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Can the oldies use this to natter amongst themselves about all the things that were so much better in the good old days? When men were real men , women and black people did what they were told, and gays didn’t exist?

Just so it’s contained in one place so we don’t have to read it in every other thread. Cheers.

Apple Wumble wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:27 pm Can the oldies use this to natter amongst themselves about all the things that were so much better in the good old days? When men were real men , women and black people did what they were told, and gays didn’t exist?

Just so it’s contained in one place so we don’t have to read it in every other thread. Cheers.

Never take old age for granted. You may not make it.

A classic to start us off there. I’ll leave you to it now.

Apple Wumble wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:31 pm A classic to start us off there. I’ll leave you to it now.

Well you obviously do not.

Someone foolish like you can learn from wise old men.

Wise old men , will not learn much from you.

I pity your Grandfather if you ever met him. Then again you probably did and had no time for him either? Sad way to lead your life.

We were all young once, idealistic and revolutionary ,then realism overtook us .

Oiram wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:38 pm

Apple Wumble wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:31 pm A classic to start us off there. I’ll leave you to it now.

Well you obviously do not.

Someone foolish like you can learn from wise old men.

Wise old men , will not learn much from you.

I pity your Grandfather if you ever met him. Then again you probably did and had no time for him either? Sad way to lead your life.

Grandfathers were better back in the day. Grander than the ones these days

Apple Wumble wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:41 pm

Oiram wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:38 pm

Apple Wumble wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:31 pm A classic to start us off there. I’ll leave you to it now.

Well you obviously do not.

Someone foolish like you can learn from wise old men.

Wise old men , will not learn much from you.

I pity your Grandfather if you ever met him. Then again you probably did and had no time for him either? Sad way to lead your life.

Grandfathers were better back in the day. Grander than the ones these days

How would you know, claiming to be younger? Talk is cheap Wumble. You are master of it. Go to bed, don’t forget to brush your teeth and wash behind your ears, say your prayers and lights out.

soloman wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:40 pm We were all young once, idealistic and revolutionary ,then realism overtook us .

And backache

Omygawd wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:08 pm

soloman wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:40 pm We were all young once, idealistic and revolutionary ,then realism overtook us .

And backache

Yes, cold up them trees trying to save them in winter.

When I was a youngster: The UK was almost bankrupt as it had been through a World War. Sweets & meat was rationed- 12 oz sweets/ month, £2.50 ( today's value ) meat )/ week. Net curtains used to freeze to the curtains overnight in your bedroom. You took a hot water bottle ( if you had one ) to bed. No central heating for most people. No cars for most people. No TV's for most people. They hung some people ( including women ). They birched unruly youths. Put gay people in prison. Censored: books, plays, films etc quite heavily. People died or were paralysed by polio. Cancer was a certain death sentence. Divorce was only available to the rich.
Apple Wumble, I think you should be grateful to have been born 2005 ( I guess that must be your age ) and not 1948 like me. Things were definitely not better in 1948. Some people who have poor health etc, look back to a " golden time " when they were young. I don't I have a bloody good memory.

...and you try and tell the young people of today that ... they won't believe you

Clive Evans wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:30 pm When I was a youngster: The UK was almost bankrupt as it had been through a World War. Sweets & meat was rationed- 12 oz sweets/ month, £2.50 ( today's value ) meat )/ week. Net curtains used to freeze to the curtains overnight in your bedroom. You took a hot water bottle ( if you had one ) to bed. No central heating for most people. No cars for most people. No TV's for most people. They hung some people ( including women ). They birched unruly youths. Put gay people in prison. Censored: books, plays, films etc quite heavily. People died or were paralysed by polio. Cancer was a certain death sentence. Divorce was only available to the rich.
Apple Wumble, I think you should be grateful to have been born 2005 ( I guess that must be your age ) and not 1948 like me. Things were definitely not better in 1948. Some people who have poor health etc, look back to a " golden time " when they were young. I don't I have a bloody good memory.

I think they only hung murderers.
Haven’t got a problem with that.

Clive Evans wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:30 pm They hung some people ( including women ). They birched unruly youths. Put gay people in prison.

So it wasn’t all bad.

Apple Wumble wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:27 pm Can the oldies use this to natter amongst themselves about all the things that were so much better in the good old days? When men were real men , women and black people did what they were told, and gays didn’t exist?

Just so it’s contained in one place so we don’t have to read it in every other thread. Cheers.

Oh Well played Wum's a great start to the New Year.

Thank God I'm not old yet

Apple Wumble wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:27 pm Can the oldies use this to natter amongst themselves about all the things that were so much better in the good old days? When men were real men , women and black people did what they were told, and gays didn’t exist?

