just got this email 
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 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, no
Internet chat rooms.
We had friends we went outside and found them.
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 law suits.
We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed
from other parents.
We played knock-and-run and were actualy 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
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 1983........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
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 don't even know how to switch on a TV
without a remote control.
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 older!!!!
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 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, no
Internet chat rooms.
We had friends we went outside and found them.
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 law suits.
We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed
from other parents.
We played knock-and-run and were actualy 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
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 1983........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
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 don't even know how to switch on a TV
without a remote control.
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 older!!!!
well that or fall victim to the hordes of hungry pedophilles out there :S
