Received this in mail today:"According to some study, those of us who were kids in the 60's and 70's (may be early 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 tastedthe same. We ate chips and drank fizzy drinks with lots of sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we we're 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 topspeed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. Afterrunning into drains, we learned to solve the problem.We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long aswe were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and noone minded. We did not have Play stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all. No 99channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobilephones, no personal computers, no DVDs, no Internet.We had friends - we went outside and found them. We played elastics androunders, 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 onfist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents. We walked to friends' homes. We also, believe it or not,WALKED or CYCLED to school; we didn't rely on mummy or daddy to drive us to school, which was just round the corner. We rode bikes in packs of 7. 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.If you're one of them, Congratulations!For those of you who aren't old enough thought you might like to readabout us. The majority of students in universities today were born in1986........They are called youth.They have never heard of We are the World, We are the children, and theUptown Girl they know is by West life not Billy Joel. They have neverheard of Prince, Billy Idol, Duran Duran, 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.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 filmsfrom last year.They can never imagine life before computers. They'll never have pretended to be the A Team, Secret Seven or theFamous Five.They can't believe a black and white television ever existed. And theywill 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 with kids.4. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably with computers.5. When you see school aged teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head.6. You remember watching The Saint, Charlie's Angels, Six Million Dollar Man or The Avengers (before they became movies).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, you are thinking of forwarding it to some other friends because you think they will like it too.Yes, you're getting old too!!!!"
Which era do you belong to?
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Hahaha.. i had fun reading the email. Made me smile.. yes, I am getting there..OLD.hehehe.Originally posted by Fuhrer@Aug 9 2005, 02:16 PM
easier voting then reading through all of it..
i still dont see m'sian wearing helmets when they're riding their bikes..so whats change?
Yeah, you re right, most kids in Malaysia dont use helmets... but i hope parents start getting them into habit of using helmets. My gf forced one on me when we started cycling and i hated it!
Anyone remembers DingBat???
Its a round bat (like an oversized ping-pong bat) with a rubber ball attached to it with an elastic rubber thread thinghy.......
Objective, to pat the rubber ball as much as u can......
Missed those simple games days.... where troubles are never in sight....
Its a round bat (like an oversized ping-pong bat) with a rubber ball attached to it with an elastic rubber thread thinghy.......
Objective, to pat the rubber ball as much as u can......
Missed those simple games days.... where troubles are never in sight....
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ehh .. forget ke about rubber band games ... Similar to shoe game ..
The tai-kor will be the one having the most rubber bands .. around his hands .. both hands .. from wrist to elbow ....
Others will be 'chup-ping' .. using tennis ball to hit ur frens .. adoiiii ...
many many more ..
Now, when I watch SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN reruns in 8TV .. waaa ... nostalgia ....
The tai-kor will be the one having the most rubber bands .. around his hands .. both hands .. from wrist to elbow ....
Others will be 'chup-ping' .. using tennis ball to hit ur frens .. adoiiii ...
many many more ..
Now, when I watch SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN reruns in 8TV .. waaa ... nostalgia ....
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Galah panjang.. police and thieves..
Also the card games where you have super duper cars like Modulo(biggest hp), Testarossa, RX7(Rotary Engine), etc etc.
Those were the days. And not forgetting, fighting in school, koyak baju. Come home kena wallop lagi. Oh boy... BTW, I went to an all boys primary school
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Also the card games where you have super duper cars like Modulo(biggest hp), Testarossa, RX7(Rotary Engine), etc etc.
Those were the days. And not forgetting, fighting in school, koyak baju. Come home kena wallop lagi. Oh boy... BTW, I went to an all boys primary school
In "Carjunk" some more.
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What about airbombs made out of sparkplugs, sling-shot guns made out of wood, catching siamese fighting fish after school and actually have fish-fighting competitions.. hmmmmmm.. old liao :cry:
