sdh2903
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 12:56 AM |
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when would you have liked to have grown up?
Caution. Middle of nightshift random post coming up
In what era (if not the on you grew up in) would you have liked to have grown up in?
Few things got me thinking about this. I'm an early 80's child, was given a fair bit of freedom by my parents and had a good childhood.
Nowadays parents including myself are scared to death about letting them off the leash because of the amount of nutters around. I'm also sat
here listening to a rock music station playing 60s and 70's rock music and its fecking great compared to most of the fabricated shite out there
now.
I've also travelled around a bit, mainly with work, and working in places in Asia where people really dont have a lot yet I've found them
to be the happiest, most hospitable people around. Last week the electric went off in our house for a couple of hours and the kids thought their world
had come to an end , what do you mean i cant get on the internet? was the whine!!!
Granted I enjoy creature comforts, I enjoy watching formula 1 in HD and reading peoples build blogs on the internet but I dont feel i depend on it
like others do. I'm just as happy out on my bike on the middle of nowhere or up a hill somewhere.
Whats everyones thoughts on this?
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maccmike
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 01:35 AM |
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late 60's for me, born in 80 and feel if id been born bit earlier id have experienced the best 10 years of cars - 80's turbo era. I
remember seeing supercars as a kid, it was a real moment, now superfast cars are 10 a penny, just not the same. fuel was peanuts and the roads so much
quieter and without cameras. iv seen some special kit but the single memory that Ill never forget is coming home from oulton park in my dads hf
intergrali and 2 rs200's raced past at warp speed. magical
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franky
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 01:41 AM |
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I would have liked to been in my early 20's in the 70's
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HowardB
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 01:46 AM |
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I am 40ish, and think that the seventies and eighties were a great time to be growing up, certainly much later and the panic seems to have set in. I
was also one of the last to benefit from a fully funded degree course,... and to have a job straight afterward in engineering. Perhaps a decade
earlier would have been ok, but a decade later would not be good in my opinion.
I'm with you on the music too, but there is no shortage of rock still on the radio, so atleast there is still hope.
Howard
Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again and goes zoom)
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 02:28 AM |
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It's interesting thought, while you say:
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Nowadays parents including myself are scared to death about letting them off the leash because of the amount of nutters around.
I'm fairly sure the crime stats would tell you it's at least as safe now, if not safer, it's just the perception of problems is
greater.
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jeffw
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 06:18 AM |
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To a large extend it is the Media reporting that effects peoples decisions on this. I was born in 1960 and my Mum used to put my sister and I outside
the front door in prams as babes while she cleaned the house. She also didn't eat on Fridays as there wasn't enough money (Dad was in the
RN and it wasn't very well paid) but we kids never went short. My parents also moved house (with a 3 year old & 2 year old) on a push
bike.
I remember watching England win the world cup in 1966 (vaguely), the moon landing, glam rock & free festivals on the stones at Stonehenge. The
world has moved on considerably, but not always for the better.
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Macbeast
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 07:11 AM |
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I'll let you know when I have grown up. But after 69 years. there's no sign of it happening
I'm addicted to brake fluid, but I can stop anytime.
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Ivan
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 07:23 AM |
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I agree with Macbeast - still growing up at 62.
However I couldn't have had a better childhood in the 50's, then teenage years through 60's to 70's - a good time to grow up
as lot's of freedom and very little crime to worry about and drug use and binge drinking and it's attached selfishness was almost unknown
- to my mind drunk or drugged people spoil the fun for everyone not involved and are totally selfish - the only big downer was the injustices in SA
of the time, which one became more and more aware of as one matured.
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whitestu
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 08:07 AM |
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When I read Tom Saywer as a kid I though that sounded perfect - climb out of your bedroom window at night and go rafting on the Mississippi, and no
school!
So late 19th century Southern America for me!
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mark chandler
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 08:20 AM |
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I was born in 63, maybe move to 1960 because it would have made buying a house a little easier but apart from that it's been good.
