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Post by pb on Dec 28, 2020 19:30:48 GMT
PVC table cloth from Amazon £8  |
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Post by endfeed on Dec 28, 2020 20:44:24 GMT
Does plumber girl know you've stolen the Christmas table cloth 😂
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Post by pb on Dec 28, 2020 21:00:14 GMT
Does plumber girl know you've stolen the Christmas table cloth 😂  |
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Post by tomplum on Dec 28, 2020 21:10:39 GMT
is it a checkered square one like they used to have in greasy spoon cafes at seafront towns ?, we still have them in Wigan  |
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Post by pb on Dec 28, 2020 21:42:54 GMT
is it a checkered square one like they used to have in greasy spoon cafes at seafront towns ?, we still have them in Wigan No its blue  |
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Dec 29, 2020 7:51:22 GMT
is it a checkered square one like they used to have in greasy spoon cafes at seafront towns ?, we still have them in Wigan Do you still have those tomato sauce squirters shaped like red tomatoes that are so old they’re turning pink? Great days in the 70/80’s Great days |
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Post by woodbine66 on Dec 29, 2020 13:02:49 GMT
Great days in the 70/80’s Great days
Certainly were. People always say we look back and say times were better because we view them with rose-tinted spectacles. That's bollux. Might have had less money and there were certainly problems then - but it's nothing to what's been going on in last 10 or 20 years. 'Kin grim now!
Feel sorry for millennials because all they know is 21st century and they think this is as good as it gets. 70s and 80s were great time to be alive - more freedom, busy pubs and interesting/buzzing nightlife, some fantastic music/films/tv, uncrowded roads, affordable houses - used to appreciate the important things in life. All millennials got now is a 3" screen on their dumbphone to stare into and a Playstation.
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Post by dickpuller on Dec 29, 2020 14:54:21 GMT
True Woody👍 You listen to the young guns at work & think, FFS what a boring life you lead!!
In the70,80 & 90 we worked like fuck & partied hard!! Cars, motorbikes etc etc etc.....we had a great time. Birds & Drink was our priority. Drag yourself out of bed on a Monday morning, skint & hungover.
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Post by woodbine66 on Dec 29, 2020 16:54:45 GMT
Birds & Drink was our priority. Drag yourself out of bed on a Monday morning, skint & hungover.
Sometimes even your own bed if you were unlucky. 
Yes, got to feel sorry for millennials. They've allowed themselves to be weighed down by BLM, gay/lezza/trans rights, diversity, recycling, climate emergencies, Kung Flu, equality, womens lib, etc, etc. Too scared to live in case they offend some fecker. Very sad!
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Post by tomplum on Dec 29, 2020 16:55:52 GMT
and a big change in attitude, As a kid I knew, No meant no, it was no good crying or throwing a tantrum, We had to accept the fact that, we are not getting it, Now the kids say, " johhney Jones has one this is bullying " , Imagine me saying that to my Mum, She had a left hand slap that could knock a cow out and a right hand mightier than that and she used it often, the teechers hit us, the police hit us, bullying was't invented then it was called discipline, step out of line and you were punished, When that ended, the rot set in,,  |
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Post by DIYDafty on Dec 29, 2020 17:58:19 GMT
About 2 years ago a husband of my wife's friend was round. He was a teacher. We had a good chat but I couldn't believe what he was telling me.
Basically if a child/teenager is distruptive he can't do anything at all other than make a phone call to a special team that turn up and ask (yes ask) the boy to leave the classroom. Making that call instead of dealing with it himself must make him look really weak in front of the kids.
In my day (80s) corporal punishment was just coming to an end. But teachers were fully in charge. Usually, shouting at you to "GET OUT" was enough. THe good teachers commanded respect and actually were better teacher as the kids listened to them. Now they're all terrified of being accused of this that or the other so just meekly pick up the phone.
Turns out when the discipline team arrive, if the boy tells them to fk off too, there's nothing they can do either ! THen they call the parents and if the parents don't give a fk either, the ultimate backstop is social services. SO what you have there is a child that just needs a bit of "friendly reminding" by the teacher to pull him back into line but what can then happen is he risks being taken into care! Crazy escalation. Its all fked up.
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Post by crowsfoot on Dec 29, 2020 18:43:10 GMT
1970 I can remember some of my classmates taking strike action because the cost of school dinners was going up.
When the bell sounded to single the end of lunch break they decided to stay in the playground to protest.
A couple of teachers went in heavy handed giving them clouts and once they where back in the classrooms they got six of the best in front of the rest of the class!
Very brave kids I thought at the time.
Today those teachers would be more than likely be struck off for doing this.
Different times, back then the attitude was that children should be seen and not heard.
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Post by crowsfoot on Dec 29, 2020 18:49:28 GMT
is it a checkered square one like they used to have in greasy spoon cafes at seafront towns ?, we still have them in Wigan Do you still have those tomato sauce squirters shaped like red tomatoes that are so old they’re turning pink? Great days in the 70/80’s Great days Remember those milk machines with the paddles going round and round with the sign below displaying "ice cold milk sold here"? |
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Post by pb on Dec 29, 2020 22:01:23 GMT
is it a checkered square one like they used to have in greasy spoon cafes at seafront towns ?, we still have them in Wigan Do you still have those tomato sauce squirters shaped like red tomatoes that are so old they’re turning pink? Great days in the 70/80’s Great days The good old days for sure rocky, I'd go back there tomorrow  |
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