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Previously on "Next few years will be loverly"

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  • BR14
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    Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove
    Oh, and I forgot "Taxing them until the pips squeak".

    Not to mention snatching milk out of the mouths of children.

    Ah, the glories of the 1970s.

    Anyone want to buy a lovely beige suit, one careful owner, lapels and flares so wide you could flap 'em & nearly take off.
    Did it belong to Leisure Suit Larry???

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by administrator View Post
    Aye, a bit of bleakness seems to do wonders for the creatives. It probably will be hip hop / rap tulipe though, and we won't "get it" as we is old now innit.
    Eh? I thought you were like 17 or something and work in your bedroom? The state of this forum upgrade appears to back this up...

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  • administrator
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    We might get some decent music again, rather than hip hop / rap tulipe or whatever young people listen to.
    Aye, a bit of bleakness seems to do wonders for the creatives. It probably will be hip hop / rap tulipe though, and we won't "get it" as we is old now innit.

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove
    Aye.

    It were a really good decade.

    Everything was beige.

    Wallpaper had massive patterns.

    Toilet paper shortage.

    Sugar shortage.

    Oil shortage.

    Electricity shortage.

    Coal shortage.

    TV finishing after the News at 10.

    Edward fecking Heath as PM, followed by the longest sulk in human history.

    Harold fecking Wilson as PM, followed by his attempt to be a tv pundit, brought to a jolting halt by his incipient brain problems.

    Jim fecking "Lucky Jim" Callaghan as PM: "Crisis? Wot Crisis?".

    Going to the IMF cap in hand for a loan.

    The Barber Boom.

    6% or £6 a week payrises, and that was if you were lucky.

    Accelerating inflation, so any money you earned at the start of the decade was worth peanuts at the end.

    Every fecker in the country on strike.

    Piles of tulipe in the street.

    Piles of dead bodies in the morgue coz the grave diggers & crem operators were all on fecking strike.

    The Winter of Discontent.

    Edward Fecking Heath.

    Joining the fecking Common Market.

    Edward Fecking Heath.

    Voting to stay in the fecking Common Market (it seemed like A Good Idea at the time).

    King fecking Arfur.

    Edward fecking Heath.

    Have I missed anything out?

    Oh yes, Edward fecking Heath. And King fecking Arfur.

    It was so jolly you really really had to be there to appreciate it.

    Oh, and British fecking Leyland cars. built by the likes of Red fecking Robbo.
    Finished on a high point though... Maggie!

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  • original PM
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    Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove
    Aye.

    It were a really good decade.

    Everything was beige.

    Wallpaper had massive patterns.

    Toilet paper shortage.

    Sugar shortage.

    Oil shortage.

    Electricity shortage.

    Coal shortage.

    TV finishing after the News at 10.

    Edward fecking Heath as PM, followed by the longest sulk in human history.

    Harold fecking Wilson as PM, followed by his attempt to be a tv pundit, brought to a jolting halt by his incipient brain problems.

    Jim fecking "Lucky Jim" Callaghan as PM: "Crisis? Wot Crisis?".

    Going to the IMF cap in hand for a loan.

    The Barber Boom.

    6% or £6 a week payrises, and that was if you were lucky.

    Accelerating inflation, so any money you earned at the start of the decade was worth peanuts at the end.

    Every fecker in the country on strike.

    Piles of tulipe in the street.

    Piles of dead bodies in the morgue coz the grave diggers & crem operators were all on fecking strike.

    The Winter of Discontent.

    Edward Fecking Heath.

    Joining the fecking Common Market.

    Edward Fecking Heath.

    Voting to stay in the fecking Common Market (it seemed like A Good Idea at the time).

    King fecking Arfur.

    Edward fecking Heath.

    Have I missed anything out?

    Oh yes, Edward fecking Heath. And King fecking Arfur.

    It was so jolly you really really had to be there to appreciate it.

    Oh, and British fecking Leyland cars. built by the likes of Red fecking Robbo.
    I take it you are not a fan of this period then?

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  • TwoWolves
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    Massive global economic collapse.

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    I have fond memories of the 70s. Should be Ok.
    Rather you than me though.
    We might get some decent music again, rather than hip hop / rap tulipe or whatever young people listen to.

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    It's the will of the people.
    It worked in the USA, they got Trump 'innit?

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    Brexit
    IR35 for everyone
    Korbyn wins a landslide


    Could there be a more exciting time to live in this fair isle?


    It's the will of the people.

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  • sasguru
    replied
    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    Brexit
    IR35 for everyone
    Korbyn wins a landslide


    Could there be a more exciting time to live in this fair isle?

    I have fond memories of the 70s. Should be Ok.
    Rather you than me though.

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  • NotAllThere
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    These are indeed interesting times.

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  • AtW
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    I am stocking up on wine, should help

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  • DimPrawn
    started a topic Next few years will be loverly

    Next few years will be loverly

    Brexit
    IR35 for everyone
    Korbyn wins a landslide


    Could there be a more exciting time to live in this fair isle?

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