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As children we would ride in cars with no
seatbelts or airbags.
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Our cots were covered in brightly coloured lead
based paint.
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We had no child-proof lids on medicine
bottles. We rode our bikes we had no helmets.
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We would spend hours building go-karts out of
scrap and then ride them down hills
only to find out we forgot the brakes..
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No-one was able to reach us there was no mobile
phones.
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We suffered cuts, and broken bones and teeth, but
there were no suing.. they were accidents.
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No-one was to blame, but us. Remember accidents??
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We had fights, punched each other and got black
and blue and learned to get over it.
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We ate cakes, bread and butter, and drank ginger,
but we were never overweight. because we were always outside
playing.
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We shared a drink with friends from one bottle and
no-one died from this.
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We did not have Playstations or X-boxes, 65
channels on pay TV, video films. DVD`s, mobiles computers, Internet
chatrooms-we had friends. We went outside and found them.
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We rode bikes or walked to a friend`s home and
rung the doorbell, or just walked in and talked to them. imagine
such a thing, without asking a parent!! By ourselves.. Out there in
the cold cruel world.
How did we do it??
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Footie and netball had trials and not everyone
made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with
disappointment.
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Our actions were our own. No-one to hide behind
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The idea of a parent bailng us out if we broke a
law was unheard of, they actually sided with the law-imagine that!!
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This generation produced some of the best risk
takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.
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The past 50years has been an explosion of
innovation.
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We had freedom, failure, success and
responsibility and we learned how to deal with it all.
Congratulations!!
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remember......
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Knowing all your neighbours and all the people in
the local shops
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Outside toilets wi' newspaper torn into
squares for toilet paper