With regards to safety, I have never felt unsafe and blame the news for making people feel that way, drugs and booze have been around for years but I
do think that over the last 10 years some peoples respect for others has slid  but on the whole we live in a safe and tolerant society that rewards
hard work.
Regards Mark
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scootz
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 08:27 AM |
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Victorian era... I would have quite fancied buying, dismantling and redistributing penny-farthing parts on the www.yemodestlypricedfabricators.co.uk
website
It's Evolution Baby!
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r1_pete
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 08:31 AM |
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I was born in 1960, wouldn't change anything.
We had enough, all we really wanted was a bike and bats balls etc. we used to spend lots of time building bikes from, well, scrap, and trading parts
etc, locost cycling in the 60s.
Everything was a lot simpler then, maybe my parents didn't think so, but my lasting memories of long summer holidays and trying to squeeze
everything into the last Sunday of the 6 weeks holidays before being shouted in for bath time....
70's got a bit more serious, especially 76 when I got a Garelli Tiger Cross.....
and I still have never owned a games console
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AndyW
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 08:52 AM |
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Im 40 next month. Loved my childhood, vague memories of the 70's. The 80's were great as a kid. Got into music, had a good childhood,
remember doing some of the things we did, and now as a parent things are different. But not that different for my kids, except most of the music
nowadays is tripe. (sign of old age there!!)
But as for an era for growing up, I will stick to the one in which I did. As for actually growing up like others have said, not quite sure I have
really.
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bi22le
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 08:56 AM |
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Being born in early 80s i quite like my era. my parents were liberal due to the time of their up bringing but also timed well with huge growth in the
UK. i also consider my age group as the first of the Information Technology era. i am not afraid of any new technology and grew up with pc being super
slow so have a legacy to preach to my kids.
i missed out driving in the 80s, arguably the best car era but as a child i had the best dreams and inspirations!
I will hopefully live to see nuclear fusion become a energy source and petrol prices be peanuts again. ill probably be about 70 though!!
I don't feel i have missed out on rock as its just as strong now as ever. i can also listen to the beetles in perfect clarity with no screaming
girls to spoil it!!
Track days ARE the best thing since sliced bread, until I get a supercharger that is!
Please read my ring story:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/13/viewthread.php?tid=139152&page=1
Me doing a sub 56sec lap around Brands Indy. I need a geo set up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHksfvIGB3I
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loggyboy
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 09:17 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bi22le
Being born in early 80s i quite like my era. my parents were liberal due to the time of their up bringing but also timed well with huge growth in the
UK. i also consider my age group as the first of the Information Technology era. i am not afraid of any new technology and grew up with pc being super
slow so have a legacy to preach to my kids.
i missed out driving in the 80s, arguably the best car era but as a child i had the best dreams and inspirations!
I will hopefully live to see nuclear fusion become a energy source and petrol prices be peanuts again. ill probably be about 70 though!!
I don't feel i have missed out on rock as its just as strong now as ever. i can also listen to the beetles in perfect clarity with no screaming
girls to spoil it!!
Yeah me too (allthough I did 'experience' 10 months of the 70s!)
If I could take some 90s tech back to the 70s with me, Id like to be in my late teens, drop a Redtop (thats the 90s tech id like) in to a Chevette -
with no m/way speed limits - id lave lots of fun. It was also alot easier to stay one step a head of the plod in those days.
But all in all I quite liked 'growing up' in the 90s, I got Mobile phones and the birth of the internet which aided my 'man
slut' days no end!
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owelly
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 09:30 AM |
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I'd want to grow-up just a few years before I did! I was born in '71 but living in a sleepy village in the middle of knowhere, I missed
most of the good stuff! We didn't have a telly until I found a broken one and fixed it when I was about ten. I used to go and collect my mam
from work in whatever car I was tinkering with when I was about 13. That was about the time I got my first Magenta kit car and learnt how to start our
old series 1 Landy with the starting handle. If I'd been born a few years earlier, I would have seen more mini-skirts and bra-less
chicks......just like on the re-runs of the Professionals.
