Travelling along a leafy street today, I realised that the natural beauty of England is still around us. However most things (to me) have gotten worse over the years. Most young people don't perceive much opportunity - remember that most people are not highly-paid (or even lowly-paid) contractors - their jobs are either outsourced or Bobs or Pieters brought in to do their work. Music seems to be in a race to produce the most vicious violent garbage, and even the telly is full of soaps, reality shows, and lack-of-talent contests. As for sport - well enough said. Apart from inane chatter on the internet, the only real improvement I can see is the ability to watch decent films as and when you choose. But hey, maybe I'm wrong, I don't claim to get everything (or even most things) right...
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England's no more.
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Says more about your newspaper reading habits than the state of the nation IMO.
We are the angry mob
We read the papers everyday day
We like who like
We hate who we hate
But we're also easily swayed"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested." -
If you have a spare couple of hours, read "The Beggar's Opera".
Or if you have a spare 5 minutes, listen to YouTube - The Unthanks perform The Testimony of Patience Kershaw
Things now are humungously better than they used to be.Comment
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostIf you have a spare couple of hours, read "The Beggar's Opera".
Or if you have a spare 5 minutes, listen to YouTube - The Unthanks perform The Testimony of Patience Kershaw
Things now are humungously better than they used to be.Speaking gibberish on internet talkboards since last Michaelmas. Plus here on TwitterComment
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Originally posted by MrMark View PostSorry, but I'm old enough to remember the 60s,70s There may be more people able to eat take-aways, or even own a tv or car, but the hope of a decent stable job for large sections of the population has disappeared. Watch the crime levels rocket (despite all the cctvs, increase in technology etc)
“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostYou do know that Intolerance is the first sign of old age?
Speaking gibberish on internet talkboards since last Michaelmas. Plus here on TwitterComment
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Originally posted by MrMark View Postthe hope of a decent stable job for large sections of the population has disappeared.
I am not quite that old, but am old enough to remember the early 80s and mostly remember being scared witless when Protect and Survive popped through the letterbox.Comment
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostIt has increased in others. If you were female or black or Irish in the 60s or 70s your chances of a decent job would have been small.
I am not quite that old, but am old enough to remember the early 80s and mostly remember being scared witless when Protect and Survive popped through the letterbox.Speaking gibberish on internet talkboards since last Michaelmas. Plus here on TwitterComment
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostI am not quite that old, but am old enough to remember the early 80s and mostly remember being scared witless when Protect and Survive popped through the letterbox.Comment
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