How do you know if you have lived

magotch07 · 16-02-2011 8:56pm #1

Hubba Bubba bubble gum and 2p Flogs, toffee logs, macaroon bars and woppas, 3p Refreshers and wham bars, superhero chewing gum with the "lick it, stick it" tattoos, golf ball chewing gums and liquorice whips, desperate dan and roy of the rovers, sherbet dips and Mr. freezes, marathon bars and everlasting gobstoppers. An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe neopolitan Wait... Watching Saturday Morning cartoons ... short commercials, Battle of the Planets, Road Runner, He-Man, Swapshop, and Why Don't You?, Transformers, How do you do?, Bosco, Forty-coats, the Littlest Hobo and Lassie, The Muppet Show, MacGyver, Scarecrow and Mrs King, Little House on the Prairie . When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like going somewhere. A million midget bites, sticky fingers and mud all over you, knee-pads on your jeans, Cops and Robbers, Rounders, tip the Can, Queenie-I-O, climbing trees, spin the bottle, building igloos out of snow banks, walking to school, no matter what the weather, running till you were out of breath. Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt, Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights, Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles, Being tired from playing... Remember that? The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. Water balloons & eggs were the ultimate weapon. Reflectors in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. And don't forget the rich tea sandwiches we'd make by buttering a couple a rich tea biscuits and stickin' them together. And that quare oul mixture made in a tall glass with HB ice cream and Taylor Keith Red Lemonade. I'm not finished just yet... Eating raw jelly, orange squash ice pops...... Remember when ... There were two types of runners - girls and boys and the only time you wore them at school,was for "P.E.", Gola football boots. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends, when nobody owned a pure bred dog, when 25p was decent pocket money, when you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny, when nearly everyone's ma was at home when the kids got there, when it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents. When any parent could discipline any kid or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it. When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home. Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of muggings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! and some of us are still afraid of them!!! Remember when.... Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo." Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!" "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly", the game of life and connect four, atari 2600's and commadore 64's. The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs. It was unbelievable that Red rover wasn't an Olympic event... Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a biro barrel pea shooter or an elastic band. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better, Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable vitamins, Ice cream was considered a basic food group. Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.. Abilities were discovered because of a "double dare" Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors. If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!

For Forks Sake · 16-02-2011 8:57pm

You know how to punctuate. My eyes!

partyatmygaff · 16-02-2011 8:58pm

My eyes....

They burn from lack of paragraphing.

That and you missed All things Retro. Just two forums under AH.

Badgermonkey · 16-02-2011 8:58pm

Is this one of those magic eye pics?

I see the phrase 'Too much like hard work', I think.

SadieSue · 16-02-2011 8:58pm

I have read through that and lived.

Cheap Thrills! · 16-02-2011 9:00pm

Yeh, been there got the t-shirt.

(It's XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL)

TheZohanS · 16-02-2011 9:00pm

magotch07 wrote: »

What about Hide and Seek in the park. The shop down the road, Hopscotch, Donkey, skipping, handstands, Kick the can, red rover, rounders,stuck in the mud, football with an old can, Skipping, Ball, GPO (with an old shoe polish tin!), Dandy, Beano, Mandy, Twinkle and Roly Poly, Hula Hoops, Jumping the stream, building a swing from a tyre and a piece of rope tied to a tree (If you live in Dublin the lampost), building tree-houses, climbing up onto roofs. Tennis on the street, the smell of the sun and fresh cut grass.. Hubba Bubba bubble gum and 2p Flogs, toffee logs, macaroon bars and woppas, 3p Refreshers and wham bars, superhero chewing gum with the "lick it, stick it" tattoos, golf ball chewing gums and liquorice whips, desperate dan and roy of the rovers, sherbet dips and Mr. freezes, marathon bars and everlasting gobstoppers. An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe neopolitan Wait... Watching Saturday Morning cartoons ... short commercials, Battle of the Planets, Road Runner, He-Man, Swapshop, and Why Don't You?, Transformers, How do you do?, Bosco, Forty-coats, the Littlest Hobo and Lassie, The Muppet Show, MacGyver, Scarecrow and Mrs King, Little House on the Prairie . When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like going somewhere. A million midget bites, sticky fingers and mud all over you, knee-pads on your jeans, Cops and Robbers, Rounders, tip the Can, Queenie-I-O, climbing trees, spin the bottle, building igloos out of snow banks, walking to school, no matter what the weather, running till you were out of breath. Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt, Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights, Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles, Being tired from playing... Remember that? The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. Water balloons & eggs were the ultimate weapon. Reflectors in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. And don't forget the rich tea sandwiches we'd make by buttering a couple a rich tea biscuits and stickin' them together. And that quare oul mixture made in a tall glass with HB ice cream and Taylor Keith Red Lemonade. I'm not finished just yet... Eating raw jelly, orange squash ice pops...... Remember when ... There were two types of runners - girls and boys and the only time you wore them at school,was for "P.E.", Gola football boots. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends, when nobody owned a pure bred dog, when 25p was decent pocket money, when you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny, when nearly everyone's ma was at home when the kids got there, when it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents. When any parent could discipline any kid or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it. When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home. Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of muggings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! and some of us are still afraid of them!!! Remember when.... Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo." Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!" "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly", the game of life and connect four, atari 2600's and commadore 64's. The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs. It was unbelievable that Red rover wasn't an Olympic event... Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a biro barrel pea shooter or an elastic band. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better, Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable vitamins, Ice cream was considered a basic food group. Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.. Abilities were discovered because of a "double dare" Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors. If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!