Just so it’s contained in one place so we don’t have to read it in every other thread. Cheers.

No.

I've got some fond memories of the old days. They include:

Queuing up with the other free school meal kids
My dad getting the NoW every Sunday which included loads of reporting of rape cases in graphic detail
Taking the 11 plus while my sister and brothers went to the school across the road that only gave out CSE's
My Mum working two jobs until she had a stroke in her late 20's and was laid off. When she recovered she went back to work two different jobs

Fond memories! I've probably got a lot more but the old nogin isn't as good as it used to be

"Bring back national service!"

I bet the farts on here saying this never did it themselves.

Several Boarders on here need to seriously consider retiring or using their spare time attending Boardin Lessons.

I don't want to be nasty but Sid, Oiram, Thor, Dohnut and Perpetually Wrong need to reduce their word count drastically. It is boring as f***. A bit of my soul dies every time I see their posts.

Several Boarders on here need to seriously consider retiring or using their spare time attending Boardin Lessons.

I don't want to be nasty but Sid, Oiram, Thor, Dohnut and Perpetually Wrong need to reduce their word count drastically. It is boring as f***. A bit of my soul dies every time I see their posts.

Max B Gold wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 1:36 am Several Boarders on here need to seriously consider retiring or using their spare time attending Boardin Lessons.

I don't want to be nasty but Sid, Oiram, Thor, Dohnut and Perpetually Wrong need to reduce their word count drastically. It is boring as f***. A bit of my soul dies every time I see their posts.

Get a friend to explain the ‘big words?’.

Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 12:14 am "Bring back national service!"

I bet the farts on here saying this never did it themselves.

Scouts

Oiram wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 1:40 am

Max B Gold wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 1:36 am Several Boarders on here need to seriously consider retiring or using their spare time attending Boardin Lessons.

I don't want to be nasty but Sid, Oiram, Thor, Dohnut and Perpetually Wrong need to reduce their word count drastically. It is boring as f***. A bit of my soul dies every time I see their posts.

Get a friend to explain the ‘big words?’.

Another Bot of my soul has withered.

The World will always be a sadder place without
A pack of kp Rancheros & a Texan bar !!

Oiram wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 1:40 am

Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 12:14 am "Bring back national service!"

I bet the farts on here saying this never did it themselves.

Scouts

Boys’ Brigade

To this list, let’s add:

> Free school milk (“Maggie Thatcher....”)
> No Trick or Treat.
> 425 lines on the tv and only three channels AND in black and while.
> Pounds, shillings and pennies (half crown pocket money)
> Pounds and ounces
> Man from the Pru
> Coal in the cupboard under the stairs
> Gas powered fridges
> Radio Rentals and DER
> YEARLY car registration plates
> Optional car seat belts
> Union strikes, three day weeks, power cuts
> Smoking carriages on the tube and upstairs on buses
> No Health & Safety
> Men walking on the Moon (or did they?)

More after breakfast,,,,

Coin operated TV’s
Coin operated Gas Meter
Coin operated Electric Meter
Homes burgled to steal contents of above 3. (or inside job like Old Man to go Pub)
Rebates from top 3 if money not stolen.
Wash dishes by hand no dishwasher.
Wash nappies by hand , no disposable.
Hiding under dining table as HP man at door.
Knock down Ginger
Wide Games
Marbles standard and marbles on man hole covers.
Jubblys (Lovely Jubblys)
Barley Wine
Egg Nog
Conkers
Penny for the Guy
School Board Man at the Door
Rent Man at the Door
Leave front door unlocked
Jelly left out on ledge to set
Milk left outside to keep cold
Get ready for school warm your shirt by one bar fire
Coal Man
Milk Man
Fish and Chips out of Newspaper
Free crackling , paper and dog end in it if no money
Wimpy
Bender Burgers
Mixed Grill
Knickerbocker Glory
Banana Boat
Brown Derby
People wash there own cars and leather them dry
Cars with different colour doors, wings
Esso Blue Van
Knife Sharpening Peddlar
Rag and Bone Man
Lucky Heather selling Gypsy Women
Have your photo taken with a monkey in the Market
Live eels butchered in market (snowflakes would phone police these days)
People training for Walking Races
Turquoise Blue ‘Death Trap’ Motorised Tricycles for Disabled
Phone Books in Phone Boxes
Thruppeny Bits for Phone Box
Stench in phone boxes
Spiders and cobwebs in phone boxes
Beauty Contests run by the council
Miss World on Telly
Mind Your Language TV Series
No knife crime (every day)
No gun crime (every day)
Armed raids on security guards
Armed Bank Robberies
More after coffee