its a tough world. NOT

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When it comes to this my motto is "It's always the government's fault" - I can use this because I can't find a job because no tosser will risk someone without experience.

I'm 18, but never bought into this "let's get bevvied every night", Juice FM type stuff that my mates seem into. Christ before I went out for New Years I sat in watching Casablanca instead of raving to that ****e. And the various fashion trends don't half bug me, you'll never see me dead in boat shoes and chinos.

Now if you'll excuse me, time to fit in and play FIFA...

I'm also 18 and your second paragraph pretty much sums me up, too.

Wanna bum?
 

I'm fuming at the advantages for productive burping you critters have these days.

When I was a lid you'd have a dog eared pass down copy of Escort or International Club. Mmmmm, Sandy. Or the occasional moody VHS with massive bush all over the show.

These days you have internet and unlimited choice. A tad unfair I feel.

FLASHBACKS!

They used to cut the front covers off and bin the mags because they'd get a refund on them for some reason.

Cue: Mcbain - Midnight mission to said bin.

'Rosie' mag was the best.
 
When it comes to this my motto is "It's always the government's fault" - I can use this because I can't find a job because no tosser will risk someone without experience.

I'm 18, but never bought into this "let's get bevvied every night", Juice FM type stuff that my mates seem into. Christ before I went out for New Years I sat in watching Casablanca instead of raving to that ****e. And the various fashion trends don't half bug me, you'll never see me dead in boat shoes and chinos.

Now if you'll excuse me, time to fit in and play FIFA...


im 32 and still havent. Don't worry, be yourself mate.
 

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930s, '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s!!

First, we survived being born to mothers who may have smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then, after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets, and, when we rode our bikes,
we had baseball caps, not helmets, on our heads.

As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes..

Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter, and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And we weren't overweight.

WHY?

Because we were always outside playing...that's why!

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 OKAY.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem..

We did not have Play Stations, Nintendo's and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVDs, no surround-sound or CDs, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no 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 those accidents.

We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles, or just a bare hand, and no one would call child services to report abuse.

We ate worms, and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls, and although we were told it would happen- we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them.

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.

Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers, and inventors ever.

The past 50 to 85 years have seen 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 are one of those born between 1925-1970, 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 so much of our lives for our own good.

While you are at it, forward it to your kids, so they will know how brave and lucky their parents were.

:lol:

Did you live with the Waltons or Brady Bunch mate?
 
I'm fuming at the advantages for productive burping you critters have these days.

When I was a lid you'd have a dog eared pass down copy of Escort or International Club. Mmmmm, Sandy. Or the occasional moody VHS with massive bush all over the show.

These days you have internet and unlimited choice. A tad unfair I feel.

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2000 was a very good year.
 
The kids are alright. Granted this gen is self-absorded, and their music sucks (I lived through the 80s music scene and never thought it would be rehased). They are much more well behaved than my generation, crime is at a historic low so is teen pregnancy and book wise/academically they are pretty smart and work hard.

If anything I feel sorry for them, no generation has gotten more screwed than the current gen. We've taken away so many freedoms from them since the 60-70s, They get to fight and pay the concequences for all the wars that their parents were too chicken ****e to fight. And when the graduate at the age of 22-24 they are immediately saddled with a college loan debt worth a mortage (unlike their parents) which they get to pay off by working at Johnny Rockets. If there is one thing this generation has do to is grow a backbone and stick up for themselves.
 
I'm fuming at the advantages for productive burping you critters have these days.

When I was a lid you'd have a dog eared pass down copy of Escort or International Club. Mmmmm, Sandy. Or the occasional moody VHS with massive bush all over the show.

These days you have internet and unlimited choice. A tad unfair I feel.

YES!

And Nadia as well.
 
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