Ten Phrases Mother Used To Say

Ten Phrases Mother used to say!!

We Baby Boomers were brought up tough. No TV, no cell phones, no iPads, just books to read, encyclopaedias to learn from and the radio to listen to. I distinctly remember being glued to the radio every Monday at 7pm listening to 'The Day of the Triffids'.
We had a giant radio/record player the size of a deep freeze and Mom had exactly one seven single -'Oh Mein Papa', and two sets of Long Playing Albums - 'Oklahoma' and 'Annie Get Your Gun' that was it!! We lived in Leander Avenue and our sole form of entertainment was playing in an old helicopter that had crashed in the garden during the war. My most precious possession was a set of 24 Staedler crayons, in a box, and if anyone borrowed them, I would insist that they be returned neatly and colour coordinated!!

Life was so uncomplicated, we were walked to school by our minder Posted (yes that was her very name) and when brother Gavin ran away from school, he was brought back to the house on the crossbar of the postman's bicycle, who recognised him and knew his address!!

Milk was hand delivered by the milkman on foot pushing a white pushcart, glass bottles with aluminium caps, (horrors) and it was a fight as to who could have the inch of cream from the top. Mum would leave one shilling and sixpence on top of the empty milk bottle at the bottom of the driveway and the milkman would leave an ice cold bottle of fresh milk in return.
We Boomers were used to hearing our parents say the following ten phrases to us. They certainly made us a lot stronger and more resilient.

1. 'Life isn't fair!!
2. 'Because I said so!'
3. 'Go outside and play!'
4. 'You'll live!!'
5. 'Don't cry over spilt milk!'
6 'If you don't stop crying I will give you something to cry about!'
7. 'Finish your plate, there are starving people in the world!'
8. 'Sticks and stones may break your bones but words will never harm you'
9. 'You made your bed - now you lie in it!'
10.'Money doesn't grow on trees!'

But make no mistake, we Grandmas are passing these sayings onto the younger generation as loudly as we can...I so often find myself saying these exact words to my Grandson and Grand daughter.