[Edited on 8/3/12 by owelly]
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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Benzine
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 09:51 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Victorian era... I would have quite fancied buying, dismantling and redistributing penny-farthing parts on the www.yemodestlypricedfabricators.co.uk
website
Nah, everyone would be on the RWD equivalent of the penny farthing, the pony star :
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scootz
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 10:04 AM |
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Seriously though, I'm quite happy to have been a 70's / 80's child. I reckon I've lived through the years of most
technological advancement. Most things from this point on will be an evolution of existing technologies.
That said, I reckon I'll also have lived through the period where we truly ****** the planet!
It's Evolution Baby!
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roadrunner
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 10:09 AM |
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I'm holding out for an era that has not happened thus far. Maybe the 2050s.
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loggyboy
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 10:14 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Seriously though, I'm quite happy to have been a 70's / 80's child. I reckon I've lived through the years of most
technological advancement. Most things from this point on will be an evolution of existing technologies.
No we still have warp drives, transporter and replicator technology to look forward to!
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D Beddows
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 10:25 AM |
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But all in all I quite liked 'growing up' in the 90s, I got Mobile phones and the birth of the internet which aided my 'man
slut' days no end!
I was born in 1968 and having observed the teenagers living in our house I'm actually really glad my teenage years were spent without mobile
phones, the internet and especially Facebook! I wouldn't want to be without them now (with the exception of Facebook) but I don't see
being in constant contact with your 'friends' when you're a teenager as being a step forward.
Being born in the 60's is about right I reckon (although I'm obviously slightly biased!) the freedom of being a kid in the 70's,
seeing 'youth culture' evolve (it just goes round in circles now) and watching technology take off.
I'll be honest I don't miss the cars - 70's and 80's cars are vastly overated nowadays, yeah some of the top of the
range/sports versions were okish but most people didn't drive them they drove the base models and I'm sorry but an 1100 MK2 Escort/1300cc
MK 4 Cortina/ 1100cc Chevette/1100 Allegro etc etc were pretty horrible then and are pretty horrible now!
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scootz
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 10:27 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Seriously though, I'm quite happy to have been a 70's / 80's child. I reckon I've lived through the years of most
technological advancement. Most things from this point on will be an evolution of existing technologies.
No we still have warp drives, transporter and replicator technology to look forward to!
But they won't blow my breeks off when they get invented... as I'm now so used to ridiculous things becoming possible!
It's Evolution Baby!
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scudderfish
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 11:11 AM |
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I was born in 1970 and I remember being poo scared of global nuclear war. At least this generation don't have that to worry about.
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Fred W B
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 11:38 AM |
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I was born 63, and am happy with that.
I did consider that the most impressive generation to be would be that of my grandmother, who died in the 1980's. She was born in the 19th
centry, would have have only known horses as private transport as a kid, yet before she died man was on the moon.
Current developments in medical, computer and other fields may be impressive, but it's not like when suddenly one day a car drives past, or a
plane flies overhead, when you have never see anything like it before.
Cheers
Fred W B
[Edited on 8/3/12 by Fred W B]
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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scudderfish
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| posted on 8/3/12 at 11:40 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Fred W B
I was born 63, and am happy with that.
I did consider that the most impressive generation to be would be that of my grandmother, who died in the 1980's. She was born in the 19th
centry, would have have only know horses as private tranport as a kid, yet before she died man was on the moon.
Current developments in medical, computer and other fields may be impressive, but it's not like when suddenly one day a car drives past, or a
plane flies overhead, when you have never see anything like it before.
Cheers
Fred W B
[Edited on 8/3/12 by Fred W B]
Reminds my of my grandmother. She was born the week before the Wright brothers flew, but she had an e-mail address. I don't think I'll
see such a range of tech in my life.
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