What about this missing part:

Forward this email on to everyone you know and a magic fairy will bring you luck and have sex with you, if you don't forward on this message you will die

Latchy · 16-02-2011 9:02pm

'' I survived AH and lived '' T shirt being printed as I speak

orourkeda · 16-02-2011 9:02pm

Tits

cml387 · 16-02-2011 9:02pm

Cut and paste from Notepad without wordwrap,I'd suspect.

In the old days we had to cut out things from a newspaper and stick them in a scrapbook with cowgum.Now THAT was living.

magotch07 · 16-02-2011 9:04pm

i have tried to edited numerous times without any luck sorry for hurting the eyes just thought it is a decent mail nice to look back on the past and laugh

Captain_Generic · 16-02-2011 9:05pm

magotch07 wrote: »

i have tried to edited numerous times without any luck sorry for hurting the eyes just thought it is a decent mail nice to look back on the past and laugh

Judging by that sentence maybe you did write it yourself...

Abi · 16-02-2011 9:05pm

Copy and paste bullshit.

SadieSue · 16-02-2011 9:06pm

As you can see.. We're a bunch of cynics although the "lick it and stick it" part made me giggle.

KeithM89_old · 16-02-2011 9:07pm

magotch07 wrote: »

Hubba Bubba bubble gum and 2p Flogs, toffee logs, macaroon bars and woppas, 3p Refreshers and wham bars, superhero chewing gum with the "lick it, stick it" tattoos, golf ball chewing gums and liquorice whips, desperate dan and roy of the rovers, sherbet dips and Mr. freezes, marathon bars and everlasting gobstoppers. An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe neopolitan Wait... Watching Saturday Morning cartoons ... short commercials, Battle of the Planets, Road Runner, He-Man, Swapshop, and Why Don't You?, Transformers, How do you do?, Bosco, Forty-coats, the Littlest Hobo and Lassie, The Muppet Show, MacGyver, Scarecrow and Mrs King, Little House on the Prairie . When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like going somewhere. A million midget bites, sticky fingers and mud all over you, knee-pads on your jeans, Cops and Robbers, Rounders, tip the Can, Queenie-I-O, climbing trees, spin the bottle, building igloos out of snow banks, walking to school, no matter what the weather, running till you were out of breath. Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt, Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights, Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles, Being tired from playing... Remember that? The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. Water balloons & eggs were the ultimate weapon. Reflectors in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. And don't forget the rich tea sandwiches we'd make by buttering a couple a rich tea biscuits and stickin' them together. And that quare oul mixture made in a tall glass with HB ice cream and Taylor Keith Red Lemonade. I'm not finished just yet... Eating raw jelly, orange squash ice pops...... Remember when ... There were two types of runners - girls and boys and the only time you wore them at school,was for "P.E.", Gola football boots. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends, when nobody owned a pure bred dog, when 25p was decent pocket money, when you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny, when nearly everyone's ma was at home when the kids got there, when it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents. When any parent could discipline any kid or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it. When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home. Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of muggings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! and some of us are still afraid of them!!! Remember when.... Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo." Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!" "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly", the game of life and connect four, atari 2600's and commadore 64's. The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs. It was unbelievable that Red rover wasn't an Olympic event... Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a biro barrel pea shooter or an elastic band. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better, Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable vitamins, Ice cream was considered a basic food group. Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.. Abilities were discovered because of a "double dare" Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors. If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!

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cml387 · 16-02-2011 9:09pm

magotch07 wrote: »

i have tried to edited numerous times without any luck sorry for hurting the eyes just thought it is a decent mail nice to look back on the past and laugh

Well you thought wrong.Now go up to your room and reflect on what you've done.

pragmatic1 · 16-02-2011 9:10pm

Basically you've lived if you're an 80s baby. Fvck yeah.

Big Nasty · 16-02-2011 9:10pm

Can someone summarise please while I go use the optrex?

liah · 16-02-2011 9:11pm

I'm not reading that, but to answer the question in the title:

You know you've lived if you can look back on your life on your deathbed and be satisfied.

