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This one is for my kids when they grow up

Just for a minute, forget everything stressful and read this...............

Close your eyes and go back in time...
Before the VR net or MSnux.

Before phasars, tasps and wireheads....

Way back........
I'm talking about Hide and Seek in B&Q.

The Tesco Home delivery Van

Pokemon

Butterscotch.

Skateboards, micro scooters

English Football on real grass.

S Club, Hoobs, James Bond, Beano and Dennis the Menace.

Hula Hoops - BBQ flavour,

jumping the stream, building dams.

when you could go out in the sun in summer.
the sky was blue not pink and grass grew so tall it had to be mown.

bubble gum was still legal

An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from your own freezer

peaches and pears from tins.

Wait......



Watching Saturday morning MTV, The Simpsons, Robot Wars, being allowed to watch Red Dwarf

When there was fuel for cars and aeroplanes and you could get holidays in far off places.

when Earwigs, wasps, stinging nettles and bees were found in the wild.

it was safe to lick Sticky fingers.

Trees.

Snow

having a special building for school, outside your house with other children

Running,

Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.

Being tired from playing....remember that?

The worst embarrassment was wearing nikes

Water balloons were not a dangerous weapon

the internet was free.

I'm not finished just yet.....

Eating strawberry fromage frais, triple choc cereal.

Remember when...

shoes were made from oil derivitives
Trainers lit up in the heels.

and you didn't have to wear them at school.

You knew everyone in your house - and you knew your parents.

It wasn't odd to have "best" friends who were real people.

You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve.

When people owned a dog.

When 250p was decent pocket money

When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a pound.

When sometimes you'd have the house to yourself.

It was magic when dad would be home at the weekend.

When it wasn't considered a great privilege to eat dinner at home with your parents.

When a parent would discipline their kid, feed him and allow him to carry groceries without anyone elses permission.

When you were sent to the head's office instead of receiving demerits by email.

Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it was because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs etc. Not the end of the world through environmental breakdown, resource wars, multigenerational debt and virus weapons

Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!

Remember when....

Decisions were made without software

"Race issue" meant coloured people living in your town not Mongol hoards at the border

Each country had their own sort of money.

There was only one opposite sex.

It wasn't unbelievable that the British won an Olympic event.

Mum was pretty without paying for it.

Scrapes and bruises were not life threatening

Cannabis was not taxed

Fat, Alcohol, Caffiene and Sugar was all available in a single drink.

Older siblings were full blood relations.

If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED.

Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up" life...

I DOUBLE-DARE YOU!!!

-Author Unknown-