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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930's 1940's, 50's, 60's and early 70's ! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos... They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer. Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitch hiking. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds , KFC, Subway or Nandos. Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on a Sunday, somehow we didn't starve to death! We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers, Bubble Gum and some bangers to blow up frogs with. We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because...... WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars. We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii , X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY , no video/dvd films, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..... WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. Only girls had pierced ears! We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time... We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays, We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet because we didn’t need to keep up with the Jones’s! Not everyone made the rugby/football/cricket/netball team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on MERIT Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and throw the blackboard rubber at us if they thought we weren’t concentrating . We can string sentences together and spell and have proper conversations because of a good, solid three R’s education. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla' We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL ! And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were. PS -The big type is because your eyes are not too good at your age anymore

I've followed both your threads from the start being a Mancunian and all I Can say is Marvellous. But Can you keep it up? Oh yes you Can!

Bob on Arthur! Fire away, sorry about the wait, sleep called. Boogy B)

Firswood, Chorlton and St Werburgh's Road. The three new stops on the Manchester Metrolink extension (running on the old CLC line) from Trafford Bar towards East Didsbury. Right, I better think of a question, What was the nickname of the LYR 0-8-2T shunters used in the Liverpool area?

"Just not sure what the next thing to do is... " Post some pictures?

Silver Shorts - The Wedding Present, who else? Boogy

Well done Barca! I don't think I've seen a match in recent years where Man Utd have been so completely outclassed by someone. Fabulous skill, fabulous goals and a fabulous game. Also be fair the one chance that Utd did make thay scored. Don't know whether I'm gracious (re post above) but the better team most definitely won! Boogy

Fleshworld - The Wedding Present Boogy

Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft - The Wedding Present Boogy

Come Play With Me - The Wedding Present Boogy edit: re post #6936 - Yes, I got mixed up while searching for new title (as I have decided to constrain myself to one band only), this post doesn't fit the rules and I apologise for not realising and editing sooner. It hasn't affected the game at least but seeing as I'm here again, My main gripe of this game is the frequent re-use of the same songs by the same artists. Why can't people check first?

A Million Miles - The Wedding Present Boogy

In my book pictures are an essential, as to use an oft quoted phrase, they paint a thousand words. I'm liking the sweeping lines and feeling of space you seem to be achieving. Keep it up and keep the jpegs flowing. ps No idea bout the use of white lines in 35, you could always ask Grandmaster Flash

(The Moment Before) Everything’s Spoiled Again - The Wedding Present Boogy

It's What You Want That Matters - The Wedding Present

Real Thing - The Wedding Present Boogy

I'm From Further North Than You - The Wedding Present Boogy

American Tan - The Wedding Present Boogy

Not From Where I'm Standing - The Wedding Present Boogy

Ringway To Seatac - The Wedding Present Boogy

Him Or Me (What's It Gonna Be?) - The Wedding Present Boogy

Something and Nothing - The Wedding Present Boogy

Snake Eyes - The Wedding Present Boogy