I love Nandos...the peri peri chicken rocks. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:23 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote:
> ** > > *CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE* > > 1940's, 50's, 60's and early 70's ! > > * > **First, 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, loads of bacon and > processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or > cervical cancer.* > > > *Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright colored > lead-based paints.* > > > We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when > we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we > took hitchhiking. > > > *As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or 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 or Nandos. > > > Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, > somehow we didn't starve to death! > > * > **We shared one soft drink 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 corner store and > buy Toffees, Gobstoppers, Bubble Gum and some bangers to blow up frogs > with. > *We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with > sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......* > > > *WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!* > > > *We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were > back when the streetlights came on.* > > > *No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.*�� > > > *We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride > down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses > and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars.* > > > We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii, X-boxes, no video games at all, > no 999 channels on SKY, > no video/dvd films, > *no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat > rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!* > > > > We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no > Lawsuits from these accidents. > > > > Only girls had pierced ears! > > > > We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us > forever. > > > > You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time... > > > * > **We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays,* > > > * > **We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or > rang the bell, or just yelled for them!* > > Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet! > > > > RUGBY and CRICKET had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who > didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into > the team was based on > > *MERIT* > > > > Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and bully's*�**always > *ruled the playground at school. > > > > > > The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. > > *They actually sided with the law!* > > > > Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and > 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla' > > > > > *We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW > TO* > *DEAL WITH IT ALL!* > > > > * > **And YOU are one of them!* > *CONGRATULATIONS!* > > > *You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up > as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our > own good.* > > > *And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how > brave their parents were.* > > > > > > PS -The big type is because your eyes are not too good at your age anymore > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