W.Shakes-Beer · 16-02-2011 9:13pm

Tried numerous time to read and eyes have almost gone blind.

too long; died reading

AnnyHallsal · 16-02-2011 9:14pm

I prefer Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a ****ing big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed- interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of ****ing fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing sprit- crushing game shows, stuffing ****ing junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing you last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, ****ed-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that?

It's my election manifesto.

Gummy Panda · 16-02-2011 9:16pm

Ah the ravings of a diseased mind.

Ev84 · 16-02-2011 9:17pm

That was kind of hard to read alright, eyes are sore. I kept skipping a line or starting to read the same line twice.

Thanks for bringing back a few good memories. Those were the days...

cml387 · 16-02-2011 9:25pm

You haven't lived until you've seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion or watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.

filthymcnasty · 16-02-2011 9:27pm

op I see your sentimentality and raise you a rose-tinted look back at childhood,

But i sorta enjoyed the bit i could read

jimthemental · 16-02-2011 9:40pm

Tried to read it but I'm just going to watch Frank say it on the start of Shameless instead.

Cheap Thrills! · 16-02-2011 9:53pm

You know you've lived if you have to edit all your stories to make them fit for human consumption.

However, old people see through this.

They know 'the code' :cool:

Son Of A Vidic · 16-02-2011 9:54pm

A first time for everything I suppose but here goes - tl;dr

A paragraph or four might have helped matters.

Tragamin2k2 · 16-02-2011 9:56pm

i red that in johnny depps voice and happened to be listening to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4fWN6VvgKQ

now i has a sad

starbelgrade · 16-02-2011 9:58pm

magotch07 wrote: »

i have tried to edited numerous times without any luck sorry for hurting the eyes just thought it is a decent mail nice to look back on the past and laugh

The return button is just below the backspace button.

It's great for making paragraphs.

Latchy · 16-02-2011 10:01pm

Yep OP,splicing the copy and paste with a few paragraphs would have added at least 7 thanks to your post and increased the value on your house

alandublin15 · 16-02-2011 10:16pm

ah those were the days when an obnoxious teenage kid on the other side of the world couldnt call you gay with his iphone from his balcony in a metropolis in another time zone.

but somehow, some way, the 80's werent THAT boring.
maybe cause we were kids.

Debthree · 16-02-2011 10:49pm

OP, being a typesetter and borderline OCD-ish I simply had to dive in and fix your post. Just cut and paste the following text into your original post:

Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum

2p Flogs

Toffee Logs

Macaroon Bars

Woppas

3p Refreshers

Wham Bars

Superhero Chewing Gum with the 'Lick It, Stick It' tattoos

Golf Ball Chewing Gums

Liquorice Whips.

Desperate Dan

Roy of the Rovers.

Sherbet Dips

Mr. Freezes

Marathon Bars

Everlasting Gobstoppers.

An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune: chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe neopolitan.

Wait...

Watching Saturday morning cartoons.

Short commercials

Battle of the Planets

Road Runner

He-Man

Swapshop

Why Don't You?

Transformers

How do you do?

Bosco

Forty Coats

The Littlest Hobo

Lassie

The Muppet Show

MacGyver

Scarecrow and Mrs King

Little House on the Prairie.

When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like going somewhere.

A million midget bites.

Sticky fingers and mud all over you.

Knee-pads on your jeans.

Cops and Robbers.

Rounders.

Tip the Can.

Queenie-I-O.

Climbing trees.

Spin the bottle.

Building igloos out of snow banks.

Walking to school no matter what the weather.

Running till you were out of breath.

Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt.

Jumping on the bed.

Pillow fights.

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

Being tired from playing... remember that?

The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.

Water balloons & eggs were the ultimate weapon.

Reflectors in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.

And don't forget the Rich Tea sandwiches we'd make by buttering a couple of Rich Tea biscuits and stickin' them together.

And that quare oul' mixture made in a tall glass with HB ice cream and Taylor Keith red lemonade.

I'm not finished just yet...

Eating raw jelly.

Orange Squash ice pops.

Remember when ...

There were two types of runners - girls and boys - and the only time you wore them at school was for P.E.

Gola football boots.

It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends.

When nobody owned a pure bred dog.

When 25p was decent pocket money.

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

When nearly everyone's ma was at home when the kids got there.

When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.

When any parent could discipline any kid or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.

When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home. Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of muggings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! And some of us are still afraid of them!

Remember when...

Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-mo'.

Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do over'.

'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest.

Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly.

The Game of Life and Connect Four.

Atari 2600s and commadore 64s.

The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs.

It was unbelievable that Red Rover wasn't an Olympic event.

Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a biro barrel pea shooter or an elastic band.

Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.

Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable vitamins.

Ice cream was considered a basic food group.

Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.

Abilities were discovered because of a 'double dare'.

Older siblings were the worst tormentors but also the fiercest protectors.

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