while a few years ago (always the last thing I ate in the Christmas Selection Box). And ...... I remember when Snickers bars were called Marathon bars!
Admin Mk2Jo Posted September 18, 2006 Author Admin Report Posted September 18, 2006 A friend (yes, I do have some ) just sent me this lot in an e-mail too ..... FOR THOSE 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 flip-flops (or wooden Scholls) 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 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 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........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 things 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 - but what the heck -we've had fun!!
MK3_DC Posted September 18, 2006 Report Posted September 18, 2006 Good to meet you yesterday Jo, I don't remember any of the things above, and I didn't smile either ! Going to look at the Tina tomorrow, whats on this weekend ?
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