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Rogue9
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Country: Canada
Birthday: 11/19/1983
Gender: Male
Interests: Car, Car... oh right Car...
Planes... Airport...
Expertise: procrastination, My car.
Ferris Wheel, Scrambler, Dragon.
Occupation: Student
Industry: Other
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Member Since:
8/9/2002
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| I saw this on another forum and thought most of us fit this 'criteria'. I read it and remembered how most of us were all outside screwin' around not giving a shit. Here it is ... a tribute to all of us born before 1986.
According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who Were kids in the 60's, 70's and early 80's probably shouldn't have survived, because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with pans.
When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and fluorescent 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels. As children, we.would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags - riding in the passenger seat was a treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the same.
We ate chips, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy juice with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.
We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no-one actually died from this.
We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded.
We did not have Play stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all.No sky channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no DVDs, no Internet chat rooms.
We had friends - we went outside and found them.
We played elastics and rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt!British bulldogs,run off,We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no law suits.We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents.
We played chap-the-door-run-away (bobber knockin) and were actually afraid the owners catching us.
We walked to friends' homes.
We also, believe it or not, WALKED to school; we didn't rely on mummy or daddy to drive us to school, which was just round the corner.
We made up games with sticks and tennis balls.
We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood.
The idea of a parents bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of...They actually sided with the law.
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. And you're one of them. Congratulations!
Pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow as real kids,before lawyers and governments regulated our lives, for our own good.
For those of you who aren't old enough, thought you might like to read about us.
This my friends, is surprisingly frightening......and it might put a smile on your face:
The majority of students in universities today were born in 1986........They are called youth.
They have never heard of We are the World, We are the children,and the Uptown Girl they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel. They have never heard of bananarama, Nena Cherry or Belinda Carlisle.
For them, there has always been only one Germany and one
Vietnam.
AIDS has existed since they were born. CD's have existed since they were born.
To them John Travolta has always been round in shape and they can't imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance. They believe that Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible are films from last year.
They can never imagine life before computers.
They'll never have pretended to be the A Team, RedHand Gang or the Famous Five.
They'll never have applied to be on Jim'll Fix It
They can't believe a black and white television ever existed. And they will never understand how we could leave the house without a mobile phone.
Now let's check if we're getting old...
1. You understand what was written above and you smile.
2. You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a night out.
3. Your friends are getting married/already married.
4. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably with computers.
5. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head.
6. You remember watching Dirty Den in EastEnders the first time around.
7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good Old days,repeating again all the funny things you have experienced together.
8. Having read this you are thinking of forwarding it to some other friends because you think they will like it too... | | |
| Description: You're a Vancouverite when:
1. You know the mountains are located north. In fact, you use them to get your bearing when lost.
2. Checking the weather means looking out the window.
3. Your car’s A/C is left on all the time, even in winter.
4. A nice day means its not raining no matter how cold or cloudy it is. A beautiful day means you can see the mountains.
5. The sound of the 9 o’clock gun doesn’t startle you.
6. You know that West Vancouver, the West End, and the West Side are different places.
7. You know more people who have cabins in Whistler than cabins anywhere else.
8. You hate the Calgary Flames, but not as much as the Toronto Leafs.
9. You pay more for a litre of bottled water than a litre of gas.
10. You know what the acronyms NDP, GVRD, CFL, NHL, VPL, BC, UBC, SFU, VSB, BCAA, ICBC. PNE, CBC and CTV mean.
11. You consider anything below 5 degrees to be freezing.
12. However, you consider 20 degrees and above ‘roasting’.
13. You’ll accept American money with out hesitation.
14. A full day is going to Ikea.
15. You think it’s weird not to have a cell phone, but even stranger, one with out a camera.
16. You know five good and cheap places to eat with in walking distance right off the top of your head.
17. Deciding where to eat is a matter of deciding what type of food you’re in the mood for: Japanese, Chinese, Mexican, Italian, etc.
