When I was a lad....?

Question

Kid's tv wasn't as violent
Cartoon characters were simple to understand
Sweets were bigger than today
The bigger the sports bag the cooler the kid
Dunlop or Hitech trainers weren't cool
Action Man was the only pressie i wanted
First pair of footy boots were from a car boot and 3 sizes too big
ALCOHOL WAS SOMETHING YOUR DAD DRANK AT CHRISTMAS
Mobile phones were house bricks
Alien was a scarey film
You were scared of school teachers and had respect for them (personally speaking)
Status at school depended on how fast you could run not what phone you had
Perms and Spikey hair were cool.....strange
Sam Fox was a babe....even stranger

................any more thoughts pls?

'...and in this day and age...'....poor parenting (in some cases), no respect, lack of family values, kids out of wedlock, underage drinking, sky tv, gutter society, spongers of the state......sorry, blah, blah, blah....life 25 yrs ago was simple, if you misbehaved you got a clip 'from whoever' and were grateful for it!

Answer 1

When I was a lad,I didn't think of bashing a pensioner over the head for her pension so i could go out and buy drugs.And when I had the caine at school,I sure-as-hell didn't do the same thing again.I had bruises on my fingers for two weeks that reminded me of what I'd done to deserve it in the first place.I respected authority and knew where to draw the line ( most of the time).I CERTAINLY didn't think I was being abused by having the whip across my backside.I'd done something wrong,and I was being punished so I didn't make the same mistake in the big,bad world outside of school,and end up in trouble with the law.BRING BACK NATIONAL SERVICE

Answer 2

Too funny! and yeah, I'm with you....except for the spikey hair thing...and thats always been weird! And Im not sure I know who Sam Fox is......but what ever happened to the innocence....and our ability to instill the "I remember when" thing? We have to make our kids understand that the internet only happened to become mainstream in the last 10 yrs or so, and it was only because someone out there saw such a potential to it....we need more innovation like this...and values and morals like we use to have! ;-)

Answer 3

When I was a wee one:

You had to drink all your free milk (from a real little glass bottle) with a blue straw before you went out to play, but you got a cow biscuit with it

Nobody could eat a whole wagon wheel without being sick

Everyone had those clicky things from Kellogs cereal on their bike spokes

there wasn't any such things as mobile phones- but there were car phones which were enormous

It used to snow properly and you could get a day off school.

Answer 4

Railway lines, disused quarries, old mine shafts, where not dangerous places.
No-one had heard of Health & Safety.
You learnt to cross the road properly.
You could open the door of trains before it reached the platform.
A six-pence kept you in sweets for a whole weekend.
My nan still kept the Anderson shelter at the bottom of her garden.
You were not allowed to swap brothers on Swap Shop.

Answer 5

When I were a lad mobile phones weren't available to the masses.
ET was a scary film for kids,
Maggie had only just come to power and the tories had another 16 years before defeat,
Regan and Carter were stars of the Sweeney - not presidents of the USA,
Rhubarb and Custard were a cat and dog cartoon - not dessert,
Can I have a 'p' please Bob was a favourite catchphrase.
and so on and so forth......

Answer 6

those were the good old days...credit messed it all up!
Remember riding on your bike with your hood on your head thinking that looked so good? And making a bogie (I'm a Manc..we made a pice of wood with wheels on that omeone pushed with a pole). These days it would be banned but you never got hurt...well not for long...There was always a very old lady who regularly walked around talking to herself. Where did these ladies go? Are they all in institutions now? I hope not! The old days were so much more fun!!!!

Answer 7

All very true! Things these days are falling apart and the reason they are mostly so corrupt... When I was a kid... we had "strangers" that we wernt suposed to talk or take sweets from now we have peodophiles and everything... we didnt take drugs and sex was something adults did when they were married... but now... god knows... lol

Answer 8

When I was a kid married couples couldn't be shown sharing a bed on TV. Houses had only one bathroom, one telephone, and one car. I don't think I heard the f-word until I was in my twenties and it still makes me cringe.

Answer 9

Have you really watched Bugs Bunny or Tom & Jerry or the likes? Those are very violent cartoons.

Answer 10

You could buy potato puffs and wagon wheels were huge.
We hid behind the sofa when Dr Who came on and the dustbins they used for the daleks were real to us....
School milk was free...eughhh
Loads more....