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what blast from the past would the youth of today find hard to comprehend?
 
All 3 of my kids walk to school, the middle one whos just started secondary, rang me to try and get a lift home the other day! ha ha no chance.
 
Mine was a bit different growing up during Apartheid in South Africa.

Having a maid and a garden boy who lived in their own quarters behind the garage. Petrol attendants who filled your car for you and cleaned your windscreen too. TV back in the day consisted of 4 channels (1 each English, Afrikaans, Sotho and Zulu) and only came on at 3pm and finished at 11pm. Riding around on the back of a Bakkie (ute/flatbed) with absolutely no thought of safety and playing in the veldt until it was too dark to see and your mom shouted for you to come home. McGuyver and the A-Team once a week was something we looked forward to. If you missed it you missed it.

All seemed normal to me.
 
Petrol at 6/3 a gallon (7p a litre). No speed limit on motorways, no seatbelts in cars, holidays at home, getting in to the pictures with jam jars, women staying at home to bring up the children, no central heating in houses, no microwaves, two channels on the TV, both in black and white and the transmissions stopping at 11.30 pm by playing the National Anthem, also played at the end of the pictures and everone stood to attention whilst it was played, respect for the police and others in authority.... I could go on.
 
Imurg said:
Walking to School - and if it was too far getting on your bike!
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Someone's 4yr old stepped out in front of my car on Wednesday, bit of rubber left on the road and squeal of brakes and there was this little pair of eyes looking innocently at me from right in front of the bonnet, like a deer in the headlights. I'd stopped 1cm short of lobbing this kid into the trees or going straight over it. I'd rather people get lifts to school.
 
Persimmon drivers....................:)

Ok - let's keep it relevant to the youth of today - Pubs closing at 3pm on a Sunday before re-opening at 6pm.

If you wanted a vodka based drink, it was with lemonade or orange juice.

Ecstacy was something you felt if you were ever got naked with a member of the opposite sex, rather than popped in your mouth in the form of a pill!!!
 
Imurg said:
Walking to School - and if it was too far getting on your bike!
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In the village I live in no-one is more than 500yds away from the primary school. There is still an almighty whacky races event every morning as the poor wee wains are dropped off to save their wee legs from wearing down on that long walk :mad:
 
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