Thread: who do you think grew up in the best generation

Originally Posted by cooper

The problem now of course is that i am 60,and still want to be that 18 year old again

Nah, you just want to feel that 18 year old again

Originally Posted by rovercare

Nah, you just want to feel that 18 year old again

Every old mans dream Matt. They say you are only as old as the woman you feel. The problem with getting older is that the body gets old but the mind does not.

I am a baby boomer (born in 1950) and have got to say that I think we were the luckiest generation (apart from Vietnam). Here's some reasons
1. We survived being born to mothers who smoked and drank (could explain the rum addiction)while they carried us and we lived in houses made of asbestos.
2. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products,loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from cans and didn,t get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer
3.after that trauma our baby cots were painted in brightly coloured LEAD based paint.We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,no helmets or shoes when we rode our bikes and we rode in cars without seat belts or air bags.
4. We drank water from the garden hose, rain water tanks full of mozzie larvae and not from a bottle. Take away food was limited to fish and chips. No KFC, McDonalds, Subway etc.
5. We shared our soft drinks with our friends and no one actually died from this.
6. We collected old drink bottles and cashed them in at the corner store and bought lollies with the money.
7.We ate cupcakes,white bread,soft drinks with sugar in them and we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. On the weekends we would leave home in the morning and come home before the streetlights came on. No one could reach us all day but we were ok.
8.We didn't have playstation,nintendos X boxes video games ,sky TV,mobile phones,pc's or the internet BUT we had our friends and we were always outside playing with them.
8. Only girls had pierced ears.
9.You could only get easter eggs and hot cross buns at Easter time.
10.We were given air rifles and shangais for out teen birthdays.
11.Our teachers used to hit us with canes and rulers and dusters but we deserved it and held no grudge.
12.The idea our a parent bailing us out when we got into trouble was unheard of as they usually sided with the law.
13.Our parents didn't invent silly name for us like "Kiora,Blade,Ridge or Vanilla"
14.We had failure,freedom success and responsibility and we learned how to deal with it all.
So if like me, you are one of the baby boomers, I say congratulations.

Originally Posted by Bearman

I am a baby boomer (born in 1950)

Old enough to be my father

Well, he was born in 1950 too

Originally Posted by rovercare

Old enough to be my father

Well, he was born in 1950 too

old enuf to be my grandfather

Originally Posted by rovercare

Old enough to be my father

Well, he was born in 1950 too

Was a good year.!!!!!

Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton

old enuf to be my grandfather

Well my eldest sibling, my sister is near 40

Originally Posted by Bearman

Was a good year.!!!!!

Must of been, he can still outwork me to