18. You know where the two Starbucks corner is downtown.
19. The thought of a Starbucks in the washroom of a Starbucks makes you laugh.
20. You still consider Tim Horton’s an interior and east coast concept.
21. You know more people who smoke marijuana than have their class 5 drivers’ license.
22. You know what 4/20 means and the Art Gallery in relation.
23. You can name all the universities in Vancouver but not all the colleges.
24. It snows your trash isn’t picked up and your garbage trucks turn into salt trucks.
25. You know all the T.V. shows and movies filmed in Vancouver.
26. You know that Vancouver is sometimes called Hollywood North.
27. The whole city shuts down over less than a foot of snow.
28. You know many jokes about Slurry… Surrey.
29. You’ll always refer to ‘The Telus World of Science’ as ‘Science World’.
30. You consider the 778 area code to be lesser than the 604.
31. The concept of skiing, golfing, and sailing in the same day does not seem impossible to you.
32. You feel guilty about throwing aluminum cans in the garbage.
33. The Olympic line on Cambie makes no sense to you.
34. You can pronounce Tsawwassen, Squamish, Osoyoos, Ucluelet, Esquimalt, Sooke, and Nanaimo.
35. You know a California Roll is a type of sushi.
36. You despise the B.C. Ferries and Translink.
37. You chuckle when you say the word ‘fast ferries’.
38. Not being able to drink the tap water is a major hassle.
39. You know Vancouver Canucks started the ‘white towel’ trend in sports.
40. You assume you’ll pay more than $25 for a cab ride no matter where you’re going.
41. Rent and housing prices make you cringe.
42. Tourism, the Port of Vancouver, fishing, and forestry related businesses are Vancouver’s four main industries -- next to grow ops.
43. You know people who are legally adults but can only drive with one passenger in the car and a 0.0 blood alcohol level.
44. You know there’s a town called Dawson Creek.
45. You know the name of one homeless or crazy person on a first name basis.
46. You know the Canucks have never won the Stanley Cup.
47. Your only memory of AOL is playing Frisbee with a garbage can.
48. You’ve been lost in Richmond because you thought making two right turns would get you back on to the main road.
49. You know that Vancouver Island is not in Vancouver.
50. You plan to go skiing or snowboarding after work / school.
51. You never go camping with out waterproof matches and waterproof clothing.
52. Any Canadian that doesn’t talk like you is just considered ‘East Coast’.
53. You know which mountains are involved in the 2010 Winter Olympics.
54. You have an unbendable faith that cars will always stop when you cross the street.
55. You did not know Vancouver is also the name of a city in Clark County, Washington State.
56. Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod had more influence on your daily life than Vladimir Putin.
57. You consider all B.C. beer to be local.
58. You know three or more people involved in some sort car accident that was their fault.
59. You’re surprised to see only one car turn left on a yellow light.
60. Cars that don’t turn right on red lights make you upset.
61. You say you’ll only be 5 minutes but really mean 15.
62. Your idea of a hic is someone from Vancouver Island.
63. Going through a car wash is the most magical part of your day.
64. You have several public transit stories involving: drunks, crazy people, and teenagers.
65. A yellow light means keep going and a red light means three more cars.
66. Finding parking takes longer than it did to drive there.
67. You know what ‘The Big One’ means.
68. If you hear someone is doing the Grind, you know they’re not hitting the books.
69. You know all the words to Bryan Adam The Summer of 69.
70. You boycott at least one store or brand name.
71. The gym is always packed at 3:00pm on a working day.
72. You consider that if it has no snow, it’s not a ‘real’ mountain.
73. In winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark
74. You have no concept of humidity without precipitation.
75. You have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.
76. The cars in the student parking lot are way nicer than the cars in the staff parking lot. | | |
| TRANSFORMERS! ROBOTS IN THE SKY!
I LOVE transformers! Yup! Eversince I was a kid. Still do! NObody loves it more than me! And Mel KICKS ASS for buying me the "best battles" DVD. | | |
| Hi! My name is J. Lo. That's right. Jennifer Lopez! YOU LIKE MY SEXY BIG ASS! Ok, no really, it is J. Lo. Just not latino. I like my playland job. No, I LOVE my Playland job. I want to marry it. *tongue action* I've got more kids than I remember making, but that doesn't matter. I love my kids. Well, ok, I didn't make them. Rather, they were assigned to me over the years. Yes, I am lovable. So lovable! Do you not agree?
I enjoy solving any conflict in a civil but assertive manner. Just don't piss me off!!!! And if ANYONE tries to break into my car. Dont look up because all you'll see is me coming at you with my fuck stick and a rifle! So "OH NO YOU DON'T!" *just imagine me saying that like some ghetto chick would say "oh no you didn't!".*
My lesson of the day? LEARN TO SIGN OFF MY XANGA BEFORE SOME SHORT ASIAN GIRL, ABOUT YEH HIGH, LONG BLACK HAIR WITH SOME HIGHLIGHTS. YEAH, YOU KNOW, HER!!!!! | | |
| yea yea I know I never check or go on xanga much.
As for the last post, yea I forgot she wrote that in there...
and really, why do I need to log out when this computer is IN MY ROOM!
u know.. .. MOST people won't be here to check my pages.
but yea.
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