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Originally Posted by flappist
Does anyone else find it confusing that only 30 years ago it was perfectly safe to:
Drive a 1970s car at 160km/h for 1000km.
Drink full strength beer.
Hunt with an automatic rifle.
Wander around an airport and look at the aircraft.
Play on park gymnasiums with bare feet and no sun hat.
Ride in the back of a ute, truck or panelvan.
Drive at a blood alcohol level of 0.799.
Ride motorcycles in the bush or forestry.
Set up your own water tank or build your own shed.
Fish out of a tinny 100 yards offshore without $10,000 worth of safety gear.
Move a tractor from one paddock to another without $150 permit.
Camp on the side of the road.
Light a campfire on a beach.
etc. etc. ad nausium....
Now we are all just afraid of everything.......bloody pathetic really.
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So true... Back when we could honestly sing 'Australians let us all rejoice, for we are YOUNG and FREE'. They might as well change our national anthem
