Reg.: May 2001
Location: planet.funk!
Posts: 1767

gettin old?

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were
kids in the 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 withpans.

When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip flops and
fluorescent 'clackers' on our wheels. (I think you will find they were
known as spokey dokeys - some old git wrote this)

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 Playstations 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
lawsuits.

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

We played knock-down-ginger and were 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. (I'd like
to add if they did drive a car it wasn't a huge bull bar equipped 4x4 )

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 up 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.

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, Red Hand 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 stories 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!!!!

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Reg.: Apr 2003
Location: kingdom of doom
Posts: 2049

tja, früher war halt alles besser...



aber, weil da die rede von spielen is, ich bin ja auch schon in dem alter wo ich mich für geschenke für kleine kinder in der verwandtschaft umschauen muß (sollte da ein punkt sein)

und, you know what, strax autos and brio bahnen are still around!

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dishing it out like a premiership footballer in a bentley showroom

it takes a teenage riot to get me out of bed right now

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Reg.: Jan 2003
Location: Fasan Viertel
Posts: 224

Thanks MATT you made my day????

Cos I can remember for example,my aunty getting the ZX 80
and oh how us children laughed and cryed....she upgrade it to the ZX 81 when dat came out,and we did have a B&W TV
and no Strom in winter,and I remember Dirty Den the first time round,may he RIP....Kylie/Mads/Bros/rick fucking Astley/Jim!l Fix it
(Did you know Jimmy Saville was the worlds first real DJ??)

and everything else mentioned above kommt mir sehr bekannt vor Unfortunately......

Got my first grey hair a couple of weeks ago 2

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Reg.: Jun 2002
Location: Myanus
Posts: 281

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rofl


mAx

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St. Hanappi

Wenn Dir das Glück den Rücken kehrt,
und man im Stadion Pfiffe hört,
dann werden unsre Lieder
lauter um Dir wieder
Kraft zu geben kämpf mit Herz!!

F*CK THE

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Reg.: Oct 2002
Location: vereinigte eisfabriken
Posts: 574

quote:

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Originally posted by Sam
Got my first grey hair a couple of weeks ago 2

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don't u worry .. i got mine when i was about 14


but a friend told me once, that grey hair is also caused by vitaminmangel (i think vitamin e .. but i can't remember..)


.. naja, aber graues haar kann am richtigen kopf und mit dem richtigen schnitt auch sehr stylish sein !

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Reg.: Jan 2003
Location: Fasan Viertel
Posts: 224

thanks for the good words...

but its a race on my head between grey hair and no hair and at the moment no hair is winning.....No Hairdresser can save me now!! so long as the bauch keeps itself in the trousers and does not do a Phettberg on me then all is good

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Reg.: Oct 2002
Location: vereinigte eisfabriken
Posts: 574

uff .. before u wear halbschütteres haar, u better choose a 3 mm cut.


i know, many ppl don't like this .. but i think, such short hair looks very very edel


(i mean, all of them gestriegelten businessmen wear it - and their haircut seems to be the last thing, that gives them a little human touch .. )

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Reg.: Dec 2001
Location: vienna/klafu
Posts: 277

erinnere mich gerade mit einem lächeln im gesicht an meine princess-of-power-figuren......die schwester vom he-man und ihre kunpaninnen.....und an meine milliarden von matchbox autos, die ich immer von der omi gekriegt hab...und an die knuffelbunts.....hach!

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Reg.: Dec 2002
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i like getting older!!

ok bin 28, schau ma mal wie des is mit 40, aber 18 würd i nimmer sein wolln

...bald kommt der 30iger und angeblich soll der supa sein (für fraun zumindest...männer habn ihren höhepunkt mit 20...so i've heard)

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Reg.: Jan 2003
Location: Fasan Viertel
Posts: 224

for guys too to be over 30 is a good thing,like being given another chance after wasting the 20s away....at least in my case
If I could be 20 again I would do a lot of things different and wouldnt regret so much of what I did as I do now...kinda wasted quite a few years of life

N*E*V*E*R* M*I*N*D*

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Reg.: Dec 2002
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in a world where everything must be productive its good to waste sometimes

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Reg.: Dec 2001
Location: vienna/klafu
Posts: 277

nein, 18 möcht ich auch nimma sein....obwohl das erst 3 jahre her ist. aber man glaubt wohl eh immer, dass man supergscheit ist, und einige zeit später merkt man, dass man ziemlich deppert war...geht zumindest mir so.

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listen to them - the children of the night. what music they make!
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Reg.: Aug 2001
Location: eu
Posts: 662

quote:

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Originally posted by clau_dnb
aber man glaubt wohl eh immer, dass man supergscheit ist, und einige zeit später merkt man, dass man ziemlich deppert war...geht zumindest mir so.

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woord up woord up

das geht schon lange so und ich hab irgendwann aufgehört mitzuzählen wie oft mich der flash schon geholt hat hehe

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Reg.: Aug 2003
Location: brighettonau
Posts: 2164

aahh was für ein wohliger thread!
hier bin ich knacker, hier darf ichs sein!

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Reg.: Aug 2001
Location: Upd8e
Posts: 3867

Re: gettin old?

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Originally posted by mat

They have never heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Nena or Belinda
Carlisle.

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muuuuahaaaaahaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

and...

STILL best actor ever ->

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quote:

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"eigentlich such ich ja nur wen zum saufen, aber könnma so tun als würd ich dich mit irgendeinem flirtscheiss zutexten, weil das is sozial verträglicher"

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Reg.: Nov 2002
Location: Vienna
Posts: 814

by the way:

my bro has taken a pic of a hourse looking like alf (in holland)!

Attachment: alf.jpg
This has been downloaded 52 time(s).

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magic

"Lache und die Welt lacht mit dir.
Weine und du weinst allein"

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Reg.: Aug 2001
Location: Upd8e
Posts: 3867

@ magic

bwaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaahaaaaa!!!!

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quote:

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"eigentlich such ich ja nur wen zum saufen, aber könnma so tun als würd ich dich mit irgendeinem flirtscheiss zutexten, weil das is sozial verträglicher"

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Reg.: Mar 2002
Location: 1040 weeden
Posts: 325

quote:

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Originally posted by anna
...männer habn ihren höhepunkt mit 20...so i've heard

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wie?
nur einen?
nur einen einzigen?

damn!

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no more mr. nice gaius

it's true...
i AM a hideous triumph of form and function

existence is futile

Only the insane equate pain with success.

we need a Bush Family vs Iraq episode for MTV Deathmatch

Ich finde die langsame Spielweise der Österreicher gut, ganz egal ob beim Fussball oder beim Eishockey. Ist dies nicht höchst angenehm angesichts der extremen Hektik unserer Zeit? Endlich hat jemand den Mut zu sagen: "Da machen wir nicht mit, wir unterwerfen uns nicht diesem Hochgeschwindigkeitsdiktat, wir spielen unser eigenes Tempo!" Hut ab vor unseren subversiven Haudegen!

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Reg.: Jul 2003
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quote:

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Originally posted by clau_dnb
nein, 18 möcht ich auch nimma sein....obwohl das erst 3 jahre her ist. aber man glaubt wohl eh immer, dass man supergscheit ist, und einige zeit später merkt man, dass man ziemlich deppert war...geht zumindest mir so.

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Deswegen bin ich darauf umgestiegen prinzipiell davon auszugehen das ich ziemlich deppert bin,...

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,....Ich mache das jetzt schon seit ein paar Jahren und warte immer noch darauf, daß ich merke wie supergscheit ich war.

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