MY dad always had his tea in a pint pot (do they still make them)?
He used to tuck the newspaper under his arm, pick up the pint pot of tea and vanish to the loo.
Then I thought it was because daddies took a lot longer in the loo than little girls.
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Now I know it was to read the paper in peace.
But that's the thing about childhood, you accept the status quo because you have no experience of anything else.
What you have, is what you think there is.
Sadly we are now seeing part of a generation brought up without any grounding in manners,
social interaction, basic civility even, children who never eat at a table, don't have pleasant conversations over family meals.
Instead they are isolated watching TV unsupervised, with no strong role models or work ethic.
Is it any wonder they end up with problems?
The solution? I wish I knew, but paying out benefits to the fit and healthy is not one of them.
Kids, youths and also grown-ups having no courtesy for others ? Having no Role Models or meals around the family table ?
Why ?
Simply because parents are out playing Bingo all day (and over - nights, in some instances), and in any event, simply do not have a clue on how to cook, ior just boozing in Margo's pubs all day long !
Thank Heaven for McDonalds for all their catering needs.
One lady once asked the wife was, "just exactly do you use flour for ?" "Baking bread", the wife replied. "Oh, I never realised that, what bread was made from !"
Even if there were jobs available, which in many areas are NIL, how can a Personnel Manager possibly take an applicant on, when they have had "no previous experience of any work ?" Hence they have to have benefits to survive and eat. If they were denied to them, burglaries and mugging would soar even more !!
At interviews, has anyone been asked the question, "Do you know of anyone who works at our Company ?" If you are honest and say "No", the job will immediately go to someone "who is known to them," however qualified one is, or isn't !
Nepotism at its very best !!
Kids, youths and also grown-ups having no courtesy for others ? Having no Role Models or meals around the family table ?
Why ?
Simply because parents are out playing Bingo all day (and over - nights, in some instances), and in any event, simply do not have a clue on how to cook, ior just boozing in Margo's pubs all day long !
Thank Heaven for McDonalds for all their catering needs.
One lady once asked the wife was, "just exactly do you use flour for ?" "Baking bread", the wife replied. "Oh, I never realised that, what bread was made from !"
Even if there were jobs available, which in many areas are NIL, how can a Personnel Manager possibly take an applicant on, when they have had "no previous experience of any work ?" Hence they have to have benefits to survive and eat. If they were denied to them, burglaries and mugging would soar even more !!
At interviews, has anyone been asked the question, "Do you know of anyone who works at our Company ?" If you are honest and say "No", the job will immediately go to someone "who is known to them," however qualified one is, or isn't !
A lot of homes in the eighties were built with a kitchen/diner so small it was a squeeze. I know we bought one because that is all we could afford, we both worked full time, and had two young children.
It was fashionable to eat with food on your lap and watch Tv then as there was no room to sit round a table so Margo you are a tad out of date with your views because the young of today were born into that lifestyle.
My family always ate at the table, even though we were squashed at that time, and we still do to this day.
Reposessions, redundancy and being forced to claim benefits was the norm then so nothing has changed in over twenty years.
I am proud of my family and there are countless other parents who feel the same.
For a change lets praise them because they are in the majority.
A lot of homes in the eighties were built with a kitchen/diner so small it was a squeeze. I know we bought one because that is all we could afford, we both worked full time, and had two young children.
It was fashionable to eat with food on your lap and watch Tv then as there was no room to sit round a table so Margo you are a tad out of date with your views because the young of today were born into that lifestyle.
My family always ate at the table, even though we were squashed at that time, and we still do to this day.
Reposessions, redundancy and being forced to claim benefits was the norm then so nothing has changed in over twenty years.
I am proud of my family and there are countless other parents who feel the same.
For a change lets praise them because they are in the majority.
Posted by: simplysimon, burnley on 1:50pm Wed 16 Apr 08
If Margos flats had to be filled with benefit scoungers to make her a fat profit she would not turn their money away. The way things are going it might even come down to that.
