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We survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.
Baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints.
There were no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes we had no helmets or knee pads.
As children we rode in cars with no seat belts and no air bags.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds, KFC, Subway etc.
Even though all the shops closed at 6 p.m. and didn't open over the weekend, somehow we didn't starve to death.
We shared one soft drink bottle 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 Beer Off to buy sugary sweets and bubble gum.
We ate white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in, but were weren't overweight because we were always outside playing.
We would leave home in the morning and play all day as long as were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day and we were ok.
We did not have playstations, nintendo Wii, X-boxes and no SKY or cable.
We would build go-carts out of old prams and ride down hill to find out we forgot the brakes.
No mobile phones, no PCs, no Internet, we had friends and we went outside and found them.
Only girls had pierced ears.
You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time.
Sports had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Getting into the team was based on merit!
Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and bullies always ruled the playground at school.
The idea of a parent bailiing us out if we broke the law was unheard of, they actually sided with the law.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility and we learned how to deal with it all!
I might have to make sure my children know how brave I have been!
We survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.
Baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints.
There were no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes we had no helmets or knee pads.
As children we rode in cars with no seat belts and no air bags.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds, KFC, Subway etc.
Even though all the shops closed at 6 p.m. and didn't open over the weekend, somehow we didn't starve to death.
We shared one soft drink bottle 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 Beer Off to buy sugary sweets and bubble gum.
We ate white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in, but were weren't overweight because we were always outside playing.
We would leave home in the morning and play all day as long as were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day and we were ok.
We did not have playstations, nintendo Wii, X-boxes and no SKY or cable.
We would build go-carts out of old prams and ride down hill to find out we forgot the brakes.
No mobile phones, no PCs, no Internet, we had friends and we went outside and found them.
Only girls had pierced ears.
You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time.
Sports had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Getting into the team was based on merit!
Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and bullies always ruled the playground at school.
The idea of a parent bailiing us out if we broke the law was unheard of, they actually sided with the law.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility and we learned how to deal with it all!
I might have to make sure my children know how brave I have been!
Mind you that would have been alot of engines to make. lol
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