I'm sure these flats will have been paid for using as much grant and taxpayer funding as Margo could squeeze out of the system.
She would be the last person to miss out on any free systematic scrounging. Benefits favour the Greedy as well as the needy.
If Margos flats had to be filled with benefit scoungers to make her a fat profit she would not turn their money away. The way things are going it might even come down to that.
I'm sure these flats will have been paid for using as much grant and taxpayer funding as Margo could squeeze out of the system.
She would be the last person to miss out on any free systematic scrounging. Benefits favour the Greedy as well as the needy.
Posted by: simplysimon, burnley on 2:07pm Wed 16 Apr 08
[bold]If inept mis-management of the wealth creationists really cared as much about People as they did for their hobby, then nobody would need to be going without.[/bold]
If inept mis-management of the wealth creationists really cared as much about People as they did for their hobby, then nobody would need to be going without.
Posted by: Nostradamos, Blackburn on 3:11pm Wed 16 Apr 08
Yes for sure there is a PART of society today that do not know the meaning of respect for anything,manners dont exsist,i cannot speak as to were they eat there meals as i have no knowledge regarding this,but when i was growing up believe me there were just as many cases of bad behaviour as there is now and there are as many well brought up kids now as there was then and that was in the 60s,these glorious times that i think you live in Margo are simply in your imagination or are you going back to your primary school days and thoughts,when we remember things as very small children,well the sun allways shone didnt it.
Nothing as changed at all in OUR youngsters,excepting the huge fact that they now have to live alongside a group of people who simply do not want to intergrate with them unless they become like them and they see these people taking over the Town eventually,that is the most depressing aspect that our young folk face today,and no matter what you say,we NEVER had anything like that in front of us.what i have said, some may find hurtfull and racist but it is not so it is simply the truth,and ya know what there is nothing we will,or can do about it.
Yes for sure there is a PART of society today that do not know the meaning of respect for anything,manners dont exsist,i cannot speak as to were they eat there meals as i have no knowledge regarding this,but when i was growing up believe me there were just as many cases of bad behaviour as there is now and there are as many well brought up kids now as there was then and that was in the 60s,these glorious times that i think you live in Margo are simply in your imagination or are you going back to your primary school days and thoughts,when we remember things as very small children,well the sun allways shone didnt it.
Nothing as changed at all in OUR youngsters,excepting the huge fact that they now have to live alongside a group of people who simply do not want to intergrate with them unless they become like them and they see these people taking over the Town eventually,that is the most depressing aspect that our young folk face today,and no matter what you say,we NEVER had anything like that in front of us.what i have said, some may find hurtfull and racist but it is not so it is simply the truth,and ya know what there is nothing we will,or can do about it.
Posted by: simplysimon, burnley on 4:15pm Wed 16 Apr 08
Unitalitarianism! Uni-culture! One People One Culture! It means being willing to support and learn a better way. A way that is not based on the traditions of the past and not based on our fears for the future.
[italic]What is it[/italic] that is the [italic]most[/italic] Beneficial to most of the People most of the Time.?
Let there be a Global Recognition of that One Resource that everyone has to depend on.
Forget all the differences.
Unitalitarianism! Uni-culture! One People One Culture! It means being willing to support and learn a better way. A way that is not based on the traditions of the past and not based on our fears for the future.
What is it that is the most Beneficial to most of the People most of the Time.?
Let there be a Global Recognition of that One Resource that everyone has to depend on.
Posted by: Hellboy, Fat Old Slapper Hell... on 6:35pm Mon 28 Apr 08
And most of the parents of this generation are your punters who made you grossly fat with the profits made from their drinking habits.
How dare you critisise a situation that you were so happy to contribute to,you fat old sow...
And most of the parents of this generation are your punters who made you grossly fat with the profits made from their drinking habits.
How dare you critisise a situation that you were so happy to contribute to,you fat old sow...
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